It is finally becoming possible to watch the Pokémon anime again, thanks to the new “Pokémon TV” channel on YouTube, which picks up the torch launched earlier this year by the closure of the Pokémon TV app. The channel is just starting to upload the first season, but promises much more in the future.
In January 2024, the former official Pokémon TV app was announced to be shutting down, removing one of the easiest legal ways to watch classics. Pokémon online. After shutdown, the contents of the Pokémon anime were scattered to the winds, with some seasons available on some services, while other seasons were exclusive to other services, and still other seasons were completely unwatchable. The Pokémon Company released a complicated graphic explaining where everything could be viewed, but the complexity drove many fans to despair.
The Pokémon TV YouTube channel has started uploading full episodes
The hit series began its launch on YouTube
On December 3, 2024, it was revealed that Pokémon TV would be returning in the form of a YouTube channel. The YouTube channel, @OficialPokemonTVbegan uploading full episodes of the first season on December 6, 2024, with 25 episodes uploaded at the time of writing. Episodes are uploaded in full, including iconic elements like the original PokéRap. The channel also announces that it will dive into live episode broadcasts and create original compilations as it goes along, giving fans more content to interact with.
Although the first season of Pokémon was still available on Netflix, the Pokémon TV channel is said to own the rights to the entire series, from the first episode to the end. Journeys'conclusion, although at the current rate of uploads, it may take a while for fans to see Journeys available on the channel. It won't be long before the YouTube channel uploads more than what's available on Netflix, making some of these episodes available to stream for the first time in years.
Pokémon TV answers fans' prayers for easier viewing
The entire series, in one place, would be extremely valuable to fans
It may be a while before the bulk of the 1200+ episode series is available on YouTube, given the 4-5 episodes per day rate the channel appears to be achieving. However, even the idea that one day the entire anime will be accessible in one place is exciting for fans, who have long had to deal with a complicated streaming situation. Even the original Pokémon TV app only featured certain seasons at a time, meaning if what you wanted to watch wasn't there, you simply couldn't watch it.
The channel may still be in its infancy, but it has already amassed over 80,000 followers, showing that fans are genuinely excited about the prospect of the classic Pokémon series being more available. For now, fans will have to be patient as the channel grows, but Pokémon TV on YouTube promises to one day be THE classic's destiny Pokémon anime.