, abbreviated from the Japanese title of and currently branded in English as, is a Japanese anime television series produced by animation studio OLM for TV Tokyo. It is adapted from the Pokémon video game series published by Nintendo.
These special episodes includes Mini series, Pikachu shorts, television specials etc.
| English title | Japanese title | Japanese release date | English release date | |||
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| 1 | Pikachu's Vacation | July 18, 1998 | November 12, 1999 | |||
| When Ash Ketchum and his friends stumble upon a Pokémon-only vacation resort, they decide to let their Pokémon have a day of fun and relaxation and let all their Pokémon out as the trainers go relax on their own. | ||||||
| 2 | Christmas Night | December 22, 1998 | November 25, 2006 | |||
| Pikachu, Togepi, and more of Ash, Misty and Brock's Pokémon cause havoc on Christmas Eve. | ||||||
| 3 | Kanga Games | December 22, 1998 | November 25, 2006 | |||
| The Pokémon go exploring the mountain. | ||||||
| 4 | Pikachu's Rescue Adventure | July 17, 1999 | July 21, 2000 | |||
| Ash, Misty, and Tracey's Pokémon sneak away on vacation and find an area with a nice waterfall and a huge tree. Suddenly, a storm kicks up. | ||||||
| 5 | Winter Games | December 22, 1999 | November 23, 2004 | |||
| Pikachu and his friends join their first winter games. | ||||||
| 6 | Stantler's Little Helpers | December 22, 1999 | November 23, 2004 | |||
| Pikachu and his friends wants to help Stantler to be on a Sleigh team. | ||||||
| 7 | Pikachu & Pichu | July 8, 2000 | April 6, 2001 | |||
| While in a city, Pikachu wanders off and meets a pair of mischievous Pichu brothers. | ||||||
| 8 | Delibird's Dilemma | December 22, 2000 | June 17, 2006 | |||
| Ash's, Misty's, and Brock's Pokémon must find Santa's missing presents before midnight. | ||||||
| 9 | Snorlax Snowman | December 22, 2000 | June 17, 2006 | |||
| A retelling of Frosty the Snowman, starring the same Pokémon and featuring a Snorlax-shaped snowman. | ||||||
| 10 | Pikachu's PikaBoo | July 7, 2001 | March 18, 2003 | |||
| Pikachu and Ash and Misty's other Pokémon play hide-and-seek in a mansion and its gardens. | ||||||
| 11 | Camp Pikachu | July 13, 2002 | January 20, 2004 | |||
| Pikachu reunites with the Pichu brothers, and they all have a campout with Ash and Misty's other Pokémon. | ||||||
| 12 | Gotta Dance! | July 19, 2003 | June 1, 2004 | |||
| Pikachu and Ash, May, and Brock's other Pokémon have a dance with Meowth. | ||||||
| 13 | align=center | — | August 1, 2004 | align=center | — | |
| Pikachu and his friends will enjoy the festival. | ||||||
| 14 | align=center | — | March 18, 2005 | align=center | — | |
| Pikachu and his friends are going to find Mew. | ||||||
| 15 | align=center | — | August 1, 2005 | align=center | — | |
| Pikachu and his friends will enjoy the Ghost Festival. | ||||||
| 16 | Pokémon 4D: Pikachu's Ocean Adventure | May 20, 2006 | July 1, 2008 | |||
| Pikachu and his friends are going to the ocean adventure. | ||||||
| 17 | Pikachu's Island Adventure | August 1, 2006 | April 1, 2007 | |||
| Pikachu and his friends are going to an island adventure. | ||||||
| 18 | align=center | — | August 1, 2007 | align=center | — | |
| Pikachu and his friends are joining the exploration club. | ||||||
| 19 | align=center | — | August 1, 2008 | align=center | — | |
| Pikachu and his friends are going to an ice adventure. | ||||||
| 20 | align=center | — | August 1, 2009 | align=center | — | |
| Pikachu and his friends are searching for something during an adventure. | ||||||
| 21 | align=center | — | August 1, 2010 | align=center | — | |
| Pikachu and his friends are going to a wonderful strange adventure. | ||||||
| 22 | align=center | — | August 1, 2011 | align=center | — | |
| Pikachu and his friends will enjoy the summer bridge story. | ||||||
| 23 | align=center | — | July 3, 2012 | align=center | — | |
| Pikachu and his friends along with Meloetta are going to search for Rinka berries. | ||||||
| 24 | Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade | July 14, 2012 | February 15, 2013 | |||
| Pikachu, Pansage, Oshawott, Snivy, their trainers' Pokémon and the Pokémon from other regions help Meloetta retrieve a tree's special berries. | ||||||
| 25 | Eevee & Friends | July 13, 2013 | December 6, 2013 | |||
| Pikachu and friends meet an Eevee and its evolved brothers and sisters, including the new Pokémon Sylveon. | ||||||
| 26 | Pikachu, What's This Key? | July 19, 2014 | February 2, 2015 | |||
| Pikachu and the other Pokémon of Ash and his friends meet a Klefki who has keys that open up portals to other worlds. | ||||||
| 27 | Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad | July 18, 2015 | December 21, 2015 | |||
| Pikachu and the other Pokémon of Ash and his friends want to sing and dance together. | ||||||
Pikachu's Winter Vacation is a series composed of several Pikachu shorts that are related to Winter and Christmas. There are three different sets of segments.
| EP# | Title | Original air date | English air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pikachu's Winter Vacation" (ピカチュウのふゆやすみ) | December 22, 1998 | November 25, 2006 | |
This episode is split into two parts:
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| 2 | "Pikachu's Winter Vacation 2000 or Pokémon Pikachu's Winter Vacation 2" (ピカチュウのふゆやすみ2000) | December 22, 1999 | November 23, 2004 | |
This episode is split into two parts:
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| 3 | "Pichu & Pikachu's Winter Vacation 2001" (ピチューとピカチュウのふゆやすみ2001) | December 22, 2000 | June 24, 2006 October 14, 2006 | |
This episode is split into three parts:
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The Two Professors (Japanese: W Professors W Professors) is a series of short episodes which was released to promote .
| Title | Release date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 25, 2018 | ||
| 2 | October 10, 2018 | ||
| 3 | October 24, 2018 |
Cube-Shaped Pokémon on Cubie Island?! (Japanese: マルジャナイ島のシカクなポケモン!? Square Pokémon on Not-Round Island!?) is a series of animated shorts which was released to promote Pokémon Quest.
| Title | Japanese release date | US release date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 8, 2023 | April 9, 2023 | ||
| 2 | April 28, 2023 | May 1, 2023 | ||
| 3 | June 18, 2023 | June 18, 2023 | ||
| 4 | An Opening in the Night Sky (よぞらにあいた あな, An Opening in the Night Sky) | September 23, 2023 | October 3, 2023 | |
| 5 | My Precious Friends (たいせつな なかま, Precious Friends) | September 30, 2023 | October 4, 2023 |
Pokémon: Path to the Peak (Japanese: PATH TO THE PEAK 頂へのきずな Path to the Peak: Bonds to the Peak) is a series of animated shorts which are based on Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Title | Japanese release date | US release date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Club | August 14, 2023 | August 11, 2023 | |
| 2 | Regionals | August 18, 2023 | August 16, 2023 | |
| 3 | Internationals | August 25, 2023 | August 23, 2023 | |
| 4 | Worlds | September 1, 2023 | August 30, 2023 |
The Adventures of Snorlax & Cubone (Japanese: カビゴンとカラカラ Kabigon and Karakara) are four shorts released as part of Project Snorlax.
| Title | Release date | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | December 8, 2023 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | December 15, 2023 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | December 22, 2023 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | December 29, 2023 |
| EP# | Title | Original air date | English air date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Ripple in Time (時の波紋) | February 12, 2022 | align=center | — | |
| 2 | February 9, 2022 | January 11, 2022 | |||
| 3 | align=center | — | align=center | — | |
| 4 | October 25, 2023 | October 25, 2023 | |||
| 5 | February 9, 2024 | February 10, 2024 |
| English title | Japanese title | Japanese release date | English release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2000 | December 4, 2001 | |||
| Mewtwo, who has been hiding out in the Johto region since last he was seen, has been located by Giovanni. Now the Rocket Boss wants to recapture the powerful Pokémon to again use him for his own purposes. | ||||
| Pokemon: The Legend of Thunder | December 30, 2001 | June 3, 2006 June 10, 2006 | ||
| Jimmy meets his old friend, Marina, at a Pokémon Center. The two of them, later teaming up with Vincent, discover and attempt to foil an attempt by Hun and Attila to steal Raikou. | ||||
| Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | October 13, 2006 | April 29, 2006 | ||
| Ash, May, Max, and Brock meet up with Misty and Professor Oak to investigate Dr. Yung's new Mirage Pokémon system. But when the mysterious Mirage Master appears with a Mirage Mewtwo, Ash is forced to fight him to stop his plans to dominate the world with his Mirage Pokémon. | ||||
The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series (Japanese: ポケモンのダンジョン Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, also ポケダン Pokédan is an animated shorts of Pokémon anime based on the game with the same name. They were made for explaining parts of the games.
| Title | Japanese release date | US release date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 23, 2007 | September 8, 2006 | ||
| 2 | September 9, 2007 | September 1, 2008 | ||
| 3 | April 12, 2009 | October 9, 2009 |
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Japanese: ポケモンレンジャー 光の軌跡 Pokémon Ranger: Traces of Light) is an original short animation of the Pokémon anime based on the game with the same name.
| Title | Japanese release date | US release date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 28, 2010 | November 10, 2010 | ||
| 2 | March 7, 2010 | November 10, 2010 |
| Title | Japanese air date | English air date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 1, 2000 | align=center | — | |
| It is an anime short about three minutes long. The special is based on the life of the Slowking that was featured in . Slowking's life on Shamouti Island is very simple and carefree. It was intended to be an extra for Pokémon: The Movie 2000. | ||||
| 2 | July 11, 2013 | January 11, 2014 | ||
| It is a special episode that serves as a prologue to . | ||||
| 3 | July 17, 2014 | November 6, 2014 | ||
| It is a short that serves as a prologue to . | ||||
| 4 | June 19, 2015 | December 3, 2015 | ||
| It is a special episode that serves as a prologue to Hoopa and the Clash of Ages. It was available in Japan along with the purchase of a ticket for . | ||||
Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures (Japanese: フーパのおでまし大作戦！！ Hoopa's Appear Plan!!) is a series of short episodes that was released to promote .
| Title | Japanese release date | US release date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 23, 2015 | December 11, 2015 | ||
| 2 | April 30, 2015 | December 11, 2015 | ||
| 3 | May 7, 2015 | December 11, 2015 | ||
| 4 | May 14, 2015 | December 11, 2015 | ||
| 5 | May 21, 2015 | December 11, 2015 | ||
| 6 | May 28, 2015 | December 11, 2015 |
This is a list of special episodes that were shown exclusively at planetariums and museums in Japan.
| Title | Japanese air date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation: Planetarium: Challenge from the Sky (ポケットモンスターアドバンスジェネレーション プラネタリウム 天空からの挑戦) | May 29, 2004 | |
| 2 | Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl: Get Together! Pokémon Planet Center (ポケットモンスターダイヤモンドパール・あつまれ！ポケモンプラネットセンター) | June 3, 2006 | |
| 3 | Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl: Get Together! Pokémon Star Festival (ポケットモンスターダイヤモンドパール・あつまれポケモン星まつり) | May 31, 2008 | |
| 4 | Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!: Celestial Globe of Light and Shadow (ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ 光と影のテンキュウギ) | June 11, 2011 | |
| 5 | Pocket Monsters XY: Celestial Debris (ポケットモンスター XY 宇宙の破片) | July 12, 2014 | |
| 6 | Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon: Planetarium (ポケットモンスター サン＆ムーン プラネタリウム) | September 10, 2017 | |
| 7 | Pocket Monsters: Message from the Aurora (ポケットモンスター オーロラからのメッセージ) | August 29, 2020 |
| EP# | Title | Original air date | English air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 18, 2003 | December 1, 2003 |