Pokémon: Advanced facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pokémon: Advanced |
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English front cover of the Pokémon: Advanced DVD collection box
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | November 21, 2002 – August 28, 2003 |
Pokémon: Advanced is the sixth season of Pokémon and the first part of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, a Japanese anime television series known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation (ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレーション, Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon). It originally aired in Japan from November 21, 2002 to August 28, 2003 on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from November 1, 2003 to September 4, 2004 on Kids' WB/The WB.
Set in the fictional Hoenn region, the season follows the adventures of the ten-year-old Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum, and his electric mouse partner Pikachu as they collect Gym Badges so they can compete in the Hoenn League competition. Along the way, they are joined by Brock, the leader of the Pewter City Gym, and the Pokémon coordinator May and her brother, Max, as May competes in Pokémon Contests with the aim of earning Ribbons so she can enter the Hoenn Grand Festival.
The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio OLM.
The Japanese opening song is "Advance Adventure" (アドバンスアドベンチャー, Adobansu Adobenchā) by GARDEN. The ending songs are "Because the Sky is There" (そこに空があるから, Soko ni Sora ga Aru Kara) by Toshiko Ezaki for 18 episodes, and "Polka O Dolka" (ポルカ・ドルカ, Poruka O Doruka) by Inuko Inuyama (Meowth) and Nolsol Chorus Group. The English opening song is "I Wanna Be a Hero" by David Rolfe. A shortened version of the English opening song was used for the end credits.
Episodes
| J# | E# | English title Japanese title |
Original air date | English air date |
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| 277 | 274 | "Get the Show on the Road!" (A New Land! A New Adventure!!) | November 21, 2002 | November 1, 2003 |
| 278 | 275 | "A Ruin with a View" (Ancient Pokémon and Mysterious Teams!) | November 28, 2002 | November 8, 2003 |
| 279 | 276 | "There's No Place Like Hoenn" (Tōka Gym! Vs. Yarukimono!) | December 5, 2002 | November 15, 2003 |
| 280 | 277 | "You Never Can Taillow" (Full of Subame, Full of Danger! Got It in Tōka Woods!) | December 12, 2002 | November 22, 2003 |
| 281 | 278 | "In the Knicker of Time!" (Jiguzaguma and Short-Pantsed Boy! Haruka's First Battle!!) | December 19, 2002 | November 22, 2003 |
| 282 | 279 | "A Poached Ego!" (Team Rocket! Goodbye to a Disturbed Scratch!!) | December 26, 2002 | November 29, 2003 |
| 283 | 280 | "Tree's a Crowd" (Forest of Kimori! Protect the Giant Tree!!) | January 9, 2003 | November 29, 2003 |
| 284 | 281 | "A Tail with a Twist" (Habunake vs. Kimori! Strike of Death!!) | January 16, 2003 | December 6, 2003 |
| 285 | 282 | "Taming of the Shroomish" (Bizarre! Mystery of the Kinococo Mansion!) | January 23, 2003 | December 6, 2003 |
| 286 | 283 | "You Said a Mouthful!" (The Strongest Pelipper in History Appears!!) | January 30, 2003 | December 13, 2003 |
| 287 | 284 | "A Bite to Remember" (Guraena and Pochiena! Mystery of Evolution!!) | February 6, 2003 | December 13, 2003 |
| 288 | 285 | "The Lotad Lowdown" (Hassboh and the Three Sisters of the Flower Shop!) | February 13, 2003 | December 20, 2003 |
| 289 | 286 | "All Things Bright and Beautifly!" (Pokémon Contest! Agehunt's Magnificent Battle!!) | February 20, 2003 | December 27, 2003 |
| 290 | 287 | "All in a Day's Wurmple" (Double Battle and Double Kemusso!?) | February 27, 2003 | January 3, 2004 |
| 291 | 288 | "Gonna Rule the School!" (Try to Study! Pokémon Trainer's School!!) | March 6, 2003 | January 10, 2004 |
| 292 | 289 | "The Winner by a Nosepass" (Kanazumi Gym! Nosepass's Secret Weapon!!) | March 13, 2003 | January 10, 2004 |
| 293 | 290 | "Stairway to Devon" (Devon Corporation! Shadow of Team Aqua!!) | March 20, 2003 | January 17, 2004 |
| 294 | 291 | "On a Wingull and a Prayer!" (Old Man Hagi and Peeko the Camome!) | March 27, 2003 | January 24, 2004 |
| 295 | 292 | "Sharpedo Attack!" (Escape! Samehader's Island!!) | April 3, 2003 | January 31, 2004 |
| 296 | 293 | "Brave the Wave" (Muro Gym! The Surfing Leader – Touki Appears!) | April 10, 2003 | February 7, 2004 |
| 297 | 294 | "Which Wurmple's Which?" (Kemusso vs. Kemusso! Which is Which!?) | April 17, 2003 | February 14, 2004 |
| 298 | 295 | "A Hole Lotta Trouble" (Daigo, Cockodora and Bossgodora!) | April 24, 2003 | February 14, 2004 |
| 299 | 296 | "Gone Corphishin'" (Roughneck of the Sea, Heigani Appears!) | May 1, 2003 | February 21, 2004 |
| 300 | 297 | "A Corphish Out of Water" (Run Satoshi! Cross the Kibanha River!) | May 8, 2003 | February 28, 2004 |
| 301 | 298 | "A Mudkip Mission" (The Secret Pond! Full of Mizugorou!?) | May 15, 2003 | March 13, 2004 |
| 302 | 299 | "Turning Over a Nuzleaf" (Attack of the Konohana Tribe!!) | May 22, 2003 | March 27, 2004 |
| 303 | 300 | "A Three Team Scheme!" (Team Magma vs. Team Aqua! Secret Base Battle!) | May 29, 2003 | April 17, 2004 |
| 304 | 301 | "Seeing is Believing!" (Agehunt and Dokucale! The Final Evolution!) | June 5, 2003 | April 24, 2004 |
| 305 | 302 | "Ready, Willing, and Sableye" (The Startling Yamirami!) | June 12, 2003 | May 1, 2004 |
| 306 | 303 | "A Meditite Fight!" (Asanan and the Battle Girl! In the Middle of a Storm!) | June 19, 2003 | May 8, 2004 |
| 307 | 304 | "Just One of the Geysers" (Muro Gym Rematch! Surfing Battlefield!) | June 26, 2003 | May 15, 2004 |
| 308 | 305 | "Abandon Ship!" (The Abandoned Ship! The Creeping Shadow!!) | July 3, 2003 | May 15, 2004 |
| 309 | 306 | "Now That's Flower Power!" (A New Rival for Haruka! Intensive Pokémon Contest Training!!) | July 10, 2003 | May 22, 2004 |
| 310 | 307 | "Having a Wailord of a Time" (The Big Starter Pokémon Panic!!) | July 17, 2003 | May 22, 2004 |
| 311 | 308 | "Win, Lose or Drew!" (Haruka! The First Pokémon Contest Challenge!!) | July 24, 2003 | May 29, 2004 |
| 312 | 309 | "The Spheal of Approval" (Protect the Ocean Museum! Attack of Team Magma!!) | July 31, 2003 | May 29, 2004 |
| 313 | 310 | "Jump for Joy!" (Beauty and the Beast!? Dirteng and Nurse Joy!) | August 7, 2003 | August 28, 2004 |
| 314 | 311 | "A Different Kind of Misty!" (Prasle and Minun! The Mountain Lighthouse!!) | August 14, 2003 | August 28, 2004 |
| 315 | 312 | "A Poké-BLOCK Party!" (Sing! Pokémon Trick House!!) | August 21, 2003 | September 4, 2004 |
| 316 | 313 | "Watt's with Wattson?" (Kinsetsu Gym! Tessen's Electric Shock Battle!!) | August 28, 2003 | September 4, 2004 |
Home Media releases
In the United States, Viz Video and Ventura Distribution released the series on 8 VHS and DVD volumes from 2004-2005. The entire series was released on DVD, while the VHS versions only featured the first three episodes from each release.
Viz Media later released two 3-disc boxed DVD sets in 2005 and 2006, containing 6-7 episodes per disc.
Viz Media and Warner Home Video released Pokémon: Advanced – The Complete Collection on DVD in the United States on May 16, 2017.
