List of Pokémon episodes

This is the list of episodes Pokémon animated series (ポケットモンスター). The division between seasons of Pokémon is based on the openings of each episode, and may not reflect the actual production season. The actual episode numbers are based on their first airing either in syndication, on the WB Television Network or on Cartoon Network. Subsequent episodes of the English version follow the original Japanese order, except where banned episodes are shown, in which case they are skipped.

Specials
This is a list of special episodes of the series. In its ten year run, the anime has shown various specials. In English-language broadcast, these have been played or are playing as the Pokémon Chronicles series. In Japan, the specials were shown during the series centering around Ash's journeys in that region. Many of these specials centered around legendary Pokémon or one or more of the main characters that is separate from the main cast during its corresponding series. Occasionally, a special would center around Team Rocket. Only two of the specials have centered around Ash: Mewtwo Returns, and The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon.

Region 2 (Japan)
The Pocket Monsters anime TV series has been released in Japan on DVD, but most of them are rental only. Sometimes they can be found for sale on Yahoo Japan auctions. All releases contain one disk unless otherwise stated.

Region 1 (North America)
The following list shows all the releases of the Pokémon anime. In Region 1, the seasons are released on volumes, just Season 2 has been released in a complete boxset. A 10th Anniversary Pokémon boxed set with thirty episodes from the series was released featuring ten distinct Pokémon, each Pokémon had three episodes focusing on it; this boxset was an amalgamation of ten previously released Pokémon DVDs. Many episodes have also been released on single discs with around 5 episodes per disc.