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Pokémon: Johto League Champions

season of Pokémon

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ2804273 ↗
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Pokémon: Johto League Champions is the fourth season of the Pokémon anime series and the second season of Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā. It originally aired in Japan from August 3, 2000, to August 2, 2001, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from August 18, 2001, to September 7, 2002, on The WB/Kids' WB.

The season follows Ash Ketchum as he continues travelling across the Johto region with Misty and Brock.

The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio OLM.

Episode list

Music

The Japanese opening songs are "OK!" by Rica Matsumoto for 34 episodes, and "Aim to be a Pokémon Master" (めざせポケモンマスター 2001, Mezase Pokémon Masutā 2001) by Whiteberry for 18 episodes. The ending songs are "Takeshi's Paradise" (タケシのパラダイス, Takeshi no Paradaisu) by Yūji Ueda for 5 episodes, "Exciting Pokémon Relay" (ポケモンはらはらリレー, Pokémon Hara Hara Rirē) by Rikako Aikawa and Chorus for 10 episodes, "To My Best Friend" (ぼくのベストフレンドへ, Boku no Besuto Furendo e) by Hiromi Iwasaki for 19 episodes, "Face Forward Team Rocket!" (前向きロケット団!, Maemuki Roketto-Dan!) by Jessie, James, & Meowth with chorus by Wobbuffet for 18 episodes, and the English opening song is "Born to Be a Winner" by David Rolfe. Its short version serves as the end credit song.

Home media releases

In the United States, Viz Video and Pioneer Entertainment (and later Ventura Distribution) released the series on DVD and VHS. The VHS versions continued on with the numbered volume sets consisting of three select episodes from the series, and were known as the "High-Voltage Collection". The DVD releases were known as the "Collector's Edition DVDs" and consisted of 7-10 episodes per DVD. These releases have long since gone out-of-print.

Viz Media released Pokémon: Johto League Champions – The Complete Collection on DVD in the United States on May 31, 2016.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 2001, 2002, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Pokémon, Johto and League can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as season of Pokémon. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2804273. The Library of Congress control number is no2025133136. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2016.

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