How To Watch The Entire Pokemon Series in Order

• Number of episodes: 82
• Season first aired: April 1st 1997
• Season last aired: January 21st 1999

Ash is given a Pikachu by Professor Oak and meets Misty and Brock on his way to trying to win the Indigo Plateau’s Pokémon League. First, he must get the required amount of Gym Badges in the Kanto region.

• Number of episodes: 36
• Season first aired: January 28^th 1999
• Season last aired: October 7^th 1999

In this season, Ash collects Gym Badges in Orange Archipelago (a.k.a. the Orange Islands) so that he can compete in the Orange League competition.

• Number of episodes: 41
• Season first aired: October 14^th 1999
• Season last aired: July 27^th 2000

The home of this season is the Johto region, which is located in the west of Kanto and is widely considered to be the best region in Pokémon. Ash and Pikachu are on their quest to collect Gym Badges so they can compete in the Johto League competition.

• Number of episodes: 52
• Season first aired: August 3^rd 2000
• Season last aired: August 2^nd 2001

On his way to the Johto League competiton, Ash tries to get more Gym Badges and competes in the Pokémon Sumo Conference along the way.

• Number of episodes: 65
• Season first aired: August 9^th 2001
• Season last aired: November 14^th 2002

Ash finally makes it to the Johto League and finds himself in some of his toughest battles yet, including one with his old rival Gary Oak.

• Number of episodes: 40
• Season first aired: November 21^st 2002
• Season last aired: August 28^th 2003

This time around, things switch up a little as Ash is joined by a somewhat new cast of Brock, May and Max as he aims to enter and win the Hoenn League competition.

• Number of episodes: 52
• Season first aired: September 4^th 2003
• Season last aired: September 2^nd 2004

This season continues the quest of the last, but with new battles like the one between Team Magma and Team Aqua getting in the way. 

• Number of episodes: 54
• Season first aired: September 9^th 2004
• Season last aired: September 29^th 2005

In the show’s eighth season, Ash finally makes it to the Hoenn League competition and eventually returns to Kanto to compete in the Battle Frontier. May continues to get her ribbons too.

• Number of episodes: 47
• Season first aired: October 6^th 2005
• Season last aired: September 14^th 2006

The journey to find the Battle Frontier proves harder than usual for Ash and once he gets there, he has arguably the toughest battles yet ahead of him.

• Number of episodes: 52
• Season first aired: September 28^th 2006
• Season last aired: October 25^th 2007

For the tenth season of Pokémon in Sinnoh, Ash and Brock are joined by Dawn, a novice Pokémon Coordinator who has her own goals in mind.

• Number of episodes: 52
• Season first aired: November 8^th 2007
• Season last aired: December 4^th 2008

Ash and Dawn, though on separate paths, enter the Wallace Cup competition and Professor Rowan’s Pokémon Summer Academy before going up against Pokémon Hunter J.

• Number of episodes: 53
• Season first aired: December 4^th 2008
• Season last aired: December 24^th 2009

The twelfth season of the show continues in the Sinnoh region. Ash and Dawn are still up against Team Galactic and Paul.

• Number of episodes: 34
• Season first aired: January 7^th 2010
• Season last aired: September 9^th 2010

The shortest season of Pokémon ever, Sinnoh League Victors sees Ash get his focus back on qualifying for the Sinnoh League.

• Number of episodes: 50
• Season first aired: September 23^rd 2010
• Season last aired: September 15^th 2011

Ash and his mother accompany Professor Oak on his way to Unova and when he arrives, Ash is overwhelmed by the new Pokémon there.

• Number of episodes: 49
• Season first aired: September 22^nd 2011
• Season last aired: October 4^th 2012

This season, Ash finds himself against Alder, who despite a goofy front, is the Champion Master of Unova.

• Number of episodes: 45
• Season first aired: October 11^th 2012
• Season last aired: September 26^th 2013

Season 16 of Pokémon is the only season to be split up into two parts. Luckily for fans, they didn’t have to wait long though. The first part finished airing on April 18^th 2013 and the second part started a week later.

• Number of episodes: 48
• Season first aired: October 17^th 2013
• Season last aired: October 30^th 2014

In XY, Ash and Pikachu explore the Kalos region with their new friends Clemon, Bonnie and Serena. They look into the new Mega Evolutions.

• Number of episodes: 45
• Season first aired: November 13^th 2014
• Season last aired: October 22^nd 2015

Ash continues his quest to win eight Gym Badges so that he can enter the Kalos League.

• Number of episodes: 47
• Season first aired: October 29^th 2015
• Season last aired: October 27^th 2016

Ash, Serena, Clemon and Bonnie continue to explore Kalos. Here, they encounter Team Flare and meet Alain, a Mega Evolution Trainer.

• Number of episodes: 43
• Season first aired: November 17^th 2016
• Season last aired: September 21^st 2017

The twentieth season of Pokémon is the introduction to Alola and new faces Kiawe, Mallow, Lana and Sophocles pop up.

• Number of episodes: 49
• Season first aired: October 5^th 2017
• Season last aired: October 14^th 2018

Still at the Pokémon School, Ash and Pikachu explore the Aether Foundation, which might have some dark secrets under the surface.

• Number of episodes: 54
• Season first aired: October 21^st 2018
• Season last aired: November 3^rd 2019

Pokémon School students are now Ultra Guardians. Ash continues to complete Grand Trials and find Z-Crystals.

• Number of episodes: 48
• Season first aired: November 17^th 2019
• Season last aired: December 4^th 2020

Ash meets Goh and Professor Cerise asks them to become official researchers. Ash continues his quest to become a Pokémon Master and he’s closer than ever before.

• Number of episodes: 42
• Season first aired: December 11^th 2020
• Season last aired: December 10th 2021

One of the latest seasons of Pokémon, Master Journeys sees the crew traveling multiple regions, including the newest Galar region.

• Number of episodes: 57
• Season first aired: December 17^th 2021
• Season last aired: March 24^th 2023

The 25th season of the Pokémon TV series and the third season of the Journeys iteration, this entry premiered as Master Journeys was wrapping up. It follows Ash and his friends as they journey through all eight regions and Ash continues his ascendence amongst the World Coronation Series. This is a big season for fans of the series because it concludes the premise of Ash and Pikachu as the central protagonists.

• Number of episodes: TBA
• Season first aired: April 14^th 2023
• Season last aired: TBA

Horizons introduces Liko and Roy as the new main characters of Pokémon. Liko is a shy girl from the Paldea region and heads to the Kanto region to begin studying at the Indigo Academy, where she meets Roy.

This series is not yet available to stream in the US, but will launch on Netflix on March 7th.