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)
Veronica Taylor
Ash Ketchum
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
Kasumi (voice)
Rachael Lillis
Jessie
Satoshi Tajiri
Original Story
Daiki Yamashita
Gou (voice)
Eric Stuart
James
Kenyu Horiuchi
Narrator (voice)
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
Osamu Inoue
Storyboard Artist / Director
Kazu Yokota
Storyboard Artist
Yuta Murano
Storyboard Artist
Hiromasa Amano
Storyboard Artist
Masamitsu Hidaka
Storyboard Artist / Director / Series Director
Makoto Nakata
Storyboard Artist / Director
Noriaki Saito
Storyboard Artist
Takaaki Ishiyama
Storyboard Artist
Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Storyboard Artist
Kaori Higuchi
Storyboard Artist
Kunihiko Yuyama
Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director
Kiyoshi Fukumoto
Storyboard Artist / Director
Takaomi Kanasaki
Storyboard Artist
Hiroyuki Kakudou
Storyboard Artist
Daiki Tomiyasu
Storyboard Artist / Series Director
Yasuhiro Noda
Storyboard Artist / Director
Saori Den
Storyboard Artist / Director
Tetsu Kimura
Storyboard Artist
Masakatsu Iijima
Storyboard Artist
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Storyboard Artist
Daisuke Hiramaki
Storyboard Artist
Maki Kodaira
Storyboard Artist / Director
Yukio Okazaki
Storyboard Artist / Director
Motoaki Ikegami
Director of Photography
Yuji Ueda
Takeshi (voice) / Barrierd (voice) / Sonansu (voice)
Jenny Liljewråål
Translator
Adam Giertz
Actor's Assistant
Shigeru Omachi
Director
Koji Ogawa
Director
Fumihiro Ueno
Director
Makoto Ooga
Director
Hideki Hiroshima
Director
Ayumi Moriyama
Director
Masahiko Watanabe
Director
Kenichi Nishida
Director
Kiyoshi Egami
Director
Bjarne Heuser
Director
Makoto Sokuza
Director
Hiroaki Takagi
Director
Fumihiro Yoshimura
Director
Shigeru Ueda
Director
Hiromichi Matano
Director
Ryohei Horiuchi
Director
Keitaro Motonaga
Director
Shu Watanabe
Director
Junya Kobayashi
Director
Hiroyuki Yamada
Assistant Director / Animation Director / Storyboard
Yoshihiro Oda
Director
Taisuke Mamori
Director
Tomoe Makino
Director
Yoshitaka Makino
Director
Minoru Ohara
Director
Naoki Murata
Director
Tazumi Mukaiyama
Director
Toshio Henmi
Editor
Yutaka Ita
Editor
Takashi Kawaguchi
Development Producer
Takayuki Yanagisawa
Producer
Choji Yoshikawa
Associate Producer
Takemoto Mori
Producer
Masakazu Kubo
Development Producer
Shukichi Kanda
Line Producer
Tsunekazu Ishihara
Production Supervisor
Keisuke Iwata
Producer
Masafumi Mima
Sound Director
Takashi Yoshida
Music Producer
Shinji Miyazaki
Original Music Composer
Masafumi Sanma
Sound Director
Yuki Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Sayuri Ichiishi
Key Animation / Animation Director / Character Designer
Norimichi Yoshino
Color Designer
Yōichi Kotabe
Animation Supervisor
Shuhei Yasuda
Key Animation / Supervising Animation Director / Character Designer / Animation Director
Izumi Shimura
Animation Director / Key Animation
Kei Sakai
Key Animation / Animation Director
Masatsugu Takeda
Animation Director
Akihiro Tamagawa
Animation Director
Shinichiro Kajiura
Animation Director
Masaaki Iwane
Key Animation / 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
Claire Launay
Key Animation / Animation
Kenji Kodama
Key Animation
Takashi Shinohara
Key Animation / Animation Director
Mitsuhiro Okumura
Key Animation
Natsumi Hattori
Key Animation / Animation Director
Koki Yanagihara
Key Animation / Animation Director
Tomohiro Koyama
Animation Director / Key Animation
Ayako Oki
Key Animation
Toshihito Hirooka
Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director
Junko Isaka
Animation Director
Miyako Oota
Key Animation / Animation Director
Masami Murata
Key Animation
Hiromi Funatsu
Key Animation
Akihiko Oka
Animation Director
Yasushi Nishiya
Key Animation / Animation Director
Masaya Onishi
Animation Director
Munekatsu Fujita
Animation Director
Eikichi Takahashi
Key Animation
Chiaki Kurakazu
Animation Director
Mari Oda
Key Animation
Aito Ohashi
Animation Director / Key Animation
Makoto Shinjo
Animation Director
Xie Yaoxuan
Key Animation
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Key Animation
Sachiko Tsuji
Key Animation
Tomoki Ogawa
Animation Director / Key Animation
Masaru Fukumoto
Animation Director
Yoshimichi Kameda
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Moriguchi
Animation Director
Tsutomu Nishiyama
Key Animation
Akihiro Yuki
Key Animation
Hitomi Kono
Key Animation
Masumi Etō
Animation Director
Ryoko Oka
Key Animation
Keiko Shimizu
Key Animation
Yuu Takahashi
Animation Director
Mitsue Fukue
Animation Director
Maho Takagi
Animation Director
Liang Boya
Key Animation
Michinosuke Nakamura
Animation Director
Yasue Ohno
Key Animation
Hiroshi Nishimura
Key Animation
Kouki Fujimoto
Key Animation
Kouhei Yamazaki
Key Animation
Koichi Taguchi
Key Animation
Yoshiko Sasaki
Key Animation
Kiyoshi Nohji
Key Animation
Hide Watanabe
Key Animation
Daiki Harashina
Key Animation
Yuuki Kitajima
Animation Director
Maki Sawai
Key Animation
Nao Takano
Key Animation
Hiroshi Kagawa
Key Animation
Chikashi Kubota
Key Animation
Yasuhiko Akiyama
Key Animation
Michiko Notsu
Key Animation
Hayao Okawa
Animation Director
Mari Asada
Animation Director
Yasunori Aoki
Key Animation
Shinichi Yoshino
Animation Director
Ako Kagiyama
Key Animation
Takeshi Atomura
Key Animation
Takeshi Maenami
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Key Animation
Shinichi Shigematsu
Animation Director
Tadaaki Miyata
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Sato
Key Animation
Rika Murakami
Key Animation
Yumi Sakai
Animation Director
Eriko Yagi
Key Animation
Akiko Nakano
Animation Director
Henry Thurlow
Key Animation
Shinya Ito
Key Animation
Mina Tanaka
Key Animation
Makoto Ito
Key Animation
Akiko Nakata
Animation Director
Nobuko Shinohara
Key Animation
Yoshiyuki Asai
Key Animation
Chuji Nakajima
Key Animation
Yuko Furstos
Key Animation
Sae Oba
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Key Animation
Yuki Naoi
Animation Director
Haruko Ichihara
Key Animation
Kunihiko Natsume
Animation Director
Masahiko Nakada
Key Animation
Kei Shindo
Lillie (voice) / Riolu (voice) / Joy (voice)
Yasushi Suzuki
Key Animation
Teruaki Tokumaru
Key Animation
Saki Ebisawa
Key Animation
Yukari Kizaki
Key Animation
Yuki Masuya
Animation Director
Masakuni Kaneko
Key Animation
Kyoko Ito
Animation Director
Chieko Hisa
Key Animation
Keisei Noguchi
Key Animation
Norihiro Matsubara
Animation Director
Eiko Aoyagi
Key Animation
Masahiko Yoda
Animation Director
Keiji Shigesawa
Key Animation
Toshiko Nakaya
Animation Director
Atsuko Inoue
Key Animation
Tadashi Fukuda
Key Animation
Maki Kawake
Key Animation
Saka Ikeda
Animation Director
Hidetoshi Owashi
Animation Director
Tomoaki Sakiyama
Key Animation
Kenji Kato
Key Animation
Taiki Eto
Key Animation
Keita Hagiwara
Key Animation
Takahiro Kuroishi
Key Animation
Tomoyuki Ohshita
Key Animation
Emi Mori
Key Animation
Masayuki Fujita
Animation Director
Etsuhito Mori
Animation Director
Miyabi Ozeki
Animation Director
Yuko Kato
Animation Director
Hideaki Matsuoka
Animation Director
Aya Yamaguchi
Key Animation
Natsuki Shimabukuro
Key Animation
Masami Yamashita
Key Animation
Hiromichi Hayashi
Animation Director
Ayako Tanaka
Key Animation
Takeshi Shudo
Series Composition / Writer
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
Touko Machida
Writer
Aya Matsui
Screenplay
Junichi Fujisaku
Writer
Reiko Yoshida
Writer
Tomo Sakurai
Yoshino (voice)
Chihiro Ueda
Sota (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Dande (voice)
Rikako Aikawa
Karakara (voice) / Butterfree (voice)
Tatsuki Kobe
Memepato's Trainer (voice) / Running Commentator 2 (voice)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Kibana (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Mayuld (voice) / Koharu (voice)
Marina Inoue
Sonia (voice)
Yo Kitazawa
Danpei (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Professor Sakuragi (voice) / Sakuragi (voice) / Yessan (voice)
Ryota Iwasaki
Host (voice)
Kasuga Toshiaki
Kasuking (Voice)
Sayaka Senbongi
Messon (voice) / Kikuna / Messon (voice) / Kikuna (voice)
Kenta Miyake
Kairyu (voice) / Running Commentator 1 (voice) / Sakaki (voice) / Lizardon (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
Last updated:
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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