You play as a 11 year old Pokemon trainer, who is given his/her first Pokemon and told to go become a Pokemon Master. Pokemon are caught by battling them and capturing them in a Pokeball. The Pokemon stay in the Pokeball until you let them out. You travel from town to town capturing Pokemon, leveling up Pokemon, battling gym leaders, and having your Pokemon evolve into bigger and stronger Pokemon.
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The Pokemon anime was originally based on the Red and blue video games. It is about a Pokemon trainer named Ash Ketchum and his first Pokemon Pikachu. The series has continued ever since it started following Ash as he journeys throughout all the various regions in the all of the games. There have also been 17 Pokemon movies so far, and it doesn't seem to be stopping any time soon.
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In Japan, you can find Pokemon on almost anything.