

Pocket Monsters, or Pokémon for short. These are the mysterious and wondrous creatures of this planet. They can be seen everywhere in the world—in the sky, in the sea, in the forests, in the cities. Ash and Pikachu continue their adventures, going wherever the wind takes them and wherever their hearts lead them, chasing the unfulfilled dream of becoming a "Pokémon Master." Encounters with wild Pokémon along the way—and Team Rocket's pursuit, aiming to steal Pikachu. Ash and Pikachu were continuing their usual adventurous days, but one day in a forest, they encountered a wounded legendary Pokémon, Latias ...!
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22mHaving left Undella Town to head to the Unova League, Ash & Co. bump into a few trainers, known as the Flower Garden Operette Troupe. However, during the meeting, Snivy and Emolga end up trying to break up a fight and crash into one of the trainers, causing the trainer to insult them. Iris gets angered and intends to teach the trainers a lesson. However, the place they live is girls only so she needs to sneak Ash and Cilan in...
22mOn the way to the Unova League, Ash & Co. are ambushed by two trainers who challenge Ash & Cilan to a tag battle. With Braviary and Drilbur against Unfezant and Pansage, things get a bit tense. After the battle, Cilan takes everyone fishing so that the trainers can battle across Earth, Sky and Ocean. Will Ash & Cilan win the battle and will they be able to help the trainers cover all possible avenues of battle?
22mHeading to the Unova League, Ash & Co. enter the Village of the Dragons, where Iris grew up. Iris is eager to tell her friends about her journey so the group decide to stay there. However, when they meet up with a friend of Iris, they find out that two Zweilous she's raising are feuding. To make matters worse, one ends up evolving into Hydreigon and starts to cause a rampage in the village. Will Iris manage to stop Hydreigon?
22mAfter seeing her calm down a Hydreigon, Drayden told Iris that he's willing to allow her to battle him again. Iris is really excited for the battle, in order to defeat Drayden, so she ends up going for a walk through Opelucid City. In doing so, she bumps into an old school friend who helps her prepare. When the battle comes around, the battle becomes fierce and ends with a rematch of Haxorus VS Excadrill. Will Iris be able to defeat Drayden this time?
22mHeading towards to Unova League, Ash & Co. end up getting trapped in a mountainside by various rocks. However, they soon get rescued by a trainer called Virgil, who runs a Rescue Squad with his brother and father in order to protect the town with his team, Team Eevee. Travelling back with Virgil, they soon discover that a problem has occured at a nearby dam - it has started to freeze over. On investigation, a load of Cryogonal have come and freeze them in a room. Will Ash, Virgil and Team Eevee be able to help stop this?
22mThe time has come. Ash & Co. have arrived in Higaki City for the Unova League. When there, they meet up with Stephan, Bianca, Trip and Virgil. All registering for the tournament, they soon find Kotetsu who has been camping to make sure he doesn't miss the tournament, only to find out that he forgot to register. After helping him register, the preliminary battles of 128 people begin. However, Ash gets matched up with Trip straight away. With Ash using Pikachu and Trip using Serperior, the battle is sure to be tense...
22mThe preliminaries of the Unova League continue and the battle between Ash and Trip is unbelievably tense. With Serperior constantly evading Pikachu's attacks, Ash soon finds that he may be out of the tournament earlier than he thought. Will Ash manage to get through Serperior's defences and win? In the other side of the Unova League, Kotetsu and Bianca start a battle. Using Samurott against Escavalier, the battle gets even more tense than before when Samurott's attacks seem to do no damage on Escavalier. Who will win the battles and get through to the finals?
22mThe Unova League has reached a middle point with the qualifiers over and as such, it's time for a short break but as Ash & Co. return to the dorms, they soon learn that Axew has disappeared. While looking for Axew, Oshawott inadvertantly eats food meant for Trubbish and Garbodor, angering those Pokémon. It's up to Pikachu and Ash to try and calm the situation while looking for Axew. Will they be able to find Axew before the finals of the Unova League begin?
22mIt's time for the next round of the Unova League. Having participated in competitions before, it's time for the final battle between Ash and Stephan within the Unova League. With Stephan using Liepard, Zebstrika and Sawk, Ash faces a massive challenge. While Palpitoad can fend off Zebstrika's attacks with great ease, Ash ends up having to use Krookodile against Stephan's Sawk, being at a complete type disadvantage. Will Ash and Krookodile be able to overcome the type advantage and get to the next round of the Unova League?
22mIt's time for the quarter finals of the Unova League and Ash is facing up against his friend Kotetsu. Ash gets a shock when Kotetsu sends out the massively powerful Hydreigon. With the battles now being 6 VS 6 battles in this round, Ash faces a bigger challenge than he has had so far in the league. In addition to that, when Riolu starts to be in play, it manages to climb on top of Ash's Pokémon and do severely damage while on them. Will Ash manage to overcome the odds and defeat his friend?
22mAsh's quarter final battle against Cameron continues. With Cameron's Riolu having just evolved, Ash faces a tougher challenge than he thought he would when his Snivy faints. Having to rely on Pikachu, who is tired after already defeating two Pokémon in the battle, Ash faces the battle of his Unova League career. Lucario and Pikachu keep their fast attacks, but Ash decides to come up with a new strategy in order to try and win. Who will win the battle and get to the semi-finals of the tournament?
22mAfter placing in the Top 8 in the Unova League, Ash & Co. decide to return to Professor Juniper's laboratory Nuvema Town. On the way, they meet with a girl who is just starting on her journey, and decide to help After discussing with Professors Oak & Juniper, Ash decides that he should return to Kanto before decidign where to travel to next. However, soon after that, the trainer they met enters and picks her first Pokémon. To get to grips with training Pokémon, she participates in a tag battle with Ash against Iris & Cilan. However, the battle gets interrupted by Team Rocket, who have returned to Unova...
22mHeading towards the White Ruins to help Cedric Juniper with research into Reshiram, Ash & Co. meet up with the trainer, N. Upon conversing with him, they learn that N has some strong ideals and believes that you should not battle with Pokémon, merely become friends with them. However, Team Rocket soon appear, using their new strategies to easily take out the Pokémon. Will N be able to help stop them?
22mHaving arrived in Aspertia City, Ash & co. find out a new gym has recently opened up there with a new Gym Leader, Cheren. With the Gym behind the trainer school, Ash & Co. help Cheren out with teaching the various kids there. However, when Axew gets lost, its cries for help spook the other Pokémon in the school and they run off. It's up to Cilan to find them. Meanwhile, Ash and Cheren decide to battle. Will Ash manage to defeat the new Gym Leader?
22mArriving in Floccesy Town, Ash & Co. are attacked by a group of Amoonguss, who appear to have strange looks in their eyes. They soon learn from the locals that the Pokémon have started to become more violent and that some suspicious people have been spotted around the area. Soon afterwards, Pikachu and Axew soon turn on Ash and Iris, teamed with some wild Pokémon. Out of nowhere, Looker appears to save them and tells them that Team Plasma are nearby, experimenting on the Pokémon...
22mArriving in Floccesy Ranch, Ash & Co. learn of a girl who is looking after a ranch using her Ampharos to herd them. However, the Mareep have stopped listening to the Ampharos and its owner thinks they can solve this by teaching it Thunderpunch, which Iris helps with using Dragonite. However, the Mareep soon start disappearing from the area, causing the girl's grandfather to demand to replace Ampharos. Soon, though, Team Rocket appear with the Mareep...
22mTeam Plasma are continuing their plot to control various Pokémon and are transporting Pokémon to use in their experiment. N is on their tail and attempts to protect and rescue the Braviary they are transporting. However, in doing so he alerts Team Plasma to his presence who attack him. Taking it to the Pokémon Centre, N meets up with Ash & co. but soon after the reunion, the power in the Pokémon Centre cuts out...
22mHeading to Virbank City, Ash & Co. soon see smoke in the distance. Rushing to it, they soon learn of a trainer who is training his Relief Corps Pokémon, Watchog Frillish & Dewott, to handle disasters. Within the team, however, Watchog is wanting to do more than just keep watch for more problems. However, an accident soon occurs in Virbank Complex and causes the Pokémon to be trapped. N is disgruntled by putting Pokémon in dangerous situations like this and asks Watchog for its help. Will they be able to stop the accident and rescue the Pokémon?
22mHeading towards the White Ruins, Ash & Co. come across a special Kanto Fair, a fair celebrating the region of Kanto and the various Pokémon that dwell there. Ash is excited to see all these attractions that remind him of home and ends up seeing a cheerful Charmander. Reminding him of his old friend, Ash calls Profesor Oak and requests that he sends over Charizard. However, once there, Charizard soon meets Iris' Dragonite and a rivalry begins with a battle. Will the battle last? Who will win? Will Charizard & Dragonite learn to be friends?
22mAs they arrive in a new city, Ash & Co. quickly learn that Team Plasma are there and are using their technology to once again manipulate Pokémon. In doing so, the Pokémon Haxorus starts destroying the city. Iris protests at this, claiming there's no way a Dragon-type Pokémon can be bad. In trying to stop the rampage, Iris' Dragonite soon falls to Team Plasma's manipulation, and N can no longer hear the Pokémon's hearts. N is worried and tries to stop the Pokémon, but ends up becoming their next target. Will they be able to stop Team Plasma's plans?







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Pocket Monsters, or Pokémon for short. These are the mysterious and wondrous creatures of this planet. They can be seen everywhere in the world—in the sky, in the sea, in the forests, in the cities. Ash and Pikachu continue their adventures, going wherever the wind takes them and wherever their hearts lead them, chasing the unfulfilled dream of becoming a "Pokémon Master." Encounters with wild Pokémon along the way—and Team Rocket's pursuit, aiming to steal Pikachu. Ash and Pikachu were continuing their usual adventurous days, but one day in a forest, they encountered a wounded legendary Pokémon, Latias ...!
Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Mayumi Iizuka, Kenyuu Horiuchi, Yuji Ueda, Megumi Hayashibara, Shinichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama.
The catalogue lists an episode length of 25 minutes; individual episodes may vary.
The listed premiere date is 1 April 1997.