The Japanese opening song is "The Rivals" (ライバル！, Raibaru) by Rica Matsumoto for all 36 episodes. The ending songs are "Type: Wild" (タイプ：ワイルド, Taipu: Wairudo) by Rica Matsumoto for 24 episodes, "Pokémon March" (ポケモン音頭, Pokémon Ondo) by
Sachiko Kobayashi,
Unshō Ishizuka and
Kōichi Sakaguchi with an interlude by Shimai Niitsu for 1 episode, "Riding on Lapras" (ラプラスにのって, Rapurasu ni Notte) by
Mayumi Iizuka and
Rikako Aikawa for 12 episodes, and the English opening songs are "
Pokémon Theme" by
Jason Paige for 3 episodes. Its shortened version serves as the ending theme, and "Pokémon World" by Russell Velázquez for 33 episodes and for all 36 episodes. Its shortened version serves as the ending theme. The ending songs at the end of the episode are "My Best Friends" by Michael Whalen for 6 episodes, "Double Trouble" by
Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, and Maddie Blaustein for 6 episodes, "What Kind of Pokémon Are You?" by Joshua Tyler for 4 episodes, "Together Forever" by J.P. Hartmann for 7 episodes, "
2.B.A. Master" by Russell Velázquez for 9 episodes, and "Viridian City" by Jason Paige for 7 episodes from Pikachu's Jukebox. Johto predicted the English version of "Type: Wild", the ending song from Pokémon Encore performed by Robbie Danzie. ==Home media releases==