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Since the debut of the anime adaptation of Satoshi Tajiri's Pokémon Games, Toho has produced the theatrical films based on the franchise since 1998 in Japan: five based on the original series Pokémon anime, four based on the Advanced Generation series, four based on the Diamond and Pearl series, with the tenth film commemorating the tenth anniversary of the anime, three based on the Best Wishes series, and one based on the XY series, beginning with Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. There are also two television specials that were broadcast on TV Tokyo and ten short films.

Theatrical films, with little exception, center on and feature Pokémon (typically legendary ones) that have yet to officially debut in the games, often with the Pokémon causing some sort of disaster with its powers or being pursued by someone with less-than-noble tendencies. Ash and his friends will often befriend a Pokémon during the movie and must, at the end, say goodbye to their new friend.

The locations in which the movies take place have been, since Pokémon Heroes, based on a real-world location outside of Japan. Topics explored are typically deeper than those explored in the episodes aired on TV, with the battle between greedy people who would use Pokémon for evil and those like Ash who are friends and partners to their Pokémon being a central issue in several movies.

As with the franchise's TV anime series, the theatrical films and the first two TV specials were all licensed in North America by Warner Bros. with first three films, Miramax Films with four films and Viz Media since Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

Films from the original series was met with unfavorable reviews in terms of U.S. dubbing.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Theatrical releases

Pokémon: The Original (Series 1)

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Pokémon: Advanced Generation (Series 2)

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Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl (Series 3)

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Pokémon: Best Wishes! (Series 4)

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Pokémon: XY (Series 5)

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Television specials

These special films, which run longer than the normal half hour and are not usually separated into more than one episode in either the original or the dub, are often considered TV Pokémon movies, not counting towards the running total. They never appear in theaters, but are instead broadcast on the same networks that the regular anime is broadcast for their premieres. Though they may air around the same time as other episodes of the anime, usually in the anime's normal timeslot, they are not assigned episode numbers.

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Pikachu shorts

Pikachu shorts are anime shorts that are commonly shown at the start of the Pokémon movies, but have also been expanded to fulfill other purposes.

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References

External links

"Pokémon Movies - US official website".
"Pokémon Movies - JP official website" (in Japanese).

[1] "Pokémon: The First Movie on Metacritic".

[2] "Pokémon: The Movie 2000 on Metacritic".

[3] "Pokémon 3: The Movie on Metacritic".

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 | OriginalAirDate = July 17, 1999
 | FirstEngAirDate = July 21, 2000
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 | EpisodeNumber   = 2
 | ShortSummary    = Ash, Misty, and Tracey visit Shamouti Island where he is roped into a festival honoring Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, all of whom are being captured by Lawrence III, a Pokémon Collector who also wants to capture the legendary Pokémon Lugia.
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 | RomajiTitle     = Ring no chōmajin Hoopa
 | OriginalAirDate = July 18, 2015
-| FirstEngAirDate = January 2, 2016
+| FirstEngAirDate = &mdash;
 | EpisodeNumber   = 18
 | ShortSummary    = When Ash, Pikachu, and their friends visit a desert city by the sea, they meet the Mythical Pokémon Hoopa, who has the ability to summon things—including people and Pokémon—through its magic ring. After a scary incident, they learn a story about a brave hero who stopped the rampage of a terrifying Pokémon long ago. Now, the threat that has been bottled up for years is in danger of breaking loose again! Can Ash help his new friend overcome the darkness within...or will a dangerous secret erupt into a clash of legends?