For a majority of the series, they play a significantly more antagonistic role than in any other series, displaying very little humor. Black & White is also notable for Jessie, James, and Meowth not being present in all episodes outside of the clip show episode AG120 and the first episode, a trend that continued into subsequent series. For the first time in the entire show, the Team Rocket trio also receives a change of clothes, but they later change back to their original outfits. As before, Ash receives a change of clothes.

It was not given an English name until after the release of Pokémon the Series: XY.Īs with both Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl before it, Pokémon the Series: Black & White begins with only Ash Ketchum, who sets out to travel through the Unova region and challenge the Unova League with his Pikachu, accompanied by a girl by the name of Iris and with one of the first Unova Gym Leaders, Cilan, who is also a Pokémon Connoisseur. It ran from Septemto Octo(with a special episode on March 27, 2014) in Japan and from Februto Decemin the United States.

It follows Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl and was succeeded by Pokémon the Series: XY. Pokémon the Series: Black & White (Japanese: ポケットモンスターベストウイッシュ Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!) is the fourth series of the Pokémon anime and is based on the events of the Generation V core series Pokémon games.

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