Pokémon anime novelization series

This article is about the English language novels based on the original series of the anime. For the French language novels released by Hachette Jeunesse, see Pokémon anime novelization series (France).

The Pokémon anime novelizations are the main series of Pokémon books. In this series, there are 28 books. However, only 26 books are based on actual anime episodes, with Race to Danger and Talent Showdown having original plots. Like the Pokémon Junior series, it is a multiple-author series, authored by Tracey West, Jennifer L. Johnson, and Sheila Sweeny. The Pokémon anime novelizations start with the book I Choose You! and end with Winner Takes All, spanning the anime seasons for Indigo League, Orange Islands, and part of The Johto Journeys. This series is distinguished from others that are based on anime episodes by its chapter-book format and the design of the blurb on the back, which consists of a black box with text and several circles featuring different species of Pokémon on its rim. Books in this series typically have a Pikachu near the corner of a page, with the only exception being Team Rocket Blasts Off!, which instead has Meowth in the corner of the pages, as a reference to the member of Team Rocket.

Books in this series

Original series

Number	Cover	Title	ISBN	Release date
1		I Choose You!	ISBN 0439104645	July 1999
2		Island of the Giant Pokémon	ISBN 0439104661	July 1999
3		Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon	ISBN 0439135508	September 1999
4		Night in the Haunted Tower	ISBN 043913742X	October 1999
5		Team Rocket Blasts Off!	ISBN 9780439154185	January 2000
6		Charizard, Go!	ISBN 0439154219	February 2000
7		Splashdown in Cerulean City	ISBN 043915426X	March 2000
8		Return of the Squirtle Squad	ISBN 0439154294	April 2000

Orange Islands

Number	Cover	Title	ISBN	Release date
9		Journey to the Orange Islands	ISBN 0439169429	May 2000
10		Secret of the Pink Pokémon	ISBN 0439169437	June 2000
11		The Four-Star Challenge	ISBN 0439169445	August 2000
12		Scyther, Heart of a Champion	ISBN 0439169453	August 2000
13		Race to Danger	ISBN 043920089X	October 2000
14		Talent Showdown	ISBN 043920090X	November 2000
15		Psyduck Ducks Out	ISBN 0439200911	December 2000
16		Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium	ISBN 043920092X	January 2001

Johto Journeys

Number	Cover	Title	ISBN	Release date
17		Go West, Young Ash	ISBN 0439200938	February 2001
18		Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Detective	ISBN 0439200946	March 2001
19		Prepare for Trouble	ISBN 0439220335	April 2001
20		Battle for the Zephyr Badge	ISBN 0439243971	April 2001
21		The Chikorita Challenge	ISBN 0439221137	June 2001
22		All Fired Up	ISBN 0439221145	July 2001
23		Ash to the Rescue	ISBN 0439220920	August 2001
24		Secrets of the GS Ball	ISBN 0439220912	September 2001
25		Prize Pokémon	ISBN 0439202760	October 2001
26		Teaming Up With Totodile	ISBN 0439295742	November 2001
27		Tough Enough	ISBN 0439358019	2002
28		Winner Takes All	ISBN 0439358027	July 2002

Series collections

The eight Orange Island novelizations have been collected as a boxed set with updated covers, titled Pokémon Classic Collection or Pokémon Master Collection (ISBN 9781338193091), which was released on November 1, 2016. Eight Johto Journeys novelizations from Go West, Young Ash to Secrets of the GS Ball have been collected as a boxed set with updated covers, titled Pokémon Adventure Collection (ISBN 9781338284003), which was released on April 1, 2017. They are also available in a 16-book collection known as Pokemon Essential Collection, which was released in December 2016.

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  Pokémon Classic Collection

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  Pokémon Adventure Collection

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  Pokémon Essential Collection

In other languages

The Pokémon anime novelization series are known to be translated into Bulgarian, Czech, Canadian French, European French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Latin American Spanish.

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  Pokémon anime novelizations in Indonesian

Trivia

• The books were the first media to show Gary having a Blastoise, seen in Talent Showdown. However, he was also shown with a Charizard and a Venusaur due to the author not actually knowing which one was his starter.^{[citation needed]}
• The novel Race to Danger also states that Pidgeot rejoined Ash after his return from the Orange Archipelago. However, to date, Pidgeot has not made any return appearances in the anime, save for flashbacks and appearances in openings.
• At the beginning of most of the books, there are lyrics to various songs used in the series. In the books that show Pokémon Theme, the lyric given is "each Pokémon to understand the power that's inside". However, the actual lyric is "teach Pokémon to understand".

References

People, companies, and series related to Pokémon books Authors and illustrators: Akihito Toda • Bill Michaels • Gregg Sacon • Hiroshi Takase • Howard Dewin • Jason R. Rich Jennifer L. Johnson • Katherine Fang • Katherine Noll • Kazunori Aihara • Maria S. Barbo • Michael Mikaelian Michael Teitelbaum • S. E. Heller • Sheila Sweeny • Simcha Whitehill • Tracey West Publishers: Chuang Yi (Singapore) • Golden Books (USA) • Panini Comics (Italy) • Pikachu Press (USA) Scholastic (USA) • Shogakukan (Japan) • Shogakukan Asia (Singapore) • VIZ Media (USA) Series: Element Pokédex • Let's Find Pokémon! • Pathways to Adventure • Pocket Monsters Film Comic • Pocket Monsters Series Pokémon Adventure Series • Pokémon anime novelization series • Pokémon Junior • Pokémon Keychain Books Pokémon Pack Pals • Pokémon Reader • Pokémon Tales • The Official Pokémon Fiction • The Official Pokémon Early Reader

Pokémon anime novelizations Original series: I Choose You! • Island of the Giant Pokémon • Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon • Night in the Haunted Tower Team Rocket Blasts Off! • Charizard, Go! • Splashdown in Cerulean City • Return of the Squirtle Squad Orange Islands: Journey to the Orange Islands • Secret of the Pink Pokémon • The Four-Star Challenge • Scyther, Heart of a Champion Race to Danger • Talent Showdown • Psyduck Ducks Out • Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium The Johto Journeys: Go West, Young Ash • Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Detective • Prepare for Trouble • Battle for the Zephyr Badge The Chikorita Challenge • All Fired Up • Ash to the Rescue • Secrets of the GS Ball • Prize Pokémon Teaming Up With Totodile • Tough Enough • Winner Takes All Advanced Generation: Haunted! • Phantom Unmasked • Team Rocket Truce • Celebi Rescue • Grovyle Trouble • Deoxys in Danger Diamond & Pearl: Pokémon Academy • The Lost Riolu • Coal Badge Battle • World of Sinnoh Movies: The Art of Pokémon The First Movie • The Art of Pokémon the Movie 2000 • The Art of Pokémon the Movie 3: Spell of the Unown Mewtwo Strikes Back • Mewtwo Returns • Pokémon the Movie 2000 • Pokémon the Movie 3 • Pokémon 4Ever Destiny Deoxys • Lucario and the Mystery of Mew • Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea • The Rise of Darkrai Pikachu's Vacation • Pikachu's Rescue Adventure • Pikachu and Pichu

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