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Debris Ketchum, the lead character in the Pokemon anime series, has come out on top for the Pokemon Big showdown.

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Aficionados of the establishment have communicated their pleasure at the person turning into the most grounded Pokemon mentor

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episode of the program broadcasted. A tweet from the authority Pokemon Twitter account saluting Debris has gotten very nearly 200,000 preferences.

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The series, which began as a computer game, has run for more than 1,200 episodes.

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The anime has followed Debris Ketchum in his journey to turn into a Pokemon Expert beginning around 1997

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at the point when the person met electric mouse animal Pikachu on his tenth birthday celebration.

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Throughout recent years, watchers have watched him train as he meant to turn into the most grounded Pokemon mentor.

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In the series, Pokemon coaches get legendary animals known as pocket beasts and fight them against one another.

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As well as the animated TV show, the original Japanese Game Boy game also spawned a trading card game,

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in excess of 20 motion pictures and a large group of product from plays of the game (collectable cardboard plates) to delicate toys.

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