Pocket Monsters

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# All-Time Ranking

#369 All-Time Popularity

Format
TV
Episodes
276
Episode Duration
24 minutes
Status
finished
Start Date
4-1-1997
End Date
11-14-2002
Season
spring 1997
Average Score
7.2
Mean Score
7.2
Studios
OLM
Producers
TV Tokyo Viz Media 4Kids Entertainment TV Tokyo Music
Source
video game
Genres
Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy

A young boy named Satoshi embarks on a journey to become a "Pokémon Master" with his first Pokémon, Pikachu. Joining him on his travels are Takeshi, a girl-obsessed Rock Pokemon Trainer, and Kasumi, a tomboyish Water Pokémon Trainer who may have a crush on him. Satoshi and Co. end up traveling through various regions, including Kanto, the Orange Islands, and Johto, and then enter the Pokémon League competitions there. Along the way, they run into many confrontations with Musashi, Kojirou, and Nyarth, a trio of Pokémon thieves who are apart of an evil organization called "Team Rocket". But everytime Team Rocket try to do their evil deeds, they fail thanks to Satoshi and his Pokémon.


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Relations

Characters

Satoshi

Satoshi

main

Rika Matsumoto

Japanese

Rika Matsumoto
Kasumi

Kasumi

main

Mayumi Iizuka

Japanese

Mayumi Iizuka
Takeshi

Takeshi

main

Yuuji Ueda

Japanese

Yuuji Ueda
Pikachu

Pikachu

main

Ikue Ootani

Japanese

Ikue Ootani
Musashi

Musashi

main

Megumi Hayashibara

Japanese

Megumi Hayashibara
Kojirou

Kojirou

main

Shinichirou Miki

Japanese

Shinichirou Miki

Staff

Satoshi Tajiri

Satoshi Tajiri

Original Creator

Ken Sugimori

Ken Sugimori

Original Character Design

Kunihiko Yuyama

Kunihiko Yuyama

Chief Director

Masamitsu Hidaka

Masamitsu Hidaka

Director

Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Art Director

Masafumi Mima

Masafumi Mima

Sound Director

Recommendations

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Satoshi

Satoshi

main

Rika Matsumoto

Japanese

Rika Matsumoto
Kasumi

Kasumi

main

Mayumi Iizuka

Japanese

Mayumi Iizuka
Takeshi

Takeshi

main

Yuuji Ueda

Japanese

Yuuji Ueda
Pikachu

Pikachu

main

Ikue Ootani

Japanese

Ikue Ootani
Musashi

Musashi

main

Megumi Hayashibara

Japanese

Megumi Hayashibara
Kojirou

Kojirou

main

Shinichirou Miki

Japanese

Shinichirou Miki
Nyarth

Nyarth

main

Inuko Inuyama

Japanese

Inuko Inuyama
Kenji

Kenji

main

Tomokazu Seki

Japanese

Tomokazu Seki
Narrator

Narrator

main

Unshou Ishizuka

Japanese

Unshou Ishizuka
Togepy

Togepy

main

Satomi Koorogi

Japanese

Satomi Koorogi
Sonans

Sonans

main

Yuuji Ueda

Japanese

Yuuji Ueda
Matadogas

Matadogas

main

Unshou Ishizuka

Japanese

Unshou Ishizuka
Arbok

Arbok

main

Kouichi Sakaguchi

Japanese

Kouichi Sakaguchi
Shigeru Ookido

Shigeru Ookido

supporting

Yuuko Kobayashi

Japanese

Yuuko Kobayashi
Shiba

Shiba

supporting

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Japanese

Toshiyuki Morikawa
Kanna

Kanna

supporting

Maria Kawamura

Japanese

Maria Kawamura
Wataru

Wataru

supporting

Susumu Chiba

Japanese

Susumu Chiba
Joy

Joy

supporting

Ayako Shiraishi

Japanese

Ayako Shiraishi
Kosaburou

Kosaburou

supporting

Takehito Koyasu

Japanese

Takehito Koyasu
Yamato

Yamato

supporting

Masako Katsuki

Japanese

Masako Katsuki
Sakaki

Sakaki

supporting

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Japanese

Hirotaka Suzuoki
Hazuki

Hazuki

supporting

Katsumi Toriumi

Japanese

Katsumi Toriumi
Hayato

Hayato

supporting

Akira Ishida

Japanese

Akira Ishida
Katsura

Katsura

supporting

Toshiya Ueda

Japanese

Toshiya Ueda
Natsume

Natsume

supporting

Kae Araki

Japanese

Kae Araki
Satoshi Tajiri

Satoshi Tajiri

Original Creator

Ken Sugimori

Ken Sugimori

Original Character Design

Kunihiko Yuyama

Kunihiko Yuyama

Chief Director

Masamitsu Hidaka

Masamitsu Hidaka

Director

Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Art Director

Masafumi Mima

Masafumi Mima

Sound Director

Tomoaki Imakuni

Tomoaki Imakuni

Music

Shinji Miyazaki

Shinji Miyazaki

Music

Takeshi Shudou

Takeshi Shudou

Script

Atsuhiro Tomioka

Atsuhiro Tomioka

Script

Osamu Inoue

Osamu Inoue

Storyboard

Youichi Kotabe

Youichi Kotabe

Animation Supervisor

Norihiro Matsubara

Norihiro Matsubara

Animation Director

Takahiro Kagami

Takahiro Kagami

Key Animation

Kenji Kodama

Kenji Kodama

Key Animation

Masahiko Yoda

Masahiko Yoda

Key Animation

Shinichirou Miki

Shinichirou Miki

Theme Song Performance (ED7, ED11)

Whiteberry

Whiteberry

Theme Song Performance (OP4)

Naomi Tamura

Naomi Tamura

Theme Song Performance (OP5)

Hiromi Iwasaki

Hiromi Iwasaki

Theme Song Performance (ED10)

Inuko Inuyama

Inuko Inuyama

Theme Song Performance (ED2, ED7, ED11)

Yuuji Ueda

Yuuji Ueda

Theme Song Performance (ED9)

Giorgio Vanni

Giorgio Vanni

ADR Theme Song Performance (Italian; OP)

Rika Matsumoto

Rika Matsumoto

Theme Song Performance (OP1-OP3, ED5)

Mayumi Iizuka

Mayumi Iizuka

Theme Song Performance (ED6)

Total ratings: 56816

Total users: 113294