Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
season of Pokémon
Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl is the tenth season of the Pokémon anime series and the first and titular season of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl (ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド&パール, Poketto Monsutā Daiyamondo & Pāru). It originally aired in Japan from September 28, 2006, to October 25, 2007, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from July 30, 2007, to March 29, 2008, on Cartoon Network.
The season follows Ash Ketchum as he travels across the Sinnoh region to challenge its Pokémon League while joined by Brock and Dawn, another aspiring Pokémon Coordinator.
Episode list
Music
The first 3 episodes in Japan did not have the opening song, instead the instrumental songs from the Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Japanese Anime Sound Collection serve as opening songs for 3 episodes during the original broadcast, and for 1 episode on DVD. The Japanese opening song is "Together" by Fumie Akiyoshi for 47 episodes during the original broadcast, and for 45 episodes on DVD. The ending songs are "By Your Side 〜Hikari's Theme〜" (君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜, Kimi no Soba de 〜Hikari no Tēma〜) for 21 episodes during the original broadcast, and for 23 episodes on DVD, "By Your Side 〜Hikari's Theme〜 (PopUp. Version)" (君のそばで〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 PopUp. Version, Kimi no Soba de 〜Hikari no Tēma〜 PopUp. Version) for 27 episodes, "By Your Side 〜Hikari's Theme〜 (Winter. Version)" (君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 Winter. Version, Kimi no Soba de 〜Hikari no Tēma〜 Winter Version) for 1 episode by Grin, and the English opening song is "Diamond and Pearl" by "Breeze" Barczynski. Its instrumental version served as the end credit song.
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