Following the earlier announcement this summer, Canadian media company Wildbrain has officially launched a streaming channel devoted exclusively to the Pokémon anime on the Pluto TV streaming service. The Pokémon channel on Pluto is the latest free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel from Wildbrain and the first time the Pokémon anime has been available on free streaming.
Launched on October 22, Wildbrain's Pokémon FAST channel has licensed 22 seasons, up to the episodes which cover Sun and Moon. The Pluto TV channel debuted with the very first episode of the Pokémon anime has been playing the entire series in order since then. Wildbrain previously announced plans for the Pokémon FAST to launch first in the United States, following by rolling the channel out in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. It is not currently known if it will expand into other international regions and this may be effected by the licensing deals for the Pokémon anime that already exist in other regions.
Where else is the Pokémon anime streaming?
Wildbrain and Pluto TV's new deal with the Pokémon Company International for the new Pokémon FAST channel has not affected licensing deals that are already in place with other providers and the seasons of the anime that are not licensed by Wildbrain remain available elsewhere. We've included a brief rundown of where else viewers can stream seasons of the Pokémon anime, as well as the franchise's anime movies:
• Clips from across the series' history, select full episodes, alongs footage related to the video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game and other Pokémon spin-offs are available on The Official Pokémon YouTube channel.
• In select regions, past seasons of the anime, including Pokémon Indigo League, Pokémon Journeys, Pokémon Master Journeys, Pokémon Ultimate Journeys and Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master are streaming on Netflix.
• In most international regions, the latest Pokémon anime series, Pokémon Horizons is streaming via Netflix. However, the local licensing deals in place in Canada, France, Italy, Spain and Germany have the series airing on TV. A more thorough list of where to watch Pokémon Horizons around the world, which was published earlier on Anime Away, is available here.
• The 2023 stop-motion anime series Pokémon Concierge is streaming on Netflix as a Netflix original series.
• Several Pokémon movies including the Mewtwo Strikes Back — Evolution, the 2019 CGI remake of Pokémon: The First Movie, Arceus Chronicles and Secrets of the Jungle are also streaming on Netflix.
• The seasons covering Gold and Silver and Diamond and Pearl are streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
The official Pokémon website has a more comprehensive list of where to watch the various seasons of the anime series and the franchise's movie, which is can be viewed here. Please be aware that availability varies by region.
Pokémon fans interested in revisiting the iconic anime series from its earliest days can stream the Pluto TV Pokémon channel here.
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