<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Original release. September 9, 2004 – September 29, 2005. Season chronology. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">Pokémon: Advanced Battle</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> is the eighth season of Pokémon, a Japanese anime television series known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation</span>