What's the first Pokemon anime episode that was released on or after you were born?

[chocovelvetcake]

Although there are no Pokémon episodes that came out on the exact same day I was born, Now, That's Flower Power!, otherwise known as A Rival For Haruka! Intense Pokémon Contest Training!! in Japan, the 33rd episode of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire and the 307th episode of the Pokémon anime overrall, was first broadcast on July 10, 2003 (six days after I was born) and was broadcast in the US 10 months later on May 22, 2004.

 

[KatrinaSForest]

Lol, that would be episode 1, "Pokémon, I Choose You!" Because I am old. So old that I remember the debut.

Go ahead. Ask me about how in my day we traded via physical link cables. Uphill both ways. ^_^

 

[Okido]

For me it's actually a Housou/Chronicles episode — HS04, "Showdown at the Oak Corral". It aired on January 14, 2003... which happens to be my exact birthday!
Closest one in the main series would've been AG008, "A Tail with a Twist", two days later.

 

[Nicolas721]

It's the first one for me as I was born 1.5 years before the anime started and 3 months before the first games were released. But this post made me realize that my brother is younger than the anime, he was born the day Battle Aboard the St. Anne aired in Japan.

 

[Kurolegacy]

I’ve been here since the very beginning. I saw how this all started and saw how it all ended.

 

[BigDocFan]

I was born in 1990 so I'm older than Pokemon itself

 

[KatrinaSForest]

Hope this isn't too off-topic, but I have met people who thought Pokémon sprung into existance with Pokémon Go in 2016. They were shocked when I said it's 20 years older than that.

 

[SushiBurrito]

This thread makes me feel old as hell. I was born 5 years before the anime debuted in Japan.

 

[Insanish Danish]

I was also born five years before the anime debuted in Japan. EVERYONE STOP BEING YOUNGER THAN ME ;_____;

Although the first episode aired on April 1st in 1997 and my birthday is March 31st so I guess that's kind of cool?

 

[Daren]

I was eight when it debuted in Japan, so episode 1.

 

[GelpyK]

EP209 aired in Japan 6 days after I was born! As for the English dub, it must've been on hiatus or something because the closest I could find was like 3 weeks later

 

[DigitalGen6]

I was born two days after DP031 (Japanese version) aired, and eight days after the Diamond and Pearl show came to the West.

 

[KatrinaSForest]

This thread makes me feel old as hell. I was born 5 years before the anime debuted in Japan.

YOU feel old? I was old enough to baby-sit when it came out!

Actually, I frequently brought VHS tapes of the anime to my baby-sitting jobs. So I may or may not have been responsible for getting some five-year-olds hooked on the series. ^_^

 

[Rockapheller]

I was already born when the first episode aired in Japan.

 

[SlyGecko]

Let see the first episode released after I was born was episode 39 of the original series. Which happened 4 months after my birth due to the Porygon episode causing a hiatus.

 

[JohtoKid103090]

I was born in 1990 so I'm older than Pokemon itself

Same here (10/30/90)

 

[Sheep]

I was born in 1991 so... the first episode would've taken quite a while to air after that! lol
insert random grandma meme here

 

[UxieLover1994]

I'm in the same bandwagon as half of the others here are: EP001. Although my youngest sister was born the day EP062 aired in Japan.

At least I can mention that the last episode of The Simpsons to air before my birth was the Season 5 finale "Secrets of a Successful Marriage". And also, just two weeks before The Lion King premiered in theaters. People have apparently said 1994 was a good year in media business.

 

[Yash]

'91 baby here, so the first episode of the series, either in Japan or America.

 

[Princess Viola]

Yeah like a lot of people ITT, I was born before the anime even began so the first episode to air after my birthday was the first episode itself.