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During its sole broadcast in Japan on December 16, 1997, a scene with flashing lights induced photosensitive epileptic seizures in children across the country. Over 600 children were taken to hospitals. The incident is referred to in Japan as the "Pokémon Shock" (ポケモンショック, Pokemon Shokku).
Team Aqua (アクア団, Akua-dan, Aqua Gang) is one of the two criminal organizations in the Hoenn Region. Team Aqua wants to raise the level of the world's oceans and seek the power of the Legendary Pokémon Kyogre. Archie (アオギリ, Aogiri) Voiced by: Masaki Aizawa (Japanese); Sean Schemmel (English) Archie is the leader of Team Aqua.
Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors (advertised as Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors), is the thirteenth season of the Pokémon animated series and the fourth and final season of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl (ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド&パール, Poketto Monsutā Daiyamondo & Pāru).
Pokémon Horizons – The Search for Laqua, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Terastal Debut [a] and Pocket Monsters: Rayquaza Rising [b] is the twenty-seventh overall season of the Pokémon animated series and the second season of the new Pokémon series titled Pokémon Horizons: The Series [n 1], known in Japan as Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā), directed by ...
Satoshi Tajiri—who later founded Game Freak—conceived the premise of Pokémon in general in 1989, when the Game Boy was released. The creatures that inhabit the world of Pokémon are also called Pokémon. [1] The word "Pokémon" is a romanized contraction of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā). [2]
Each main-series Pokémon game, with the exception of Pokémon Sun and Moon and their 3rd and 4th versions, includes a group of eight "Gym leaders", who award the player character a badge upon defeat. Each Gym leader possesses a team of several Pokémon of similar type or theming. Particularly notable Gym leaders of the Kanto-based games are:
Pokémon is a Japanese animated television series based on the Pokémon video game series published by Nintendo. The Pokémon anime series debuted in Japan on April 1, 1997, and as of 2024, the series has more than 1,300 episodes.
Pokémon Adventures, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters Special (ポケットモンスター SPECIAL, Poketto Monsutā SPECIAL), is a Japanese manga series published by Shogakukan. The story arcs of the series are based on most of the Pokémon video games released by Nintendo and, as such, the main characters of the series have the name of their ...