What other name is media franchise, Pokémon, known as?

Pokémon, also known as Pocket Monsters in Japan, is a media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, a Japanese company. The franchise copyright and Japanese trademark is shared but Nintendo is the sole owner of the trademark in other countries.

The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995, and is centered on fictional creatures called "Pokémon", which humans catch and train to battle each other for sport.

The English slogan for the franchise is "Gotta Catch 'Em All". Works within the franchise are set in the Pokémon universe. The franchise began as Pokémon Red and Green, a pair of video games for the original Game Boy.

It soon became a media mix franchise adapted into various different media. Pokémon has since gone on to become the highest-grossing media franchise of all time, with $90 billion in total franchise revenue.

The original video game series is the second best-selling video game franchise with more than 346 million copies sold, one billion mobile downloads, and it spawned a hit anime television series that has become the most successful video game adaptation with over 20 seasons and 1,000 episodes in 169 countries.

In addition, the Pokémon franchise includes the world's top-selling toy brand, the top-selling trading card game with over 28.8 billion cards sold, an anime film series, a live-action film, books, manga comics, music, merchandise, and a theme park.