Japanese: ポケモン
English:Pokémon
Chinese: 口袋妖怪
Pokémon is a media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, a Japanese Consortium between Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures.The franchise copyright is shared by all three companies, but Nintendo is the sole owner of the trademark.The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995, and Is centered on fictional creatures called “Pokémon”, which humans, known as Pokémon Trainers, catch and train to battle each other for sport.
The Pokémon anime series and films are a meta-series of adventures usually separate from the canon that most of the Pokémon video games follow (with the exception of Pokémon Yellow, a game based loosely on the anime storyline). The anime follows the quest of The main character, Ash Ketchum (known as Satoshi in Japan), a Pokémon Master in training, as he and a small group of friends travel around the world of Pokémon along with their Pokémon partners.
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