Pokémon Generations

If you were looking for the groupings of games, see generation. For the TCG expansion released to commemorate the 20th Anniversary, see Generations (TCG).

Pokémon Generations (Japanese: ポケモンジェネレーションズ Pokémon Generations) is an animated miniseries that showcases some moments from the first six generations of the core series Pokémon games. It consists of 18 episodes, each approximately 3-5 minutes in length.

English poster

In the English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch languages, they premiered on The Pokémon Company International's YouTube channels (for each language) weekly between September 16 and December 23, 2016. The first two episodes were re-uploaded on The Pokémon Company International's YouTube channels (for each language) in HD on December 14, 2016 (the original uploads were not taken down, but were replaced in the Pokémon Generations playlist). The series was later released in Brazilian Portuguese on The Pokémon Company International's Portuguese YouTube channel starting on February 10, 2017. The last episode of the series was uploaded on July 20, 2017. In November 2017, some episodes of Pokémon Generations aired alongside some theatrical releases of Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, and more in November 2018 with Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us.

In the Korean language, the first three episodes were uploaded on July 25, 2018. Three videos were uploaded every Wednesday until August 29, 2018. Some of the episode numbers were changed; episode 10 was released as episode 12 in Korean, and episodes 11 and 12 were released as episodes 10 and 11. However, by the end of February 2020, they no longer could be seen on any platform, presumably due to licensing issues.

In the Japanese language, the first six episodes were uploaded to The Pokémon Company's YouTube channel on December 9, 2016. The seventh through ninth episodes were uploaded on December 16, 2016. The tenth through 12th episodes were uploaded on December 22, 2016. The 13th through 15th episodes were uploaded on January 26, 2017. The final three episodes were uploaded on February 2, 2017.

Episodes

Code	Screenshot	English title	Japanese title	US broadcast	Japan broadcast	Time between
PG01		The Adventure	冒険 The Adventure	September 16, 2016	December 9, 2016	84 days
PG02		The Chase	追跡 The Chase	September 16, 2016	December 9, 2016	84 days
PG03		The Challenger	挑戦者 The Challenger	September 23, 2016	December 9, 2016	77 days
PG04		The Lake of Rage	いかりの湖 The Lake of Rage	September 30, 2016	December 9, 2016	70 days
PG05		The Legacy	継承 The Succession	October 7, 2016	December 9, 2016	63 days
PG06		The Reawakening	再生 The Rebirth	October 7, 2016	December 9, 2016	63 days
PG07		The Vision	ビジョン The Vision	October 14, 2016	December 16, 2016	63 days
PG08		The Cavern	海底洞窟 The Seabed Cavern	October 21, 2016	December 16, 2016	56 days
PG09		The Scoop	スクープ The Scoop	October 28, 2016	December 16, 2016	49 days
PG10		The Old Chateau	森の洋館 The Forest Manor	October 28, 2016	December 22, 2016	55 days
PG11		The New World	新しい世界 The New World	November 4, 2016	December 22, 2016	48 days
PG12		The Magma Stone	火山のおき石 The Volcano Stone	November 11, 2016	December 22, 2016	41 days
PG13		The Uprising	反乱 The Uprising	November 18, 2016	January 26, 2017	69 days
PG14		The Frozen World	凍える世界 The Frozen World	November 23, 2016	January 26, 2017	64 days
PG15		The King Returns	帰還 The Return	December 2, 2016	January 26, 2017	55 days
PG16		The Beauty Eternal	永遠の美 The Eternal Beauty	December 9, 2016	February 2, 2017	55 days
PG17		The Investigation	捜査 The Investigation	December 16, 2016	February 2, 2017	48 days
PG18		The Redemption	贖い The Redemption	December 23, 2016	February 2, 2017	41 days
This concludes Pokémon Generations.

Differences from the games

Although the miniseries is more faithful to the games than the main series, there are still some differences, mainly to enhance the plot or due to time constraints.

• Looker, who originally did not debut until Pokémon Platinum, has his role extended in this series.
• Lance's role in the Lake of Rage incident is expanded, unlike in the games, where the narrative focuses on the player.
• In the games, Lance and Ethan battle the wild Electrode powering the generator, causing them to faint or capture them. In The Lake of Rage, they instead release them.
  • Also, there are twelve Electrode powering the generator as opposed to only six in the games.
• Petrel shows up in the generator room instead of Ariana like in the games.
• Unlike in the games, neither the player nor Maxie stops Archie in The Cavern.
• Unlike in the games, the player does not arrive at the Spear Pillar to stop Cyrus in The New World.
• After Giratina drags Cyrus into the Distortion World, it doesn't leave a portal behind like in the games.
• Looker does not arrest Charon at Stark Mountain. Instead, Charon escapes with help from two Team Galactic Grunts.
• Iris is present when N's Castle is summoned instead of the player character, and it is summoned by the Seven Sages instead of N. The subsequent confrontation between the Unova Gym Leaders and the Seven Sages takes place outside the castle instead of inside, and an army of Team Plasma Grunts participates in the battle.
  • The Seven Sages mention Ghetsis' glorious plan even though in the games N was the king and Ghetsis had not revealed himself as the true boss of Team Plasma at that point.
• The Shadow Triad is not present for Team Plasma's attack on Opelucid City to capture the DNA Splicers. Instead, the attack is led by Zinzolin and carried out by many Team Plasma Grunts.
• Unlike in the games, Ghetsis fuses Kyurem with N's Reshiram without the player character present, and when the player character does arrive, it is Hilbert with his Zekrom, instead of Nate or Rosa.
• The player character is not present for Lysandre and Diantha's conversation in Café Soleil.
• Looker pursues Essentia through the streets of Lumiose City himself, and unmasks her in an empty café instead of in the lower levels of Lysandre Labs beneath Lysandre Café. Additionally, unlike the games, Xerosic is not present for her unmasking and his role in these events is only vaguely hinted at.
• Serena, Shauna, Tierno, Trevor, Sina, and Dexio are not present for the parade in Lumiose City. Instead, Diantha attends the celebration.
• AZ's story is presented as a fairytale told by a mother to her daughter instead of as AZ's own recollections.

Cast

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Cast
Pikachu	Fumiko Orikasa	Pikachu	Fumiko Orikasa	ピカチュウ	折笠富美子
Looker	Kaiji Tang	Handsome	Keiji Fujiwara	ハンサム	藤原啓治 堀内賢雄
Giovanni	Richard Epcar	Sakaki	Akio Ōtsuka	サカキ	大塚明夫
Blue	Erik Kimerer	Challenger	Jun Fukuyama	挑戦者	福山潤
Lance	Ben Diskin	Wataru	Yoshimasa Hosoya	ワタル	細谷佳正
Lorelei	Erica Lindbeck	Kanna	Fumiko Orikasa	カンナ	折笠富美子
Bruno	Bill Rogers	Siba	Takanori Hoshino	シバ	星野貴紀
Agatha	Ellyn Stern	Kikuko	Hisako Kyōda	キクコ	京田尚子
Petrel		Lambda	Wataru Takagi	ラムダ	高木渉
Silver	Lucien Dodge	Sakaki's son	Ryōta Ōsaka	サカキの息子	逢坂良太
Eusine	Kyle Hebert	Minaki	Hiroshi Tsuchida	ミナキ	土田大
Maxie	Lex Lang	Matsubusa	Seiji Sasaki	マツブサ	佐々木誠二
Courtney	Sandy Fox	Kagari	Misato Fukuen	カガリ	福圓美里
Tabitha	Doug Erholtz	Homura	Akio Suyama	ホムラ	陶山章央
Archie	Jamieson Price	Aogiri	Rikiya Koyama	アオギリ	小山力也
Shelly	Cristina Vee	Izumi	Takako Honda	イズミ	本田貴子
Matt	Richard Epcar	Ushio	Tetsu Inada	ウシオ	稲田徹
Gabby	Michelle Ruff	Mari	Maaya Sakamoto	マリ	坂本真綾
Ty	Derek Stephen Prince	Dai	Makoto Yasumura	ダイ	保村真
Professor Cozmo		Soraishi	Nobuo Tobita	ソライシ	飛田展男
Cheryl	Stephanie Sheh	Momi	Mamiko Noto	モミ	能登麻美子
Chansey	Satomi Koorogi	Lucky	Satomi Koorogi	ラッキー	こおろぎさとみ
Little girl	Tara Jayne	Girl	Rie Kugimiya	女の子	釘宮理恵
Butler		Old gentleman	Kinryū Arimoto	老紳士	有本欽隆
Cyrus	Michael Sorich	Akagi	Kenjirō Tsuda	アカギ	津田健次郎
Cynthia	Tara Jayne	Shirona	Aya Endō	シロナ	遠藤綾
Saturn	Ricky Ryba	Saturn	Daiki Yamashita	サターン	山下大輝
Mars		Mars	Sayaka Kitahara	マーズ	北原沙弥香
Jupiter	Cassandra Lee Morris	Jupiter	Michiko Kaiden	ジュピター	鶏冠井美智子
Buck	Bryce Papenbrook	Baku	Hiro Shimono	バク	下野紘
Charon	Keith Silverstein	Pluto	Kōsei Tomita	プルート	富田耕生
Iris	Cherami Leigh	Iris	Rina Hidaka	アイリス	日高里菜
Giallo	Steve Kramer	Giallo	Masayuki Omoro	ジャロ	小室正幸
Zinzolin	Steve Staley	Vio	Tomoyuki Shimura	ヴィオ	志村知幸
Drayden	Michael McConnohie	Shaga	Masami Iwasaki	シャガ	岩崎征実
Bronius		Sumra	Shūhei Matsuda	スムラ	松田修平
Ryoku	Patrick Seitz	Ryokushi	Suzune Okabe	リョクシ	岡部涼音
Gorm	Michael McConnohie	Azula	Ryōma Abe	アスラ	安部亮馬
Rood	Michael McConnohie	Rot	Masaaki Ihara	ロット	伊原正明
Clay	Steve Kramer	Yakon	Tomoyuki Shimura	ヤーコン	志村知幸
Lenora	Taylor Billingslea	Aloe	Saori Takayama	アロエ	高宮彩織
Elesa	Mela Lee	Kamitsure	China Kitahara	カミツレ	北原知奈
Burgh	Christopher Niosi	Arty	Shūhei Matsuda	アーティ	松田修平
Skyla		Furou	Noriko Shibasaki	フウロ	芝崎典子
Brycen	Christopher Niosi	Hachiku	Masaaki Ihara	ハチク	伊原正明
Colress	Christopher Niosi	Akuroma	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	アクロマ	川島得愛
N	Grant George	N	Akira Ishida	Ｎ	石田彰
Ghetsis	Patrick Seitz	G-Cis	Shō Hayami	ゲーチス	速水奨
Lysandre		Fuladari	Hiroki Touchi	フラダリ	東地宏樹
Diantha	Laura Post	Carne	Sayaka Ōhara	カルネ	大原さやか
Malva	Kira Buckland	Pachira	Marina Inoue	パキラ	井上麻里奈
Emma	Carrie Keranen	Matiere	Maaya Uchida	マチエール	内田真礼
AZ	Keith Silverstein	AZ	Takaya Hashi	AZ	土師孝也

Gallery

For more artwork, please see Pokémon Generations images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Posters and logos

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  English artwork on Amazon

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  English logo

Trailers

English

By Pokemon

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Trivia

• Like in Pokémon Origins, all of the Pokémon in this miniseries make realistic, animal-like sounds instead of saying their species' names like in the main series.
• All of the main protagonists that appear in the miniseries have no dialogue, are never referred to by name, and their faces are heavily obscured.
• Generation IV is the only generation covered in the miniseries from which no main protagonist is featured.
• Team Plasma is the only villainous team to appear in all three episodes covering their respective region.

In other languages

Language		Title
Dutch		Pokémon Generations* Pokémon Generaties*
European French		Pokémon Générations
German		Pokémon Generationen
Italian		Pokémon Generazioni
Korean		포켓몬 제너레이션즈 Pokémon Generations
Brazilian Portuguese		Pokémon Gerações
European Spanish		Generaciones Pokémon

See also

• Pokémon Origins
• Pokémon: Twilight Wings
• Pokémon Evolutions
• Pokémon: Hisuian Snow

External links

• Official Pokémon website announcement (English)
• Official English playlist on YouTube
• Official Japanese playlist on YouTube

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.