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| Japanese | ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレーション | |
|---|---|---|
| Romanized | Pokemon Advanced Generation | |
| Also known as | Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation Advanced Challenge Advanced Battle Battle Frontier | |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Kids | |
| Type | TV series | |
| Based on | Video game — Satoshi Tajiri | |
| Directed by | Yuuji Asada, Masamitsu Hidaka | |
| Music by | Morikazu Aoki, Gou Ichinose, Junichi Masuda | |
| Studio | OLM | |
| Original run | November 21, 2002 – September 14, 2006 | |
| Episodes | 192 | |
| Episode length | 24 min | |
| Broadcast | Thursdays | |
| Total running time | 76 hr 48 min | |
| Status | Finished airing | |
| Season | Fall 2002 | |
| Age rating | PG – Children | |
| Score | ★ 7.16 | |
| On users' lists | 20,280 Kitsu, Shikimori | |
Pokémon: Advanced (Japanese: ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレーション, Hepburn: Pokemon Advanced Generation) is a 2002 Japanese anime television series based on the video game by Satoshi Tajiri. It is animated by OLM and directed by Yuuji Asada and Masamitsu Hidaka. It aired from November 21, 2002 to September 14, 2006, with 192 episodes.
Characters
Main characters
Supporting characters
Bangiras · Barrierd · Eipam · Fushigibana · Chikorita · Doble · Dodrio · Absol · Arbo · Arbok · Blacky · Denryu · Doduo · Dogars · Eifie · Flygon · Freezer · Bulu · Celebi · Betbeton · Delibird · Achamo · Elekid · Eneko · Foodin · Bayleef · Betbeter · Balkie · Deoxys · Elekible · Bakphoon · Doctor Odamaki · Ayame · Botan
Voice cast by language
Voice actors in each language, as listed by Kitsu. A language appears only where a dub of this title is listed.
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| PikachuMain | Ikue Ootani | – |
| SatoshiMain | Rica Matsumoto | Veronica Taylor Sarah Natochenny |
| TakeshiMain | Yuji Ueda | Eric Stuart Bill Rogers |
| HarukaMain | Midori Kawana | Veronica Taylor Michele Knotz |
| MasatoMain | Fushigi Yamada | Amy Birnbaum Kayzie Rogers |
| Isamu AkaiSupporting | Ikue Ootani | Veronica Taylor |
| AkinaSupporting | Mamiko Noto | Amy Birnbaum |
| AobaSupporting | Shouzou Iizuka | Sean Schemmel |
| AntonySupporting | Katsuyuki Konishi | Greg Abbey |
| AzumaSupporting | – | Mike Pollock |
| AnriSupporting | Risa Hayamizu | Annie Silver |
| AogiriSupporting | Masaki Aizawa | Sean Schemmel |
All languages (10)
| Character | Japanese | English | German | French | Spanish | Brazilian Portuguese | Italian | Korean | Hungarian | Hebrew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PikachuMain | Ikue Ootani | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| SatoshiMain | Rica Matsumoto | Veronica Taylor Sarah Natochenny | – | Aurélien Ringelheim | Adolfo Moreno Gabriel Ramos | Fábio Lucindo | Davide Garbolino | Do Yeong Song | Gergő Ungvári | Daniel Magon |
| TakeshiMain | Yuji Ueda | Eric Stuart Bill Rogers | Marc Stachel | Antoni Lo Presti Laurent Sao | Javier Balas | Alfredo Rollo | Luca Bottale | – | – | – |
| HarukaMain | Midori Kawana | Veronica Taylor Michele Knotz | Nicola Grupe | Maia Baran | Ana Lobo Cristina Yuste | Tatiane Keplermaier | Serena Clerici | Seon Yeong Park | Márta Talmács | – |
| MasatoMain | Fushigi Yamada | Amy Birnbaum Kayzie Rogers | Ute Bronder | – | – | Thiago Keplermaier | Patrizia Mottola | Seo Yeong Kim | – | – |
| Isamu AkaiSupporting | Ikue Ootani | Veronica Taylor | – | – | Gabriel Ramos Adolfo Moreno | Douglas Guedes | – | – | – | – |
| AkinaSupporting | Mamiko Noto | Amy Birnbaum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AobaSupporting | Shouzou Iizuka | Sean Schemmel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AntonySupporting | Katsuyuki Konishi | Greg Abbey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AzumaSupporting | – | Mike Pollock | – | – | Juan Antonio Soler | – | – | – | – | – |
| AnriSupporting | Risa Hayamizu | Annie Silver | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AogiriSupporting | Masaki Aizawa | Sean Schemmel | – | – | – | Ricardo Sawaya | – | – | – | – |
| ArisaSupporting | Miki Yoshino | Tara Sands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AsagiSupporting | Michiko Neya | Annie Silver | – | – | – | Priscila Ferreira | – | – | – | – |
| AzamiSupporting | Chinami Nishimura | Emlyn Morinelli | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AyaneSupporting | Emi Shinohara | Karen Neill | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AsunaSupporting | Rio Natsuki | Lisa Ortiz | – | – | Maria Fernanda Morales Isacha Mengíbar | Luciana Baroli | Renata Bertolas | – | – | – |
| AzamiSupporting | Atsuko Tanaka | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AnneSupporting | Yumi Kakazu | Suzanne Goldish | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AndrewSupporting | Akiko Kawase | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Production
Key staff
Satoshi TajiriOriginal CreatorYuuji AsadaDirector
Ken SugimoriOriginal Character DesignMorikazu AokiMusic
Masafumi MimaSound Director
OLMStudioStaff
| Studio | OLM |
|---|---|
| Original Creator | Satoshi Tajiri |
| Director | Yuuji Asada, Masamitsu Hidaka, Norihiko Sudou, Kunihiko Yuyama |
| Script | Shinzou Fujita, Guylaine Gibert, Yukiyoshi Oohashi, Takeshi Shudou, Masashi Sogo, Hideki Sonoda and 4 more |
| Original Character Design | Ken Sugimori |
| Music | Morikazu Aoki, Gou Ichinose, Junichi Masuda, Shinji Miyazaki |
| Sound Director | Masafumi Mima |
| Director of Photography | Hisao Shirai |
| Editing | Toshio Henmi |
| Theme Song Performance | Cristina D'Avena, GARDEN, Jean-Marc Anthony Kabeya, KAORI, Rica Matsumoto, Giorgio Vanni |
| Producer | Takemoto Mori |
Music
| Composer | Morikazu Aoki, Gou Ichinose, Junichi Masuda, Shinji Miyazaki |
|---|
Opening themes
- OP 1“Advance Adventure”Episodes 1–69AnimeThemes
- OP 1“I wanna be a hero”Episodes 1–40 · English VersionAnimeThemes
- OP 2“Challenger!” — Rika MatsumotoEpisodes 70–105AnimeThemes
- OP 2“This Dream”Episodes 41–92 · English VersionAnimeThemes
- OP 3“Pokemon Symphonic Medley”Episodes 106–135AnimeThemes
- OP 3“I'm Unbeatable”Episodes 93–144 · English VersionAnimeThemes
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- OP 4“Battle Frontier”Episodes 136–165AnimeThemes
- OP 4“Battle Frontier”Episodes 145–192 · English VersionAnimeThemes
- OP 5“SpurtT!” — Rika MatsumotoEpisodes 166–193AnimeThemes
Ending themes
- ED 1“Sokoni Soraga Arukara”Episodes 1–18, 45–49, 51AnimeThemes
- ED 2“Polka O Dolka”Episodes 19–44AnimeThemes
- ED 3“Smile”Episodes 52–82, 92–98AnimeThemes
- ED 4“Ippai Summer!!” — Naomi TamuraEpisodes 83–91AnimeThemes
- ED 5“GLORY DAY ~Kagayaku Sono Hi~”Episodes 99–134, 150–172AnimeThemes
- ED 6“Pokemon Kazoe Uta”Episodes 135–149AnimeThemes
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- ED 7“I Won't Lose! Haruka's Theme”Episodes 173–193AnimeThemes
Songs, performers and episodes from AnimeThemes.
Episodes
192 of 192 episodes aired
| No. | Title | Original air date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | — | Aired | |
| 164 | — | Aired | |
| 165 | — | Aired | |
| 166 | — | Aired | |
| 167 | — | Aired | |
| 168 | — | Aired | |
| 169 | — | Aired | |
| 170 | — | Aired | |
| 171 | — | Aired | |
| 172 | — | Aired | |
| 173 | — | Aired | |
| 174 | — | Aired | |
| 175 | — | Aired | |
| 176 | — | Aired | |
| 177 | — | Aired | |
| 178 | — | Aired | |
| 179 | — | Aired | |
| 180 | — | Aired | |
| 181 | — | Aired | |
| 182 | — | Aired | |
| 183 | — | Aired | |
| 184 | — | Aired | |
| 185 | — | Aired | |
| 186 | — | Aired | |
| 187 | — | Aired | |
| 188 | — | Aired | |
| 189 | — | Aired | |
| 190 | — | Aired | |
| 191 | — | Aired | |
| 192 | — | Aired |
→ Full list of episodes (1–192)
Videos and pictures
Trailers and music
Gallery
Ratings and statistics
7.161,780 ratings
Score distribution
1016.6%
97.4%
820.4%
727.9%
617.1%
56.3%
41.6%
31.2%
20.7%
10.7%
On users' lists
- Plan to watch1,011
- Watching234
- Completed4,633
- On hold132
- Dropped306
Ratings and list counts come from Shikimori, whose scores mirror MyAnimeList. Rankings compare the titles listed in Acino.
Audience
How many people follow this anime on the largest anime databases. The numbers are refreshed every few days; one person may use several sites.
20.3KOn users' lists
4.6KCompleted
234Watching
1KPlan to watch
46Favorites
| Site | Members | Watching | Completed | Plan to watch | Dropped | Favorites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitsu | 13,964 | — | — | — | — | 46 |
| Shikimori | 6,316 | 234 | 4,633 | 1,011 | 306 | — |
Watch order
The Pokémon: Advanced story in order of release, as listed in Acino.
Related works
Prequel7.42PokémonTV series · 1997
Side story6.77Pokémon: Jirachi — Wish MakerFilm · 2003
Side story6.99Pokémon: Destiny DeoxysFilm · 2004
Side story7.34Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of MewFilm · 2005
Side story6.81Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the SeaFilm · 2006| Sequel | Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (TV series, 2006) |
|---|---|
| Side story | Pokémon Chronicles (TV series, 2002) Pokémon: Gotta Dance! (Film, 2003) Pokémon: Pikachu's Summer Festival! (Special, 2004) Pokémon 3D Adventure: Find Mew! (Film, 2005) Pokémon: Pikachu's Ghost Festival! (Special, 2005) Pokémon 4D: Pikachu's Ocean Adventure (Film, 2006) Pikachu's Island Adventure (Special, 2006) Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon (ONA, 2006) |
| Alternative setting | Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire: Mega Special Animation (ONA, 2014) Pokémon Generations (ONA, 2016) |
| Summary | Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Clip Show (TV special, 2006) |
| Other | Pokemon Advanced Generation Planetarium: Tenkuu Kara no Chousen (Film, 2004) |
Recommendations
Titles that share the most genres with Pokémon: Advanced.
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6.48Pokémon: Black & WhiteTV series · 2010
7.79Digimon: Digital MonstersTV series · 1999
7.67Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes BackFilm · 1998
7.33Pokémon: The Rise Of DarkraiFilm · 2007
7.10Pokémon 3: The MovieFilm · 2000
7.10Pokémon: Mewtwo ReturnsTV special · 2000
8.02Slayers NextTV series · 1996
7.81Slayers TryTV series · 1997References
- “Pokemon Advanced Generation”. Shikimori. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Pokemon Advanced Generation”. MyAnimeList. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Pokémon: Advanced”. Kitsu. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Pokémon: Advanced”. AnimeThemes. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Q3008253”. Wikidata. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
The facts on this page come from the databases listed above. The article text is written by Acino with AI assistance, using only those facts.