Besides the games, the most consumed branch of the Pokémon franchise is its long-running anime. First airing in 1997 in Japan and 1998 in America, the beloved animated series showed audiences what the Pokémon world would look like through the eyes of Ash Ketchum, an energetic ten-year-old on a quest to become a Pokémon Master with his partner, Pikachu. Ash's story came to an end after twenty-five years, but the anime continues with Pokémon Horizons: The Series , which follows new protagonists.

The anime has famously chosen to follow a lore separate from the games, which can be seen in how it treats certain Pokémon. Since the anime attempts to more closely mirror the real world, many Pokémon are harder to find than their game counterparts, and some can't even be found in the game

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