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blurb=The Pokémon anime celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday, marking nearly a continuous decade of never going a week without Pokémon. How far has the series come in 10 years? }} | blurb=The Pokémon anime celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday, marking nearly a continuous decade of never going a week without Pokémon. How far has the series come in 10 years? }} | ||
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[[File:DP main characters.jpg|thumb|right|The Diamond & Pearl cast as seen in the series' current ending]] | [[File:DP main characters.jpg|thumb|right|The Diamond & Pearl cast as seen in the series' current ending]] | ||
The [[bp:Pokémon anime|Pokémon anime]] celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday, marking nearly a continuous decade of never going a week without Pokémon. [[bp:EP001|The first episode]], ポケモン! きみにきめた! ''Pokémon! I Choose You!'' first aired April 1, 1997 on TV Tokyo. During this time [[bp:Ash Ketchum|Satoshi]] spent 274 episodes in the [[bp:List of original series episodes|original series]] areas of [[bp:Kanto|Kanto]], [[bp:Orange Islands|Orange Islands]] and [[bp:Johto|Johto]]. He spent 191 episodes during [[bp:List of Advanced Generation episodes|Advanced Generation]] in [[bp:Hoenn|Hoenn]] and Kanto. [[bp:List of Diamond & Pearl episodes|Diamond & Pearl]] will air its 26th episode tomorrow, bringing the total of Pocket Monsters anime episodes to 491. DP035 will be Episode 500, but its title is currently unknown. The only sustained period without episodes was after [[bp:EP038|EP038]] caused 700 Japanese children to suffer seizures and related conditions on Dec. 16, 1997. The series was off the air until [[bp:EP039|EP039]] aired on April 16, 1998 and has been airing with sporadic breaks that last no more than two weeks. | The [[bp:Pokémon anime|Pokémon anime]] celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday, marking nearly a continuous decade of never going a week without Pokémon. [[bp:EP001|The first episode]], ポケモン! きみにきめた! ''Pokémon! I Choose You!'' first aired April 1, 1997 on TV Tokyo. During this time [[bp:Ash Ketchum|Satoshi]] spent 274 episodes in the [[bp:List of original series episodes|original series]] areas of [[bp:Kanto|Kanto]], [[bp:Orange Islands|Orange Islands]] and [[bp:Johto|Johto]]. He spent 191 episodes during [[bp:List of Advanced Generation episodes|Advanced Generation]] in [[bp:Hoenn|Hoenn]] and Kanto. [[bp:List of Diamond & Pearl episodes|Diamond & Pearl]] will air its 26th episode tomorrow, bringing the total of Pocket Monsters anime episodes to 491. DP035 will be Episode 500, but its title is currently unknown. The only sustained period without episodes was after [[bp:EP038|EP038]] caused 700 Japanese children to suffer seizures and related conditions on Dec. 16, 1997. The series was off the air until [[bp:EP039|EP039]] aired on April 16, 1998 and has been airing with sporadic breaks that last no more than two weeks. | ||