Pokemon

Pokémon is a brand of games, television series and movies from Japan. Pokémon was created in 1995 by Satoshi Tajiri. It is an abbreviation of the English word Pocket Monsters. Originally, it was developed as a game for the Game Boy. This game was so popular that several games were created. In 1997 the first anime series was also created and in 1998 the first movie was created. Still Pokémon is very popular in different countries around the world.

A Pokémon is fantasy creature with magical powers. There are thousands of different Pokémons and new Pokémon are still being invented. In the games, movies and anime, there are so-called Pokémon trainers. They catch and train Pokémon to enter battles and competitions. Training Pokémon is a kind of sport. In the anime series and movies, Ash Ketchum plays the lead role with his Pokémon Pikachu. He travels through a certain region, catches Pokémon, fights with other trainers, etc.

There are also a lot of other things with a Pokémon theme, such as a trading card game, toys, magazines, etc.