Pokémon

Pokémon (ポケモン, Pokemon, /ˈpoʊkeɪˌmɒn/ POH-kay-mon) is a media franchise owned by The Pokémon Company, and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995. It is centered on fictional creatures called "Pokémon", which humans known as Pokémon Trainers catch and train to battle each other for sport.

The franchise began as a pair of video games for the original Game Boy, developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo. The franchise now spans video games, trading card games, animated television shows and movies, comic books, and toys. Pokémon is the second-most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's Mario franchise.

The franchise celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2006. Cumulative sales of the video games (including home console games, such as Hey You, Pikachu! for the Nintendo 64) have reached more than 200 million copies. In November 2005, 4Kids Entertainment, which had managed the non-game related licensing of Pokémon, announced that it had agreed not to renew the Pokémon representation agreement. Pokémon USA Inc. (now The Pokémon Company International), a subsidiary of Japan's Pokémon Co., now oversees all Pokémon licensing outside of Asia. As of 2013, the Pokémon media franchise has grossed revenues of ¥4 trillion worldwide (equivalent to US$37.76 billion). The brand earned $2 billion in 2014 alone.

Pokémon (manga)

There are various Pokémon manga series, based on the Pokémon anime, video games, and trading card game.

List of Manga

Manga released by Viz and Chuang Yi

Manga released by Viz and Shogakukan Asia

Manga released by Viz

Manga released by Chuang Yi

List of Pokémon episodes

This is a list of episodes of the Pokémon animated series (ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā, Pocket Monsters). The division between seasons of Pokémon is based on the English version openings of each episode and may not reflect the actual production season. The English episode numbers are based on their first airing either in syndication, on the WB Television Network or on Cartoon Network. Subsequent episodes of the English version follow the original Japanese order, except where banned episodes are shown. Inc.

Series overview

Pokémon (Series 1)

Season 1: Indigo League (1997–99)

Season 2: Adventures on the Orange Islands (1999)

Season 3: The Johto Journeys (1999–2000)

Season 4: Johto League Champions (2000–01)

Season 5: Master Quest (2001–02)

Pokémon: Advanced Generation (Series 2)

Season 6: Advanced (2002–03)

Season 7: Advanced Challenge (2003–04)

Season 8: Advanced Battle (2004–05)

Season 9: Battle Frontier (2005–06)

Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl (Series 3)

Season 10: Diamond and Pearl ,(2006–07)