Movies and TV shows like Pokemon 1997

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Pokemon (1997)
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Pokemon (1997)
Original name: ポケモン
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Join Ash Ketchum, accompanied by his partner Pikachu, as he travels through many regions, meets new friends and faces new challenges on his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
Style: anime, humorous, semi serious
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: friendship, childhood, villain, imaginary kingdom, teenager, travel, cat, police, cave, rock, kidnapping, water, fire, teenage girl, evolution, training, nurse, breaking the fourth wall, heroes, theft, imaginary, animal training, rat, coach, fight ...
Time: future
Keyword: attack, rose, preschoolers

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Most similar movies to Pokemon

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, semi serious, humorous and captivating films and TV series with plots about friendship, escapades, heroes, rivalry, friends, danger and imaginary mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Action genres. Some movies like Pokemon: Slugterra (2012), Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (2000), Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007), Digimon: The Movie (2000), Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Pokemon (1997)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Ten-year-old Ash aspires to be the greatest Pokémon (pocket monster) trainer in the world. To do this, he enlists the help of many friends, and his own Pokémon, Pikachu. Together, they must search their world for new Pokémon, while avoiding the ...
Style: anime, exciting, semi serious, retro, manga ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, teen fantasy, pre-teens ...
Plot: pokemon, young heroes, boy, good versus evil, creature, rivalry, team, friendship, heroes, contests and competitions, danger, underdog ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: japan
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Slugterra (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Following his father's death, 15-year-old Eli Shane embraces his destiny to follow in his dad's footsteps to a secret, subterranean world called Slugterra where he is determined to be the greatest Slugslinging hero of them all!
Style: exciting, semi serious, captivating, anime, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: good versus evil, friendship, master villain, young heroes, heroes, super weapon, escapades, danger, youth, imaginary, supernatural, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Pokemon Heroes (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Ash, Pikachu and his friends try and stop a pair of thieves hiding out in the canals and alleyways of Alto Mare, the age-old water capital. Joining the adventure are two new legendary Pokémon, a pair of siblings named Latias and Latios, who serve ...
Style: anime, stylized, feel good, captivating, light ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: pokemon, superhero, escapades, imaginary, friendship, adventurer, young heroes, rescue, supernatural ability, good versus evil, friends, teamwork ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: In this direct-to-video sequel to Pokémon: The First Movie, Ash, Misty, and Brock continue exploring the Johto region, then have to rescue Pikachu after Jessie and James of Team Rocket kidnap him. The search leads them to the hidden plateau where ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: pokemon, heroes, imaginary, obsessive quest, friends, daring rescue, rivalry, danger, escapades, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, friendship ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The thirteenth film overall for the long-running series and the fourth movie in the Diamond and Pearl story arc, it includes an upcoming creature from Pokémon Black & White, named Zoroark, as the main character (as well as its pre-evolved form, ...
Style: anime, humorous, semi serious, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: pokemon, animal training, friends, friendship, young heroes, obsessive quest, heroes, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, rivalry, ambition, escapades ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ash and friends (this time accompanied by newcomer Dawn) arrive at an idyllic village on their way to their next Pokemon contest, where chaos will soon erupt with the prophecy of two Pokemon Gods (Dialga and Palkia) and the arrival of a mysterious, ...
Style: anime, semi serious, stylized, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: pokemon, save the day, heroic mission, heroes, young heroes, partner, imaginary, contests and competitions, fight for supremacy, danger, rivalry, escapades ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Digimon: The Movie (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The first story focused on Tai and Kari Kamiya four years before their adventure in the Digital World. It shows their first encounter with Digimon and what happened to them (as well as the other children). Tai and Kari wake one morning to find a ...
Style: anime, melancholic, road movie, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, good versus evil, heroes, danger, heroic mission, young heroes, androids and robots, rivalry, rescue, internet, friends, virus ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place: america, colorado, new york, usa, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, South Korea, Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Bakugan Battle Brawlers is a Japanese action adventure anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers ...
Style: anime, exciting, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: young heroes, battles, friendship, good versus evil, youth, save the world, rivalry, friends, heroes, fantasy world, imaginary, danger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Pokemon: Power of One (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Ash Ketchum must put his skill to the test when he attempts to save the world from destruction. The Greedy Pokemon collector Lawrence III throws the universe into chaos after disrupting the balance of nature by capturing one of the Pokemon birds ...
Style: anime, cult classic, semi serious, humorous
Audience: kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: pokemon, collector, superhero, violence, greed, video game, violence against women, legend, ship, friendship, save the world, storm ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker (2003)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Ash, Pikachu and friends (minus Misty) were visiting a festival celebrating the appearance of a comet when they stumble upon a mysterious rock-like crystal...
Style: anime, semi serious, exciting, feel good, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: pokemon, good versus evil, obsessive quest, young heroes, imaginary, save the world, imaginary kingdom, friends, danger, dragon, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Digimon Adventure (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Digimon(デジモン Dejimon, branded as Digimon: Digital Monsters), short for "Digital Monsters"(デジタルモンスター Dejitaru Monsutā), is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga, video games and ...
Style: anime, exciting, stylized, captivating, light ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen fantasy
Plot: young heroes, good versus evil, heroic mission, creature, save the world, danger, rescue, escapades, friends, rivalry, imaginary kingdom, bravery ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A comet bearing a deadly Pokemon creature crash-lands onto Earth, terrorising a nearby high-tech city, where Ash, Pikachu and friends are currently visiting...
Style: anime, exciting, futuristic, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: pokemon, good versus evil, contests and competitions, friendship, escapades, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, friends, danger, obsessive quest, imaginary, pets ...
Time: future, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Beyblade (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport, Thriller
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Three or four friends roam to various cities to win beyblade battles. In these battles, everyone has his/her special moves and have some common enemies like lio which has tornado type beyblade. Everyone wants to become best of all and so on. -kunal ...
Style: anime, semi serious, disturbing, captivating, manga ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: youth, friendship, good versus evil, tournament, young heroes, team, best friend, partner, contests and competitions, rivalry, save the world, beast ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Pokémon Origins (2013)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Serving as a more faithful adaptation of the Pokémon Red and Blue games, the story follows a young boy named Red who begins a journey with his Pokémon partner, Charmander, as he seeks to capture all the known Pokémon in the Kanto region and ...
Style: anime, humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: pre-teens, preschool
Plot: pokemon, rivalry, imaginary, contests and competitions, championship, friendship, monster, friends, chase, danger, young heroes, heroes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pokemon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The adventure explodes into action with the debut of Mewtwo, a bio-engineered Pokemon created from the DNA of Mew, the rarest of all Pokemon. Determined to prove its superiority, Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokemon match like none ...
Style: anime, cult classic, semi serious, humorous, surprise ending ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: pokemon, imaginary, friends, good versus evil, childhood, video game, violence, clone, rivalry, young heroes, heroic mission, cat ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Pokémon: Spell of the Unknown (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When Molly Hale's sadness of her father's disappearance get to her, she unknowingly uses the Unown to create her own dream world along with Entei, who she believes to be her father. When Entei kidnaps Ash's mom, Ash along with Misty ...
Style: anime, entertaining, tense, feel good, disturbing ...
Audience: kids
Plot: pokemon, father daughter relationship, lightning, rescue, professor, kidnapping, fire, disappearance, friendship, best friend, video game, superhero ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After the conclusion of the Battle City Tournament, deep below the sands of Egypt, an ancient evil has awakened. Anubis, who was defeated centuries ago by Yugi’s mysterious alter ego – the ancient Pharaoh – has returned for revenge. Wielding ...
Style: anime, intense, semi serious, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing
Plot: friendship, monster, good versus evil, battles, imaginary, save the world, fight, young heroes, secret identity, teenage life, heroic mission, contests and competitions ...
Time: year 2004
Place: japan, asia, middle east, africa, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Hunter x Hunter (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Gon Freecss discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was actually alive the whole time. Ging is a famous Hunter: an individual who has proven themself an elite member of humanity. Gon becomes determined to follow in his ...
Style: anime, manga, shounen
Plot: eternal love, superhero, superpower, revenge, training, bromance, martial arts, friendship, tournament, organized crime, fantasy world, virtual reality ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Medabots (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the near future, Medabots revolves around the super charged battling adventures of a group of kids and their pet robots. Fueled with artificial intelligence and a specialized arsenal of high powered weapons, Medabots compete against each ...
Style: anime, mecha, stylized, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: androids and robots, artificial intelligence, obsessive quest, imaginary, heroes, pets, rivalry, contests and competitions, underdog, youth, escapades, disorder ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Mysticons (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The tale of four girls who transform into legendary warriors known as Mysticons. The Mysticons must use their powers to save their realm from Necrafa, an evil queen.
Style: light, stylized, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: female protagonist, superpower, girl power, magic, friendship, superheroine, good versus evil, superhero, rivalry, supernatural ability, daring rescue, transformation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The film opens with Shaymin as Dialga appears. Then, in the Reverse or Distortion World Giratina senses Dialga's presence, and flies up to the Real World to capture him. Dialga drinks, just as Giratina's portal opens up. Giratina then ...
Style: anime, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids
Plot: pokemon, friendship, parallel world, heroes, obsessive quest, rivalry, young heroes, youth, master villain, imaginary, ambition, danger ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The Kingdom of the People of the Vale once ruled over the land, but now all that remains is the Sword of the Vale. in the city of Eindoak. Ash, Iris, and Cilan arrive in Eindoak during a harvest festival's Pokémon Tournament and meet the ...
Style: anime, exciting, stylized, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: pokemon, battles, monster, disguise, competition, invisibility, gravity, tornado, superpower, coach, supernatural power, team ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Long ago Arceus granted a fragment of its awesome power as the Jewel of Life to help Michina in the town's hour of need only to be betrayed when it was time for that power to be returned. After so many years Arceus is about to return to ...
Style: anime, semi serious, humorous, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: pokemon, friendship, young heroes, danger, parallel world, heroes, youth, obsessive quest, rivalry, disorder, friends, animal training ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story: In the Diamond Ore Country lies the powerful Holy Diamond, which has served as the kingdom's source of energy and maintained the Diamond Ore Country for centuries. Many Melecie live in the Diamond Ore Country, including their princess - the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, anime, captivating, feel good
Audience: girls' night, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: pokemon, friendship, heroes, save the day, rivalry, escapades, imaginary, master villain, friends, danger, imaginary kingdom, legends and myths ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story: The movie features Satoshi and his two friends Iris and Dent, as they help a Keldeo battle against a powerful Dragon-type Pokémon named Kyurem as his test to become a Sacred Swordsman.
Style: anime, stylized, exciting, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: pokemon, superpower, rivalry, teenager, friendship, adventurer, fantasy world, childhood, travel, danger, heroes, supernatural power ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This is the story of how Satoshi and Pikachu first met. At first, Pikachu was disobedient towards Satoshi, but Satoshi only wanted to be friends with Pikachu. On the day they set out from Masara Town, both of them saw a Ho-Oh flying and they made a ...
Style: anime, sad, exciting, semi serious, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: pokemon, children, battles, fight, friends, teamwork, friendship, coach, contests and competitions, travel, champion, escapades ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Yugi and Kaiba have a special duel that transcends dimensions.
Style: anime, light, stylized, captivating, shounen
Audience: kids
Plot: monster, card playing, tournament, violence, friend, teenager, duel, teenage boy, teenage girl, friendship, power, game ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Gnomes & Trolls: The Secret Chamber (2009)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Junior, a teenage gnome, wants nothing more than to invent gizmos and gadgets in his tree-house laboratory. But Junior's old school father, Jalle, the head gnome of the forest, would prefer his son follow in his footsteps and one day be in ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, computer animated, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: troll, imaginary kingdom, save the day, friendship, young heroes, heroes, heroic mission, odd couple, best friend, partner, unlikely partners, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Beyblade the Movie: Fierce Battle (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Immediately after winning the National Championships, Tyson is challenged by a mysterious boy named Daichi, who is determined to become the next Beyblading champion. But when they battle, their Beyblades awaken ancient dark forces that take human ...
Style: anime, semi serious, exciting, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: battles, heroes, rivalry, save the world, young heroes, heroic mission, youth, escapades, danger, supernatural, friendship, tournament ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In the legendary past, before Poké Balls were made; an aura-guiding hero Pokémon named Lucario sensed two groups of armies about to clash, and a threat of a massive war in front of Cameron Palace in Kanto that would leave no survivors. He ...
Style: anime, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: pokemon, friendship, best friend, imaginary, good versus evil, obsessive quest, contests and competitions, rescue, danger, friends, heroic mission, teamwork ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
13%
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