Twitch may be best known as the place where people make an unbelievable amount of money playing whatever game is currently popular, but it's also hosted marathons of some of our favourite shows.

It streamed more than 500 episodes of classic Doctor Who and more than 800 episodes of Power Rangers, but now it's going even further with the gargantuan Pokémon anime.

Twitch will stream 19 seasons of the show, which means there are a whopping 900+ episodes of Team Rocket mottos, battles and Ash never ageing.

As well as the episodes, which span from the first episode to the end of XYZ: The Series, we're also getting 16 movies. The movies Pokémon 4Ever, Pokémon Heroes, Jirachi: Wish Maker and Destiny Deoxys aren't included, probably because of rights issues (these four were distributed by Miramax).

The event will actually be split into several different marathons continuing into 2019, and fans can earn points by clicking on little Pokémon icons that appear on-screen alongside the stream.

Twitch was previously home to the insanely popular Twitch Plays Pokémon Red, which had tens of thousands of people all trying to control one character. It was pretty shambolic at times, but led to plenty of bizarre lore and memes such as Bird Jesus and Lord Helix.

Twitch's first Pokémon marathon begins on August 27 at 5pm UK time.

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