Pokémon
Lost at the League!
TV Flash files “Lost at the League!” as hour 761 of 1220 in the TV Flash guide — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 16, episode 8, aired 2013-03-23, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S16E08: listed hour 761 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, hour 8 of 45 in season 16. It aired 2013-03-23 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “Mission: Defeat Your Rival!” (S16E07). Next is “Strong Strategy Steals the Show!” (S16E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Unova League has reached a middle point with the qualifiers over and as such, it's time for a short break but as Ash & Co. return to the dorms, they soon learn that Axew has disappeared. While looking for Axew, Oshawott inadvertantly eats food meant for Trubbish and Garbodor, angering those Pokémon. It's up to Pikachu and Ash to try and calm the situation while looking for Axew. Will they be able to find Axew before the finals of the Unova League begin?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Lost at the League! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S16E08 is listed hour 761 of 1220 — hour 8 of 45 in season 16, season 16 episode 8.
When did Pokémon S16E08 air?
Lost at the League! aired 2013-03-23 and is listed at 22 minutes.
Do I need the games first?
The TV series is one engine with the games and cards, not a homework prerequisite. U.S. breakthrough is 1998 anime syndication as childhood OS.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, and a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Anime lands in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards — catch, train, argue about types. Kids’ TV as collection ritual, gym-badge serialization, and the rare cartoon that still prints money because the adventure never quite finishes.
The work, first: a young trainer, a yellow mouse, a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Based on Game Freak/Nintendo games, the anime's U.S. TV breakthrough in 1998 (Kids' WB and syndication) detonated a multi-platform kids' empire: games, cards, films, toys, one engine. Satoshi Tajiri and Kunihiko Yuyama's world turned anime into mainstream American children's programming. Rica Matsumoto and Veronica Taylor as Ash across languages; Ikue Otani's Pikachu. Catch, train, argue about…
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- Rica Matsumoto as Ash Ketchum (JP)
Rica Matsumoto voices Ash Ketchum on Pokémon — the ten-year-old whose globetrotting checklist became a childhood operating system in Japanese, then a syndication engine abroad. Catch, train, argue about types. TV Flash files her as 1990s…
- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
Veronica Taylor was early U.S. Ash Ketchum on Pokémon — a ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, a globetrotting checklist that became a childhood operating system. Anime landed in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards:…
- Ikue Otani as Pikachu
Ikue Otani voiced Pikachu as a childhood operating system — a ten-year-old, a yellow mouse, anime landing in American syndication as one engine with the games and cards. Catch, train, argue about types. TV Flash files her as 1990s kids-TV…