Pocket ni Boken wo Tsumekonde: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Madoka Akagi grew up in a port town in the Kanto prefecture of Japan. After graduating university, she moved to work at ADventure, a small advertising agency in Tokyo. She came to Tokyo in search of her dreams but reality sets in and every day is not like the world she imagined, especially when she has to do a presentation that decides the company's fate. However, she soon finds a package from her mother which includes a Game Boy Pocket and Pokémon Red. 

She decides to start playing Pokémon Red for the first time in 20 years. How will her adventure go?

Series details

• Title: Pocket ni Boken wo Tsumekonde
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Premiere date: 2023-10-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-12-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 71762
• TVDB ID: 438951

Cast and credited roles

• Nanase Nishino — Akagi Madoka

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-10-19; final listed air date 2023-12-21.

Source and licence

Adapted from Pocket ni Boken wo Tsumekonde on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.