Jan Genomonic Man

What type is Pikachu?

I'm Jan Genomonic Man, and today's episode will be on something I knew absolutely nothing about before I started researching this episode.

And that is about the highest grossing media franchise in the world, Pokemon.

Pokemon.

And just a note before I get started, and that is that Pokemon celebrates its 30th anniversary on February the 27th, which is known as Pokemon Day.

And that is since the original release of Pokemon Red and Green in Japan in 1996.

Pokemon is a Japanese media franchise created by Satoshi Tajiri, who was assisted with key character designs and illustrations by Ken Sugimori.

It was first launched in 1996 with the original Pokemon Red and Green games for the Nintendo Game Boy.

The name is short for Pocket Monsters and its core concept is a world where humans capture, train and battle creatures with unique abilities.

Players take on the role of Pokemon trainers who travel across regions, catch different species and compete to become a Pokemon champion by defeating powerful gym leaders and other trainers.

Each Pokemon belongs to one or two elemental types, of which there are officially 18.

These include Normal, Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel and Fairy.

Beyond video games, Pokemon has grown to be the highest grossing media franchise in the world.

It includes a long-running animated TV series, trading card games, movies, toys, books and mobile apps like Pokemon Go.

The Pokemon fan community is huge and they have also joined in the fun and created Fakemon, which are fan-designed Pokemon.

So today's mnemonic will be on the top five most popular Pokemon.

So with that being said, we will begin with a summary from Wikipedia.

Pokemon is a Japanese media franchise consisting of video games, animated series and films, a trading card game and other related media.

The franchise takes place in a shared universe in which humans coexist with creatures known as Pokemon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers.

The franchise's primary target audience is children aged 5 to 12, but it is known to attract people of all ages.