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How many Years?

Sharp

Oooh, is it?
This has probabily been asked before somewhere before but I would just like to know how many years have passed since "Episode 1 - Pokemon I Choose You!"

Does anyone have an idea?
 

PDL

disenchanted
I think around 5... although there are some inconsistancies...

they said that a year passed when they arrived in Virdian City after Ash received the Volcano badge, but the third mini movie in the third move had a party for the first aniverseary for the day Ash and Pikachu first met.
 

Lil Brother

Just kinda there.
PDL said:
but the third mini movie in the third move had a party for the first aniverseary for the day Ash and Pikachu first met.
WRONG.

Unless they said that in the Japanese version.

But in the dub, Ash merely said it was the anniversery of the day he and Pikachu met. Not the first.

Pleasedon'tletmebewrongforonce... If I am, then I just made an idiot of myself again. ^^;
 

Crystal Clair

Well-Known Member
he said it was "a" anniversary.
You mean "an" anniversary! XD
There probably were a lot but there's only one way to find out a good estimation
Go through every single episode and count the days. Then estimate when time has gone by between the episodes when they say something like, "Ash and Pikachu have been training for the Pokemon league for a few days."
I've always wanted to do a low-scaled version of that.
 

PlusleMinun

Plain Trainer
If each episode consisted of a day this would be so much easier. If it was then only 1 year and 46 days in America and 1 year and 84 days in Japan.
 

MasterJedi

Coral Eye Trainer
This is what I think it is:

Kanto: A little over a year (from what Ash said at Viridian Gym)
Orange Islands: About half a year
Johto: Around 2 years
Hoenn: About a year
Kanto Battle Frontier: I'll guess about half a year even though it's not through

So it's about 5 years at most, probably between 4 and a half and 5. :)
 
In the U.S., it has been 8 years. In Japan, it must be 9. I know this episode was shown first to bring in viewers, then the first episode was shown. Cybercubed, where you got 4 or 5 years is beyond me. Unless it was shown recenty where you live.
 

cold_katanagirl

Link Master
Phosphate said:
In the U.S., it has been 8 years. In Japan, it must be 9. I know this episode was shown first to bring in viewers, then the first episode was shown. Cybercubed, where you got 4 or 5 years is beyond me. Unless it was shown recenty where you live.
I think everyone means how many years passed by in the show, not in "our" time.

Unless you're saying both are the same...
 
But that is what I said. It has been around 8 years since the airing of the first episode. And sorry if I was rude, Cybercubed.
EDIT: I get it now, so I would need to say 3 because it was a year when Ash got his first badge, and another in Pkemon The third movie, since it was the anniversary of when Ash met Pikachu, and maybe another year or two after that.
 

Magus

Fog Trainer
I've always thought of each region as being about a year. Maybe a little bit less for the Orange Islands and Battle Frontier. Obviously, Ash isn't 19 years old, but 14 is quite possible.
 
G

Geki

Guest
Ash is probably 14/15 by now, so I'm guessing four or five years.
 
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