Editing Pokémon (section)

===Anime===
{{Main|Pokémon (TV series)|List of Pokémon films}}

{{As of|2025}}, the anime consists of [[Lists of Pokémon episodes|over 1,300 episodes across 27 seasons]]. Its current season, ''[[Pokémon Horizons – The Search for Laqua]]'', started airing on 12 April 2024. The anime originally focused on [[Ash Ketchum]] and his travels across the Pokémon world with his partner, [[Pikachu]]. They were retired as protagonists at the end of season 25.<ref>{{Cite web | first=Kenneth | last=Shepard | title=The Pokémon Anime Is Leaving Ash And Pikachu Behind After 25 Years | website=[[Kotaku]] | date=16 December 2022 | url=https://kotaku.com/pokemon-anime-ash-and-pikachu-new-season-liko-roy-1849903499 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105202403/https://kotaku.com/pokemon-anime-ash-and-pikachu-new-season-liko-roy-1849903499 | archive-date=5 January 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref> The 26th season, ''[[Pokémon Horizons: The Series|Pokémon Horizons]]'', introduced two new protagonists, [[Liko (Pokémon)|Liko]] and Roy.<ref>{{Cite web | first=Nicole | last=Carpenter | title=New characters take over Pokémon anime as Ash and Pikachu retire | website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] | date=16 December 2022 | url=https://www.polygon.com/23512518/new-pokemon-anime-ash-pikachu-2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607152623/https://www.polygon.com/23512518/new-pokemon-anime-ash-pikachu-2023 | archive-date=7 June 2023 | url-status=live}}</ref> A total of [[List of Pokémon films|23 anime films]] have been released, the most recent being ''[[Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle]]'' (2021).<ref>{{Cite web | title=Explore Movies | url=https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation/movies | website=Pokemon.com | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240916163104/https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation/movies | archive-date=16 September 2024 | url-status=live}}</ref>

Spin-off series from the anime have also been produced, including a variety show titled {{Nihongo|''Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station''|週刊ポケモン放送局|Shūkan Pokemon Hōsōkyoku}}, which aired on [[TV Tokyo]] from 2002 to 2004 and aired in English as part of ''[[Pokémon Chronicles]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=週刊ポケモン放送局 – メディア芸術データベース |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C10252 |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author=((Nintendo, OLM Inc. and 4Kids Entertainment)) | title=Pokémon Chronicles – The Complete Collection (4Kids Entertainment – English dub) | date=2002 | website=[[Internet Archive]] | url=http://archive.org/details/pokemon-chronicles}}.</ref> [[List of Pokémon films#Television specials|Three television specials]] have been released. [[List of Pokémon films#Pikachu shorts|27 short films starring Pikachu]] were produced, primarily preceding the films.<ref>{{Cite web | date=7 July 2020 | title=10 Pokémon Shorts That Prove Trainers Are Overrated | url=https://gizmodo.com/10-pokemon-shorts-that-prove-trainers-are-overrated-1844013144 | access-date=2023-09-17 | website=[[Gizmodo]]}}</ref> Various animated mini-series also exist.