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The anime tells the story of the boy Ash Ketchum, a boy determined to become the greatest Pokémon master of all time and is acknowledged worldwide. To begin your journey, eventually earning a Pikachu who hates being inside Pokébolas and therefore trip follows on the shoulder of his coach. On his journey, Ash knows two people who accompany: one is Misty, a girl who had his bike destroyed by Pikachu and passes to travel with Ash to make it pay for it, and Brock, former leader of a gym and creator of Pokémon, who flirts with all women. Ash and his friends are always dogged by Team Rocket, formed by Jessie, James and Meowth, who all hours to try to defeat and capture Pikachu, always failing. The anime of Pokémon is divided into three phases.

The first phase, called Pokémon Original Series, which goes from first to fifth season, shows the journey of Ash from the continent and the continent of Kanto Johto. In the second season, Ash, Pikachu, Misty and an observer of Pokémon called Sketchit Tracey, who replaces Brock, traveling by archipelago known as the Orange Islands, to attend a special tournament where most of the battles occur in the water.

The second phase is called Pokémon Advanced Generation, which is composed of the sixth to ninth seasons, shows the journey of Ash, Pikachu, Brock and the siblings May (a girl who dreams of being a great Pokémon Coordinator, who participate in competitions for beauty with its little monster) and Max (a boy who accompanies the journey from Ash to follow his footsteps when you can leave Tuesday for a coach Pokémon) by continent of Hoenn. At that stage, Ash participates in a league Pokémon on the continent and May of Pokémon Contests. In the ninth season shows, Ash returns to Kanto with your friends, where he is part of a challenge called Battle Frontier, which aim to defeat the seven major coaches to get a special prize.

The tenth season starts to phase called Pokémon Diamond & Pearl, Ash, Pikachu and Brock travel throughout the continent of Sinnoh with Dawn (daughter of a great Pokémon Coordinator who, alongside his friend Piplup, wants to make all the Pokémon Super Contest continent) in search of another race. At that stage, the protagonists have yet to prevent a criminal organization, called Team Galactic, to agree the legendary Dialga and PALKO, which could cause the destruction of the entire universe.

In addition to the existing seasons in December, a series of 22 episodes parallel to the main stories in the series, called Pokémon Chronicles (lit. Pokémon Chronicles), which has daily stories of the world Pokémon and shows different actors in each episode, most of the time Misty and Tracey. There are two separate episodes, called The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, a special show in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the series in 2006 and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!, Appear to promote the launch of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon in the United States.

Although famous, the anime of Pokémon was and still is much criticized. A setback that drew the attention of the world even before being displayed amazingtits outside Japan was an accident involving the episode 38, The Electric Soldier Porygon, when Pikachu releases a shock to destroy missiles used by Team Rocket. The effect of frequency of light flashes of original animation triggered reactions in epileptic viewers. There were about 700 documented cases after viewing the program.

Since then, the effects were worked to avoid problems in sensitive people, the episode was banned and production of the series was stopped for a year before it is released outside of Japan Beyond this episode, the drawing is banned in Turkey, after two children , A seven-year and one of four, off the balcony of their apartment in imitation of the character design and also in Saudi Arabia because the government claimed that it stimulated competition among children.