Pokémon Indigo League
Pokémon: Indigo League (originally aired simply as Pokémon) is the first season of the Pokémon animated television series and the first season of Pokémon: The Original Series, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Sekiei League (ポケットモンスター：セキエイリーグ, Poketto Monsutā: Sekiei Rīgu). It originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 1, 1997, to January 21, 1999. It later aired in the United States in first-run syndication from September 8 to November 20, 1998, and on Kids' WB/The WB from February 13 to November 27, 1999, concluding with the airing of the previously unreleased episode 18 on June 24, 2000. The first season premiered in South Korea on Seoul Broadcasting System from July 14, 1999, to June 14, 2000. It premiered in India on Cartoon Network on May 12, 2003.[1]
This season, the narrator of the Pokémon anime (voiced in Japanese by Unshō Ishizuka, and in English by Rodger Parsons) will follow the beginning adventures of Ash Ketchum (voiced in Japanese by Rika Matsumoto, and in English by Veronica Taylor), a 10-year-old aspiring Pokémon trainer from Pallet Town who is given a Pikachu (voiced by Ikue Otani) by Pokémon researcher Professor Oak to begin his Pokémon journey. Ash is driven by his desire to win the Indigo Plateau's Pokémon League, a challenging tournament for outstanding Pokémon trainers who compete against each other in Pokémon battles. To qualify for the tournament, Ash must collect the required number of gym badges, which are tokens earned after defeating each of the Kanto region's elite Pokémon gym leaders. Early in the season, Ash befriends the water-type Pokémon trainer Misty, who befriends Ash in hopes of him replacing her destroyed bicycle, and Brock, a Pokémon breeder who is the leader of the Pewter City gym.
The episodes were directed by Misamis Hidaka and produced by Oriental Light and Magic and TV Tokyo.
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Title |
Original air date (Japanese) |
English air date |
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"Pokémon, I Choose
You!" (Pokémon I Choose You!) |
April 1, 1997 |
September 8, 1998 |
Ash Ketchum is finally 10 years old; old enough to become a Pokémon Trainer. He wakes up late and he bumps into Gary Oak, grandson of the Pokémon expert, Professor Oak, who later shows Ash that all the Pokémon are gone. Ash has no choice but to take a naughty Pikachu, who won't listen to Ash because Pikachu chooses to stay outside of its Poké Ball, forcing Ash to drag it along with a rope. After many failed attempts at capturing some Pokémon, Ash throws a rock and hits a Spearow, who gets angry and calls an entire flock to chase Ash and Pikachu. They run away from the Spearow, in which Ash "borrows" a bike from a red-haired girl named Misty to escape, but when they cannot go any farther, Ash uses his body to shield Pikachu from the attacking Pokémon. Pikachu realizes how much Ash cares for him and uses a powerful electric attack to drive the Spearow away, destroying the bicycle and severely injuring Pikachu in the process as well. Ash and Pikachu see a glimpse of Ho-Oh.
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