Pokémon (1997)
Pokémon (1997)
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Plot.
Join Ash accompanied by his partner Pikachu, as he travels through many regions, meets new friends and faces new challenges on his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
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Cast & Crew.
Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi (voice)
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice)
Veronica Taylor
Ash Ketchum
Mayumi Izuka
Kasumi (voice)
Satoshi Tajiri
Original Story
Rachael Lillis
Jessie
Daiki Yamashita
Gou (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi
Narrator (voice)
Eric Stuart
James
Mayuki Makiguchi
Serena (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Narrator (voice) / Narrator / Professor Oak (voice)
KAORI
Haruka (voice)
Yuko Kobayashi
Shigeru Oak (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
Dent (voice)
Yuki Kaji
Citron (voice)
Mika Kanai
Eureka (voice)
Aoi Yuki
Iris (voice)
Rodger Parsons
Narrator
Megumi Toyoguchi
Hikari (voice)
Satomi Korogi
Togepi (voice)
Fumiko Takekuma
Maamame (voice)
Reina Ueda
Mao (voice)
Hitomi Kikuchi
Suiren (voice)
Kaito Ishikawa
Kaki (voice)
Keiichi Nakagawa
Narrator (voice)
Inuko Inuyama
Nyarth (voice) / Wanpachi (voice)
Sarah Natochenny
Ash Ketchum
Junichi Masuda
Writer
Ken Sugimori
Writer
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kojirou (voice) / Strike (voice) / Galar Kamonegi (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi (voice) / Musashi / Rabifutto (voice) / Rabifutto (voice)
Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Art Direction
Yuji Asada
Storyboard Artist / Director
Toshiaki Suzuki
Storyboard Artist / Director
Kiyotaka Isako
Storyboard Artist / Director
Kazu Yokota
Storyboard Artist
Osamu Inoue
Storyboard Artist / Director
Yuta Murano
Storyboard Artist
Masamitsu Hidaka
Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director
Hiromasa Amano
Storyboard Artist
Kaori Higuchi
Storyboard Artist
Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Storyboard Artist
Noriaki Saito
Storyboard Artist
Makoto Nakata
Storyboard Artist / Director
Takaaki Ishiyama
Storyboard Artist
Kunihiko Yuyama
Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director
Kiyoshi Fukumoto
Storyboard Artist / Director
Tetsu Kimura
Storyboard Artist
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Storyboard Artist
Saori Den
Storyboard Artist / Director
Takaomi Kanasaki
Storyboard Artist
Hiroyuki Kakudou
Storyboard Artist
Daiki Tomiyasu
Storyboard Artist / Series Director
Yukio Okazaki
Storyboard Artist / Director
Yasuhiro Noda
Storyboard Artist / Director
Maki Kodaira
Storyboard Artist / Director
Masakatsu Iijima
Storyboard Artist
Daisuke Hiramaki
Storyboard Artist
Motoaki Ikegami
Director of Photography
Yuji Ueda
Takeshi (voice) / Barrierd (voice) / Sonansu (voice)
Adam Giertz
Actor's Assistant
Jenny Liljewråål
Translator
Shigeru Omachi
Director
Koji Ogawa
Director
Fumihiro Ueno
Director
Makoto Ooga
Director
Ayumi Moriyama
Director
Hideki Hiroshima
Director
Makoto Sokuza
Director
Naoki Murata
Director
Fumihiro Yoshimura
Director
Hiroyuki Yamada
Assistant Director / Animation Director / Storyboard
Junya Kobayashi
Director
Minoru Ohara
Director
Masahiko Watanabe
Director
Shu Watanabe
Director
Kiyoshi Egami
Director
Yoshitaka Makino
Director
Yoshihiro Oda
Director
Tazumi Mukaiyama
Director
Ryohei Horiuchi
Director
Hiromichi Matano
Director
Shigeru Ueda
Director
Taisuke Mamori
Director
Kenichi Nishida
Director
Hiroaki Takagi
Director
Keitaro Motonaga
Director
Tomoe Makino
Director
Bjarne Heuser
Director
Toshio Henmi
Editor
Yutaka Ita
Editor
Masakazu Kubo
Development Producer
Shukichi Kanda
Line Producer
Choji Yoshikawa
Associate Producer
Takemoto Mori
Producer
Takashi Kawaguchi
Development Producer
Takayuki Yanagisawa
Producer
Tsunekazu Ishihara
Production Supervisor
Keisuke Iwata
Producer
Shinji Miyazaki
Original Music Composer
Takashi Yoshida
Music Producer
Masafumi Mima
Sound Director
Masafumi Sanma
Sound Director
Yuki Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Sayuri Ichiishi
Key Animation / Character Designer / Animation Director
Yōichi Kotabe
Animation Supervisor
Norimichi Yoshino
Color Designer
Shuhei Yasuda
Key Animation / Character Designer / Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director
Izumi Shimura
Animation Director / Key Animation
Kei Sakai
Animation Director / Key Animation
Masatsugu Takeda
Animation Director
Akihiro Tamagawa
Animation Director
Masaaki Iwane
Animation Director / Key Animation
Shinichiro Kajiura
Animation Director
Rei Yamazaki
Supervising Animation Director
Takayuki Shimura
Animation Director
Masayuki Hiraoka
Animation Director
Osamu Murata
Key Animation / Animation Director
Takashi Yamamoto
Animation Director
Mitsuhiro Okumura
Key Animation
Takashi Shinohara
Key Animation / Animation Director
Natsumi Hattori
Key Animation / Animation Director
Claire Launay
Key Animation / Animation
Koki Yanagihara
Key Animation / Animation Director
Kenji Kodama
Key Animation
Aito Ohashi
Key Animation / Animation Director
Munekatsu Fujita
Animation Director
Masami Murata
Key Animation
Tomohiro Koyama
Animation Director / Key Animation
Tomoki Ogawa
Animation Director / Key Animation
Chiaki Kurakazu
Animation Director
Xie Yaoxuan
Key Animation
Ayako Oki
Key Animation
Junko Isaka
Animation Director
Yasushi Nishiya
Key Animation / Animation Director
Akihiko Oka
Animation Director
Sachiko Tsuji
Key Animation
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Key Animation
Masaya Onishi
Animation Director
Hiromi Funatsu
Key Animation
Makoto Shinjo
Animation Director
Eikichi Takahashi
Key Animation
Mari Oda
Key Animation
Masaru Fukumoto
Animation Director
Miyako Oota
Key Animation / Animation Director
Toshihito Hirooka
Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director
Takeshi Atomura
Key Animation
Michinosuke Nakamura
Animation Director
Kouhei Yamazaki
Key Animation
Yuki Masuya
Animation Director
Hideaki Matsuoka
Animation Director
Aya Yamaguchi
Key Animation
Takeshi Maenami
Key Animation
Akihiro Yuki
Key Animation
Eiko Aoyagi
Key Animation
Keiko Shimizu
Key Animation
Tomoaki Sakiyama
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Key Animation
Keisei Noguchi
Key Animation
Keiji Shigesawa
Key Animation
Masakuni Kaneko
Key Animation
Tsutomu Nishiyama
Key Animation
Taiki Eto
Key Animation
Shinichi Shigematsu
Animation Director
Henry Thurlow
Key Animation
Liang Boya
Key Animation
Ayako Tanaka
Key Animation
Yoshimichi Kameda
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Moriguchi
Animation Director
Tadashi Fukuda
Key Animation
Hitomi Kono
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Key Animation
Natsuki Shimabukuro
Key Animation
Etsuhito Mori
Animation Director
Emi Mori
Key Animation
Toshiko Nakaya
Animation Director
Haruko Ichihara
Key Animation
Tadaaki Miyata
Key Animation
Chikashi Kubota
Key Animation
Masumi Etō
Animation Director
Miyabi Ozeki
Animation Director
Yoshiyuki Asai
Key Animation
Kouki Fujimoto
Key Animation
Kunihiko Natsume
Animation Director
Saki Ebisawa
Key Animation
Shinichi Yoshino
Animation Director
Yukari Kizaki
Key Animation
Masahiko Nakada
Key Animation
Ryoko Oka
Key Animation
Daiki Harashina
Key Animation
Sae Oba
Key Animation
Makoto Ito
Key Animation
Hidetoshi Owashi
Animation Director
Masahiko Yoda
Animation Director
Yasuhiko Akiyama
Key Animation
Yuko Furstos
Key Animation
Yuu Takahashi
Animation Director
Yuko Kato
Animation Director
Nao Takano
Key Animation
Shinya Ito
Key Animation
Teruaki Tokumaru
Key Animation
Akiko Nakata
Animation Director
Norihiro Matsubara
Animation Director
Masami Yamashita
Key Animation
Kyoko Ito
Animation Director
Kei Shindo
Lillie (voice) / Riolu (voice) / Joy (voice)
Tomoyuki Ohshita
Key Animation
Hiroshi Nishimura
Key Animation
Koichi Taguchi
Key Animation
Yoshiko Sasaki
Key Animation
Chieko Hisa
Key Animation
Hiromichi Hayashi
Animation Director
Yuuki Kitajima
Animation Director
Ako Kagiyama
Key Animation
Masayuki Fujita
Animation Director
Yasushi Suzuki
Key Animation
Maki Sawai
Key Animation
Yasunori Aoki
Key Animation
Maki Kawake
Key Animation
Yumi Sakai
Animation Director
Hayao Okawa
Animation Director
Keita Hagiwara
Key Animation
Kenji Kato
Key Animation
Hide Watanabe
Key Animation
Yuki Naoi
Animation Director
Saka Ikeda
Animation Director
Atsuko Inoue
Key Animation
Kiyoshi Nohji
Key Animation
Mina Tanaka
Key Animation
Yasue Ohno
Key Animation
Nobuko Shinohara
Key Animation
Maho Takagi
Animation Director
Akiko Nakano
Animation Director
Takahiro Kuroishi
Key Animation
Chuji Nakajima
Key Animation
Eriko Yagi
Key Animation
Hiroshi Kagawa
Key Animation
Mitsue Fukue
Animation Director
Toshiyuki Sato
Key Animation
Rika Murakami
Key Animation
Michiko Notsu
Key Animation
Mari Asada
Animation Director
Takeshi Shudo
Writer / Series Composition
Junki Takegami
Writer
Atsuhiro Tomioka
Writer
Hideki Sonoda
Writer
Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
Writer
Yuka Miyata
Writer
Shouji Yonemura
Writer
Shinzo Fujita
Writer
Michihiro Tsuchiya
Writer
Deko Akao
Writer
Reiko Yoshida
Writer
Touko Machida
Writer
Junichi Fujisaku
Writer
Aya Matsui
Screenplay
Tomo Sakurai
Yoshino (voice)
Chihiro Ueda
Sota (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Dande (voice)
Rikako Aikawa
Butterfree (voice) / Karakara (voice)
Tatsuki Kobe
Running Commentator 2 (voice) / Memepato's Trainer (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Koharu (voice) / Mayuld (voice)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Kibana (voice)
Marina Inoue
Sonia (voice)
Yo Kitazawa
Danpei (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Professor Sakuragi (voice) / Sakuragi (voice) / Yessan (voice)
Ryota Iwasaki
Host (voice)
Sayaka Senbongi
Messon (voice) / Kikuna (voice) / Kikuna / Messon (voice)
Kasuga Toshiaki
Kasuking (Voice)
Kenta Miyake
Kairyu (voice) / Lizardon (voice) / Running Commentator 1 (voice) / Sakaki (voice)
Kiyotaka Furushima
Meguroco (voice)
Rika Adachi
Subame (voice)
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 1, 1997
Original Nameポケットモンスター
StatusEnded
Seasons25
Episodes1235
Content RatingTV-Y7
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
travel
tournament
creature
fantasy world
adventurer
anime
Scripted
based on video game
adventure
Wiki.
Pokémon, abbreviated from the Japanese title of Pocket Monsters, and currently branded in English as Pokémon the Series, is a Japanese anime television series, part of The Pokémon Company's Pokémon media franchise, which premiered on TV Tokyo in April 1997.
The anime franchise consists of eight sequential series in Japan, each based on a main installment of the Pokémon video game series. In the international broadcasts, these series are split across 27 seasons. The show originally followed Ash Ketchum, a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon. Joined by his partner Pokémon Pikachu and a rotating cast of human characters, Ash goes on a journey to become a "Pokémon Master", traveling through the various regions of the Pokémon world and competing in various Pokémon-battling tournaments known as the Pokémon League. Starting with the 26th season, a new cast is featured, with new protagonists Liko and Roy.
The anime series is accompanied by spin-off programming; including Pokémon Chronicles, a series of side stories; and the live-action variety and Pokémon-related news shows; such as Pocket Monsters Encore, Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station, Pokémon☆Sunday, Pokémon Smash!, Pokémon Get☆TV, Meet Up at the Pokémon House? and Where are we going with Pokémon!?
The Pokémon anime series was largely credited for allowing anime to become more popular and familiar around the world, especially in the United States and Asia, where many Pokémon films are among the highest-grossing anime films. It is also considered to be one of the first anime series on television to reach this level of mainstream success with Western and Asian audiences, as well as being credited with allowing the game series to reach such a degree of popularity and vice versa. Pokémon is regarded as the most successful video game adaptation of all time, with over 1,300 episodes broadcast and adapted for international television markets, concurrently airing in 192 countries worldwide and one of the most widely watched shows on Netflix, as of 2016.
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