List of Pokémon: Indigo League episodes
Pokémon: Indigo League is the first season of Pokémon and the first part of Pokémon the Series: The Beginning, a Japanese anime television series known in Japan as Pocket Monsters. It originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 1, 1997 to January 21, 1999, and in the United States on first-run syndication from September 8 to November 20, 1998, and on Kids' WB/The WB from February 13 to November 27, 1999.
The season follows the adventures of the ten-year-old Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum and his electric mouse partner Pikachu as they collect Gym Badges in the fictional Kanto region so they can compete in the Pokémon League competition at the Indigo Plateau.
The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by Oriental Light and Magic and TV Tokyo.
The Japanese opening song is "Aim to be a Pokemon Master" by Rika Matsumoto for all 82 episodes. The ending songs are "One Hundred Fifty-One" by Unsho Ishizuka and Pokémon Kids for 27 episodes, "Meowth's Song" by Inuko Inuyama for 14 episodes and for 2 special episodes, "Fantasy in My Pocket" by Sachiko Kobayashi and Juri Ihata for 16 episodes, "Pokemon March" by Sachiko Kobayashi, Koffing, Ekans and Chansey for 11 episodes, and "Type: Wild" by Rika Matsumoto for 12 episodes. The English opening song is the "Pokémon Theme" by Jason Paige; its full version did serve as the end credit song for 52 episodes, and its short version did serve as the end credit song for 28 episodes, while each episode close with either the PokéRAP, which contains 5 different versions, or Pikachu's Jukebox, which contains 6 short songs in each music video, "My Best Friends", "Double Trouble", "What Kind of Pokémon Are You?", "Together Forever", "2.B.A. Master", and "Viridian City". Johto predicted the English version of "Type: Wild", the ending song from Pokémon Encore performed by Robbie Danzie.
The episodes of this season have been released in 26 individual DVDs and VHS between December 13, 1998 and January 23, 2001. Between 2006 and 2008, Viz Media re-released episodes of the season in three DVD compilations. The first twenty-six episodes of this season were released on DVD on November 21, 2006, with "Beauty and the Beach", being skipped. The second US season came out on November 13, 2007, with "Princess vs. Princess" and "The Purr-fect Hero" being moved onto the third part, to match the airing order. The third and final part was released on February 12, 2008. On November 5, 2013, Viz Media re-issued the first twenty-six episodes on DVD with all new packaging. Viz Media released Pokémon: Indigo League - The Complete Collection on DVD in the United States on October 28, 2014.
Episodes
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