Pokémon Origins facts for kids
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Japanese Poster for Pokémon Origins, featuring the trainers Red and Green/Blue, and the Pokémon, Charizard.
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Quick facts for kids ポケットモンスター THE ORIGIN(Poketto Monsutā Ji Orijin) |
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| Directed by | Itsuro Kawasaki (act I) Yukio Kuroda (act II) Hideya Takahashi (act III) Daiki Tomiyasu (act IV) |
| Music by | Shota Kageyama Hiroaki Hayama |
| Studio | Production I.G (episode 1) Xebec (episode 2-3) OLM (episode 4) |
| Released | October 2, 2013 |
Pokémon Origins is a special Japanese anime series. In Japan, it is known as Pocket Monsters: The Origin (ポケットモンスター THE ORIGIN, Poketto Monsutā Ji Orijin). It is based on Nintendo's popular Pokémon games.
This miniseries is different from the main TV show. It follows the story and characters from the very first Red and Blue video games. It also stays very true to how the games work.
Pokémon Origins was made by several animation studios. These include Production I.G, Xebec, and OLM, Inc.. The special is split into four parts. Each part was directed by a different person from these studios. It first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo on October 2, 2013. This was just before the X and Y video games came out.
Contents
Explore the Episodes
Episode 1: Red's Journey Begins
In the first episode, we meet two young Pokémon trainers, Red and Blue. Professor Oak calls them to his lab. He gives them a Pokédex, a special device to record Pokémon information. Their mission is to find and record data on all Pokémon in the Kanto region.
Professor Oak also gives them their first Pokémon partners. Red chooses a Charmander, a Fire-type Pokémon. Blue picks a Squirtle, a Water-type Pokémon. Red starts his journey, battling wild Pokémon and catching new ones. He works hard to fill his Pokédex.
Red soon battles Blue, but Blue's Squirtle is too strong. Red feels sad after losing. He then meets a kind man who teaches him about the special bond between trainers and their Pokémon. This man tells Red to go to Viridian City to heal his Pokémon.
Later, Red arrives at the Pewter City Gym. He finds out the man he met earlier is the Gym Leader, Brock! Brock challenges Red to a Gym battle. Red learns that his Fire-type Charmander is not good against Brock's Rock-type Geodude. But Red's Nidoran♂ manages to defeat Geodude.
Brock then sends out his powerful Onix. Onix defeats most of Red's Pokémon. Remembering what he learned about trainer-Pokémon bonds, Red uses his Charmander again. This time, Charmander defeats Onix! Red earns his first Gym Badge, the Boulder Badge.
Episode 2: The Ghost of Pokémon Tower
After winning two more Gym Badges, Red arrives in Lavender Town. He hears stories about ghosts in the Pokémon Tower, a place where Pokémon are laid to rest. Before going to the tower, Red visits a shelter for Pokémon.
There, he meets a girl named Reina and a sad Cubone. Cubone's mother, a Marowak, was hurt by the bad guys from Team Rocket. Red learns that the shelter's owner, Mr. Fuji, went to the Pokémon Tower alone. Team Rocket has taken over the tower.
Red decides to go to the tower to find Mr. Fuji. Blue, who overhears Red, also goes. Inside the tower, they both see a ghost! Blue gets a special item called a Silph Scope from Team Rocket. This item shows that the ghost is Cubone's mother.
Cubone runs into the tower and reunites with its mother's spirit. This allows her spirit to finally rest in peace. Red and Cubone then work together to drive out Team Rocket and save Mr. Fuji. As a thank you, Mr. Fuji gives Red a Pokéflute and some mysterious stones. Red then continues his journey.
Episode 3: Facing Giovanni
Red earns two more Gym Badges, and his Charmander evolves into a powerful Charizard. Red and Blue meet a person from the Silph Company. Team Rocket has taken over this company. They want to get the Master Ball, a special Poké Ball that can catch any Pokémon easily.
Red sneaks into the Silph Company building. He frees all the scientists and Pokémon that Team Rocket had trapped. As a thank you, he receives a Lapras. Red then faces Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket. Giovanni defeats Red with his Nidoqueen and escapes.
Red continues his journey and earns more badges. He arrives in Viridian City and finds out that the final Gym Leader is Giovanni himself! Giovanni starts the battle with his Rhyhorn. Rhyhorn easily defeats most of Red's Pokémon. But Red's Hitmonlee manages to knock out two of Giovanni's Pokémon at once.
Red then sends out his Charizard to battle Giovanni's Rhydon. Charizard wins the tough battle! Giovanni respects Red's strength. He decides to stop Team Rocket's bad deeds. Giovanni then gives Red the final Gym Badge. This badge allows Red to enter the Pokémon League.
Episode 4: Champion and Beyond
Red finally reaches the Pokémon League at the Indigo Plateau. He battles and defeats the powerful Elite Four trainers. But he finds out that Blue has already become the Pokémon League Champion! To become champion himself, Red challenges Blue to a final battle.
The battle comes down to a fight between Red's Charizard and Blue's Blastoise. Charizard wins, making Red the new Pokémon League Champion! Professor Oak visits them and records Red and his Pokémon in the history of champions.
After this, Red continues his journey. He manages to catch all 149 known Pokémon! When he returns home, he learns that Blue was badly defeated by a mysterious Pokémon. This Pokémon was not one that Red had seen before. Red remembers a diary he found on his travels. He figures out this Pokémon must be Mewtwo, a Pokémon created by science.
Professor Oak gives Red advice about the mysterious stones Mr. Fuji gave him earlier. Red goes to face Mewtwo, finding it incredibly strong. Red and Charizard are determined not to give up. The stones they have, which are actually Mega Stones, start to glow!
This causes Charizard to undergo a Mega Evolution, turning into Mega Charizard X! With this new power, they defeat and capture Mewtwo. Red then realizes there is still one more Pokémon, Mew, to find. He becomes even more determined to complete his Pokédex!
Meet the Voice Actors
Japanese Voices
- Junko Takeuchi as Red
- Takuya Eguchi as Green (Blue)
- Katsuji Mori as Dr. Okido (Professor Oak)
- Tomokazu Sugita as Takeshi (Brock)
- Rikiya Koyama as Sakaki (Giovanni)
- Yui Ishikawa as Reina
- Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Wataru
- Minoru Inaba as Elder Fuji (Mr. Fuji)
English Dub Voices
- Bryce Papenbrook as Red
- Lucien Dodge as Blue, Red's Kabutops
- Kyle Hebert as Professor Oak
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Brock
- Christine Marie Cabanos as Reina, Pidgey, Caterpie, Mew
- Laura Post as Red's mom, Marowak's ghost
- Cristina Vee as Lass, Red's Nidoran♂, Cubone
See also
In Spanish: Pokémon Origins para niños
| 1 | "Red" "Reddo" (レッド) |
October 2, 2013 | November 15, 2013 | |
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Two young trainers, Red and Blue, are called over by Professor Oak, who gives them a Pokédex, asking them to complete it with data from Pokémon all across the Kanto region. In exchange, he gives each of them a Pokémon partner, with Red choosing a Charmander and Blue choosing a Squirtle. After fighting several battles, catching wild Pokémon and acquiring data for his Pokédex along the way, Red comes up against Blue and is completely overpowered by his Squirtle. As Red feels dejected over his defeat, he meets a man who teaches him about the bond between trainers and Pokémon before directing him to a nearby town, Viridian City, where he can heal his Pokémon. Later arriving at Pewter City's Gym, he discovers the man he met before, the Gym Leader Brock, who offers to face him in a gym battle. After learning that his Fire-type Charmander is ineffective against Brock's Rock-type Geodude, Red manages to beat it with his Nidoran♂. However, Brock fights back with his Onix, who beats most of Red's Pokémon. Coming to understand the bond between trainers and Pokémon, Red manages to beat Onix with his Charmander, earning himself a Boulder Badge from Brock.
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| 2 | "Cubone" "Karakara" (カラカラ) |
October 2, 2013 | November 18, 2013 | |
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After facing many more battles and earning two more Gym Badges, Red arrives in Lavender Town, where he hears many rumors about ghosts roaming around the Pokémon Tower, a Pokémon cemetery. Before heading to the tower, Red goes to a shelter for abandoned Pokémon, where he meets a girl named Reina, along with a Cubone who became orphaned after his mother, a Marowak, was killed by the nefarious Team Rocket. He learns that the owner of the shelter, Mr. Fuji, has gone by himself to the Pokémon Tower, which has been overrun by Team Rocket. Red decides to go to the tower to search for him whilst Blue, overhearing his conversation, decides to go as well. They both soon encounter a ghost, which is soon revealed by a Silph Scope that Blue obtains from Team Rocket to be the ghost of Cubone's mother. Cubone, who had run out from the shelter to come to the tower, reunites with his mother, allowing her to pass on, before helping Red drive out Team Rocket and rescue Mr. Fuji. As thanks, Mr. Fuji gives Red a Pokéflute and some mysterious stones before he resumes his journey.
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| 3 | "Giovanni" "Sakaki" (サカキ) |
October 2, 2013 | November 20, 2013 | |
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After Red has obtained two more badges and evolved his Pokémon into Charizard, he and Blue encounter the secretary of the president of the Silph Company, which Team Rocket has taken over to obtain the Master Ball, a Poké Ball capable of capturing any Pokémon without fail. Red infiltrates the Silph Company, freeing all the imprisoned scientists and Pokémon, and receiving a Lapras in gratitude. Red faces Team Rocket's leader, Giovanni, who beats him with his Nidoqueen before escaping. Continuing his journey and earning more badges, Red arrives at Viridian City, where he discovers the final Gym Leader is Giovanni himself. Giovanni first sends out a Rhyhorn, who effortlessly beats most of Red's Pokémon, but Red manages to pull off a double knockout with his Hitmonlee. Red then sends his Charizard against Giovanni's Rhydon, managing to defeat it. Respecting Red's strength, Giovanni disbands Team Rocket's operations and awards Red with the final Gym Badge needed to enter the Pokémon League.
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| 4 | "Charizard" "Rizādon" (リザードン) |
October 2, 2013 | November 22, 2013 | |
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Red finally arrives at the Pokémon League on the Indigo Plateau, where he battles against and defeats the Elite Four. However, he discovers that Blue has beaten him to the title of Pokémon League Champion. In order to obtain the title for himself, Red challenges Blue to a battle. The match boils down to a showdown between Red's Charizard and Blue's Blastoise, with Charizard managing to win out. They are then visited by Professor Oak, who immortalizes Red and his Pokémon in the history of league champions. Afterwards, Red continues his journey and manages to catch all 149 known Pokémon. Upon returning home, however, Red learns that Blue was badly beaten by a mysterious Pokémon not listed among those Red encountered. Recalling a diary he encountered during his travels, Red deduces this to be an artificially made Pokémon named Mewtwo. After receiving advice from Oak about the stones Fuji had given him, Red goes to confront Mewtwo, finding it to be incredibly powerful. As both Red and Charizard become determined not to give up, the stones they received—revealed to be Mega Stones—begin to glow, resulting in a Mega Evolution that turns Charizard into Mega Charizard X, allowing them to defeat and capture Mewtwo. Upon realizing there is still a Mew to be found, Red becomes determined to fully complete his Pokédex.
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