did nintendo create the pokemon anime

by Prof. Brendan Hahn 4 min read
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Pokémon (an abbreviation for Pocket Monsters in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, a company founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996, and is centered on fictional creatures called "Pokémon".

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What was the first Pokemon ever made?

What order did Pokemon games come out?

  • Pokémon Red and Green Japan (1996)
  • Pokémon Red and Blue (1998)
  • Pokémon Yellow (1999)
  • Pokémon Gold and Silver (2000)
  • Pokémon Crystal (2001)
  • Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (2002)
  • Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004) What Pokémon came out 2011? ...

When did Pokemon first start?

The Pokémon series got its start in 1995 with the classic "Pokémon Red and Blue" games for the original Nintendo Game Boy, before branching out into a cartoon and media empire. By the end of 2015,...

What was the first Pokemon game?

Generation I (Game Boy)

  • Pocket Monsters: Red and Green ( JP February 27, 1996)
  • Pocket Monsters: Blue ( JP October 15, 1996)
  • Pokémon Red and Blue ( NA September 28, 1998, AUS October 23, 1998, EU October 5, 1999)
  • Pokémon Yellow ( JP September 12, 1998, NA October 19, 1999, EU June 16, 2000, AUS September 3, 1999)

Where did Pokemon originate?

Did Pokemon originate in Japan? P okémon is short for “Pocket Monsters”, the original Japanese name. The franchise has its roots in a gaming magazine in the early 1980s in Japan—Game Freak, started by Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori. And thus began a franchise that went on to become the second largest gaming franchise ever.

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What inspired Tajiri to create a game?

I felt the same joy I had in junior high when I learned new English verbs. That inspired me to use verbs as themes.” Even as scrolling games like Super Mario Bros. became all the rage, Tajiri had a desire to create a fixed-screen game built around a single action. “I wanted to go against the grain.” He came up with the idea of a game based around flipping floor tiles, and the result was Game Freak’s 1989 game Mendel Palace. This offers insight into how great games can emerge from very simple core ideas, and speaks to the importance of creators pursuing their own instincts even in the face of market trends.

Is Space Invaders a knockoff of Taito's game?

Space Invaders was such a huge moneymaker that many companies made blatant knockoffs of Taito’s smash, including Konami with Space King and Nintendo with Space Fever. Many viewed these imitators with derision, as obvious attempts to cash in on another game’s success without bringing anything original to the table. But Tajiri approached even these games with an open mind and saw something beautiful in them, appreciating the subtle differences in the movement of alien formations. I love this ability of his to find something of value in games most people would disregard.

When did the Game Boy come out?

Satoshi Tajiri was just 24 when he came up with the concept in 1990, a year after Nintendo’s then-groundbreaking portable Game Boy system went on sale.

Who is the creator of Mario?

Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario and an adviser to Tajiri during his efforts, explained in an interview that he was told “that this kind of thing would never appeal to American audiences.”. The problem, as Nintendo’s brass saw it, was that the whole thing was too kawaii – too cute.

What was it about this menagerie of pocket-sized monsters that so bewitched children around the globe?

But it was actually the brainchild of a young man who had spent an adolescence immersed in video games.

Which anime chose the latter option?

The Pokémon anime chose the latter option.

Can you catch Mew and Missingno on the 3DS?

Outside of this change, almost nothing was done to the actual games themselves. All of the glitches remain, so you can still catch Mew and Missingno if you want to. The Game Corner still exists, even though it meant increasing the age rating of the games to '12' in Europe.

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Overview

Cultural influence

Pokémon, being a globally popular franchise, has left a significant mark on today's popular culture. The various species of Pokémon have become pop culture icons; examples include two different Pikachu balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Pokémon-themed airplanes operated by All Nippon Airways, merchandise items, and a traveling theme park that was in Nagoya, Ja…

History

In 1998, Nintendo spent $25 million promoting Pokémon in the United States in partnership with Hasbro, KFC, and others. Nintendo initially feared that Pokémon was too Japanese for Western tastes but Alfred Kahn, then CEO of 4Kids Entertainment convinced the company otherwise. The one who spotted Pokemon's potential in the United States was Kahn's colleague Thomas Kenney.
In November 2005, 4Kids Entertainment, which had managed the non-game related licensing of …

Name

The name Pokémon is a syllabic abbreviation of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters. The term "Pokémon", in addition to referring to the Pokémon franchise itself, also collectively refers to the 905 fictional species that have made appearances in Pokémon media as of the release of the eighth generation titles Pokémon Sword and Shield. "Pokémon" is identical in the singular and plural, as is each individual species name; it is and would be grammatically correct to say "one P…

Concept

Pokémon executive director Satoshi Tajiri first thought of Pokémon, albeit with a different concept and name, around 1989, when the Game Boy was released. The concept of the Pokémon universe, in both the video games and the general fictional world of Pokémon, stems from the hobby of insect collecting, a popular pastime which Tajiri enjoyed as a child. Players are designated as Pokémon Trainers and have three general goals: to complete the regional Pokédex by collecting a…

Video games

All of the licensed Pokémon properties overseen by the Pokémon Company International are divided roughly by generation. These generations are roughly chronological divisions by release; every several years, when a sequel to the 1996 role-playing video games Pokémon Red and Green is released that features new Pokémon, characters, and gameplay concepts, that sequel is considered the start of a new generation of the franchise. The main Pokémon video games and t…

In other media

Pokémon, also known as Pokémon the Series to Western audiences since the year 2013, is an anime television series based on the Pokémon video game series. It was originally broadcast on TV Tokyo in 1997. More than 1,000 episodes of the anime has been produced and aired, divided into 7 series in Japan and 22 seasons internationally. It is one of the longest currently running anime series.

Criticism and controversy

Pokémon has been criticized by some fundamentalist Christians over perceived occult and violent themes and the concept of "Pokémon evolution", which they feel goes against the Biblical creation account in Genesis. Sat2000, a satellite television station based in Vatican City, has countered that the Pokémon Trading Card Game and video games are "full of inventive imagination" and have no "harmful moral side effects". In the United Kingdom, the "Christian Power Cards" game was intro…