Pokémon: The Johto Journeys is the third season of the Pokémon anime series and the first season of Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā). It originally aired in Japan from October 14, 1999, to July 27, 2000, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from October 14, 2000, to August 11, 2001, on The WB/Kids' WB.
The season follows Ash Ketchum as he travels across the Johto region to challenge its Pokémon League while joined by Misty and Brock.
The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio OLM.
In 2000, during the show's run in the United States, it was ranked as the number 1 program among boys 2–11 years old.
Music
The Japanese opening song is "OK!" by Rica Matsumoto for 41 episodes. The ending songs are "Meowth's Party" (ニャースのパーティ, Nyasu No Pāti) by Nyasu / Meowth (Inuko Inuyama), for 25 episodes, Rikako Aikawa and Chorus performed "Exciting Pokémon Relay" (ポケモンはらはらリレー, Pokémon Hara Hara Rirē) for 10 episodes, and "Exciting² Pokémon Relay (Hard Version)" (ポケモンはらはら²リレー むずかし版, Pokémon Hara Hara² Rirē Muzukashi Ban) for 5 episodes, "Takeshi's Paradise (タケシのパラダイス, Takeshi no Paradaisu) by Takeshi \ Brock (Yūji Ueda) for one episode, and the English opening song is "Pokémon Johto" by the musical group called Johto. Its short version serves as the end credit song. The ending songs at the end of each episode are "You & Me & Pokémon" for 9 episodes, and "Pikachu (I Choose You)" for 8 episodes by Élan Rivera and the musical group called Johto, "Song of Jigglypuff" by Rachael Lillis as Jigglypuff and the musical group called Johto for 8 episodes, "All We Wanna Do" by Élan Rivera and the musical group called Johto for 8 episodes, and "Two Perfect Girls" by Eric Stuart as Brock for 8 episodes from Pokémon Karaokémon.
In the United States, the season was released in 13 volumes on VHS and DVD by Viz Video and Pioneer Entertainment. The last two episodes: "The Psychic Sidekicks!" and "The Fortune Hunters" were not shown on these sets.
Viz Media and Warner Home Video released Pokémon: The Johto Journeys – The Complete Collection on DVD in the United States on November 10, 2015.