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Pokémon Origins
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Pokémon Origins actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Pokémon Origins reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Follow Red as he travels through the Kanto region, encounters Team Rocket, battles his rival, and challenges the Pokémon League!
The run
Seasons
1 season · 4 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
20134 episodes
8.4IMDbServing as a more faithful adaptation of the Pokémon Red and Blue games, the story follows a young boy named Red who begins a journey with his Pokémon partner, Charmander, as he seeks to capture all the known Pokémon in the Kanto region and become the Pokémon League champion.
Best episode · S01E01 File 1: Red
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S01E01
File 1: Red
- Directed by Itsuro Kawasaki
- Written by Mitsutaka Hirota
S01E02
File 2: Cubone
- Directed by Yukio Kuroda
- Written by Kuniaki Kasahara
S01E03
File 3: Giovanni
- Directed by Hideya Takahashi
- Written by Mitsutaka Hirota
S01E04
File 4: Charizard
- Directed by Daiki Tomiyasu
- Written by Kuniaki Kasahara
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Gakuji NomotoProducer
- Toshio MiyaharaProducer
- Kenjiro ItoExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kuniaki KasaharaWriter
- Mitsutaka HirotaWriter
Direction
- Daiki TomiyasuDirector
- Yukio KurodaDirector
- Itsuro KawasakiDirector
- Hideya TakahashiDirector
Cinematography
- Sachiko MatsumotoDirector of Photography
- Tatsumi YukiwakiDirector of Photography
- Katsuaki KamataDirector of Photography
Music
- Hiroaki HayamaOriginal Music Composer
- Shota KageyamaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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