Talk:List of Pokémon episodes/Archives/2007

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Should the titles be along the lines of "Enter the Zenigame Corps!", or "Enter the Squirtle Corps!"? Should Pokémon names in the translations of the Japanese titles (not the Rōmaji) be translated into their English forms? I say yes: just as the word gundan translates directly to "corps", and tōjō translates directly to "entry", Zenigame translates directly, in a one-to-one correspondence, to "Squirtle". Names of characters and places shouldn't be changed to their English equivalents (Satoshi does not directly translate to "Ash", for example, as not all people named Satoshi in Japanese are named Ash in English), but Pokémon names, because they aren't technically proper nouns, and are directly translatable, should be translated. Plus, it would add to potential readers' understanding of the episode's content (by allowing them to understand which Pokémon is featured in the episode - something that the English titles often do not mention) without adding synopses or summaries. This way, those episodes which contain the Pokémon's name only in the Japanese title, such as "Erika to Kusaihana" ("Erika and Gloom" translated, "Pokémon Scent-sation!" in English) will feature both the Japanese and the English names in this list. I can't see any downsides to this, but anyone's welcome to comment. ~e.o.t.d~ (蜻蛉の目•話す•貢献) 09:38, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

For obvious reasons. Matty-chan 02:44, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

is it beter with the colours (although not much info) or we should just leave it as it is? Ragnaroknike 15:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

I want to employ the table structure visible at List of Oh My Goddess episodes here. I normaly work alone with lists when structuring/restructuring but I do not want to do this alone here for perhaps obvious reasons...

The "English translation" row would need to be ditched (as it is only trivia) and air dates should be introduced.

I can machine translate existing structure to be compatible with Template:List of Anime Ep TV-Pokemon but airdates and short episode descriptions should be manualy added.

--Cat out 19:56, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I do agree that the English translation would be removed since they can reffer to fan sites and not to mention that there are 3 rows for Japanese title and just 1 for English title. People viewing in 800X600 would have difficulty viewing since the collums are narrow at that size due to the lengthy japanese titles. --fnfd 06:32, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I completely object to the removal of the English Translation. en.Wikipedia.org is an English site, and placement of foreign languages should accompanied with translation. The Japanese titles are important, as these were the original names, and its translation, although unofficial, should be included. The vast majority of people who visit this page cannot read Japanese and would be interested in how much the Japanese title differs from the English title. Besides, someone placed a lot of effort to have the translations here, and I for one appreciate his/her efforts. ICEBreaker 08:14, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

The episode table at The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is somewhat smillar except that they used screenshots from that particular episode instead of a DVD cover. Maybe we should use the table base upon that. --fnfd 07:10, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Um, how to use this template since there are no pokemon DVD covers except for the movies and the fact that there are 460+ episodes in 10 seasons? (In other words, i'm allowing you to use the template) --fnfd 12:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Look at this site: http://www.bulbagarden.net/~dogasu/features/dvd/indigo.html 69.223.130.195 03:10, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm aware of that. But each volume is made up of only 3 to 6 episodes and they only go up to season 6. I'm reffering to a boxset for each entire season and movie. --fnfd 07:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I have heard from somewhere that VIZ Media is going to release a dvd box set for season 1 and 2 in North America and Australia. --fnfd 06:25, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Maybe we can create another page: Pokémon DVD Guide using this template. WE may also want to add VCD or VHS that is not released in DVD. Ragnaroknike 15:12, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Recently, people have been switching the english numbering for "Pokémon, I Choose You!" with "Battle Aboard the St. Anne". The source given is [1] It stated that the st anne ep was aired first, but it did not state which broadcaster aired it. However, the site itself and other TV broadcasters that aired the english version of pokemon indicated that the episode "Pokémon, I Choose You!" came first. Can anyone please clarify? --fnfd 16:21, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

The St. Anne aired first in some areas (perhaps as a sneak preview of the series), although Pokémon, I Choose You! is the first episode of the series. kelvSYC 04:03, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Understood, but what is important is the sequence of the story line, not the sequence of the broadcast. Besides, many countries broadcast programmes out of sequence based on their own reasons. This does not mean episodes are automatically renumbered. ICEBreaker 08:17, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Do you guys want to add chinese names for the episodes? Discuss it here. --ragnaroknike

Sure, but only on the Chinese wikipedia. Though my chinese is not as good as Japanese. --fnfd 06:19, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

The answer is a flat-out no. There are at least three different Pokémon dubs (China, HK, and Taiwan), each with their own different translation for the name of the series as well as the names of individual episodes. We only include the Japanese names as the series is originally produced in Japanese. kelvSYC 04:03, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

No! Otherwise we'll need to add French, German, Spanish, and who knows how many other languages. Add it to the Chinese Wikipedia as suggested. ICEBreaker 08:18, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

In the anime some episodes such as showdown in pewter city, the title is fully capital letters (SHOWDOWN IN PEWTER CITY). Should we change th names? Ragnaroknike 06:28, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

There are indeed inconsistencies, especially in the earlier seasons. I've corrected the names to the way they are displayed in the Anime itself, as it is the official title. ICEBreaker 08:23, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I believe it was SpigotMap who deleted several sections of Pokemon spin-off series. I would presume the reason for the deletion is that some of those series were not aired in the US. Perhaps I am mistaken, but this Wiki is about the Pokemon Anime in general, and is not specific to any one country. As such, US airings are of little consequence, except as information only. Someone obviously spent a lot of effort to contribute the list of spin-off episodes, information which I find to be useful. It is shameful for anyone to take it upon himself to remove all that work with a few clicks of the mouse, before any consensus on this issue was reached. ICEBreaker 14:36, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

That was an accident because of a recent wave of users trying to make drastic changes to this article consensus. It should be back in now, sorry for the troubles. SpigotMap 02:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, nevermind then. ICEBreaker 07:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

What proof is there that the Battle of St Anne was not the first episode to be aired in the US? SpigotMap 22:06, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

I quote this directly from the article "The English episode numbers are based on their first airing either in syndication, on the WB Television Network or on Cartoon Network." Do you want to dispute that St Anne was not aired first? SpigotMap 22:09, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

PLEASE use a bit of common sense! It does not matter which episode was aired first. The airing dates are arbitrary, and is a result of decisions of the broadcaster, or a technical mistake. The episode sequence is defined by the producer not the broadcaster. "Pokemon, I Choose You" is obviously the first episode. Besides, who made the US (i.e. WB) the authority on this matter? How about other countries like Canada, UK, Ireland, and Australia? Other countries did not air Pokemon episodes out of sequence. We should adhere to the original Japanese sequence, and add first broadcast dates if it is felt truly necessary. Based on audience size, I think US dates would be appropriate. ICEBreaker 08:29, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I believe the first English episodes aired in the US, so the first English episode to ever air was Battle Aboard the St Anne. The list is by airing, not by producing. SpigotMap 16:32, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

OK I can accept that. I thought you wanted to change the order in the table. In fact you are only referring to the EN# column. That's fine. ICEBreaker 07:48, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

The page to the incorrect numbers. the numbers are from http://www.pokemon.com/#tvmovies (the official pokemon website of America) and the site says that my verison is correct. KidsWB are not offical, they missed up and aired the episodes not in order.

WE SHOULD AND ONLY USE THE EPISODE NUMBERS FROM THE OFFICAL POKEMON SITE (http://www.pokemon.com/#tvmovies). Also accourding to http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ all of the titles from Kanto --> Johto DO NOT HAVE KANJI in there titles, so the japanese titles from episode 1-276 are incorrect so we MOST change them to their OFFICAL JAPANESE--(http://www.pokemon.co.jp/anime/tv/pokemon.html)

1. ポケモン 君に決めた！ -----> ポケモンきみにきめた！
2. 対決！ポケモンセンター！ -----> たいけつポケモンセンター

1. マサキのとうだい
2. でんげきたいけつクチバジム
3. サントアンヌごうのたたかい
4. ポケモンひょうりゅうき
5. きょだいポケモンのしま？

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/anime/tv/orange.html

1. マサラタウン！あらたなるたびだち
2. ひこうせんはふこうせん！？
3. なんごくポケモンとGSボール
4. ラプラスをたすけろ！

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/anime/tv/gs.html

1. ワカバタウン！はじまりをつげるかぜがふくまち！
2. ルーキーのチコリータ！
3. げきとつ！ヘラクロスVSカイロス！
4. ドンファンのたに！

1. ポケモンとはなせます！？ポケモンのことば ポケモンのきもち！
2. ゴルバットVSかめんのじょおうムサシ！ いせきのたたかい！！
3. ドーブルのきせき！あさひのなかでかがやいて！
4. ニドリーノ ニドリーナ！タケシのバラいろのひび
5. さよならチコリータ！？でんきのラビリンス！
6. ベイリーフはどこへいった！？ハーブばたけでつかまえて！ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Taiketsu (talk • contribs) 21:14, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

heh bro, the episodes title are numbered acccording to the 1st AIRING DATE, not the offical order! about the japanese name, please look at #Edit war over Japanese names and the archive page! Ragnaroknike 22:11, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Reverted again. This is getting old. What can people not understand about "First English Air Date". This guy even removed the sentence stating they are ordered by air date. SpigotMap 02:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

It would make sense to not use the the kanji. This show's demographic is kids, and theres a chance that the offical titles did not use kanji because Japanese children do not know them yet. according to this kanji list, 決 is learned my the third year in school, so they would be around 8-9. However the target demographic can be around 5-13. (I was a part of that generation when Pokemon was coming about. I was like 6.) So, a 5 year old Japanese kid would not know 決. 君 is also learned by third year, and 対 to. They were being considerate for those who do not know the kanji.

Clarity vs. accuracy? For the episode which orginally did not have kanji, add no kanji. Wikipedia is to have accurate info yes?

Now episode list....I have no clue...the person did provided sources. On the other hand, this is the English Wikipedia so should be in order of air date..........I really dont know....

I just hate how this person was shut down. He provided sources, from official sites, the best kind source. Not from some fansite, or based on Original Research, like what newcomers are known to do. This person was just angered. THROUGH FIRE JUSTICE IS SERVED! 02:00, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

They were shut down because they have been doing this for 2-3 days now. Consensus, although not extremely clear, has been to use air dates, which makes sense. Why use official numbering of episodes if they weren't aired in that order? SpigotMap 02:04, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Actually, what is the problem here? If I am not mistaken, the current order of the episodes are in production sequence, as per the official website. This is listed in the JP# column. On the column next to it is the US airing sequence (EN#), provided as information only. Airing in other countries are not listed, as the first English airing was in US. Airing of other languages are not included because that would be too much information. I think we have a good compromise. The order MUST be in the original Japanese order, but it's fine to have US airing sequences in the second column. So what's the issue? ICEBreaker 07:46, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

no offence but... Ragnaroknike 09:12, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

None taken. But I still don't see the problem. The way I see it, we have the right production sequence (J#) as well as the airing sequence (E#). ICEBreaker 16:21, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Can we please settle this SOON? Who is the person who keeps changing the E# episode numbers? There seems to be no discussion going on at all. I want this page to be unprotected, as I want to start making corrections to some of the minor mistakes in the episode titles. And who requested protection in the first place? Is it okay to unprotect it now? ICEBreaker 07:04, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

I guess the sysop who protected this just forgot about it. SpigotMap 11:26, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

The list is missing English #162 so it's thrown the entire numbering off by one for the rest of the series. The show is in 52-episode seasons, so "Machoke Machoke Man" should be 208, not 209, "You're a Star, Lavitar" should be 260, not 261, "Watt's With Watson" should be 312, not 313, and so on. Even though the show is grouped into arcs rather than seasons, knowing the episode numbers for the season finales are a good checkpoint to see if the numbering is off or not without having the search the entire list.

Oh, and I also noticed that there's two English #146's and #87's. This page really needs to be unlocked so these mistakes can be fixed. It looks like the Japanese numbers are fine but there's just some errors (not things that can really be disputed, just plain errors) that exist in the English numbering. Mumbo230 19:46, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

So.. does anyone want to build a consensus, before this page gets locked again? A set of socks has made it a point to keep this page the way they want it, in blatant disregard for WP:OWN. Apparently the only way to stop something like this is to get 200 votes to form a consensus before anything can be done about it. SpigotMap 03:28, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

i rather have it in the english airdate. If more people support using the episode ordering, by all means. but what is the use of the english episode if we just use the original episode ordering? we might as well take out the english episode no, since the japan ep no is aready there!
also, i had made the following changes to the page: new titles added, changing pokémon to pokemon in japan translation (pokemon in japan does not include the "é"), and fixing the orange league episode. if anyone want to change the no, DON'T REVERT! just change the no urself! Ragnaroknike 03:43, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. There is no sense in this page being locked, it's just a list of episodes. It was locked for over a month over something so stupid. SpigotMap 03:46, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I see no need for me to waste my time reverting the crap that some editor puts here, because he insists on being a dick . Maybe it is best not to edit-war over such a petty issue, if it is only going to result in the article being locked.Sennen goroshi 03:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for admitting you are being a dick. Now, read WP:CONSENSUS, it will tell you all about how wikipedia works. You can be bold and edit anything, but if someone reverts your edits, you need to take it to the talk page, instead of reverting. This page has been by Air dates for a long time, consensus has not been built to change it. SpigotMap 04:00, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you need to read the above one more time, and pay a little more attention. I see no need for me to waste my time reverting the crap that some editor puts here, because he insists on being a dick the editor who places crap on here, that I don't see a need to waste my time on, is the editor who is being a dick Perhaps I should write shorter sentences, then people who are being a dick might be able to understand them.Sennen goroshi 04:06, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Are you going to continue being disruptive across 3-4 pages or are you going to give a reason for your reverting? Otherwise, if you want to try and disrupt me so much, please do it all on your talk page so everyone doesn't have to listen to it. SpigotMap 04:10, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I have finished - I'm sorry if you found my edits to be disruptive, I didn't realise that you found my comments so hard to deal with, have a nice day, spig - see yaSennen goroshi 04:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Did you notice this: "i had made the following changes to the page: new titles added and fixing the orange league episode. if anyone want to change the no, DON'T REVERT! just change the no urself!" Why the hell did you revert it? Ragnaroknike 12:06, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} The episdoes that need to be fised are in the english sectioned numbers and must be fixed. Episode 87 appears twice on "In The Pink" and "Shell Shock." Episode 161 is followed by episode 163 but there is no 162. Episodes 314-319 are out of order and must be fixed. Episode 433 is followed by episode 436 and 434 and 435 are missing. RobAntGonz07, 71.119.172.79 01:17, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I am afraid that this sort of thing is too complex to be done via an editprotected request. It would require actually verifying the correct episode numbers for the episodes, something that you can't expect a random admin to do in responding.

Please resolve the disputes that led to protection via discussion, and then request unprotection of the page with the blocking admin. — Carl (CBM · talk) 16:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)