This is a really good precedent, really - Netflix is on a mission to stream all the things anyway, so TPCi having the good judgement to not throw all their eggs into one Hulu-shaped basket is something we'll all benefit from, not just those of us who can't access Hulu. (I freely admit that I've been signed up to Netflix since it came out in the UK, and I'm a big fan, so I'm always pleased to see new content anyway. )

My issue is that it's unlikely they'll have more episodes than this - at least, not at the same time. I'll bet they'll do what they did with Classic Doctor Who and various other shows, rotating sets of episodes in and out, rather than letting us watch them all. They still want to sell box sets, after all.

The box sets argument may hold (a little) water in the US, where such things actually exist, but it's clearly not holding them back from letting Hulu stream a much larger range of the back catalogue. Outside of the US, however, there have never been such releases (and, in fact, even in Japan, the Hulu deal there is the first time such a volume of Pokemon episodes available to consume as there have never been traditional box set releases there, either), and in the UK especially, there aren't any competing licensing issues to prevent a greater simultaneous library.

Though I would also probably consider it more likely that they'll simply rotate the series similar to the classic Who serials. Especially the older seasons and movies where the rights are a little messier and presumably have a number of extra fingers in the licensing pie to pay.

This is definitely some nice news. Like the teapot, I've been a Netflix subscriber since it first came to Canada and I've very much enjoyed the service (especially with the ability to stream it through so many different platforms). Having some Pokemon on there too will simply be the cherry on top.

I hope that they do expand on the available content at some point, whether that be via additional episodes or seasonal rotating. Haven't properly watched the Johto saga in aaaaaages...

No denying that! The Johto saga is, and hopefully always will be, my least favourite saga. xp

But I've always wanted to rewatch it regardless, both to revisit it myself and to introduce Johto Journeys and Johto League Champions to my younger sisters. I've owned the Master Quest boxsets for ages and we've watched them countless times, so it'd be nice for my sissys to actually see how Ash caught his Johto Pokemon.

Definitely an interesting deal and a very nice one for the UK considering the seasons have never been released in any form for many years beside the few VHS tapes many years ago.

Be interesting to see how far they take it in the UK in terms of movies and the rest of the seasons. Definitely looking forward to revisiting some of the first episodes though, likely pass on Black & White and anything they add beyond the first season of it after seeing it recently on Citv.

Revisiting Johto and Sinnoh would be nice, so hopefully they add them at some point in the future. ^^