Pokémon: Advanced

Pokémon: Advanced is the sixth season of Pokémon and the first 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 November 21, 2002, to August 28, 2003, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from November 1, 2003, to September 4, 2004, on Kids' WB/The WB.

Set in the fictional Hoenn region, the season follows the adventures of the ten-year-old Pokémon Trainer Ash Ketchum, and his electric mouse partner Pikachu as they collect Gym Badges so they can compete in the Hoenn League competition. Along the way, they are joined by Brock, the former leader of the Pewter City Gym, and the ten-year-old Pokémon Coordinator May and her younger brother, Max, as May competes in Pokémon Contests with the aim of earning Ribbons so she can enter the Hoenn Grand Festival.

The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio OLM.