It's been two decades since the original Pokemon games made their grand debut - and, in the subsequent 20 years, Nintendo has turned a pair of GameBoy RPGs into a worldwide multimedia phenomenon.
Aside from the games themselves, the Pokemon anime is easily the most popular piece of the franchise. The series has been around for almost as long as the games - Pokemon XY & Z, the show's current season, is also its nineteenth. Pokemon already has roughly 900 episodes under its belt, and Nintendo doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon - though the real question isn't when will the series end, but where does someone go to watch all that?
For such an iconic series, it can be surprisingly difficult to watch anything Pokemon-related: between various streaming services and licensing deals, there's no one place to watch the entire series from start to finish. When it comes down to it, fans only have a few options - but, at the very least, they're options you're probably already familiar with:
Netflix
Available Seasons:
• Pokemon: Indigo League
• Pokemon: XY (Part 1)
You'd think that, as the hub for all things Pokemon, the official website would be a great place to go to watch a few episodes...but that couldn't be farther from the truth.
Pokemon.com only offers a handful of different episodes from a few select seasons: for example, the site does allow fans to watch episodes from the fifth season, but only episodes 38 through 47. Everything else is summed up with something akin to a Wikipedia entry, and it's about as disappointing as you'd expect.
As if that wasn't enough, the video quality adds insult to injury - episodes on Pokemon.com look like they were uploaded back in 2001. If you're desperate to watch Pokemon, the official site should have enough episodes to keep you entertained...otherwise, it's just not worth the hassle.
Maybe someday, fans won't have to scour the Internet just to watch a few seasons of Pokemon - until then, hopefully this guide can help you out!
You can catch the most recent season of the show, Pokemon XY & Z, on Cartoon Network.
