Cast & Crew

Directed by

Jim Malone
Kunihiko Yuyama

Writing Credits

Satoshi Tajiri
(game)
Hideki Sonoda
(writer)

Cast

Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi
Veronica Taylor
Ash Ketchum / Spectator (voice)
Rachael Lillis
Misty / Jessie / Vulpix / Poliwag (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
Kasumi
Eric Stuart
Brock / James / Security Guard / Politoed / Kabutops / Xatu (voice)
Madeleine Blaustein
Meowth
Yûji Ueda
Takeshi / Waninoko (voice)
Ikue Ôtani
Pikachu
Lisa Ortiz
Oakley / Woman (voice)
Megan Hollingshead
Annie
Inuko Inuyama
Nyasu
Tara Sands
Bianca / Female Trainer (voice) (as Tara Jayne)
Kerry Williams
Additional voices
Uno Kanda
Zanna
Kayzie Rogers
Totodile / Corsola / Wobbuffet / Espeon / Vaporeon / Old Woman / Kid (voice)
Ted Lewis
Tour de Alto Mare Announcer
Yumiko Shaku
Lion
Rodger Parsons
Narrator
Gucci Yuzo
Bangore
Fumiko Orikasa
Kanon
Michael Sinterniklaas
Ross
Wayne Grayson
Lorenzo
Kôichi Yamadera
Rossi
Unshô Ishizuka
Narrator
Rikako Aikawa
Butterfree
Masashi Ebara
Latios
Megumi Hayashibara
Latias
Satomi Kôrogi
Togepi
Shin'ichirô Miki
Crobat

Produced by

Norman J. Grossfeld
executive producer
Alfred Kahn
executive producer
Shûkichi Kanda
animation producer
Takashi Kawaguchi
executive producer
Masakazu Kubo
executive producer
Yukako Matsusako
producer
Takemoto Mori
producer
Toshiaki Okuno
animation producer
Kathy Pilon
producer
Chôji Yoshikawa
producer (as Choji Yoshikawa)

Music by

Coba
Shinji Miyazaki

Cinematography by

Hisao Shirai

Art Direction by

Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Production Management

Tsukasa Koitabashi
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Youji Asada
assistant director
Kiyotaka Isako
assistant director
Hirohito Ochi
assistant director
Waruro Suzuki
assistant director

Art Department

Ken'ichi Chikanaga
design works
Motofumi Fujiwara
conceptual character artist
Masayuki Gotô
design works
Hiroyuki Jinnai
concept coordination
Kunimi Kawamura
concept coordination
Yoshihiko Kitagawa
graphic designer: Viracocha
Shigeyuki Koresawa
design works
Shigeki Morimoto
conceptual character artist
Kazuaki Môri
design works / storyboard artist
Hiroshi Nagahama
storyboard artist
Atsuko Nishida
conceptual character artist
Gakuji Nomoto
concept coordination
Jun Okutani
conceptual character artist
Muneo Saitô
conceptual character artist
Ken Sugimori
conceptual character artist
Keiichi Yamamoto
graphic designer: Viracocha
Hironobu Yoshida
conceptual character artist
Rena Yoshikawa
conceptual character artist
Kunihiko Yuyama
storyboard artist
Satoshi Ôta
conceptual character artist

Sound Department

Atsushi Aikawa
digital mastering
Kunio Andô
sound mixer
Dan Fulton
assistant sound editor (english version)
Larry Hopkins
layback sound mixer (english version)
Daisuke Jinbo
sound effects
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Masafumi Mima
sound director
Michiyoshi Minamisawa
sound producer
Mikio Mori
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Akiko Nakamura
sound production desk
Akira Nakano
sound recordist
Atsuko Nakayama
digital mastering
Takeshi Nishina
sound producer
Noboru Nishio
digital optical recording
Hiromi Ogawa
foley
Akira Rizawa
optical re-recording
Hidemi Tanaka
foley
Mirai Ueno
assistant sound mixer
Fujio Yamada
adr editor
Satoshi Yano
foley recording

Visual Effects by

Mineko Abe
3d cg designer
Chiharu Adachi
3d cg designer
Ken'ichi Anjô
technical director
Yûji Asada
2d composite & effects: Studio Cockpit
Yoshiko Chatani
2d composite & effects: OLM Digital
Michihisa Ebisumoto
3d cg designer
Masako Fujiwara
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Masato Gotô
3d cg designer
Naohisa Haijima
2d composite & effects: Studio Cosmos
Satoshi Hashimoto
cgi assistance: NHK Enterprise 21
Hiroyuki Hatanaka
3d cg designer
Katsuaki Hiramitsu
software engineer
Katsuharu Hiruma
3d cg designer
Junki Honma
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Shinsuke Ikeda
2d composite & effects: OLM Digital
Ichirô Inoue
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Seiji Iseda
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Osamu Karasawa
3d cg designer
Akio Kazumi
cgi director
Katsuyoshi Kishi
2d composite & effects: Studio Cosmos
Ken'ichi Kobayashi
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Shôichi Matsubara
technical advisor
Yasuhiro Mikami
3d cg designer
Satoshi Mizuhata
3d cg designer
Hiromichi Mizuno
3d cg designer
Takaya Mizutani
2D director
Yumiko Morimoto
2d composite & effects: Studio Cosmos
Shinji Morohashi
3d cg designer
Yukio Nakada
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Takayuki Nakamura
3d cg designer
Akiko Noguchi
3d cg designer
Tomomi Noguchi
3d cg designer
Masataka Nonaka
3d cg designer
Satoshi Odagiri
cgi assistance: Cupid Fair
Kaori Ohtagaki
cgi assistance: NHK Enterprise 21
Akinobu Okumura
3d cg designer
Misako Saka
cgi assistance: NHK Enterprise 21
Makoto Satô
chief 3d cg director
Masaji Shiina
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Yûji Shirai
2d composite & effects: Studio Cosmos
Masahiro Shiraishi
3d cg designer
Taichi Sudô
3d cg designer
Tôru Sugawara
2d composite & effects: Studio Cosmos
Manabu Tagawa
cgi assistance: Cupid Fair
Masao Takaoka
3d cg designer
Shigefumi Takayama
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Shôko Takeuchi
cgi assistance: Cupid Fair
Minoru Tokushige
3d cg designer
Maiko Tsuda
3d cg designer
Yumi Tsujimoto
3d cg designer
Takeyoshi Tsurazono
3d cg designer
Shigeru Ueda
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Kazuyuki Yamamoto
2d composite & effects: OLM Digital
Yûichi Yamamoto
3d cg designer (as Yuichi Yamamoto)
Kazuhiro Yanagida
3d cg designer
Yoshinobu Yanagihara
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Ryûichirô Yokoyama
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Hiroshi Yoshida
2d composite & effects: Studio Cosmos
Kunio Yoshida
3d cg designer
Daiji Yoshizawa
3d cg designer
Tomoya Ôhata
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Kenji Ôtake
production manager
Jun Ôtaki
2d composite & effects: OLM Digital
Haruko Ôyama
3d cg designer

Camera and Electrical Department

Masafumi Awakura
photography: Studio Cosmos
Toshikazu Hisano
photography: Studio Cosmos
Motoaki Ikegami
photography: Studio Cosmos
Shinji Ikegami
photography: Studio Cosmos
Takao Kawahara
photography: Studio Cosmos
Katsunori Maehara
photography: Studio Cosmos
Tomohiro Nishiyama
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hiroshi Noguchi
photography: Studio Cosmos
Takashi Shimada
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hiroki Shiozuka
photography: Studio Cosmos
Tomoko Uemura
photography: Studio Cosmos
Shôji Yazawa
photography: Studio Cosmos
Tetsuo Ôfuji
photography: Studio Cosmos

Animation Department

Minoru Akiba
background artist: Studio Jack
Ayumi Andô
cel checker: M.I.
Miki Arai
digital painter: OLM Digital
Yoshiharu Ashino
key animator
Masayoshi Banno
background artist: Studio Jack
Yuri Chigira
key animator
Yumi Edano
digital painter: OLM Digital
Fujika Enomoto
inbetween checker
Yumiko Ezaki
digital painter: M.I.
Yumi Fujita
digital painter: OLM Digital
Junpei Fukuchi
inbetween artist
Yukari Gotô
digital painter: M.I.
Saori Gôda
digital painter: OLM Digital
Junko Hakamada
cel painter: M.I.
Nobuo Hashimoto
key animator
Kenji Hattori
key animator
Jun'ichi Hayama
key animator
Mayumi Hirama
digital painter: M.I.
Miyuki Hirama
digital painter: OLM Digital
Takashi Honda
key animator
Naoko Horikawa
cel painter: M.I.
Sayuri Ichiishi
character designer
Takuya Iida
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Kazumi Ikeda
animation director / key animator
Aki Imai
cel painter: M.I.
Yasuyuki Inaba
background artist: Studio Jack
Akiko Inoue
cel painter: M.I.
Izumi Inoue
digital painter: M.I.
Yuko Inoue
animation director / key animator
Satoru Iriyoshi
key animator
Kayo Ishikawa
cel painter: M.I.
Naoki Ishikawa
cel checker: M.I.
Atsushi Itagaki
key animator
Toshiko Itokawa
digital painter: M.I.
Atsuko Itô
cel checker: M.I.
Yoshiki Itô
cel checker: M.I.
Masaaki Iwane
key animator
Daisuke Kamei
inbetween artist
Masaki Kamiguchi
key animator
Midori Kanazawa
cel painter: M.I.
Mi Hyang Kang
background artist: L.Green Pro.
Mayumi Kanno
digital painter: M.I.
Yôko Kasama
inbetween artist (as Yoko Kasama)
Shinji Kashiwada
cel checker: M.I.
Rie Katô
cel painter: M.I. (as Rie Katoh)
Tôru Kawamura
digital painter: M.I.
Kazuko Kikuchi
digital painter: M.I.
Moon Sub Kim
background artist: L.Green Pro. (as Kim Moon Sub)
Rika Kingetsu
cel painter: M.I.
Yukari Kobayashi
key animator
Tôru Koga
background artist: Studio Uni (as Toru Koga)
Yûki Koike
digital painter: OLM Digital
Hiroshi Konno
key animator
Yôichi Kotabe
animation supervisor
Shirô Kudaka
key animator
Tadashi Kudô
key animator (as Tadashi Kubo)
Miki Kuribayashi
inbetween artist
Eun Ha Lee
background artist: L.Green Pro.
Seo Gu Lee
background artist: L.Green Pro.
Jun'ei Maeda
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Shôichi Masuo
key animator
Norihiro Matsubara
animation director (as Tokuhiro Matsubara) / character designer (as Tokuhiro Matsubara) / key animator (as Tokuhiro Matsubara)
Akari Matsushima
digital painter: OLM Digital
Ayako Miura
digital painter: OLM Digital
Kôichirô Miyasaka
digital painter: M.I.
Tadaaki Miyata
key animator
Daisuke Miyazaki
inbetween artist
Miyuki Mizumaki
digital painter: M.I.
Sumika Momo
inbetween artist
Etsuhito Mori
key animator
Tsuyoshi Moride
inbetween checker
Tomomi Murakami
digital painter: M.I.
Shin'ichi Murooka
inbetween artist (as Shinichi Murooka) / inbetween checker
Kazuaki Môri
animation director / key animator
Kumi Nagai
inbetween artist
Hiromi Naganawa
key animator
Akemi Nagao
digital painter: M.I.
Hiromi Nakagawa
digital painter: OLM Digital
Eriko Nakajima
cel painter: M.I.
Kazuhisa Nakamura
key animator
Fusako Nakao
digital painter: M.I.
Katsuichi Nakayama
key animator
Yoshitaka Narasaki
digital painter: M.I.
Mitsuru Nasukawa
key animator
Hiromi Niioka
key animator
Sôji Ninomiya
inbetween artist (as Takeshi Ninomiya)
Masumi Nishikawa
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Chiho Nishioka
cel painter: M.I.
Yôhei Nishiwaki
cel painter: M.I.
Asami Nomaguchi
cel painter: M.I.
Takashi Nozawa
key animator
Nobuo Numai
background artist: Atelier Rourke (as Noburo Numai)
Hiroshi Ogawa
key animator
Mayumi Okada
background artist: Studio Jack
Hiromi Okamoto
digital painter: M.I.
Yuka Okamoto
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Emiko Okui
cel checker: M.I.
Mika Onoda
digital painter: OLM Digital
Yasuhiro Saiki
key animator
Chizue Saitô
digital painter: M.I.
Noriaki Saitô
inbetween checker
Tetsuhito Saitô
key animator
Yûki Saitô
inbetween artist (as Yuki Saito)
Naoko Sasaki
digital painter: M.I.
Nao Satô
digital painter: OLM Digital
Yûzô Satô
key animator (as Yuzo Sato)
Yasuhiro Seo
key animator
Ayaka Shimizu
cel painter: M.I.
Katsuyuki Shimizu
key animator
Masami Shimizu
digital painter: OLM Digital
Toshiyuki Shimizu
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Makiko Shinohara
key animator
Yasukazu Shôji
key animator
Tomonori Sudô
inbetween artist (as Tomonori Sudou)
Yûichi Suehiro
background artist: Atelier BWCA (as Yuichi Suehiro)
Park An Suk
background artist: L.Green Pro.
Hitomi Suzuki
digital painter: OLM Digital
Miho Suzuki
digital painter: M.I.
Kôichi Taguchi
key animator (as Koichi Taguchi)
Mizuho Tajima
inbetween artist
Eikichi Takahashi
animation director
Kazuhiro Takahashi
background artist: Studio Jack
Tomoko Takahashi
cel painter: M.I.
Yoshihiko Takakura
key animator
Yoshihiro Takeda
key animator
Hikaru Takigawa
cel painter: M.I.
Akihiro Tamagawa
animation director / character designer
Sayo Tanaka
digital painter: OLM Digital
Yoshiaki Tsubata
key animator
Takashi Tsuge
inbetween artist
Hatsuki Tsuji
animation director / key animator
Yoshiko Tsujimura
inbetween artist
Mayumi Tsukada
digital painter: OLM Digital
Mizue Ueda
cel painter: M.I.
Takako Uemura
digital painter: M.I.
Mariko Ueno
key animator
Takako Uetake
inbetween artist
Takayuki Uragami
inbetween artist
Junko Watanabe
inbetween artist
Kôji Watanabe
key animator
Masahiro Yamanaka
inbetween checker
Kumiko Yamazaki
digital painter: M.I.
Shin'ichi Yoneda
digital painter: M.I.
Haruka Yoshida
cel painter: M.I.
Ikuo Yoshida
inbetween artist
Jun Yoshida
key animator
Toshiyuki Yoshimura
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Mitsuzumi Yoshino
inbetween checker
Shinobu Yoshioka
key animator
Tatsumi Yukiwaki
digital painter: OLM Digital
Kang Hee Yung
background artist: L.Green Pro.
Aya Ônaga
digital painter: Studio Cockpit / inbetween checker
Michiyo Ôtani
cel painter: M.I. (as Michiyo Otani)
Kôji Ôtsuki
digital painter: OLM Digital

Casting Department

Rihoko Yoshida
casting

Editorial Department

Keith Croket
assistant editor (english version)
Nick DiBeneditto
negative cutter: english version
Kôhei Endô
color management system: Galette TM
Hiroaki Hirabayashi
color timing
Masahiro Honma
film recording
Masaharu Sekiguchi
optical recording
Masao Shibata
film recording
Machiko Shimura
film recording
Yûsuke Tenmaya
film recording
Erin Waters
post-production coordinator (english version)
Tetsuya Yamai
color management system: Galette TM

Music Department

Morikazu Aoki
partial original score
Michael Brady
music production assistant (english version)
Go Ichinose
partial original score
Mitsutoki Nakamura
theatrical recording mixer
Yûji Saitô
music producer
Kazuo Shinohara
a&r
Susan Shufro
music editor (english version)

Additional Crew

Akiyasu Akazawa
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Hiromasa Habu
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Megumi Hayasaka
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Hao Hu
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Chie Igarashi
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Yoshiaki Ikeda
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Miyoko Inoue
production committee: Media Factory
Masaaki Ishigaki
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Tsunekazu Ishihara
supervisor
Takuya Itô
advertising
Atsushi Iwasaki
production committee: Media Factory
Keisuke Iwata
tv relationships
Makiko Iwata
tv relationships
Yasuteru Kamei
production assistant
Yukari Kanehara
production desk
Hiroyuki Katô
production assistant
Masaaki Kawamata
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Takaaki Kii
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Katsumi Kiwata
production committee: TV Tokyo
Takashi Kodama
production assistant
Mari Komiya
production assistant
Kiyonori Kumagai
production committee: Shôgakukan
Bruce Loeb
marketing supervisor
Takeshi Maekawa
production committee: Tomy
Haruyasu Makino
production assistant
Hitoki Makino
production committee: Tomy
Jim Malone
adaptor: English
Kazuhito Maruyama
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Jun'ichi Masuda
character staging (as Junichi Masuda)
Katsuhiro Matsuda
production committee: Shôgakukan
Kenji Matsushima
character staging
Shinji Morishima
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Shûichi Murakami
production assistant
Takayuki Nakajima
advertising
Atsuhide Nishimaki
production committee: Shôgakukan
Noriyuki Nishimura
production committee: Media Factory
Kôji Nishino
character staging
Norio Nitta
production assistant
Hitoshi Nomura
production committee: Tomy
Nao Ogawa
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Shirô Okuaki
production committee: Tomy
Yasuyuki Sagami
production committee: Shôgakukan
Kiyomi Saitô
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Yutaka Saitô
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Yasushi Sakurai
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Reiji Satô
production committee: Media Factory
Nobumasa Sawabe
production committee: Character Business Center
Yûko Shimamura
production desk
Megumi Suenaga
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Akio Sugi
production committee: Tomy
Yoshio Tajiri
production committee: The Pokémon Company/Game Freak Inc.
Makiko Takada
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Ichirô Takase
production committee: Character Business Center
Hironao Takeda
production committee: Tomy
Masami Tanaka
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Shinsuke Tokiwa
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Kenji Tominaga
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Yûsuke Tomoda
advertising producer
Yukihiro Toyoda
advertising
Hiroyasu Ueno
production assistant
Takako Uno
production committee: Media Factory
Makoto Wada
production committee: Shôgakukan
Kazu Wakamatsu
production committee: Tomy
Kumiko Warashina
production desk
Takuji Yamada
production committee: Shôgakukan
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Masami Yanagihara
production committee: TV Tokyo
Shigeki Yanagisawa
production committee: Tomy
Nobuhisa Yobata
production committee: Tomy
Kiyoshi Yokota
production committee: Shôgakukan
Takuya Yui
production committee: Character Business Center
Katsumi Ôta
production committee: Character Business Center

Thanks

Nobuhira Hirano
special thanks
Ryôko Nashimoto
special thanks
All Filters