Pokémon

Pokémon
Original Title	ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutā
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	Buttons Sound (Season 1)
Dubbing Studio 2	TAJ Productions (Seasons 1-5)
Dubbing Studio 3	4Kids Entertainment (Season 5)
Voice Director 1	Michael J. Haigney
Voice Director 2	Jim Malone
Voice Director 3	Anthony Salerno
Voice Director 4	Jason Bergenfeld
Voice Director 5	Eric Stuart
Voice Director 6	Ted Lewis
Voice Director 7	Darren Dunstan
Translation & Adaptation	Michael J. Haigney (Seasons 1-4) Norman J. Grossfeld (Seasons 1-2) Crispin Freeman (Seasons 1-2) John Touhey (Seasons 1-2) Thomas D. Sullivan (Season 1) Joe Witt (Seasons 2-3) Bob Feig (Season 2) Julie Vallely (Season 3) David Beach (Season 3) Jordan Bachard (Season 4) Kathy Pilon (Season 5) James Carter Cathcart (Season 5)
Recorded	1998-2003
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	276 273 (dubbed)
Year	1997-2002
Chronology
Successor	Pokémon Advanced Generation

Pokémon (ポケモン Pokemon), abbreviated from the Japanese title of Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutā) is a Japanese anime series, based on the series of video games and is part of the franchise of the same name. It originally aired in Japan from April 1, 1997 to November 14, 2002 on TV Tokyo.

The Pokémon anime series is largely credited to having allowed for anime to become more popular and familiar around the world, especially in the United States, where the two highest grossing anime films are both Pokémon films. It is also considered to be the first and so far only anime that has been able to reach this level of mainstream success with western audiences, as well as being credited with allowing the game series to reach such a degree of popularity, and vice versa.

Dubbing History

The series was dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment, produced by 4Kids Productions and syndicated by The Summit Media Group. The dub has been the target of criticism and controversy throughout its history. Despite these criticisms, most of the English dub is well-received, and has many viewers, some even preferring it over the original Japanese anime.

Nintendo asked for changes to be made to the original Japanese show in the English adaptation. "We tried not to have violence or sexual discrimination or religious scenes in the United States," said Masakazu Kubo, executive producer of Shogakukan. The names of the characters and monsters were Westernized: Satoshi became Ash, and Shigeru became Gary, and the Pokémon were given descriptive names. For example, of the three starter Pokémon, Hitokage, a salamander with a ball of fire on its tail, became Charmander; Fushigidane, a dinosaur with a green garlic bulb on its back, became Bulbasaur; and Zenigame, a turtle who squirts water, became Squirtle.

Cast

Main Cast

Image	Character	Original Name	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Ash Ketchum	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	Veronica Taylor
	Pikachu		Ikue Ōtani	not dubbed
				Rachael Lillis (several loops)
	Misty	Kasumi	Mayumi Iizuka	Rachael Lillis
	Brock	Takeshi	Yūji Ueda	Eric Stuart
	Jessie	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	Rachael Lillis
	James	Kojirō	Shinichirō Miki	Ted Lewis (eps. 2-9)
				Eric Stuart
	Meowth	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	Matthew Sussman (eps. 2-31)
				Maddie Blaustein
	Togepi		Satomi Kōrogi	not dubbed
	Tracey Sketchit	Kenji	Tomokazu Seki	Ted Lewis
	Pokedex (Kanto)	Kanto no Pokemon Zukan	Shinichirō Miki	Nick Stellate (eps. 1-49)
				Eric Stuart (eps. 50-271)
	Pokedex (Johto)	Johto no Pokemon Zukan		Eric Stuart
	Narrator		Unshō Ishizuka	Rodger Parsons
Secondary Characters
	Delia Ketchum	Hanako	Masami Toyoshima	Veronica Taylor
	Professor Samuel Oak	Yukinari Ōkido Hakase	Unshō Ishizuka	Stuart Zagnit
	Gary Oak	Shigeru Ōkido	Yuko Kobayashi	James Carter Cathcart
	Giovanni	Sakaki	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Ted Lewis
	Nurse Joy	Joy	Ayako Shiraishi (eps. 2-229)	Megan Hollingshead
			Yuriko Yamaguchi (eps. 245-274)
	Officer Jenny	Junsar-san	Chinami Nishimura	Lee Quick
	Cassidy	Yamato	Masako Katsuki	Megan Hollingshead
	Butch	Kosaburo	Takehito Koyasu	Eric Stuart

Recurring Cast

Image	Character	Original Name	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Rivals
	Ritchie	Hiroshi	Minami Takayama	Tara Sands
	Harrison	Hazuki	Katsumi Toriumi	Wayne Grayson
Family
	Daisy	Sakura	Rei Sakuma	Lisa Ortiz
	Violet	Ayame	Tomoko Kawakami	Rachael Lillis
	Lily	Botan	Yōko Asada	Megan Hollingshead
	Flint	Muno	Takaya Hashi	Ted Lewis
Pokemon Teachers (Pokemon hakases)
	Professor Elm	Dr. Utsugi	Kazuhiko Inoue	Paul Liberti
Pokemon League (Pokemonrigu)
	Mr. Charles Goodshow	Tamaranze Kaicho	Masaharu Satō	James Carter Cathcart
Team Rocket Staff (Roketto-dan)
	Dr. Namba		Ichirō Nagai	James Carter Cathcart
Recurring Characters
	Jessebelle	Rumika	Megumi Hayashibara	Rachael Lillis
	Magikarp Salesman	Koiking Uri	Unshō Ishizuka	Eric Stuart
	Casey	Nanako	Nina Kumagaya	Kerry Williams

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode
Season 1: Indigo League
	Samurai	Akiko Suzuki	James Carter Cathcart	4
	Seymour	Tetsuya Iwanaga	Maddie Blaustein	6
	A.J.	Nobuyuki Hiyama		8
	Joe	Rikako Aikawa	Kayzie Rogers	9
	Giselle	Yumi Tōma	Roxanne Beck
	Melanie	Mako Hyōdō	Tara Sands	10
	Damian	Hikaru Midorikawa	Maddie Blaustein	11
	Bill	Masaya Onosaka		13
	Lieutenant Surge	Fumihiko Tachiki		14
	Gentleman	Daiki Nakamura		15
	Brutella	Chika Sakamoto	Kayzie Rogers	18-19
	Nastina			19
	Ghost of Maiden's Peak	Michiko Neya	Megan Hollingshead	20
	Gastly	Takkō Ishimori	Ted Lewis
	Old Hag
	Sabrina	Kae Araki	Lisa Ortiz	22, 24
	Sabrina's Father	Yōsuke Akimoto	Maddie Blaustein
	Gastly	Katsuyuki Konishi	Ted Lewis	23
	Gengar	Kiyonobu Suzuki
	Haunter	Toshiyuki Morikawa		23-24
	Erika	Kyōko Hikami	Leah Applebaum	26
	Arnold's Mother	Rikako Aikawa	Kayzie Rogers	27
	Suzy	Rei Sakuma	Leah Applebaum	27, 169
	Anthony	Fumihiko Tachiki	Maddie Blaustein	29
	Rebecca	Junko Asami	Roxanne Beck
75px	Dick	Katsuyuki Konishi	¿?	30
75px	Philip	Kōsuke Okano	Ted Lewis
	Aya	Emi Shinohara	Lisa Ortiz	32, 179
	Koga	Hōchū Ōtsuka	Stuart Zagnit	32
	Lara Laramie	Yuri Shiratori	Lisa Ortiz	33
	Dario	Hiro Yūki	Maddie Blaustein
	Tommy/Tomo	Motoko Kumai	James Carter Cathcart	34
	Tommy's Father	Takashi Taguchi	Ted Lewis
	Tommy's Mother	Sachiko Kobayashi	Kayzie Rogers
	Chopper	Katsuyuki Konishi	Matthew Mitler	35
	Tyra	Satoko Kitō	Mandy Bonhomme
	Duplica	Orine Fukushima	Megan Hollingshead	36
	Mikey	Yumi Tōma	Kayzie Rogers	38
	Rainer	Kentarō Itō	Maddie Blaustein
	Sparky	Katsuyuki Konishi	Matthew Mitler
	Pyro	Kōsuke Okano
	Hippie	Hiroshi Ōtake	Maddie Blaustein	39
	Mayor	Takeshi Watabe
	Restaurant Owner	¿?	Jerry Lobozzo	40
	Yas	Daiki Nakamura	Ted Lewis
	Kas	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Maddie Blaustein
	Yas Gym Recruit	Wakako Taniguchi	Megan Hollingshead
	Melvin	Pal Hazuki	Maddie Blaustein	41
	Melvin's Assistant	¿?	Rachael Lillis
	Cassandra	Konami Yoshida	Lisa Ortiz	42
	Cassandra's Grandmother	Masami Tachino	James Carter Cathcart	42
	Dr. Proctor	Rikiya Koyama	J. David Brimmer	45
	James' Father	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Maddie Blaustein	46
	James' Mother	Mako Hyōdō	Megan Hollingshead
	Hopkins	Mitsuru Ogata	Ted Lewis	46
	Keith	Tsutomu Kashiwakura		47
	Mountaineer	¿?		49
	Fiorello Cappucino	Issei Miyazaki		50
	Reiko	Rumi Kasahara	Amy Birnbaum	51
	Timmy	Satomi Kōrogi	Kayzie Rogers	51
	Todd Snap	Kappei Yamaguchi	James Carter Cathcart	53-55 187-189
	Pokemon League Entrance Exam Instructor	Katsuyuki Konishi	Ted Lewis	54
	Blaine	Toshiya Ueda	Michael J. Haigney	56-60
	Oswald	Takuma Suzuki	Maddie Blaustein	62
	Stella	Satsuki Yukino	Megan Hollingshead
	Professor Westwood V	Naoki Tatsuta	Matthew Sussman	66
	Victor	Kazuhiro Nakata	J. David Brimmer	67
		Megumi Hayashibara (child)	Ted Lewis
		Shinichirō Miki (teen)
	Potter	Issei Miyazaki		68
	Florinda Showers	Akemi Okamura	Amy Birnbaum
	Cleavon Shpielbunk	Shōzō Hayashiya	James Carter Cathcart	69
	Katrina	Akiko Hiramatsu	Tara Sands
	Old Woman	¿?	Kayzie Rogers	70
	Bruno	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Maddie Blaustein
	Eve	Yuka Imai	Amy Birnbaum	72
	Otoshi	Masami Kikuchi	Maddie Blaustein	73
	Indigo League Announcer	Kōichi Hasebe	Ted Lewis	74-81
	Mandi	Hikaru Midorikawa		75
	Waitress	¿?	Tara Sands	76
	Pete Pebbleman	Kentarō Itō	Maddie Blaustein
	Melissa	Shinichirō Miki	Tara Sands	77
	Jeanette Fisher	Noriko Hidaka
	Assunta	Masami Toyoshima
Season 2: Adventures on the Orange Islands
	Professor Felina Ivy	Keiko Han	Kayzie Rogers	83
	Professor Ivy's Assistants (Charity, Hope & Faith)	Ikue Ōtani
		Mika Kanai
		Satomi Kōrogi
	Three Punks	Katsuyuki Konishi	Matthew Mitler	84
		Shinichirō Miki	Ted Lewis
		Kōichi Sakaguchi	Maddie Blaustein
	Cissy	Miki Nagasawa	Tara Sands	85
	Senta	Kumiko Watanabe	Kayzie Rogers	85
	Mateo	Atsushi Kisaichi	Buddy Woodward	87
	Marissa	Satomi Kōrogi	Tara Sands	87
	Umberto	Shōzō Iizuka	Scottie Ray	89
	Reporter	Satomi Kōrogi	Amy Birnbaum	89
	Kay	Yumi Kakazu	Jessica Calvello	90
	Roger	Kenichi Ogata	Maddie Blaustein	90
	Anne	Rikako Aikawa	Kayzie Rogers	90
	Len	Kōichi Sakaguchi	Matthew Sussman	90
	Marina	Yukana Nogami	Lisa Ortiz	91
	Danny	Yasunori Matsumoto	Jim Malone	93
	Ruby	Michiko Neya	Tara Sands	94
	Captain	Kōji Ishii	Maddie Blaustein	95
	Mikeosu	Tsutomu Kashiwakura	Matthew Sussman	96
	Shimajio	Yonehiko Kitagawa	James Carter Cathcart	96
	Prima	Maria Kawamura	Jayne Grand	99
	Ralph	Rikako Aikawa	Tara Sands	100
	Emily	Satsuki Yukino	Amy Birnbaum	100
	Ethan	Kinryū Arimoto	Matthew Sussman	101
	Mayor of Trovitopolis	Toshihiko Nakajima	James Carter Cathcart	102
		Megumi Hayashibara (child)
	Mahri	Mika Kanai	Kayzie Rogers	103
	Rudy	Ryō Horikawa	Matthew Mitler	103
	Rudy's Referee	¿?		103
	Tad	Mitsuaki Madono	Maddie Blaustein	105
	Captain Aidan	Kazuo Hayashi	Dan Green	106, 147
	Gulzar	Kazue Ikura	Amy Birnbaum	107
	Luana	Mami Koyama	Kayzie Rogers	108
	Sheldon	Kōichi Sakaguchi	Eric Stuart	108
	Quincy T. Quackenpoker	Hiroshi Ōtake	Jerry Lobozzo	109
	Drake	Kōji Yusa	Scottie Ray	111-112
	Orange League Announcer	Kōichi Hasebe	Ted Lewis	111-112
	Captain Crook	Hidetoshi Nakamura	¿?	113
	Scuz	Kentarō Itō	Maddie Blaustein	113
	Poncho	Masashi Ebara	Scottie Ray	114
Season 3: The Johto Journeys
	Woodruff	Kazuya Nakai	Dan Green	119
	Rochelle	Yuri Amano	Tara Sands	120
	Hagatha	Hisako Kyōda	James Carter Cathcart	121
	Nagatha
	Bailey	Masami Suzuki	Emily Niebo	122
	Madame Muchmoney	Kazuko Yanaga	Carol Jacobanis	124 175
	Jeeves	Hidenari Ugaki	Dan Green	124 175
	Winthrop's Trainer	¿?	Veronica Taylor	124
	Arielle	Kumiko Nishihara	Carol Jacobanis	128
	Mr. Douglas	¿?	Maddie Blaustein	128
	Zackie	Rikako Aikawa	Amy Birnbaum	130
	Lizzy	Mika Kanai	Kayzie Rogers	130
	Miss Priscilla	Ryōka Yuzuki	Amy Birnbaum	130
	Earl Dervish	Katsuyuki Konishi	Eric Stuart	130
	Falkner	Akira Ishida	Matthew Mitler	131
	Falkner's Referee	¿?	Maddie Blaustein	131
	Wilhomena	Sachiko Sugawara	Tara Sands	132
	Liza	Sakiko Tamagawa	Lisa Ortiz	134
	Sonrisa	Wakana Yamazaki	Megan Hollingshead	135
	Cyrus	Katsuyuki Konishi	Dan Green	135
	Announcer	¿?		135
	Judges	¿?		135
		¿?	Veronica Taylor
		¿?	Megan Hollingshead
	Mariah	Miki Takahashi	Tara Sands	137
	Mr. Parker / Gligarman	Yūsaku Yara	Eric Stuart	138
	Latoya Parker / Gligirl	Yuki Masuda	Amy Birnbaum	138
	Mary	Yūko Mita		139
	Ellen (Mary's Mother)	Yumi Sōma	Carol Jacobanis	139
	Shingo	Susumu Chiba	Dan Green	140
	Muramasa	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo	Scottie Ray	140
	Koji	Akio Suyama	Ted Lewis	141
	Kurt	Masashi Hirose	James Carter Cathcart	142-143
	Maisy	Satsuki Yukino	Tara Sands	142-144
	Bugsy	Hiromi Ishikawa		144
	Sylvester	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Amy Birnbaum	145
	Sylvester's Father	Yū Shimaka	Eric Stuart	145
	Benny	Yoshiko Kamei	Kayzie Rogers	146
	Fernando	Kōji Yusa	Ted Lewis	146
	Olesia	Yuko Kobayashi	Amy Birnbaum	148
	Growlithe Trainer	¿?	Kayzie Rogers	152
	Miki	Atsuko Enomoto	Lisa Ortiz	152
	Trixie	Yumi Takada	Amy Birnbaum	153
	Dr. Wiseman	Tomohiro Nishimura	Maddie Blaustein	154
	Cherry	Mika Kanai	Kerry Williams	156
	Mrs. Bellows	Rikako Aikawa	Kayzie Rogers	156
Season 4: Johto League Champions
	Whitney	Yūko Miyamura	Megan Hollingshead	158-159
	Whitney's Referee	¿?	Lisa Ortiz	158
	Uncle Milton	Yuzuru Fujimoto	Eric Stuart	159
	Radio Producer	¿?	Ted Lewis	160
	DJ Mary	Atsuko Enomoto	Amy Birnbaum	160
	Dugtrio Trio	¿?	Ted Lewis	160
		¿?	Rachael Lillis
	Pierre	Yasunori Matsumoto	Eric Stuart	162
	Marie	Satomi Kōrogi	Megan Hollingshead	162
	Marie's Grandpa	Takayuki Yamaguchi	¿?	162
	Foster	Nobutoshi Canna	¿?	163
	Malachi	Motoko Kumai	Tara Sands	164
	Malachi's Grandpa	Kinryū Arimoto	Mike Pollock	164
	Dr. Anna	Mako Hyōdō	Megan Hollingshead	165
	Keiko	Ikue Ōtani	Amy Birnbaum	165
	Kenzo	Tomomichi Nishimura	James Carter Cathcart	166
	Shiro	Tomoyuki Shimura	Andrew Rannells	166
	Chigusa	Akiko Hiramatsu	Lisa Ortiz	166
	Andreas	Kōsuke Okano	Ted Lewis	168
	Zane	Ryōtarō Okiayu	Scottie Ray	169
	Old Man Shuckle	Isamu Tanonaka	James Carter Cathcart	170
	Alex Davis	Daisuke Kishio	Kayzie Rogers	171
	Benji	Yuka Imai	Amy Birnbaum	172
	Benji's Father	Takao Ōyama	Jerry Lobozzo	172
	Nario	Kentarō Itō	Andrew Rannells	173
	Lulu	Ai Satō	Kayzie Rogers	173
	Annie	Ikue Ōtani	Kerry Williams	173
	Tsuyoshi	Kōichi Sakaguchi	Wayne Grayson	173
	Tetsuya	Katsuyuki Konishi	Maddie Blaustein	173
	Hisashi	Kenichi Suzumura	Matthew Mitler	173
	Tokichi	Norio Wakamoto	Rodger Parsons	176
	Ralph	Shinichirō Miki	Dan Green	176
	Mickey	Satomi Kōrogi	Kayzie Rogers	176
	Zachary Evans	Ikue Ōtani	Amy Birnbaum	177
	Mr. Evans	Katsuyuki Konishi	Scottie Ray	177
	Mr. Strussel	¿?	Maddie Blaustein	177
	Ephraim	Yumiko Kobayashi	Tara Sands	178
	Ephraim's Father	Kōichi Sakaguchi	Scottie Ray	178
	Ephraim's Mother	Satomi Kōrogi	Kayzie Rogers	178
	Charmaine	Fumiko Orikasa	Lisa Ortiz	179
	Mareep Farmer	Ryūji Saikachi	¿?	180
	Morty	Masaya Matsukaze	Andrew Rannells	181-182 229
	Infernando	Katsuyuki Konishi	James Carter Cathcart	181
	Sakura	Mariko Kouda	Kerry Williams	183, 226
	Satsuki	Yumi Tōma	Lisa Ortiz	183, 226
	Sumomo	Satomi Kōrogi	Kayzie Rogers	183, 226
	Tamao	Rikako Aikawa	Megan Hollingshead	183, 226
	Koume	Mika Kanai	Tara Sands	183, 226
	Gan Gogh	Kenichi Ogata	James Carter Cathcart	185
	Sophia	Miyoko Shōji	Veronica Taylor	187
		Ikue Ōtani (young)
	Marcello	Osamu Saka	Eric Stuart	187
		Kōichi Sakaguchi (young)
	Peggy	Rie Kugimiya	Kerry Williams	188
	Rory	Daisuke Gōri	¿?	188
	Ramona	Megumi Toyoguchi	Roxanne Beck	190
	Keegan	Motoko Kumai	Tara Sands	190
	Bucky	Hōko Kuwashima	Amy Birnbaum	191
	Timothy	Akiko Suzuki	James Carter Cathcart	191
	Yurika	Asa Shirakura	Kerry Williams	191
	Goneff	Masaru Ikeda	Sean Schemmel	192
	Raiden	Katsuyuki Konishi	Dan Green	194
	Shonosuke	Kōsei Tomita	¿?	194
	Simon	Sukekiyo Kameyama	J. David Brimmer	195
		Satomi Kōrogi (child)	Tara Sands
	Lead Phony Pokemon Interpreter	Naoya Uchida	Greg Abbey	195
	Simon's Father	Kōichi Sakaguchi	Ted Lewis	195
	Talking Pidgey	Yūji Ueda	James Carter Cathcart	195
	Talking Rattata	¿?		195
	Talking Oddish	¿?	Tara Sands	195
	Tierra	Michiko Neya	Amy Birnbaum	196
	Jack Pollockson	Rokurō Naya	James Carter Cathcart	197
	Reporter	¿?	Ted Lewis	197
	Temacu	Yukana Nogami	Amy Birnbaum	198
	Temacu's Father	Tomoyuki Shimura	Dan Green	198
	Haruno	Masako Isobe	Kayzie Rogers	200
	Mackenzie	Mitsuki Saiga		201
	Mackenzie's Father	Katsuyuki Konishi	Dan Green	201
	Skyler	Yoshiko Kamei	Michelle Newman	202
	Tenma	Naoki Bandō	Marc Thompson	202
	Brad Van Darn	Nobutoshi Canna		203
	Vidso	Kōichi Sakaguchi	Scottie Ray	203
	Pietra	Yumi Tōma	Carol Jacobanis	204
	Madison	Mako Hyōdō	Amy Palant	205
	Alexa	Rei Sakuma	Lisa Ortiz	205
	Jasmine	Yumi Kakazu	Tara Sands	208
	Myron	Toshihiko Nakajima	James Carter Cathcart	208
	Janina	Yuko Sasamoto	Kerry Williams	208-209 223-224
	Chuck	Nobuaki Kakuda	Dan Green	209
	Chuck's Wife	Miho Yamada	Tara Sands	209
Season 5: Master Quest
	Captain Marius	Hidetoshi Nakamura	James Carter Cathcart	210
	Trainer	¿?	Wayne Grayson	210
	Wilbur	Kentarō Itō		211
	Dayton	Akiko Hiramatsu	Tara Sands	212
	Daizo (Dayton's Father)	Katsuyuki Konishi	¿?	212
	Mika	Mika Kanai	Kerry Williams	213
	Andrea	Satsuki Yukino	Tara Sands	213
	Mika & Andrea's Father	Mitsuaki Hoshino	Dan Green	213
	Luka	Rumi Kasahara	Lisa Ortiz	214, 220-222
	Marcellus	Yūko Satō	Amy Birnbaum	215
	Maya, the Sea Priestess	Yuriko Yamamoto	Amy Palant	216-217
	Christopher	Romi Park	Tara Sands	216
	Harrison	Kōichi Sakaguchi	Eric Stuart	216
	Trinity	Tomoko Kawakami	Carol Jacobanis	217
	Whirl Cup Winner	Katsuyuki Konishi	¿?	217
	Rita	Satomi Kōrogi	Leah Applebaum	218
	Sue	Ikue Ōtani	Mandy Bonhomme	218
	Diglett Thieves Leader	Tōru Ōkawa	Dan Green	218
	Ariene	Yuko Sumitomo	Roxanne Beck	219
	Jenaro	Kazuya Nakai	Ted Lewis	219
	Oliver	Motoko Kumai	Kayzie Rogers	220-222
	Wings Alexander	Chafurin	James Carter Cathcart	223
	Carter	Katsuyuki Konishi		225
	Eusine	Shinji Kawada	Ted Lewis	227
	Mr. Shellby	Takashi Nagasako	Dan Green	228
	Kimie	Shōko Tsuda	Kayzie Rogers	228
	Wendy	Narumi Hidaka	Lisa Ortiz	231
	Rocket Scout	Reiko Suzuki	Kayzie Rogers	231
	Lokoko	Tomoe Hanba	Tara Sands	232
	Kiyo	Takeharu Onishi	Dan Green	233
	Calista	Kumiko Yokote	Tara Sands	234
	Tyson	Yoshinori Sonobe	Dan Green	235
	Professor Sebastian	Hidetoshi Nakamura	Eric Stuart	235-236
	Lance	Susumu Chiba	Wayne Grayson	235-236
	Pryce	Motomu Kiyokawa	James Carter Cathcart	237
		Kōichi Sakaguchi (young)
	Sheila	Kazue Komiya	Kayzie Rogers	237
	Steven	Kenichi Suzumura	Dan Green	239
	Egan	Michiyo Yanagisawa	Tara Sands	240
	Lily	Rie Kugimiya	Lisa Ortiz	241
	Krystal	Makoto Tsumura	Tara Sands	242
	Brittany	Yui Horie	Kerry Williams	243
	Madeleine	Miki Itō	Lisa Ortiz	244
	Ken	Toshihiko Seki	Marc Thompson	246
	Mary	Rumi Ochiai	Megan Hollingshead	246
	Delaney	Kenji Nojima	Wayne Grayson	247
	Mason	Rikako Aikawa	Mason Ripka	247
	Tammy	Sachiko Sugawara	Tara Sands	249
	Clair	Yūko Mita	Megan Hollingshead	250-254
	Kaburagi	Eiji Maruyama	James Carter Cathcart	250
	Dorian	Kōichi Tōchika	Michael Sinterniklaas	255
	Naomi	Yurika Hino	Roxanne Beck	256
	Nelson	Yoko Sōmi	Kayzie Rogers	258
	Professor Telesu	Masaki Aizawa	Dan Green	259
	Alice Telesu	Akiko Kimura	Tara Sands	259
	Satchel	Yūko Satō		261
	Braggo	Akimitsu Takase	Wayne Grayson	263
	Chico	Kenichi Suzumura	Sam Riegel	263
	Blurt	Yoshinori Sonobe	Ted Lewis	263
	Ranger Mason	Satsuki Yukino	Tara Sands	263
	Johto League Referee	¿?	Darren Dunstan	265-271
	Johto League Announcer	Jin Horikawa	Ted Lewis	265-271
	Salvador	Daisuke Kishio	Oliver Wyman	265-266, 268
	Macey	Konomi Maeda	Kerry Williams	266-271
	Jackson	Daisuke Sakaguchi	Anthony Salerno	266-271
	Kim	Makoto Tsumura	Sean Schemmel	272
	Kai	Makoto Higo	Greg Abbey	272
	Kail	Yugo Takahashi	Marc Thompson	272
	Ship Captain	Katsuyuki Konishi	Ted Lewis	273

Additional Voices

• Leah Applebaum
• Roxanne Beck
• Amy Birnbaum
• Maddie Blaustein
• Mandy Bonhomme
• James Carter Cathcart
• Ross Charap
• Christopher Collet
• Darren Dunstan
• Suzanne Goldish
• Jayne Grand
• Wayne Grayson
• Dan Green
• Michael J. Haigney
• Megan Hollingshead
• Carol Jacobanis
• Ted Lewis
• Paul Liberti
• Rachael Lillis
• Jerry Lobozzo
• Jim Malone
• Matthew Mitler
• Dan Olk
• Lisa Ortiz
• Amy Palant
• Lee Quick
• Andrew Rannells
• Kayzie Rogers
• Tara Sands
• Nick Stellate
• Eric Stuart
• Matthew Sussman
• Veronica Taylor
• Marc Thompson
• Cassan Treegill
• Kerry Williams
• Oliver Wyman
• Stuart Zagnit

Notes

• Most every dub of Pokémon is based on 4Kids' English edit of the series.
• The original 276 episodes were cut down to 273. Episodes 35, 38 and 252 were removed and undubbed due to controversial content. Further, Episode 18, while dubbed, was later removed from rotation due to its controversial content (the episode features James posing as a woman on the beach with fake inflatable breasts) and is not included on any DVDs or foreign dubbing packages, thus taking the episode count down to 272.
  • According to voice actress Maddie Blaustein, the infamous episode "Electric Soldier Porygon" (Episode 38; infamously known for inducing seizures in around 685 people in Japan viewing it during a rapidly flashing explosion in the episode, on December 16, 1997) was actually dubbed by 4Kids, with the offending scene edited, though Nintendo refused to allow it to air due to the immense controversy. The truth about this has been unclear, as it has been refuted by Veronica Taylor, though affirmed by Eric Stuart.
• Musashi and Kojiro' English names (Jessie and James) are a reference to notorious Western outlaw Jesse James. As well, Kosaburo and Yamato's English names (Butch & Cassidy) are a reference to Butch Cassidy.
• While Pikachu (and most Pokémon) keeps its original Japanese voice, on the occasions early in the series where the original dialogue couldn't be isolated, Rachael Lillis fills in as Pikachu.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
1998	Syndication	United States
1999-2003	The WB (Kids' WB!)

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Pioneer Entertainment	1998-2002		Episodes 1-80 / 117-155	NTSC	United States
			39 Volumes
	1998-2004		Episodes 1-80 / 117-209	1 NTSC
			46 Volumes
Viz Media	2002-2005		Episodes 81-116 / 210-274
			9 Volumes
	2006-2008		Episodes 1-116
			4 Volumes
	2013-2014		Episodes 1-80
			3 Volumes
	2014-2016		The Complete Series
			5 Volumes
	2017		Episodes 1-57	A DVB-T
			1 Volume (TBC)

External Links

• Pokémon (anime) at the Anime News Network
• Pokémon at the Internet Movie Database