Pokémon
Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!
TV Flash files “Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!” as the first listed hour of season 17 — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 17, episode 1, aired 2013-10-19, 22 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E01: listed hour 799 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, first listed hour of season 17. It aired 2013-10-19 (22 min). The listed hour before it is “The Dream Continues!” (S16E45). Next is “Lumiose City Pursuit!” (S17E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After the journey across the Decolore Islands with Alexa, Ash has decided to go to the Kalos region. Thrilled to see new Pokémon, Ash and Pikachu walk through Lumiose City. However, they encounter a Pokémon, who seems to have a similar appearance to Blaziken, but looks different.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S17E01 is listed hour 799 of 1220 — first listed hour of season 17, season 17 episode 1.
When did Pokémon S17E01 air?
Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin! aired 2013-10-19 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…