
98 minutes
7/15/2017
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.

Rica Matsumoto
as Satoshi (voice)

Ikue Otani
as Pikachu (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara
as Musashi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki
as Kojiro (voice)

Inuko Inuyama
as Nyarth (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka
as Dr. Okido / Narrator (voice)

Masami Toyoshima
as Hanako (voice)

Shoko Nakagawa
as Joy (voice)

Kanata Hongo
as Souji (voice)

Shiori Sato
as Makoto (voice)

Arata Furuta
as Bonji (voice)

Ryota Osaka
as Cross (voice)

Kyoko Hikami
as Erika (voice)

Koichi Yamadera
as Marshadow (voice)

Yuji Ueda
as Announcer

Rikako Aikawa
as Caterpie

Chika Fujimura
as Lapras

Kiyotaka Furushima
as Lucario

Kaito Ishikawa
as Lycanroc

Mika Kanai
as Jigglypuff

Etsuko Kozakura
as Pochama

Kenta Miyake
as Snorlax

Kensuke Sato
as Luxray

Kei Shindo
as Eevee

Fumiko Takekuma
as Diglett