Pokemon

Pokémon (ポケモン Pokemon), abbreviated from the Japanese title of Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutā) and currently advertised in English as Pokémon the Series, is a Japanese anime television series, which premiered in Japan on April 1, 1997 on TV Tokyo. It is part of the Pokémon media franchise, based on The Pokémon Company's Pokémon video game series. Wikipedia