Pokémon
1997–2002 Japanese television anime
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Summary
Pokémon is an anime television series[1]. Pokémon draws 3,584 Wikipedia views per month (anime television series category, ranking #411 of 1,237).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Kunihiko Yuyama[3], Masamitsu Hidaka[4]
- Screenwriter: Takeshi Shudo[5], Atsuhiro Tomioka[6], Hideki Sonoda[7], Junki Takegami[8], Shinzō Fujita[9]
- Based on: Pokémon Red and Green[10], Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal[11]
- Followed by: Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire[12]
- Producer: Shūkichi Kanda[13]
- Production company: OLM, Inc.[14]
- Part of: Pokémon[15]
- Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[16]
- Original broadcaster: TX Network[17]
- Country of origin: Japan[18]
- Has part(s): Pokémon the Series: The Beginning[19], Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver[20]
- Start time: April 1, 1997[21]
- End time: November 14, 2002[22]
- Voice actor: Rika Matsumoto[23], Ikue Ōtani[24], Mayumi Iizuka[25], Yūji Ueda[26], Tomokazu Seki[27], Megumi Hayashibara[28], Shin-ichiro Miki[29], Inuko Inuyama[30], Unshō Ishizuka[31], Yuko Kobayashi[32], Masami Toyoshima[33], Ayako Shiraishi[34], Yuriko Yamaguchi[35], Chinami Nishimura[36]
- Significant event: Pokémon shock[37]
- Narrative location: Johto[38], Kanto[39], Orange Islands[40]
- Number of episodes: 276[41]
- Executive producer: Alfred R. Kahn[42]
- Title: Pokémon[43]
- List of episodes: list of Pokémon Original Series episodes[44]
- Narrator: Unshō Ishizuka[45]
- Media franchise: Pokémon[46]
- Character designer: Sayuri Ichiishi[47]
- P14825: 102280[48]
Why It Matters
Pokémon has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Pokémon is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]