Pokémon
A Dream Encounter!
TV Flash files “A Dream Encounter!” as the first listed hour of season 21 — Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication, season 21, episode 1, aired 2017-10-05, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S21E01: listed hour 982 of 1220 in the Pokémon guide, first listed hour of season 21. It aired 2017-10-05 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “When Regions Collide!” (S20E43). Next is “Now You See Them, Now You Don't!” (S21E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
One night, Ash has a dream and the next day, Ash finds the Pokemon he encountered in his dream and is determined to keep his promise.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Dream Encounter! sit in the Pokémon guide?
S21E01 is listed hour 982 of 1220 — first listed hour of season 21, season 21 episode 1.
When did Pokémon S21E01 air?
A Dream Encounter! aired 2017-10-05 and is listed at 30 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…
Filed against
- 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…