Pokémon: Advanced Challenge facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pokémon: Advanced Challenge |
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English front cover of the Pokémon: Advanced Challenge DVD collection box
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | September 4, 2003 – September 2, 2004 |
Pokémon: Advanced Challenge is the seventh season of Pokémon and the second 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 September 4, 2003 to September 2, 2004 on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from September 11, 2004 to September 10, 2005 on Kids' 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 songs are "Advance Adventure" (アドバンスアドベンチャー, Adobansu Adobenchā) by GARDEN for 30 episodes, and "Challenger!!" (チャレンジャー！！, Charenjā!!) by Rika Matsumoto. The ending songs are "Polka O Dolka" (ポルカ・オ・ドルカ, Poruka O Doruka) by Inuko Inuyama and Nolsol Chorus Group for 4 episodes, "Because the Sky is There" (そこに空があるから, Soko ni Sora ga Aru Kara) for 7 episodes and "Smile" (スマイル, Sumairu) by Toshiko Ezaki for 42 episodes, and "Full of Summer!!" (いっぱいスーマ!!, Ippai Sumā!!) by Naomi Tamura and Himawari Chorus for 8 episodes. The English opening song is "This Dream" by David Rolfe. A shortened version is used as the end credit song.
Episodes
| J# | E# | English title Japanese title |
Original air date | English air date |
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| 317 | 314 | "What You Seed is What You Get" (Kimori's New Technique!! Watermelon Field's Seed Machine Gun!) | September 4, 2003 | September 11, 2004 |
| 318 | 315 | "Love at First Flight" (Barubeat and Illumise! Dance of Love!) | September 11, 2003 | October 16, 2004 |
| 319 | 316 | "Let Bagons Be Bagons" (Fly Tatsubay! Towards the Future!!) | September 18, 2003 | September 18, 2004 |
| 320 | 317 | "The Princess and the Togepi" (Kasumi Appears! Togepi and the Mirage Kingdom!) | September 25, 2003 | September 25, 2004 |
| 321 | 318 | "A Togepi Mirage!" (Beyond the Mirage! Togepi's Paradise!) | October 2, 2003 | October 2, 2004 |
| 322 | 319 | "Candid Camerupt!" (Kachinuki Family! 4 vs. 4!!) | October 9, 2003 | October 9, 2004 |
| 323 | 320 | "I Feel Skitty!" (Eneko and Aromatherapy!) | October 16, 2003 | October 23, 2004 |
| 324 | 321 | "ZigZag Zangoose!" (Zangoose vs. Habunake! Rivals Showdown!!) | October 23, 2003 | October 23, 2004 |
| 325 | 322 | "Maxxed Out!" (Masato and Masato! Protect Ametama!) | October 30, 2003 | October 30, 2004 |
| 326 | 323 | "Pros and Con Artists" (Pokémon Contest – Hajitsuge Tournament!!) | November 6, 2003 | October 30, 2004 |
| 327 | 324 | "Come What May!" (VS Charem! Contest Battle!!) | November 13, 2003 | November 6, 2004 |
| 328 | 325 | "Cheer Pressure" (Prasle and Minun! Road of Cheering!?) | November 20, 2003 | November 6, 2004 |
| 329 | 326 | "Game Winning Assist" (Eneco and Cat's Paw! Meadow of Donmel!) | November 27, 2003 | November 13, 2004 |
| 330 | 327 | "Fight for the Meteorite" (Team Aqua vs. Team Magma Again! Battle of Mt. Chimney!!) | December 4, 2003 | November 13, 2004 |
| 331 | 328 | "Poetry Commotion!" (The New Gym Leader – Asuna! The Hole-Filled Battlefield!) | December 11, 2003 | November 20, 2004 |
| 332 | 329 | "Going, Going, Yawn!" (Heat Badge! Win the Blazing Battle!!) | December 18, 2003 | November 20, 2004 |
| 333 | 330 | "Going for a Spinda" (Full of Patcheel! Beyond the Mountains in Search of Happiness!) | December 25, 2003 | November 27, 2004 |
| 334 | 331 | "All Torkoal, No Play" (Breakthrough Valley of Steel! Cotoise vs. Haganeil!!) | January 8, 2004 | November 27, 2004 |
| 335 | 332 | "Manectric Charge" (Kinetsu Gym Returns! Vs. Livolt!!) | January 15, 2004 | December 4, 2004 |
| 336 | 333 | "Delcatty Got Your Tongue" (Eneko and Enekororo! The Legendary Pokémon Coordinator Appears!!) | January 22, 2004 | December 4, 2004 |
| 337 | 334 | "Disaster of Disguise" (The Masked Coordinator – Phantom Appears!!) | January 29, 2004 | December 11, 2004 |
| 338 | 335 | "Disguise Da Limit" (Shidake Town! Pokémon Contest!!) | February 5, 2004 | December 11, 2004 |
| 339 | 336 | "Take the Lombre Home" (Solrock and Hasubrero! Legend of the Sacred Forest!) | February 12, 2004 | January 29, 2005 |
| 340 | 337 | "True Blue Swablu" (Sky of Tyltto! Heart of Haruka!!) | February 19, 2004 | February 5, 2005 |
| 341 | 338 | "Gulpin it Down!" (The Great Gokulin Repelling Strategy!!) | February 26, 2004 | February 12, 2005 |
| 342 | 339 | "Exploud and Clear" (Critical Situation! Bakuong vs. Juptile!!) | March 4, 2004 | February 19, 2005 |
| 343 | 340 | "Go Go Ludicolo!" (Dancing Battle! Runpappa!!) | March 11, 2004 | February 26, 2005 |
| 344 | 341 | "A Double Dilemma" (Papa is Idol!? Fake Gym Leader!!) | March 18, 2004 | March 5, 2005 |
| 345 | 342 | "Love, Petalburg Style!" (Tōka Gym Crisis! Household Crisis!!) | March 25, 2004 | March 12, 2005 |
| 346 | 343 | "Balance of Power" (Tōka Gym! The Fifth Badge!!) | April 1, 2004 | March 19, 2005 |
| 347 | 344 | "A Six Pack Attack!" (Professor Ookido and Professor Odamaki! Secret Base Battle!!) | April 8, 2004 | March 26, 2005 |
| 348 | 345 | "The Bicker the Better" (Tag Battle! Satoshi vs. Haruka!?) | April 15, 2004 | April 2, 2005 |
| 349 | 346 | "Grass Hysteria!" (King of the Forbidden Forest! Fushigibana!!) | April 22, 2004 | April 9, 2005 |
| 350 | 347 | "Hokey PokéBalls" (Fushigidane and Fushigidane! Regaining the Monster Balls!!) | April 29, 2004 | April 16, 2005 |
| 351 | 348 | "Whiscash and Ash" (Showdown! The Fishing Master and the Giant Namazun!!) | May 6, 2004 | April 23, 2005 |
| 352 | 349 | "Me, Myself and Time" (Yajilon and the Ruins in the Mist!) | May 13, 2004 | April 30, 2005 |
| 353 | 350 | "A Fan with a Plan!" (Forbidable Enemy!? Mother Coordinator Appears!) | May 20, 2004 | May 7, 2005 |
| 354 | 351 | "Cruisin' for a Losin'" (Pokémon Contest! Ruibosu Tournament!!) | May 27, 2004 | May 14, 2005 |
| 355 | 352 | "Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend" (Baneboo's Lost Object!?) | June 3, 2004 | May 21, 2005 |
| 356 | 353 | "That's Just Swellow" (Beginning Challenge! Sky Match – PokéRinger!!) | June 10, 2004 | May 28, 2005 |
| 357 | 354 | "Take This House and Shuppet" (The Mansion of Kagebouzu!) | June 17, 2004 | June 4, 2005 |
| 358 | 355 | "A Shroomish Skirmish" (The Fighting King of the Forest!? Wakasyamo vs. Kinogassa!) | June 24, 2004 | June 11, 2005 |
| 359 | 356 | "Unfair-Weather Friends" (Powalen of the Weather Research Institute!) | July 1, 2004 | June 18, 2005 |
| 360 | 357 | "Who's Flying Now?" (Hiwamaki City's Feather Carnival!!) | July 8, 2004 | June 25, 2005 |
| 361 | 358 | "Sky High Gym Battle!" (Hiwamaki Gym! Battle in the Sky!!) | July 15, 2004 | July 9, 2005 |
| 362 | 359 | "Lights, Camerupt, Action!" (The Film's Riding on Bakuuda!!) | July 22, 2004 | July 16, 2005 |
| 363 | 360 | "Crazy as a Lunatone" (Mystery! A Pokémon from Space!?) | July 29, 2004 | August 20, 2005 |
| 364 | 361 | "The Garden of Eatin'" (Kabigon of the Banana Namakero Park!!) | August 5, 2004 | August 27, 2005 |
| 365 | 362 | "A Scare to Remember" (Pikachu, Joining Team Rocket!?) | August 12, 2004 | September 3, 2005 |
| 366 | 363 | "Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry" (Arrival in Minamo City! Polocks and Swallow's Return!) | August 19, 2004 | September 3, 2005 |
| 367 | 364 | "Lessons in Lilycove" (Pokémon Contest! Minamo Tournament!!) | August 26, 2004 | September 10, 2005 |
| 368 | 365 | "Judgment Day" (Those Three Appear! The Referee School Island!) | September 2, 2004 | September 10, 2005 |
Home Media releases
In the United States, the series was released on 10 DVD volumes by Viz Media between 2005-2006.
Viz Media and Warner Home Video later released Pokémon: Advanced Challenge – The Complete Collection on DVD on December 5, 2017.
