Pokémon
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Pokémon is a media franchise .
Key Facts
- Creator: Satoshi Tajiri[3]
- Owned by: The Pokémon Company[4]
- Commons category: Pokémon[5]
- Country of origin: Japan[6]
- Has part(s): Pokémon[7], Pokémon Trading Card Game[8], Pokémon manga[9], Pokémon video games[10]
- Significant event: Pokémon shock[11]
- Official website: http://www.pokemon.com/fr/[12], http://www.pokemon.com/us[13], http://www.pokemon.com/it/[14], https://www.pokemon.com/es/[15], http://www.pokemon.co.jp/[16], https://vn.portal-pokemon.com/[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pokémon[18]
- Commons gallery: Pokémon[19]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Pokémon[20]
- Topic has template: Template:Pokémon[21]
- Title: Pokémon[22], ポケットモンスター[23]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://anime.stackexchange.com/tags/pokemon[24]
- List of characters: list of Pokémon characters[25], list of Pokémon species[26]
- Hashtag: Pokemon[27]
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia
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Type: Other[28]
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Community tags: bogus artist, fixme, franchise as artist[29]
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MusicBrainz ID: 42c981ec-aa76-43ee-bd60-dd8b2a3d8857[30]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Pokémon include Pokémon Jet[31], a Logojet[32], in Japan[33]; Zinc finger and BTB domain containing 7A[34], a protein[35]; Tuxemon[36], a video game[37], founded in 2014[38]; and Pokemon Fusion[39], a website[40], founded in 2010[41].
Why It Matters
Pokémon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Pokémon is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for Pokémon include Pokémon Jet[31], a Logojet[32], in Japan[33]; Zinc finger and BTB domain containing 7A[34], a protein[35]; Tuxemon[36], a video game[37], founded in 2014[38]; and Pokemon Fusion[39], a website[40], founded in 2010[41].