Do you think they'll do anything special for the 1,000th episode?

[Azureth]

Just curious if you think they'll do anything special for the 1,000th episode. Also, when do you think that it will be?

 

[Neo Blaze]

I doubt it. I don't think the total number of episodes of the Pokémon anime matters as much in Japan as it does to some fans. The Japanese version of Pokémon doesn't use seasons like the dub does, so I doubt the total number of episodes even matters to the writers and creators.

Besides that, there's already the 20-year anniversary to celebrate the very first episode airing on April 1, 1997. It appears this will be celebrated with a special episode focusing on Ash and Pikachu's bond airing on April 6 this year (although this episode is not 100% confirmed yet at the time I write this). M20 will also be an obvious celebration of the the 20-year anniversary.

So no, I don't think the 1000th episode will hold anything special, it could just as well become a meaningless filler episode.

To answer your question of when the 1000th episode will air: I've done some calculations. It will most definitely not air this year, but somewhere in the beginning of 2018 or somewhat later depending on how many one-week-breaks there will be in the meantime. Also, what the 1000th episode will be may be different for some sites and people. Some people consider Snow Way Out and Holiday Hi-Jynx to be regular episodes, while others consider them to be specials. Bulbapedia for example does not consider them to be regular episodes.

 

[ScienceRules]

Wow! This is the exact same question I was going to ask. I was happy that the 1000th episode would fall under the Sun and Moon Arc, but I guess there won't be anything special due to SM020 and M20. Just another number for the series.

 

[SammyW27]

Eh, probably not.

Japan doesn't seem to especially care about the episode count for a TV show. It seems to be more about anniversaries than how many episodes. Shoot, many anime's story structures/mechanics make it almost impossible to do something special for a high episode count anyway.

Heck, the reason Pocket Monsters keeps starting over the count each series is so they don't have to add 'em up. Us gaijin may make a big deal when a show reaches a certain number of episodes, but to the Japanese it's just another day at the office.

 

[Dogasu]

They'll do the same thing they did for the 100th and 500th episodes.

 

[Gligarman]

They've skipped over so many episodes at this point that I'd wonder if this will even count as the 1000th.

 

[MarshiyanMisutaa]

No one will know which episode is actually is the 1000th one because it's completely depends on how you count them:

• Two Christmas Specials
• Clip Show episodes
• Banned episodes

Should they count or not? Which ones?

 

[Almonds]

I don't think they'd do anything special.

 

[ManUtd22]

Well, why not? Maybe they will thought about 2 hours Special Episode such as the new movie is completely different from the previous. The previous always take a movie in the region that he traveled, but this time they made a movie that explained the past of Ash, because they reached to Movie 20; so Why not?

But I do agree with Neo Blaze for what he said. mostly Pokemon is not the aanime who cared about where they reached in the episodes

So, My answer is Maybe.

 

[Muur]

In true Pokemon fashion, it will be a random filler episode. Not even one to introduce a new Pokemon, it will be one of those filler episodes... like the gadget festival just before the Kalos League.

 

[PockyAddict]

It's going to be a filler episode. and plus since the show is divided by series instead of seasons and episode number and there are skipped episodes, there's really no true 1000th episode.

 

[SerenaToAlola]

It's going to be a Lillie focused episode hmm

 

[MarshiyanMisutaa]

No one will know which episode is actually is the 1000th one because it's completely depends on how you count them:

• Two Christmas Specials
• Clip Show episodes
• Banned episodes

Should they count or not? Which ones?

Apparently they count clip show episodes, and discounted the rest.

It's going to be a Lillie focused episode hmm

New main character revealed!

 

[Harryghost]

Should they? Yes.
Would they? I don't think so...

 

[SammyW27]

Oh heck, they are!

Dogasu's Backpack (10-24-2017) - Commemoration of the Broadcast of the 1000th Episode of the Pocket Monsters TV Series!

 

[Johtohfiller]

I like these. They even remembered Tracey!

 

[Gengarzilla]

I'm genuinely, truly surprised that they remembered this amongst all the 20th anniversary stuff, I'd say.

 

[Harryghost]

Yay.... My wish came true!
Now, waiting for the episode to actually air.

 

[Minnale101]

It's a Lillie episode so it is special xD

 

[Poke Trey]

Gotta say, I'm pretty hyped about this Special! Looks at all these cool things they're doing here insane.