Pokémon (1997): trivia & fun facts

The localized version premiered in first run syndication on September 8, 1998, twenty days before the North American release of Pokémon Red and Blue.
Pokémon was originally licensed in the United States by 4Kids Entertainment, which produced a localized English adaptation that was syndicated by The Summit Media Group.
On September 1, 2006, China banned the series from prime time broadcasting (from 17:00 to 20:00), as it did Western animated series such as The Simpsons, to protect its struggling animation studios.
Pokémon is regarded as the most successful video game adaptation of all time, with over 1,300 episodes broadcast and adapted for international television markets, having aired in 192 countries worldwide and being one of the most widely watched shows on Netflix by 2016.
Pokémon was distributed on VHS and DVD by Pioneer Entertainment and Viz Video, which sold 25 million units of the series in 2000.
Nearly every episode features Ash, Misty, and Brock on a trip.
In the United States, the September 11 attacks in 2001 as well as 2005's Hurricane Katrina led to the temporary removal of two episodes from syndication.
Paste ranked the series at 44th place in its October 2018 list of "The 50 Best Anime Series of All Time", with Sarra Sedghi writing: "To the joy of '90s kids everywhere, Pokémon helped solidify anime (and, hopefully, good punnery) in the West".

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