Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab, but is told that the three starter List of Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander) have already been taken by Trainers who were on time. However, Oak reveals that he has one more Pokémon, an Electric-type named Pikachu. Despite its volatile and feisty personality, as well as its refusal to get inside a Poké Ball, Ash happily takes Pikachu for his journey.
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> Kunihiko Yuyama (Director)
> Yuki Inaba (Second Unit Director)
> Kiyomi Tokita (Second Unit Director)
> Chie Hashimoto (Animation Director)
> Kyouko Takeuchi (Animation Director)
> Masakatsu Iijima (Second Unit Director)
> Jun Owada (Second Unit Director)
> Aohito Takahashi (Second Unit Director)
> Yuri Ichinose (Animation Director)
> Masahito Sawada (Animation Director)
> Masatoshi Hakata (Second Unit Director)
> Joji Shimura (Second Unit Director)
> Hiroaki Yoshikawa (Second Unit Director)
> Satoshi Hirayama (Animation Director)
> Kazunori Minagawa (Animation Director)
> Ryuuta Yanagi (Animation Director)
> Sunao Komiya (Animation Director)
> Tetsuo Yajima (Assistant Director)
> Takuji Mogi (Animation Director)
> Akiko Nakata (Animation Director)
> Kaori Yoshikawa (Animation Director)
> Shinichi Yoshikawa (Animation Director)
> Shuichi Kitayama (Animation Director)
> Taka Satou (Animation Director)
> Tomohiro Koyama (Animation Director)
> Akihiko Ok (Animation Director)
> Kiyoshi Matsuda (Second Unit Director)
> Chie Mishima (Animation Director)
> Yasushi Nishiya (Animation Director)
> Yasushi Nishiya (Supervising Animation Director)
> Sayuri Ichiishi (Supervising Animation Director)
> Aya Aoshima (Director of Photography)
> Sayuri Ichiishi (Animation Director)
> Takeshi Shudo (Original Story)
> Satoshi Tajiri (Original Story)
> Shouji Yonemura (Screenplay)