Pokémon: Aim To Be A Pokémon Master (ポケットモンスター めざせポケモンマスター), or To Be A Pokémon Master is an anime mini-series produced by OLM Incorporated, and serves as a epilogue to Ash and Pikachu's story, rounding Journeys' episodes up to 147. In Japan it aired from January 13 to March 24, 2023 and aired from May 13 to July 22, 2023 on Cartoon Network in Canada and was released on September 8, 2023 to Netflix in America.
In the dub, the special "Distant Blue Sky" is reworked to being episode 12.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Original Name | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ash Ketchum | Satoshi | Rika Matsumoto | Sarah Natochenny |
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Pikachu | Ikue Ōtani | ||
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Misty | Kasumi | Mayumi Iizuka | Michele Knotz |
|
Brock | Takeshi | Yūji Ueda | Bill Rogers |
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Jessie | Musashi | Megumi Hayashibara | Michele Knotz |
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James | Kojiro | Shinichirō Miki | Edward Bosco |
|
Meowth | Nyarth | Inuko Inuyama | Mick Wingert |
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Wobbuffet | Sonans | Yūji Ueda | Erica Schroeder |
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Rotom Phones | Smartphone Rotom | Kenyū Horiuchi (Satoshi's) | Barrett Leddy (Ash's) |
| Ikue Ōtani (Team Rocket's) | Lisa Ortiz (Team Rocket's) | |||
| Narrator | Kenyū Horiuchi | Rodger Parsons | ||
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode (in season) | Episode (Overall) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 25: Ultimate Journeys | |||||
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Latias | Kei Shindō | Michele Knotz | 1, 3, 9 - 10 | 137, 139, 145 - 146 |
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Delia Ketchum | Masami Toyoshima | Sarah Natochenny | 1, 3, 11 | 137, 139, 147 |
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Professor Oak | Kenyū Horiuchi | Mick Wingert | 1, 11 | 137, 147 |
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Cilan | Mamoru Miyano | Jason Griffith | 3 | 139 |
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Pansage | Chika Fujimura | Billy Bob Thompson | ||
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Kathy | Minori Chihara | Cherami Leigh | ||
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Kathy's Boyfriend | Yūki Hoshi | Jason Griffith | ||
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Ingo | Kensuke Satō | Edward Bosco | ||
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Emmet | Kiyotaka Furushima | Wayne Grayson | ||
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Nurse Joy | Kei Shindō | Megan Hollingshead | 3, 8 | 139, 144 |
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Venonat's Trainer | Tatsuki Kōbe | Marc Thompson | 5 | 141 |
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Officer Jenny | Risa Shimizu | Emily Bauer | 5, 8 | 141, 144 |
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Joy's Banette | Fumiko Takekuma | ¿? | 8 | 144 |
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Giovanni | Kenta Miyake | Ted Lewis | 9 | 145 |
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Pokémon Hunter | Kōji Yusa | Lex Lang | 10 | 146 |
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Gary Oak | Yūko Kobayashi | ¿? | 11 | 147 |
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Tracey | Tomokazu Seki | Ted Lewis | ||
Additional Voices[]
Notes[]
- This is the final Pokémon season to feature James Carter Cathcart in the voice cast and as a script adaptor as he announced his retirement following his diagnosis with throat cancer.
- Billy Bob Thompson replaces Eli James as Pansage due to James moving to London.
- Edward Bosco replaces Marc Diraison as Ingo due to Marc not having been on the show since Pokémon Best Wishes!.
- Edward Bosco and Mick Wingert replace James Carter Cathcart as James, Meowth and Professor Oak following his retirement from voice acting due to his diagnosis with throat cancer.
- Ted Lewis reprises his role as Tracey.
- This is the last Pokémon series (seasons) to be produced as a non-union dub before going unionized in the following season (Pokémon Horizons: The Series)
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Cartoon Network (formerly Teletoon) | Canada | 
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External Links[]
- Aim To Be A Pokémon Master (anime) at the Anime News Network
- Pokémon at the Internet Movie Database
