# Pocket Monsters Side Story
*Also known as: Pokémon Chronicles / ポケットモンスター　サイドストーリー*

## Facts
- Format: SPECIAL
- Status: concluded
- Year: 2002
- Season: FALL

## Renewal Score
**Pocket Monsters Side Story** has a **40% renewal probability** on Courcast (confidence: 98%) as of 2026-06-03.

## Synopsis
Episodes of the Pocket Monsters anime which occasionally aired instead of a rerun from the main anime series as part of the Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station in Japan. They aired concurrently with Pocket Monsters Advanced from December 3, 2002 to September 28, 2004 in Japan. Outside of Japan, these episodes were only dubbed in the West as part of Pokémon Chronicles.
(Source: Bulbapedia)
Note: The Japanese version comprised 16 episodes while the U.S. version comprised 22 episodes; this page rep

## About Courcast
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*Last updated: 2026-06-03*