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The main characters of the Advanced Generation: Brock, Ash, May, Max, along with Mudkip, Treecko, Pikachu, and Torchic.Based on the Pokémon video games, the Pokémon anime series was created in Japan and then translated for the North American television market. The series appeared outside Japan before the video games did, and has since spawned several movies. It is aimed at younger viewers but many teens and adults enjoy it as well.
The series' music was composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, better known for his work on Nintendo games such as Metroid. Nintendo disapproved of Tanaka working on the project, so he quit the company to turn his attentions completely to Pokémon.
The show is currently in its second season of its second series in Japan, while the English dub is on the first season of the second series. Each season also brings forth a Pokémon feature-length film, and each film up until the seventh is preceded by a Pokémon animated short. In the United States, new episodes of the show can be seen on the air on the Kids WB cartoon block, while Cartoon Network shows the earlier pre-Johto episodes, which are still considered the best episodes of the series by many. 4Kids Entertainment produces the English version of the television show.
1 Characters
Japanese names in Western order (given name before surname) are given first, followed by the English name. All Japanese names, unless otherwise noted, are romanized from katakana. For the sake of simplicity, English language names will be used in this and other articles in Wikipedia about Pokémon, unless explicitly referring to the Japanese version.
1.1 Main characters
- Satoshi / Ash KetchumThe trainer Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, known as Satoshi in the original Japanese and Red in most of the games (see Non-Anime Info) is the main character of the Pokemon anime, the Pokemon manga series (Electric Tale of Pikachu), and the Ash & Pikachu ma - The main character, whose name in the Japanese version (Satoshi) is named after Satoshi TajiriSatoshi Tajiri (Born August 28 1965) is the creator of Pokemon. When he was young, he loved to collect insects and trade them with his friends. Sometimes, they would enjoy watching the insects they had captured fight against one another. Satoshi also love, the creator of the Pokémon games. Ash aspires to be a Pokémon Master, and together with the various friends and Pokémon that travel with him, embark on many adventures. In a similar fashion to the game, Ash does this by entering various Pokémon LeagueThe Pokemon League is an organization within the fictional Pokemon World whose feature members are the Elite Four and which is led by the Elite Four Champion. These people are chosen to represent the strongest Pokemon Trainers in the Pokemon World. They c competitions. In the Japanese version of the series, certain special episodes may not involve Satoshi and his companions, but instead involve characters who Satoshi (or Pikachu) has previously met or Pokémon that Satoshi has caught and are not currently with him. Except for one (Mewtwo Returns, which was made into a direct-to-video movie), these episodes do not have English versions.
- Pikachu, a little yellowYellow is the color of light whose wavelength is between 565nm and 590nm, or is a mixture of red and green light that appears to be the same color. Yellow is one of the subtractive primary colours ( primary pigments), and its complementary color is blue. mouseFor the computer peripheral, see computer mouse. A mouse is a mammal that belongs to one of numerous species of small rodents in the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. Mus musculus, the common house mouse (or laboratory mouse) is-like creature with a lightningFor alternate meanings, see Lightning (disambiguation). Lightning is a powerful natural electrostatic discharge produced during a thunderstorm. Lightning's abrupt electric discharge is accompanied by the emission of light. The electricity passing through bolt tailThe word tail in the English language has a number of meanings: "Tail" is often used to describe the rear end of an animal's body, especially when it forms a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk. It is the part of the body that roughly corresponds to and the ability to create an electrical jolt from its cheeks. It is the Pokémon that Ash receives from Professor Oak to start his Pokémon Journey.
- Takeshi / Brock - the Pewter City Gym Leader who leaves his post to become a Pokémon Breeder, leaving the care of his gym to his father. He is one of Ash's travelling companions.
- Kasumi / Misty - the Cerulean City Gym Leader who leaves her post to become a Water Pokémon expert. She is the youngest of four sisters. At the end of the Johto saga, she returns to Cerulean City in order to run the Pokémon Gym there.
- Kenji / Tracey Sketchit - a Pokémon Watcher who idolizes Professor Oak, and travels with Ash and Misty throughout the Orange Islands. This has led him to become Professor Oak's assistant.
- Haruka / May - a Pokémon Coordinator introduced in the Hoenn saga who's starting her own Pokémon Journey. She follows Ash partly because he is a more experienced trainer, and partly because, Ash's Pikachu destroyed her bike in a similar fashion to Misty's bike. She is based on the female playable character in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
- Masato / Max - The brother of May. Although he is too young to be a Pokémon Trainer, he joins Ash and his friends in order to experience more of the world of Pokémon than what he can learn from books. He, too, idolizes Professor Oak.
