Pokémon: Advanced Battle

Pokémon: Advanced Battle is the eighth season of Pokémon and the third season of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation (ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレーション, Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon). It originally aired in Japan from September 9, 2004, to September 29, 2005, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from September 17, 2005, to July 8, 2006, on Kids' WB.

The series follows the adventures of the ten-year-old Pokémon Trainer Ash Ketchum, and his electric mouse partner Pikachu as they continue traveling through the Hoenn region while collecting their final Gym Badges in order to compete in the Hoenn League competition. Along the way, they are joined by the formed Pewter City Gym Leader, Brock; Seasoned ten-year-old Pokémon Coordinator, May; and May’s little brother, Max; as May competes in Pokémon Contests with the aim of earning Ribbons so she can enter the Hoenn Grand Festival. Starting in the episode “The Scheme Team”, Ash returns to the Kanto region to compete in the Battle Frontier by earning Frontier Symbols from Frontier Brains, while May continues competing to earn Contest Ribbons so she can enter the Kanto Grand Festival.

The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio OLM. This was the last season of the series to dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment after their contract expired, and the last to air on Kids' WB before moving to Cartoon Network.