Genre J-pop Label Pikachu Records | Language Japanese | |
Released June 10, 1998; 18 years ago (1998-06-10) | ||
This is a list of Pokémon theme songs that includes the media and release information, which is mainly about the American and Japanese opening and ending themes of the Pokémon animated series. They are as follows.
Contents
Pokémon: The Original series
Note: Several episodes from the original series were not aired dubbed. See Pokémon episodes removed from rotation for more details.
Ending themes
Note: Shortened instrumentals of the theme songs were used as the end credit theme songs in the dub, starting from the "Diamond & Pearl" series.
Anime soundtracks
There are many soundtracks from the anime. The following is just to list a few.
Pocket Monsters Sound Anime Collection: Music Collection/Famous Scene Collection
Pocket Monsters Sound Anime Collection: Music Collection/Famous Scene Collection (ポケットモンスター サウンドアニメコレクション ― 音楽集・名場面集, Poketto Monsutā Saundo Anime Korekushion Ongaku Shū Meibamen Shū) is the licensed soundtrack from the anime. It was released by Pikachu Records on June 10, 1998, in Japan only. This collection consists of composer Shinji Miyazaki's orchestrated arrangements of musical compositions from the first four Pokémon games by composer Junichi Masuda and exclusive musical cues heard throughout the first series. These instrumental tracks are categorized as sixteen chapters included with the show's first opening theme song "Mezase Pokemon Master" and second closing theme "Pocket ni Fantasy" (both are the TV-size edits). Each of the instrumental tracks are followed by a brief commentary featuring Satoshi's Pokémon Zukan voiced by its voice actor Shinichiro Miki explaining each composition's association with the story and at what point it plays. Included with the album is a hard bound picture book (the Meibamen Shū (名場面集, famous (impressive) scene collection)), stickers, and a merchandise catalogue.
Pokémon World
Pokémon World is a CD single released in the United States and Canada on February 8, 2000, by Koch Records. The first track is the theme song for Adventures on the Orange Islands, the second season of the anime. Its Koch Records catalog number is 8903.
Totally Pokémon
Totally Pokémon is the second soundtrack released for the anime. This time, it includes songs from the anime's third season, The Johto Journeys.
Pokémon Christmas Bash
Pokémon Christmas Bash is a soundtrack CD album of Pokémon-themed Christmas songs performed by cast of the 4Kids Entertainment English anime dub. It was only released in America and Germany, called "Pokémon Weihnachts Party".
Pokémon X: 10 Years of Pokémon
Pokémon X: 10 Years of Pokémon is an album released for the tenth anniversary of Pokémon. This CD consists of nine Pokémon theme songs from the first nine seasons, including several tracks from other albums. A CD sampler was released alongside the DVD release of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea exclusively at Toys "R" Us. U.S. Target stores also released a sampler with the movie and included an exclusive bonus remix of the Hoenn Pokérap. Both samplers contained five tracks taken from Pokémon X.
Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Best 1997–2010
Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Best 1997–2010 is an album that is released two weeks before the debut of Pokémon: Best Wishes! in Japan. It has all of the songs divided into two volumes.