Anime · TV series · 1997

Pokémon

Name: Pokémon
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Released: April 1, 1997

ポケットモンスター

A 276-episode television series from OLM, broadcast April 1, 1997 to November 14, 2002. Episodes run about 24 minutes. Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy.

The 1997 series is the anchor: before the regional resets, when this was a road story about a boy and an animal that did not much like him.

Where to watch Shop Pokémon

01 — The record

Format: TV series
Status: Completed
Episodes: 276 · about 24 min each
Broadcast: April 1, 1997 – November 14, 2002
Studio: OLM
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Season: Spring 1997

02 — Where to watch

Where to watch

Streaming catalogues change often. Every link here goes to the title on that service rather than to its home page.

03 — Elsewhere

Explore this anime

The same anime in the databases that track it, each pointing at this exact adaptation.

04 — Who made it

Characters and credits

Characters

SatoshiMainVoice (JP): Rica Matsumoto
KasumiMainVoice (JP): Mayumi Iizuka
TakeshiMainVoice (JP): Yuuji Ueda
PikachuMainVoice (JP): Ikue Ootani
MusashiMainVoice (JP): Megumi Hayashibara
KojirouMainVoice (JP): Shinichirou Miki
NyarthMainVoice (JP): Inuko Inuyama
KenjiMainVoice (JP): Tomokazu Seki

Production

Theme Song Performance (ED7, ED11) Megumi Hayashibara
Script (English) Crispin Freeman
Theme Song Performance (ED7, ED11) Shinichirou Miki
Theme Song Performance (ED9) Yuuji Ueda
Theme Song Performance (ED6) Mayumi Iizuka
Theme Song Performance (ED1) Unshou Ishizuka

05 — Related records

Other versions and continuations

Separate works that share this story. They are listed rather than merged, because a sequel, a recap film and a remake are three different things and only one of them is this page.