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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Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi (voice)
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kojiro (voice)
Inuko Inuyama
Nyarth (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Dr. Okido / Narrator (voice)
Masami Toyoshima
Hanako (voice)
Shoko Nakagawa
Joy (voice)
Kanata Hongo
Souji (voice)
Shiori Sato
Makoto (voice)
Director
Kunihiko Yuyama
Screenplay
Shouji Yonemura
Status
Released
Original Language
JA
Revenue
$37,552,144
Production
OLM, Pikachu Project, Shogakukan, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, TV Tokyo, The Pokémon Company, TakaraTomy, jeki, TOHO
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