Joined by his partner Pokémon Pikachu and a rotating cast of human characters, Ash goes on a journey to become a 'Pokémon Master', travelling through the various regions of the Pokémon world and competing in various Pokémon-battling tournaments known as the Pokémon League. Each of the series follows Ash Ketchum, a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon. In the international broadcasts, these series are split across 25 seasons, with the 25th season, Ultimate Journeys, streaming on Netflix in the United States (with additional episodes to be released quarterly).

The anime franchise consists of seven sequential series in Japan, each based on a main installment of the Pokémon video game series. Pokémon ( Japanese: ポケモン, Hepburn: Pokemon), abbreviated from the Japanese title of Pocket Monsters ( ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā) and currently branded in English as Pokémon the Series ( テレビアニメ「ポケットモンスター」シリーズ, Terebi Anime 'Poketto Monsutā' Shirīzu, TV Anime 'Pocket Monsters' Series), is a Japanese anime television series, part of The Pokémon Company's Pokémon media franchise, which premiered on TV Tokyo in April 1997.

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