Pokémon: Advanced Challenge facts for kids
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English front cover of the Pokémon: Advanced Challenge DVD collection box
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | September 4, 2003 – September 2, 2004 |
Pokémon: Advanced Challenge is the seventh season of Pokémon and the second part of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, a Japanese anime television series known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation (ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレーション, Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon). It originally aired in Japan from September 4, 2003 to September 2, 2004 on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from September 11, 2004 to September 10, 2005 on Kids' WB.
Set in the fictional Hoenn region, the season follows the adventures of the ten-year-old Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum, and his electric mouse partner Pikachu as they collect Gym Badges so they can compete in the Hoenn League competition. Along the way, they are joined by Brock, the leader of the Pewter City Gym, and the Pokémon coordinator May and her brother, Max, as May competes in Pokémon Contests with the aim of earning Ribbons so she can enter the Hoenn Grand Festival.
The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio OLM.
The Japanese opening songs are "Advance Adventure" (アドバンスアドベンチャー, Adobansu Adobenchā) by GARDEN for 30 episodes, and "Challenger!!" (チャレンジャー！！, Charenjā!!) by Rika Matsumoto. The ending songs are "Polka O Dolka" (ポルカ・オ・ドルカ, Poruka O Doruka) by Inuko Inuyama and Nolsol Chorus Group for 4 episodes, "Because the Sky is There" (そこに空があるから, Soko ni Sora ga Aru Kara) for 7 episodes and "Smile" (スマイル, Sumairu) by Toshiko Ezaki for 42 episodes, and "Full of Summer!!" (いっぱいスーマ!!, Ippai Sumā!!) by Naomi Tamura and Himawari Chorus for 8 episodes. The English opening song is "This Dream" by David Rolfe. A shortened version is used as the end credit song.
Episodes
| J# | E# | English title Japanese title |
Original air date | English air date |
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| 317 | 314 | "What You Seed is What You Get" (Kimori's New Technique!! Watermelon Field's Seed Machine Gun!) Transliteration: "Kimori no Shinwaza!! Suika Hatake no Tane Mashingan!" (Japanese: キモリの新技！！スイカ畑のタネマシンガン！) |
September 4, 2003 | September 11, 2004 |
| 318 | 315 | "Love at First Flight" (Barubeat and Illumise! Dance of Love!) Transliteration: "Barubīto to Irumīze! Ai no Dansu!" (Japanese: バルビートとイルミーゼ！愛のダンス！) |
September 11, 2003 | October 16, 2004 |
| 319 | 316 | "Let Bagons Be Bagons" (Fly Tatsubay! Towards the Future!!) Transliteration: "Tobe, Tatsubei! Ashita ni Mukatte!!" (Japanese: 飛べ、タツベイ！明日にむかって！！) |
September 18, 2003 | September 18, 2004 |
| 320 | 317 | "The Princess and the Togepi" (Kasumi Appears! Togepi and the Mirage Kingdom!) Transliteration: "Kasumi Tōjō! Togepī to Maboroshi no Ōkoku!" (Japanese: カスミ登場！トゲピーとまぼろしの王国！) |
September 25, 2003 | September 25, 2004 |
| 321 | 318 | "A Togepi Mirage!" (Beyond the Mirage! Togepi's Paradise!) Transliteration: "Shinkirō no Kanata ni! Togepī no Rakuen!" (Japanese: 蜃気楼の彼方に！トゲピーの楽園！) |
October 2, 2003 | October 2, 2004 |
| 322 | 319 | "Candid Camerupt!" (Kachinuki Family! 4 vs. 4!!) Transliteration: "Kachinuki Famirī! Yon Tai Yon!!" (Japanese: かちぬきファミリー！4VS4！！) |
October 9, 2003 | October 9, 2004 |
| 323 | 320 | "I Feel Skitty!" (Eneko and Aromatherapy!) Transliteration: "Eneko to Aromaterapī!" (Japanese: エネコとアロマテラピー！) |
October 16, 2003 | October 23, 2004 |
| 324 | 321 | "ZigZag Zangoose!" (Zangoose vs. Habunake! Rivals Showdown!!) Transliteration: "Zangūsu Tai Habunēku! Raibaru Taiketsu!!" (Japanese: ザングースVSハブネーク！ライバル対決！！) |
October 23, 2003 | October 23, 2004 |
| 325 | 322 | "Maxxed Out!" (Masato and Masato! Protect Ametama!) Transliteration: "Masato to Masato! Ametama o Mamore!" (Japanese: マサトとマサト！アメタマを守れ！) |
October 30, 2003 | October 30, 2004 |
| 326 | 323 | "Pros and Con Artists" (Pokémon Contest – Hajitsuge Tournament!!) Transliteration: "Pokemon Kontesuto, Hajitsuge Taikai!!" (Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト・ハジツゲ大会！！) |
November 6, 2003 | October 30, 2004 |
| 327 | 324 | "Come What May!" (VS Charem! Contest Battle!!) Transliteration: "VS Chāremu! Kontesuto Batoru!!" (Japanese: VSチャーレム！コンテストバトル！！) |
November 13, 2003 | November 6, 2004 |
| 328 | 325 | "Cheer Pressure" (Prasle and Minun! Road of Cheering!?) Transliteration: "Purasuru to Mainan! Ōen no Michi!?" (Japanese: プラスルとマイナン！応援の道！？) |
November 20, 2003 | November 6, 2004 |
| 329 | 326 | "Game Winning Assist" (Eneco and Cat's Paw! Meadow of Donmel!) Transliteration: "Eneko to Neko no te! Donmeru no Bokujō!" (Japanese: エネコとねこのて！ドンメルの牧場！) |
November 27, 2003 | November 13, 2004 |
| 330 | 327 | "Fight for the Meteorite" (Team Aqua vs. Team Magma Again! Battle of Mt. Chimney!!) Transliteration: "Maguma-dan Tai Akua-dan, Futatabi! Entotsu Yama no Tatakai!!" (Japanese: マグマ団VSアクア団、再び！えんとつ山の戦い！！) |
December 4, 2003 | November 13, 2004 |
| 331 | 328 | "Poetry Commotion!" (The New Gym Leader – Asuna! The Hole-Filled Battlefield!) Transliteration: "Shinjin Jimu Rīdā, Asuna! Anadarake no Batoru Fīrudo!" (Japanese: 新人ジムリーダー・アスナ！穴だらけのバトルフィールド！) |
December 11, 2003 | November 20, 2004 |
| 332 | 329 | "Going, Going, Yawn!" (Heat Badge! Win the Blazing Battle!!) Transliteration: "Hīto Bajji! Moeru Batoru de Getto da ze!!" (Japanese: ヒートバッジ！燃えるバトルでゲットだぜ！！) |
December 18, 2003 | November 20, 2004 |
| 333 | 330 | "Going for a Spinda" (Full of Patcheel! Beyond the Mountains in Search of Happiness!) Transliteration: "Patchīru Ga Ippai! Shiawase Sagashite Yama no Kanata ni!" (Japanese: パッチールがいっぱい！幸せさがして山の彼方に！) |
December 25, 2003 | November 27, 2004 |
| 334 | 331 | "All Torkoal, No Play" (Breakthrough Valley of Steel! Cotoise vs. Haganeil!!) Transliteration: "Hagane no Tani o Toppa se yo! Kōtasu Tai Haganēru!!" (Japanese: ハガネの谷を突破せよ！コータスVSハガネール！！) |
January 8, 2004 | November 27, 2004 |
| 335 | 332 | "Manectric Charge" (Kinetsu Gym Returns! Vs. Livolt!!) Transliteration: "Kinsetsu Jimu Futatabi! Tai Raiboruto!!" (Japanese: キンセツジムふたたび！VSライボルト！！) |
January 15, 2004 | December 4, 2004 |
| 336 | 333 | "Delcatty Got Your Tongue" (Eneko and Enekororo! The Legendary Pokémon Coordinator Appears!!) Transliteration: "Eneko to Enekororo! Densetsu no Kōdeinētā Tōjō!!" (Japanese: エネコとエネコロロ！伝説のコーディネーター登場！！) |
January 22, 2004 | December 4, 2004 |
| 337 | 334 | "Disaster of Disguise" (The Masked Coordinator – Phantom Appears!!) Transliteration: "Kamen no Kōdeinētā, Fantomu Tōjō!!" (Japanese: 仮面のコーディネーター・ファントム登場！！) |
January 29, 2004 | December 11, 2004 |
| 338 | 335 | "Disguise Da Limit" (Shidake Town! Pokémon Contest!!) Transliteration: "Shidake Taun! Pokemon Kontesuto!!" (Japanese: シダケタウン！ポケモンコンテスト！！) |
February 5, 2004 | December 11, 2004 |
| 339 | 336 | "Take the Lombre Home" (Solrock and Hasubrero! Legend of the Sacred Forest!) Transliteration: "Sorurokku to Hasuburero! Seinaru Mori no Densetsu!" (Japanese: ソルロックとハスブレロ！聖なる森の伝説！) |
February 12, 2004 | January 29, 2005 |
| 340 | 337 | "True Blue Swablu" (Sky of Tyltto! Heart of Haruka!!) Transliteration: "Chirutto no Sora! Haruka no Kokoro!!" (Japanese: チルットの空！ハルカの心！！) |
February 19, 2004 | February 5, 2005 |
| 341 | 338 | "Gulpin it Down!" (The Great Gokulin Repelling Strategy!!) Transliteration: "Gokurin Gekitai Daisakusen!!" (Japanese: ゴクリン撃退大作戦！！) |
February 26, 2004 | February 12, 2005 |
| 342 | 339 | "Exploud and Clear" (Critical Situation! Bakuong vs. Juptile!!) Transliteration: "Isshokusokuhatsu! Bakuongu Tai Juputoru!!" (Japanese: 一触即発！バクオングVSジュプトル！！) |
March 4, 2004 | February 19, 2005 |
| 343 | 340 | "Go Go Ludicolo!" (Dancing Battle! Runpappa!!) Transliteration: "Odoru Batoru da! Runpappa!!" (Japanese: 踊るバトルだ！ルンパッパ！！) |
March 11, 2004 | February 26, 2005 |
| 344 | 341 | "A Double Dilemma" (Papa is Idol!? Fake Gym Leader!!) Transliteration: "Papa wa Aidoru!? Itsuwari no Jimu Rīdā!!" (Japanese: パパはアイドル！？いつわりのジムリーダー！！) |
March 18, 2004 | March 5, 2005 |
| 345 | 342 | "Love, Petalburg Style!" (Tōka Gym Crisis! Household Crisis!!) Transliteration: "Tōka Jimu no Kiki! Katei no Kiki!!" (Japanese: トウカジムの危機！家庭の危機！！) |
March 25, 2004 | March 12, 2005 |
| 346 | 343 | "Balance of Power" (Tōka Gym! The Fifth Badge!!) Transliteration: "Tōka Jimu Sen! Itsutsu me no Bajji!!" (Japanese: トウカジム戦！五つ目のバッジ！！) |
April 1, 2004 | March 19, 2005 |
| 347 | 344 | "A Six Pack Attack!" (Professor Ookido and Professor Odamaki! Secret Base Battle!!) Transliteration: "Ōkido-hakase to Odamaki-hakase! Himitsukichi no Tatakai!!" (Japanese: オーキド博士とオダマキ博士！秘密基地の戦い！！) |
April 8, 2004 | March 26, 2005 |
| 348 | 345 | "The Bicker the Better" (Tag Battle! Satoshi vs. Haruka!?) Transliteration: "Taggu Batoru! Satoshi Tai Haruka!?" (Japanese: タッグバトル！サトシVSハルカ！？) |
April 15, 2004 | April 2, 2005 |
| 349 | 346 | "Grass Hysteria!" (King of the Forbidden Forest! Fushigibana!!) Transliteration: "Kindan no Mori no Ōja! Fushigibana!!" (Japanese: 禁断の森の王者！フシギバナ！！) |
April 22, 2004 | April 9, 2005 |
| 350 | 347 | "Hokey PokéBalls" (Fushigidane and Fushigidane! Regaining the Monster Balls!!) Transliteration: "Fushigidane to Fushigidane! Monsutā Bōru o Torikaese!!" (Japanese: フシギダネとフシギダネ！モンスターボールを取り返せ！！) |
April 29, 2004 | April 16, 2005 |
| 351 | 348 | "Whiscash and Ash" (Showdown! The Fishing Master and the Giant Namazun!!) Transliteration: "Taiketsu! Kyodai Namazun to Tsuri Meijin!!" (Japanese: 対決！巨大ナマズンと釣り名人！！) |
May 6, 2004 | April 23, 2005 |
| 352 | 349 | "Me, Myself and Time" (Yajilon and the Ruins in the Mist!) Transliteration: "Yajiron to Kiri no Naka no Iseki!" (Japanese: ヤジロンと霧の中の遺跡！) |
May 13, 2004 | April 30, 2005 |
| 353 | 350 | "A Fan with a Plan!" (Forbidable Enemy!? Mother Coordinator Appears!) Transliteration: "Kyoōteki!? Mama-san Kōdeinētā Tōjō!" (Japanese: 強敵！？ママさんコーディネーター登場！) |
May 20, 2004 | May 7, 2005 |
| 354 | 351 | "Cruisin' for a Losin'" (Pokémon Contest! Ruibosu Tournament!!) Transliteration: "Pokemon Kontesuto! Ruibosu Taikai!!" (Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト！ルイボス大会！！) |
May 27, 2004 | May 14, 2005 |
| 355 | 352 | "Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend" (Baneboo's Lost Object!?) Transliteration: "Banebū no Sagashimono!?" (Japanese: バネブーのさがしもの！？) |
June 3, 2004 | May 21, 2005 |
| 356 | 353 | "That's Just Swellow" (Beginning Challenge! Sky Match – PokéRinger!!) Transliteration: "Hatsu Chōsen! Kūchū Kyōgi, Pokeringa!!" (Japanese: 初挑戦！空中競技・ポケリンガ！！) |
June 10, 2004 | May 28, 2005 |
| 357 | 354 | "Take This House and Shuppet" (The Mansion of Kagebouzu!) Transliteration: "Kagebōzu no Kan!" (Japanese: カゲボウズの館！) |
June 17, 2004 | June 4, 2005 |
| 358 | 355 | "A Shroomish Skirmish" (The Fighting King of the Forest!? Wakasyamo vs. Kinogassa!) Transliteration: "Mori no Kakutō Ō!? Wakashamo Tai Kinogassa!" (Japanese: 森の格闘王！？ワカシャモVSキノガッサ！) |
June 24, 2004 | June 11, 2005 |
| 359 | 356 | "Unfair-Weather Friends" (Powalen of the Weather Research Institute!) Transliteration: "Otenki Kenkyūsho no Powarun!" (Japanese: お天気研究所のポワルン！) |
July 1, 2004 | June 18, 2005 |
| 360 | 357 | "Who's Flying Now?" (Hiwamaki City's Feather Carnival!!) Transliteration: "Hiwamaki Shiti no Fezā Kānibaru!!" (Japanese: ヒワマキシティのフェザーカーニバル！！) |
July 8, 2004 | June 25, 2005 |
| 361 | 358 | "Sky High Gym Battle!" (Hiwamaki Gym! Battle in the Sky!!) Transliteration: "Hiwamaki Jimu! Ōzora no Tatakai!!" (Japanese: ヒワマキジム！大空の戦い！！) |
July 15, 2004 | July 9, 2005 |
| 362 | 359 | "Lights, Camerupt, Action!" (The Film's Riding on Bakuuda!!) Transliteration: "Eiga wa Bakūda ni Notte!!" (Japanese: 映画はバクーダに乗って！！) |
July 22, 2004 | July 16, 2005 |
| 363 | 360 | "Crazy as a Lunatone" (Mystery! A Pokémon from Space!?) Transliteration: "Shinpi! Uchū kara Kita Pokemon!?" (Japanese: 神秘！宇宙から来たポケモン！？) |
July 29, 2004 | August 20, 2005 |
| 364 | 361 | "The Garden of Eatin'" (Kabigon of the Banana Namakero Park!!) Transliteration: "Banana Namakero en no Kabigon!!" (Japanese: バナナナマケロ園のカビゴン！！) |
August 5, 2004 | August 27, 2005 |
| 365 | 362 | "A Scare to Remember" (Pikachu, Joining Team Rocket!?) Transliteration: "Pikachū, Roketto-dan ni Iru!?" (Japanese: ピカチュウ、ロケット団に入る！？) |
August 12, 2004 | September 3, 2005 |
| 366 | 363 | "Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry" (Arrival in Minamo City! Polocks and Swallow's Return!) Transliteration: "Minamo Shiti Tōchaku! Porokku to Tsubamegaeshi!" (Japanese: ミナモシティ到着！ポロックとつばめがえし！) |
August 19, 2004 | September 3, 2005 |
| 367 | 364 | "Lessons in Lilycove" (Pokémon Contest! Minamo Tournament!!) Transliteration: "Pokemon Kontesuto! Minamo Taikai!!" (Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト！ミナモ大会！！) |
August 26, 2004 | September 10, 2005 |
| 368 | 365 | "Judgment Day" (Those Three Appear! The Referee School Island!) Transliteration: "Ano Sanbiki Tōjō! Shinpan Gakkō no Shima!" (Japanese: あの三匹登場！審判学校の島！) |
September 2, 2004 | September 10, 2005 |
Home Media releases
In the United States, the series was released on 10 DVD volumes by Viz Media between 2005-2006.
Viz Media and Warner Home Video later released Pokémon: Advanced Challenge – The Complete Collection on DVD on December 5, 2017.
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