Series

If you were looking for the series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, see Appendix:Glossary (TCG) → Series.

A series (Japanese: シリーズ series) of the anime is a collection of episodes that corresponds roughly to a specific generation of games.

For Japanese episodes, this distinction is made instead of seasons (although there are other subdivisions, such as Episode Orange Islands and Best Wishes! Season 2). In the dub, this distinction was not properly made until Pokémon the Series: XY, which introduced a name for the series, being followed by some older series retroactively receiving similar names in home video box sets and video-on-demand releases (such as iTunes and Netflix). With the exception of Pokémon: Advanced (only when using standard season divisions), dub seasons never contain episodes from more than one series, being cut off at series divisions.

On Bulbapedia, the episodes in each series are divided from other series by their episode code. Episodes in the original series are denoted by EP, those in the Advanced Generation series by AG, those in the Diamond & Pearl series by DP, those in the Best Wishes series by BW, and those in the XY series by XY.

List of series

English dub	Japanese version	Generation	Debut episode	Final episode
Pokémon the Series: The Beginning	Pocket Monsters	Generation I	EP001 Pokémon - I Choose You! ポケモン！ きみにきめた！	EP116 The Rivalry Revival ライバルたいけつ！サトシＶＳシゲル！！
Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver		Generation II	EP117 Don't Touch That 'dile ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち！	EP274 Hoenn Alone! ピカチュウとのわかれ…！
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire	Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation	Generation III	AG001 Get the Show on the Road 新たなる大地！ 新たなる冒険！！	AG192 Home is Where the Start Is! 旅の終わり、そして旅のはじまり！
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl	Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl	Generation IV	DP001 Following A Maiden's Voyage! 旅立ち！フタバタウンからマサゴタウンへ！！	DP191 Memories are Made of Bliss! 想い出はパール！友情はダイヤモンド！！
Pokémon the Series: Black and White	Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!	Generation V	BW001 In The Shadow of Zekrom! イッシュ地方へ！ゼクロムの影！！	BW142 The Dream Continues! オレの夢、ポケモンマスター！！
Pokémon the Series: XY	Pocket Monsters XY	Generation VI	XY001 Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin! カロス地方にやってきた！夢と冒険のはじまり！！	Ongoing

Series and seasons of the Pokémon animated series Original series (list) Indigo League • Adventures in the Orange Islands The Johto Journeys • Johto League Champions • Master Quest Ruby and Sapphire (list) Advanced • Advanced Challenge • Advanced Battle • Battle Frontier Diamond and Pearl (list) Diamond and Pearl • Battle Dimension • Galactic Battles • Sinnoh League Victors Black & White (list) Black & White • Rival Destinies • Adventures in Unova and Beyond XY (list) XY • Kalos Quest • XYZ (Mega Evolution Specials) Sun & Moon (list) Sun & Moon • Ultra Adventures‎ • Ultra Legends Journeys (list) Journeys • Master Journeys • Ultimate Journeys (The Arceus Chronicles) Horizons (list) Horizons Specials (list) Pikachu's Winter Vacation • Side Stories • Pokémon Chronicles Planetarium specials • Pikachu shorts Mewtwo Returns • The Legend of Thunder! • Pichu Bros. in Party Panic The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon • A Ripple in Time Complete list • Movies

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.