Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands is the second season of the Pokémon anime series and the final season of Pokémon the Series: The Beginning, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā). It originally aired in Japan from January 28 to October 7, 1999, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from December 4, 1999, to October 14, 2000, on The WB/Kids' WB.
The season follows Ash Ketchum as he travels across the Orange Islands to challenge its Pokémon League while joined by Misty and Tracey Sketchit, a Pokémon Watcher.
The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio Oriental Light and Magic.
Music
The Japanese opening song is "The Rivals" (ライバル！, Raibaru) by Rica Matsumoto for all 36 episodes. The ending songs are "Type: Wild" (タイプ：ワイルド, Taipu: Wairudo) by Rica Matsumoto for 24 episodes, "Pokémon March" (ポケモン音頭, Pokémon Ondo) by Sachiko Kobayashi, Unshō Ishizuka and Kōichi Sakaguchi with an interlude by Shimai Niitsu for 1 episode, "Riding on Lapras" (ラプラスにのって, Rapurasu ni Notte) by Mayumi Iizuka and Rikako Aikawa for 12 episodes, and the English opening songs are "Pokémon Theme" by Jason Paige for 3 episodes. Its shortened version serves as the ending theme, and "Pokémon World" by Russell Velázquez for 33 episodes and for all 36 episodes. Its shortened version serves as the ending theme. The ending songs at the end of the episode are "My Best Friends" by Michael Whalen for 6 episodes, "Double Trouble" by Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, and Maddie Blaustein for 6 episodes, "What Kind of Pokémon Are You?" by Joshua Tyler for 4 episodes, "Together Forever" by J.P. Hartmann for 7 episodes, "2.B.A. Master" by Russell Velázquez for 9 episodes, and "Viridian City" by Jason Paige for 7 episodes from Pikachu's Jukebox. Johto predicted the English version of "Type: Wild", the ending song from Pokémon Encore performed by Robbie Danzie.
In the United States, the entire season was released on three 12-episode DVD volume sets in 2002 and 2003 by Viz Video and Ventura Distribution.
Viz Media released a box set containing all three DVDs in 2008.
Viz Media and Warner Home Video released Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands – The Complete Collection on DVD in the United States on October 11, 2016.
Older home video releases refer to the season as Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands. Newer DVD releases and the official Pokémon website refer to the season as Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands.