Pokémon Chronicles

Pokémon Chronicles
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	4Kids Entertainment
Voice Director	Anthony Salerno
Translation & Adaptation	Barton Bishop Ted Lewis Alan Kingsberg Joseph Raso
Recorded	2004-2005
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	22
Year	1998-2003

Pokémon Chronicles is a spin-off series of the Pokémon anime, revolving around characters other than Ash Ketchum. It first aired on Toonami UK from May 11, 2005 to October 5, 2005, and later made its U.S. premiere on June 3, 2006, after it ended in most other countries.

Chronicles comprises of a number of Pokémon anime TV specials, mainly Pocket Monsters Side Stories (ポケットモンスター サイドストーリー Poketto Monsutā Saido Sutōrī), along with the the TV movie The Legend of Thunder! (ポケットモンスタークリスタル・ライコウ Poketto Monsutā Kurisutaru - Raikou: Kaminari no densetsu) and the Pikachu's Winter Vacation shorts.

Synopsis While Ash Ketchum continues on his quest to become the best, many others will experience their own unique journey through the Pokémon world—researchers, professors, Gym Leaders, Team Rocket members, Trainers, and even Pokémon. Some are familiar faces and others are strangers at first, but what they all have in common is a love of adventure—especially when it involves Pokémon.

Cast

Main Cast

Image	Character	Original Name	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episodes
Main Characters
	Brock	Takeshi	Yūji Ueda	Eric Stuart	5 - 6, 22
					7
	Misty	Kasumi	Mayumi Iizuka	Rachael Lillis	6, 9, 11, 22
					16
	Ash Ketchum	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	Veronica Taylor	6, 22
					7, 18
	Pikachu		Ikue Ōtani	Not dubbed	4, 6, 22
					7, 18
	May	Haruka	Kaori Suzuki	Veronica Taylor	7
	Max	Masato	Fushigi Yamada	Amy Birnbaum	7
	Professor Samuel Oak	Dr. Yukinari Okido	Unshō Ishizuka	Stuart Zagnit	8, 10, 14 - 15
	Tracey Sketchit	Kenji	Tomokazu Seki	Ted Lewis	8 - 11, 14 - 16
	Gary Oak	Shigeru Okido	Yuko Kobayashi	James Carter Cathcart	15
	Kanto Pokédex	Kanto Pokémon Zukan	Megumi Hayashibara	Rachael Lillis	7
	Narrator		Unshō Ishizuka	Mike Pollock	1 - 22
Secondary Characters
	Nurse Joy	Joy	Yuriko Yamaguchi	Erica Schroeder	1 - 3, 6, 9, 12
	Officer Jenny	Junsar	Chinami Nishimura	Jamie Davyous Owens	1 - 3, 10
	Delia Ketchum	Hanako	Masami Toyoshima	Veronica Taylor	8, 14
	Casey	Nanako	Nina Kumagaya	Kerry Williams	11, 17
Team Rocket
	Cassidy	Yamato	Masako Katsuki	Andi Whaley	8, 10 - 11, 13, 15 - 16, 18
	Butch	Kosaburo	Takehito Koyasu	Eric Stuart	8, 10 - 11, 13, 15 - 16, 18
	Jessie	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	Rachael Lillis	7, 13
	James	Kojiro	Shinichirō Miki	Eric Stuart	7, 13
	Meowth	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	Maddie Blaustein	7, 13, 19, 21

Secondary Cast

Image	Character	Original Name	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episodes
Family
	Flint	Muno	Takaya Hashi	Eric Stuart	5
	Lola	Mizuho	Mako Hyōdō	Carol Jacobanis	5
	Daisy	Sakura	Rei Sakuma	Lisa Ortiz	6, 9, 11, 16
Pokémon Teachers (Pokémon hakases)
	Profesor Elm	Dr. Utsugi	Kazuhiko Inoue	Paul Liberti	1 - 3
Team Rocket Staff (Roketto-dan)
	Dr. Namba		Ichirō Nagai	James Carter Cathcart	10
	Giovanni	Sakaki	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Ted Lewis	13
Recurring Characters
	Magikarp Salesman	Koikingu Uri	Unshō Ishizuka	Eric Stuart	8
	Ritchie	Hiroshi	Minami Takayama	Tara Sands	10, 12, 18

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episodes
	Jimmy	Kenji Nojima	Sean Schemmel	1 - 3
	Marina	Kazusa Murai	Caren Manuel	1 - 3
	Vincent	Daisuke Sakaguchi	Kevin Kolack	1 - 3
	Attila	Nobuyuki Hiyama	Marc Thompson	1 - 3
	Hun	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Veronica Taylor	1 - 3
	Professor Sebastian	Hidetoshi Nakamura	Eric Stuart	1 - 3
	Eugene	Shinji Kawada	Dan Green	1 - 3
	Kudo	Toshikazu Fukawa	Greg Abbey	1 - 3
	Shinji	Yumi Tōma	Andrew Rannells	1 - 3
	Forrest	Romi Park		5
	Salvadore	Makoto Tsumura	Oliver Wyman	5
	Yolanda	Asami Waragai	Amy Palant	5
	Tommy	Hiroko Oyamada	Andrew Rannells	5
	Cindy	Haruhi Terada	Amy Palant	5
	Suzie	Naomi Takada	Rachael Lillis	5
	Timmy	Miyu Matsuki	Greg Abbey	5
	Tilly	Mitsuyo Kondō	Rachael Lillis	5
	Billy	Keiko Nemoto	Amy Palant	5
	Kate	Yūko Minaguchi	Suzy Myers	7
	Profesor Brown	Yūichi Nagashima	Matt Hoverman	7
	Sakura	Mariko Kōda	Kerry Williams	9
	Kinso	Norio Wakamoto	Corey James	9
	DJ Mary	Atsuko Enomoto	Amy Birnbaum	10
	Georgio	Daisuke Sakaguchi	Wayne Grayson	11
	Nick	Unshō Ishizuka	Greg Abbey	12
		Makoto Tsumura (young)	Suzanne Goldish
	Viper	Seizō Katō	Mike Pollock	13
	Gilbert	Noriko Hidaka	Greg Abbey	14
	Jared	Katsuyuki Konishi	Wayne Grayson	15
	Dora	Yūko Kaida	Carrie Keranen	15
	Crystal	Ikue Ōtani	Amy Palant	15
	Corey Demario	Nobutoshi Canna	Matt Hoverman	17
	Silver	Masu Amada	Scottie Ray	18

Additional Voices

• Greg Abbey
• Maddie Blaustein
• Jonathan Boggs
• James Carter Cathcart
• Christopher Collet
• Darren Dunstan
• Suzanne Goldish
• Michael J. Haigney
• Britton Herring
• Matt Hoverman
• Wayne Grayson
• Dan Green
• Corey James
• Rachael Lillis
• Ted Lewis
• Suzy Myers
• Matthew J. Nichols
• Lisa Ortiz
• Amy Palant
• Andrew Rannells
• Kayzie Rogers
• Anthony Salerno
• Tara Sands
• Sean Schemmel
• Eric Stuart
• Veronica Taylor
• Marc Thompson
• Oliver Wyman

Notes

• The character Vincent (originally named Junichi in the Japanese version) originally appeared in Pokémon episodes 266-271; in the English dub of these episodes, he was named Jackson. Either this was forgotten by 4Kids and/or they thought that the character appearing was a different character.
• Hun, who was originally male in the original Japanese version, is changed to female in the English dub. Many believe his gender was changed to female due to his feminine voice and androgynous appearance. However, he is never directly mentioned in dialogue as either male or female; the only pronouns referring to him are those used collectively with Attila, such as "those men" or "those guys".
• Lola, Brock's mother makes her first appearance here. In the English-language dub of Episode 5 of the original series, Flint claimed that Brock's mother passed away. However, this was not the case in the original Japanese version, and no attempt is made to rectify the mistake in the dub.
• The series has yet to see any home video release in the United States.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2005	Toonami UK	United Kingdom
2005	YTV	Canada
2006	Cartoon Network	United States

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Contender Entertainment Group	2005-2006		The Complete Series	2 PAL	United Kingdom
			3 Volumes
Manga Pacific	2006-2007		The Complete Series	4 PAL	Australia
			6 Volumes
	2011		The Complete Series
			3 Discs

External Links

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