Pokémon: Advanced Battle is the eighth season of the Pokémon anime series and the third season of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, known in Japan as . It originally aired in Japan from September 9, 2004, to September 29, 2005, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from November 5, 2005, to October 7, 2006, on Kids' WB.
This season follows Ash Ketchum as he continues travelling across the Hoenn region with Brock, May, and Max. Later on, they travel across the Kanto region to challenge its Battle Frontier.
The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio OLM. This was the last season of the series to dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment after their contract expired, and the last to air on Kids' WB before moving to Cartoon Network.
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Episode list
Music The Japanese opening songs are "Challenger!!" (チャレンジャー!!, Charenjā!!) by Rica Matsumoto for 13 episodes, "Pokemon Symphonic Medley" (ポケモンシンフォニック メドレー, Pokémon Shinfonikku Medorē) by the Pokémon Symphonic Orchestra (Pokémon Choir) for 29 episodes, and "Battle Frontier (Japanese song)" (バトルフロンツア, Batoru Furontia) by Akina Takaya for 11 episodes. The ending songs are "Smile" (スマイル, Sumairu) by Toshiko Ezaki for 6 episodes, "GLORY DAY 〜That Shining Day〜" (GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜, GLORY DAY 〜Kagayaku Sono Hi〜) by GARDEN for 35 episodes, "Pokémon Counting Song" (ポケモンかぞえうた, Pokémon Kazoe Uta) by Akiko Kanazawa for 11 episodes, and the English opening song is "Unbeatable" by David Rolfe, with a shortened version used in the end credits.
Home media releases In the United States, the series was released on 10 DVD volumes by Viz Media, each containing 5 or 6 episodes each.
Viz Media and Warner Home Video later released Pokémon: Advanced Battle – The Complete Collection on DVD on June 12, 2018.
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External links
at TV Tokyo at TV Tokyo at Pokémon JP official website