Pocket Monsters, Fall Special!

S00 E01 • Tuesday, Oct 7, 1997 • Oct 7 • 1h 30m

A recap of the first 27 episodes of the original anime.

The Birth of Mewtwo

S00 E02 • Sunday, Jun 7, 1998 • Jun 7 • 10m

An animated adaptation of the "Birth of Mewtwo" radio drama, which was later attached to the beginning of the first movie for the Japanese video release. A small 3 minute heavily edited version was released on the US version DVDs, while the full uncut version was made available on the Mewtwo Returns DVD.

Pikachu's Winter Vacation

S00 E03 • Tuesday, Dec 22, 1998 • Dec 22 • 23m

A series of winter and Christmas themed shorts. The first two segments are Christmas Night & Kanga Games.

It's the New Year! Pocket Monsters Special!

S00 E04 • Friday, Jan 1, 1999 • Jan 1 • 1h 30m

The new year special of 1999; a recap of the first 77 episodes of the original anime.

Pikachu's Rescue Adventure

S00 E05 • Saturday, Jul 17, 1999 • Jul 17 • 22m

Ash, Misty, and Tracey deciding bringout all of their Pokémon, and the go off somewhere. While sleeping, Togepi falls down a steep hill and disappears into a hole. Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Marill, Venonat and Psyduck follow Togepi. They end up in a giant tree where Pikachu appears to have lived in before.

Pikachu's Winter Vacation 2

S00 E06 • Wednesday, Dec 22, 1999 • Dec 22 • 22m

A series of winter and Christmas themed shorts. The second release contains Winter Games & Stantler's Little Helpers.

Slowking's Day

S00 E07 • Saturday, Jan 1, 2000 • Jan 1 • 3m

A short special based on life of the Pokémon Slowking.

Pocket Monsters Anime Chou Hyakka: Pocket Monsters Kingin Zukan Super Select

S00 E08 • Unknown • Unknown • 19m

Unreleased

A recap where the characters remember the encounters with Pokémon from Johto.

TV-ban Pocket Monsters Special Masara Town-hen Recaps: The Journey to Be a Pokémon Master Begins!!

S00 E09 • Friday, Sep 29, 2000 • Sep 29 • 45m

The first of three rental VHS tapes recapping the first saga of the anime.

TV-ban Pocket Monsters Special Masara Town-hen Recaps: The Big Match! Fire Pokémon Battle!!

S00 E10 • Friday, Sep 29, 2000 • Sep 29 • 45m

The second of three rental VHS tapes recapping the first saga of the anime.

TV-ban Pocket Monsters Special Masara Town-hen Recaps: Fierce Battles! Pokémon League!!

S00 E11 • Friday, Sep 29, 2000 • Sep 29 • 45m

The third of three rental VHS tapes recapping the first saga of the anime.

Pichu & Pikachu's Winter Vacation 2001

S00 E12 • Friday, Dec 22, 2000 • Dec 22 • 45m

A series of winter and Christmas themed shorts. The third and last release contains Delibird's Dilemma, Snorlax Snowman, and Trouble in Big Town.

Mewtwo Returns

S00 E13 • Saturday, Dec 30, 2000 • Dec 30 • 1h

Ash, Misty, and Brock continue exploring the Johto region and have to rescue Pikachu after Jessie and James of Team Rocket kidnap him. The search leads them to the hidden plateau where Mewtwo has established a haven for the cloned Pokémon from the previous film. The evil Giovanni is plotting to recapture Mewtwo and renew his efforts to create an army of bio-engineered Pokémon. Aided by the reluctant Meowth, Ash and his friends defeat Giovanni and his henchman.

The Legend of Thunder!

S00 E14 • Sunday, Dec 30, 2001 • Dec 30 • 1h 9m

A made for television special that showcased the legendary Raikou, as well as brand new trainers. It became the first three episodes of Pokémon Chronicles. This was based on the release of Pokémon Crystal and is called as such in the Japanese title.

Pichu Bros. In Party Panic!

S00 E15 • Friday, Jul 18, 2003 • Jul 18 • 21m

This is an animated cartoon that was released inside the game Pokémon Channel. A half-hour long anime show, broken into five short segments, featuring the Pichu Brothers. Meowth throws a party that the Pichu brothers and their friends are not invited to. After a series of events, they find out they were invited, but their invitations were simply delivered late. They go to Meowth's Party and hear him sing. The series has a total of five episodes, each on its own channel.

Pikachu's Summer Festival!

S00 E16 • Sunday, Aug 1, 2004 • Aug 1 • 23m

Summer has arrived, and many Pokémon have set up shops for a summer festival on the beach. Soon the gang will be blessed by a special performance from the pop idol Azumarill, but upon her arrival, she's kidnapped by the flying Pokémon Skarmory! Pikachu, along with Plusle, Minun, Meowth, Wobbuffet and a number of other Pokémon must now track down the singing beauty; the show must go on!

Pikachu's Ghost Festival!

S00 E17 • Monday, Aug 1, 2005 • Aug 1 • 23m

Pikachu and his friends have a picnic when they discover a Ghost Festival. The walk in to it, and find out that it is haunted by Ghost Pokémon and other Pokémon such as Koffing, Lickitung, Ditto, and Cubone. Meowth also discovers the Ghost Festival and gets scared out of his mind. Pikachu makes friends with the ghosts, and they work together to make Meowth run out of the Festival.

The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon

S00 E18 • Saturday, Apr 29, 2006 • Apr 29 • 20m

Ash is personally invited to the lab of Dr. Yung to test out his new battle system. When arriving there he meets up with Misty and Professor Oak who were also invited. Dr. Yung appears and challenges both Misty and Ash to a battle. He easily defeats Misty, but his match with Ash is interrupted by a cloaked figure named Mirage Master. Mirage Master turns Dr. Yung’s experiments against him and captures him and Professor Oak! As Brock goes for help (and to get a date), Ash and Misty sneak into the castle to rescue the Professor while May and Max wait outside. However, Mirage Master seems strikingly familiar, is he possibly hiding something?

Pikachu's Island Adventure

S00 E19 • Tuesday, Aug 1, 2006 • Aug 1 • 23m

Pikachu and the other Pokémon were at the beach, when a weakened Wynaut approaches them. It tells them that its friends were attacked by Meowth and the other Team Rocket Pokémon, as well as an Exploud and a Hariyama, because Meowth wanted to take over their playground, which resides on a nearby island. After hearing Wynaut's story, Pikachu and the others decide to help them take back their playground, and begin to train them, so that they can rescue their island from the clutches of Meowth.

Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!

S00 E20 • Friday, Sep 8, 2006 • Sep 8 • 23m

A boy wakes up to find that he's been turned into a Squirtle and can now understand the Pokémon Language. He learns that disasters have been happening lately and rescue teams have been formed. He joins his friends Charmander and Chikorita on Team Go-Getters. They get an assignment where they must go to the Sinister Cave to find the older brother of a Pichu. However, they have rivals on the mission – Team Meanie, a team of mean Pokémon Ekans, Medicham, and Gengar. Will they be able to rescue Pikachu and beat Team Meanies?

Pikachu's Exploration Club

S00 E21 • Wednesday, Aug 1, 2007 • Aug 1 • 23m

The fourth short premiered on ANA flights on August 1, 2007.

Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness

S00 E22 • Sunday, Sep 9, 2007 • Sep 9 • 23m

Chimchar is ready to join an exploration team, and with his newly human turned pokémon friend Piplup, he is ready for any challenge that may arise, inclduing Grovyle's plot to steal a Time Gear.

Pikachu's Great Ice Adventure

S00 E23 • Friday, Aug 1, 2008 • Aug 1 • 23m

While playing in the ocean near a tropical resort, Pikachu & Co. get in a scuffle with Team Rocket's Pokémon. This scuffle causes the Pokémon to wind up miles away in an Ice-covered Paradise. However, when they get there, they are seperated soon find that certain Pokémon in the area require their assistance. Will they be able to reunite with their friends and help these Pokémon out?

Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness

S00 E24 • Sunday, Apr 12, 2009 • Apr 12 • 23m

Having become stronger as a team and joined forces with Grovile, Piplup and Chimchar head to the Hidden Land in order to stop the destruction of time. Grovile explains that Dialga, Master of Time, has been going crazy with its home of Temporal Tower collapsing, and is in the process of becoming the evil Primal Dialga of the future. The only way to stop the destruction of time is to defeat Dialga. When Lapras brings them to the Hidden Land, Team Poképals head to the Old Ruins in order to ride the Rainbow Stoneship to Temporal Tower.

Pikachu's Great Sparkling Search

S00 E25 • Saturday, Aug 1, 2009 • Aug 1 • 23m

Summer! Everyone is full of energy today. Pikachu and friends play with their beach ball! Pikachu and Pochama are chasing and diving in a river when they drift over and see a metropolis. "Where are we?" they said, searching from the rooftops of the buildings. Suddenly, with a bang, jagged-eared Pichu and Muchul collide. The two argue in an angry mood. "Sparkling is gone! It was the present to give to Kireihana..." Besides, today is her birthday!? This is troublesome! We must hurry and search. Moreover, Nyarth-tachi are aiming too! Thus, the Great Sparkling Search begins!

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

S00 E26 • Sunday, Feb 28, 2010 • Feb 28 • 10m

In Oblivia Region, a Pokémon Ranger named Natsuya, receives a mission of head for the archipelago to stop a villainous team - Pokémon Pinchers' misdeeds from poaching and selling Pokémon which tasked by Professor Hastings. During his mission, he meets Ukulele Pichu and captures it.

Pikachu's Big Mysterious Adventure

S00 E27 • Sunday, Aug 1, 2010 • Aug 1 • 23m

The seventh short premiered on ANA flights on August 1, 2010.

Hikari - Setting Off on a New Journey!

S00 E28 • Thursday, Feb 3, 2011 • Feb 3 • 24m

After concluding her journey with Satoshi and Takeshi, Hikari returns home and has to decide which of her Pokémon to take with her on her journey to become a Top Coordinator.

Nibi Gym - The Greatest Crisis Ever!

S00 E29 • Thursday, Feb 3, 2011 • Feb 3 • 24m

Takeshi has returned to Nibi City so he can study to become a Pokémon Doctor. However, a Nurse Joy that is a Pokémon Inspection Officer declares that the Gym Leader change was not certified. Hearing this, Forrest challenges Nurse Joy to a battle to prove his worth as the new Pewter City Gym Leader. Will Forrest defeat Nurse Joy and succeed Brock as the new Gym Leader of Pewter City?

Pikachu's Summer Bridge Story

S00 E30 • Monday, Aug 1, 2011 • Aug 1 • 23m

Ash's Pikachu and friends visit a town with a huge draw bridge, but problems arise when they come across Ash's Oshawott and Tepig, who have eaten the fruits that wild Gothita and Darumaka had collected. They head off to collect fruits from the forest across the bridge, but then Meowth appears and tries to steal the fruits. On top of that, the bridge is raised, blocking their passage. What will Pikachu do? The fight for the fruits begins!!

Sing Meloetta: Search for the Rinka Berries

S00 E31 • Tuesday, Jul 3, 2012 • Jul 3 • 7m

Creating 15th Anniversary Celebration! A Super Ranking Special on Noteworthy Movie Scenes!

S00 E32 • Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 • Aug 16

This special features Team Rocket ranking the Pokémon movies in celebration of their 15th anniversary.

Mewtwo: Prologue to Awakening

S00 E33 • Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 • Jul 11 • 20m

The original story is set before Mewtwo meets Satoshi and his friends in the upcoming film's storyline. It will focus on Mewtwo's history, goals, and how it became the strongest Pokémon.

Dent to Takeshi! Gyarados no Gekirin!

S00 E34 • Thursday, Oct 3, 2013 • Oct 3 • 24m

Dent visits Johto on a fishing trip and finds a Gyarados who is behaving oddly. He relays the information to the local Pokémon Center, where Takeshi is working, and an investigation commences.

Pocket Monsters XY Pre-Start Special: Road to Kalos

S00 E35 • Thursday, Oct 10, 2013 • Oct 10 • 23m

Prequel special to the Pocket Monsters XY series.

Complete Overview! Pokemon XY Special!!

S00 E36 • Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 • Dec 31 • 23m

Iris vs. Ibuki! The Path to Becoming a Dragon Master!!

S00 E37 • Thursday, Mar 27, 2014 • Mar 27 • 23m

The second special episode of the Best Wishes series of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 27, 2014 as a one-hour special with XY021.

Pokémon: Mega Evolution Special I

S00 E38 • Thursday, Apr 3, 2014 • Apr 3 • 23m

Pokémon Trainer Alain wishes to battle every single Mega Evolution there is, and he travels around the world to accomplish his goal. He first seeks out Elite Four member Siebold, who he has heard possesses a Mega Stone.

Diancie, Princess of the Diamond Domain

S00 E39 • Thursday, Jul 17, 2014 • Jul 17 • 5m

Pocket Monsters XY: New Year's Eve 2014 Super Mega Special

S00 E40 • Wednesday, Dec 31, 2014 • Dec 31 • 3h

The first part, "Pocket Monsters: A Complete Showcase of Legendary Pokemon," is a re-broadcast of select episodes of the anime where legendary Pokémon have appeared. These included "A Promise Is a Promise," "The Scuffle of Legends," "The Battle Finale of Legend!," and "What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!" The second part, "Pocket Monsters XY Special: A Full Showcase of Intense Battles!" is a recap of Satoshi and Serena's adventures in Kalos so far.

Pokémon: Mega Evolution Special II

S00 E41 • Thursday, Nov 6, 2014 • Nov 6 • 23m

Alain continues his journey to find and defeat all of the Mega Evolutions in the world. He next meets up with Hoenn Region Champion, Steven Stone. Steven has also been traveling to understand the secrets of Mega Evolution and the Mega Stones, but both are caught off guard when Rayquaza appears in the skies.

Pokémon: Mega Evolution Special III

S00 E42 • Thursday, Mar 19, 2015 • Mar 19 • 23m

Alain and Steven must find a way to stop an apocalyptic clash between Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza before these titans turn the Hoenn Region into a ruin.

Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures: Flying in the Air

S00 E43 • Thursday, Apr 23, 2015 • Apr 23 • 1m

Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures: Wake Up

S00 E44 • Thursday, Apr 30, 2015 • Apr 30 • 1m

Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures: Ball Pickup

S00 E45 • Thursday, May 7, 2015 • May 7 • 1m

Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures: Heated Battle

S00 E46 • Thursday, May 14, 2015 • May 14 • 1m

Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures: Shooting Star

S00 E47 • Thursday, May 21, 2015 • May 21 • 1m

Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures: In the Dark

S00 E48 • Thursday, May 28, 2015 • May 28 • 1m

Hoopa, the Mischief Pokémon

S00 E49 • Friday, Jun 19, 2015 • Jun 19 • 15m

After Baraz sets off to find the Prison Bottle for Hoopa, Meray remembers how the three of them grew up together. The young Baraz decides that Hoopa should use its rings to help people instead of playing tricks on them, but it doesn't always go as planned.

Pokémon: Mega Evolution Special IV

S00 E50 • Thursday, Oct 29, 2015 • Oct 29 • 23m

Alain has returned to Kalos with Lysandre to be tested in a match against ten Mega Evolved Pokémon. Alain loses his Mega Stone and Key Stone if he fails. Meanwhile, Chespin discovers scientists performing experiments on an unknown Pokémon, which leads it to fall victim to a mysterious illness.