Pokémon: Advanced Battle

Pokémon: Advanced Battle is the eighth season of the Pokémon anime series and the third 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 September 9, 2004, to September 29, 2005, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from September 17, 2005, to July 8, 2006, on Kids' WB.

This season follows Ash Ketchum and his partner Pikachu as they collect Gym Badges in the Hoenn region to compete in the Hoenn League. Along the way, they are joined by Brock, Pokémon Coordinator May, who participates in Pokémon Contests, and her younger brother Max. Later in the season, Ash, May, Brock, and Max travel to the Kanto region, where Ash competes in the Battle Frontier by earning Frontier Symbols, while May continues to participate in Pokémon Contests.

The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio OLM. This was the last season of the series to dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment after their contract expired, and the last to air on Kids' WB before moving to Cartoon Network.