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on October 2, 2013, ten days before the release of the ''X'' and ''Y'' video games, and began streaming internationally on Nintendo's Pokémon TV service from November 15, 2013 to December 2, 2013. On September 14, 2016, the first episode of the series was released for free on the official Pokémon

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