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- If you were looking for the game mechanic introduced in Generation V, see seasons.
A season of the Pokémon anime is a collection of dubbed episodes first broadcast within the course of about one year, although different definitions have sometime been used. It is a concept that is in general unique to the North American television industry, and thus does not apply to the Japanese version of the anime.
Broadcast Seasons
An invention of the American broadcast industry, a season is typically aired new for nine months out of the year, with three months (usually during the summer) taken off to begin production for the next season, during which reruns air. Thus, for the first few seasons, of the Pokémon Anime, seasons begain airing in August or September of one year, and finished airing in May or June of the next, with the summer month being used for reruns. This schedule lasted from (Seasons 1 to9).
The Japanese release schedule of weekly episodes was eventually adopted by Pokémon USA (now known as The Pokémon Company International) after 4Kids Entertainment lost dubbing rights. Thus, later seasons would isntead run year-long, starting at first in April or May (Seasons 10-13) or in February (Seasons 14-present).
Seasons are generally 52 or fewer episodes long. While later seasons have usually shared a opening, this was not always true of the first few seasons. On the other hand, the replacement of the Pokérap by Pikachu's Jukebox corresponded with the change from season 1 to season 2.
This is the definition of season used by Pokémon.com and Australian DVD releases.
DVD Seasons
The term "season" has also been used, in the North American DVD releases, to describe group of episodes that share an opening and that fits the different series. Thus, while in terms of broadcast seasons, the Indigo League episodes were split between season 1 and season 2, on the DVD, the entire Indigo League constitutes Season 1.
Although the episode list for each season is different, the DVD releases use the same season titles as the broadcast seasons, except season 2 which is called Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands as an airing season and Pokémon: Adventures On The Orange Islands as a DVD season.
In Japan
There is no distinction between these dubbed seasons in the original Japanese airings, except when the seasons' beginnings and endings coincide with those of a new series in Japan. Each season also has a movie that corresponds to it, though the pairing of a movie with a specific anime season is merely due to the annual release they undergo in Japan. The concept of seasons does not exist in Japan, where episodes of Pokémon air nearly every Thursday.
List of seasons
Broadcast seasons
4Kids Entertainment
| Logo | Season | Opening theme | Debut episode | Final episode | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Indigo League | Pokémon Theme | EP001 Pokémon - I Choose You! |
EP057 The Breeding Center Secret |
52 |
|
Adventures in the Orange Islands | Pokémon Theme (until EP083) then Pokémon World |
EP052 Princess vs. Princess |
EP105 Charizard Chills |
52 |
|
The Johto Journeys | Pokémon World (until EP116) then Pokémon Johto |
EP106 The Pokémon Water War |
EP157 The Fortune Hunters |
52 |
|
Johto League Champions | Born to Be a Winner | EP158 A Goldenrod Opportunity |
EP209 Machoke, Machoke Man! |
52 |
|
Master Quest | Believe in Me | EP210 Around the Whirlpool |
EP262 You're a Star, Larvitar |
52 |
|
Advanced | Believe in Me (until EP274) then I Wanna Be a Hero |
EP263 Address Unown! |
AG040 Watt's with Wattson |
52 |
|
Advanced Challenge | This Dream | AG041 What You Seed is What You Get |
AG092 Judgment Day! |
52 |
|
Advanced Battle | Unbeatable | AG093 Clamperl of Wisdom! |
AG145 Pasta La Vista! |
52 |
The Pokémon Company International
| Logo | Season | Opening theme | Debut episode | Final episode | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Battle Frontier | Battle Frontier | AG146 Fear Factor Phony |
AG192 Home is Where the Start Is! |
47 |
|
Diamond and Pearl | Diamond and Pearl | DP001 Following a Maiden's Voyage! |
DP052 Smells Like Team Spirit! |
50 |
|
Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension | We Will Be Heroes | DP053 Tears For Fears! |
DP104 Sleepless in Pre-Battle! |
52 |
|
Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles | Battle Cry - (Stand Up!) | DP105 Get Your Rotom Running! |
DP157 Gotta Get A Gible! |
52 |
|
Diamond & Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors | We Will Carry On! | DP158 Regaining the Home Advantage! |
DP191 Memories are Made of Bliss! |
34 |
|
Pokémon: Black & White | Black and White | BW001 In the Shadow of Zekrom! |
BW048 Battle for the Underground! |
48 |
|
Pokémon Black & White: Rival Destinies | Rival Destinies | BW049 Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! |
BW097 Unova's Survival Crisis! |
49 |
|
Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova | It's Always You and Me | BW098 Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige! |
TBA | Ongoing |
DVD seasons
| Logo | Season | Opening theme | Debut episode | Final episode | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Indigo League | Pokémon Theme | EP001 Pokémon - I Choose You! |
EP083 Poké Ball Peril |
81 |
|
Adventures On The Orange Islands | Pokémon World | EP084 The Lost Lapras |
EP116 The Rivalry Revival |
35 |
|
|
The Johto Journeys | Pokémon Johto | EP117 Don't Touch That 'dile |
EP157 The Fortune Hunters |
41 |
|
|
Johto League Champions | Born to Be a Winner | EP158 A Goldenrod Opportunity |
EP209 Machoke, Machoke Man! |
52 |
|
|
Master Quest | Believe in Me | EP210 Around the Whirlpool |
EP274 Hoenn Alone! |
64 |
|
|
Advanced | I Wanna Be a Hero | AG001 Get the Show on the Road |
AG040 Watt's with Wattson |
40 |
From Pokémon: Advanced Challenge onward, the DVD seasons and the broadcast seasons become identical.
Trivia
- Despite occurring in the middle of the time 4Kids Entertainment controlled the dub, the airing season and DVD season Pokémon: Johto League Champions are identical.
