User:TheFatPanda/1997

March

5th: TCG- The first expansion of new cards and theme decks, Pokémon Jungle, is released in Japan.

1st: Anime- The first episode of the Original series, "Pokémon! I Choose You!", airs in Japan, marking the worldwide premier of the Pokémon anime.
8th: Anime- The second episode of the Original series, "Showdown! Pokémon Centre!", airs in Japan.
15th: Anime- The third episode of the Original series, "I Caught a Pokémon!", airs in Japan.
22nd: Anime- The fourth episode of the Original series, "Challenge of the Samurai Boy!", airs in Japan.
29th: Anime- The fifth episode of the Original series, "Nibi Gym Battle!", airs in Japan.

6th: Anime- The sixth episode of the Original series, "Pippi and the Moon Stone", airs in Japan.
13th: Anime- The seventh episode of the Original series, "The Suichūka of Hanada City", airs in Japan.
20th: Anime- The eighth episode of the Original series, "The Road to the Pokémon League", airs in Japan.
27th: Anime- The ninth episode of the Original series, "Pokémon Victory Manual", airs in Japan.
Date Unknown: Manga- Volume 2 of Pokémon Pocket Monsters is released in Japan.

3rd: Anime- The tenth episode of the Original series, "Fushigidane of the Hidden Village", airs in Japan.
10th: Anime- The eleventh episode of the Original series, "Stray Pokémon - Hitokage, airs in Japan.
17th: Anime- The twelfth episode of the Original series, "Enter the Zenigame Squad!", airs in Japan.
21st: TCG- The second expansion of new cards and theme decks, Mystery of the Fossils, is released in Japan.
24th: Anime- The thirteenth episode of the Original series, "Masaki's Lighthouse", airs in Japan.

1st: Anime- The fourteenth episode of the Original series, "Electric Shock Showdown! Kuchiba Gym", airs in Japan.
8th: Anime- The fifteenth episode of the Original series, "Battle on the St. Annu!", airs in Japan.
15th: Anime- The sixteenth episode of the Original series, "Pokémon Adrift", airs in Japan.
22nd: Anime- The seventeenth episode of the Original series, "Island of the Giant Pokémon!?", airs in Japan.
29th: Anime- The eighteenth episode of the Original series, "Holiday at Aopulco", airs in Japan.

21st: TCG- The third expansion of new cards and theme decks, Rocket Gang, is released in Japan.

16th: Anime- The thirty-eighth episode of the Original series, "Computer Warrior Porygon", airs in Japan. The episode causes over seven hundred Japanese viewers to suffer adverse health effects, including epileptic seizures. As a result, the episode is never commersially releases or re-aired anywhere in the world, and the show entered hiatus for four months.