Where to watch the entire Pokémon anime
We’re more than a week away from Pokémon Day, the annual celebration of the Japanese release of the original Pokémon games and with it, the English debut of Pokémon Horizons: The Series. The upcoming season will be the first in the series to star characters other than Ash Ketchum since the anime first premiered all the way back in 1997.
Western audiences still have some time before we meet Liko and Roy, the protagonists of Pokémon Horizons, who will pick up the baton from Ketchum in the wake of his championship victory at the end of last year’s Pokémon Ultimate Journeys. In the meantime, why not take a stroll down memory lane and revisit the earlier seasons of the anime before the latest entry? We’ve broken down a list of all the services where you can watch all 25 seasons of the original Pokémon anime.
Seasons 1-5: Indigo League, Adventures in the Orange Islands, The Johto Journeys, Johto League Champions, Master Quest
Where to stream: Netflix (first half of season 1); the Pokémon add-on channel on Prime Video or for digital rental/purchase on Amazon (second half of season 1, season 2, season 3, season 4, season 5)
The series that started it all! Aspiring Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum ventures out from his hometown of Pallet Town to explore the Kanto and later Johto regions with his electrifying partner Pokémon Pikachu, earning Gym badges and capturing other Pokémon in his quest to become the very best, like no one ever was. Along the way, Ash teams up his friends Misty and Brock and faces off against Team Rocket members Jessie, James, and Meowth.
Seasons 6-9: Advanced, Advanced Challenge, Advanced Battle, Battle Frontier
Where to stream: Freevee, the Pokémon add-on channel on Prime Video, or for digital rental/purchase on Amazon
The Ruby and Sapphire arc of the Pokémon anime saw Ash leave behind the Johto region (along with his allies and Pokémon, except for Pikachu) to embark on a new adventure in the Hoenn region. While there, Ash met and befriended fellow
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