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Cast & Crew

Directed By

Written By

Satoshi Tajiri
original concept
Takeshi Shudô
screenplay

Cast

Unshô Ishizuka
Dr. Yukinari Ôkido / Narration
Shin'ichirô Miki
Kojirô / Lizardon (Charizard)
Kotono Mitsuishi
Ship's Captain
Keiko Han
Dr. Uchikido
Masami Toyoshima
Hanako (Satoshi no mama)
Rikako Aikawa
Fire / Butterfree / Lapras
Yumi Tôma
Freezer
Yûji Ueda
Barri-chan
Takeshi Kaga
Jirarudan
Veronica Taylor
Ash Ketchum / Delia Ketchum / Diglett
Rachael Lillis
Misty / Jessie
Eric Stuart
James / Brock / Squirtle / Scyther / Weezing / Hitmonchan
Ted Lewis
Tracey Sketchit / Booth Operator
Tara Sands
Maren / Bulbasaur
Stuart Zagnit
Prof. Samuel Oak
Neil Stewart
The Collector
Kayzie Rogers
Prof. Felina Ivy / Marill / Mimey
Robert O'Gorman
Village Elder
Dan Olk
Reporter
Norman Altman
TV Newscaster
Emily Niebo
Computer

Produced By

Takeshi Fukuda
assistant producer
Hiroshi Ishikawa
associate producer
Shûkichi Kanda
animation producer
Takashi Kawaguchi
executive producer
Takaaki Kii
associate producer
Masakazu Kubo
executive producer
Yûko Nagata
assistant producer
Toshiaki Okuno
animation producer
Kathy Pilon
associate producer
Nobumasa Sawabe
associate producer
Hiroaki Tsuru
associate producer
Katsuhito Yamauchi
associate producer
Noriyuki Yoshida
associate producer

Cinematography

Sound

Kunio Andô
sound mixer
Jamie Baker
adr engineer
Jason Bergenfeld
adr coordinator
Matthew Fleece
adr engineer
Shôji Hata
foley designer
Gil Hova
adr editor
Sean Huff
assistant sound editor
Daisuke Jinbo
sound effects
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
technical assistance: Continental Far East
Richard Q. King
supervising sound editor
Masafumi Mima
sound director
Mikio Mori
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Jyuji Nakamura
sound mixer
Akira Nakano
sound recordist
Takeshi Nishina
sound producer
Noboru Nishio
digital optical recording
David Novack
adr engineer
Don Peebles
adr editor
Akira Rizawa
optical re-recording
Mary Saragoussi
adr recordist
Fumiko Ueda
foley artist
Mirai Ueno
assistant sound mixer
Shô Urahata
foley artist
Peter Waggoner
re-recording mixer
Miki Watanabe
sound production manager
Fujio Yamada
adr editor
Tomoaki Yasuda
digital mastering
James Ziegler
sound consultant: Dolby

Art Direction

Special Effects

Noriyuki Ôta
special effects

Visual Effects

Takumi Akabane
designer: Jirarudan card
Yoshiko Chatani
digital composite
Yasushi Gotô
additional digital animation: Nippon SGI
Jamie Hallett
digital artist
Miyuki Hirama
digital composite
Akio Hirozumi
digital animator: OLM Digital
Takemi Ichikawa
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Ryôichi Ishigami
additional digital animation: T2 Studio
Milky Isobe
designer: Jirarudan card
Benimaru Itô
cg director: Creatures Inc.
Yukari Itô
additional digital animation: Nippon SGI
Hikaru Jingûji
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Kazuhiro Kinoshita
digital animator
Keisuke Kirii
additional digital animation: Nippon SGI
Ryôko Kiyono
digital composite
Atsuo Kobayashi
additional digital animation: Studio Galapagos
Hitoshi Kobayashi
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Masashi Kobayashi
digital animator: OLM Digital
Shingo Kobayashi
digital director
Tôru Kobayashi
digital composite
Jun Kondo
digital animator: OLM Digital
Kôichi Koyasu
cg engineer
Tarô Kurashige
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Ryûta Kusumi
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Beirne Lowry
visual effects
Kôji Matsumoto
additional digital animation: Nippon SGI
Makoto Matsumura
additional digital animation: Nippon SGI
Masami Matsumura
additional digital animation: NTT Media Lab
Yûichi Michiyama
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Kunihiko Mita
digital director
Masanori Miyoshi
additional digital animation: Hitachi, Ltd.
Satoshi Mizuhata
digital animator: OLM Digital
Hiromichi Mizuno
digital animator: OLM Digital
Takaya Mizutani
digital composite
Shinji Nasu
additional digital animation: T2 Studio
Masayoshi Obata
additional digital animation: NHK Enterprise 21
Kazumi Ogusa
digital animator: OLM Digitaldigital animator: OLM Digital
Yûichi Sakai
digital director
Takashi Sakuma
cg engineer
Dave Salter
digital artist
Masanori Satake
additional digital animation: Gainax
Makoto Satô
digital animator: OLM Digital
Mitsuki Satô
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Sôichirô Sekine
additional digital animation: Bitol Entertainment
Yûkei Sekita
digital director
Daisuke Shigihara
additional digital animation: Bitol Entertainment
Manabu Shinoda
additional digital animation: NTT Media Lab
Katsutoshi Sugai
additional digital animation: Lumina Effect
Nachi Sugiyama
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Jungo Suzuki
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Yoshiyuki Tagawa
cg engineer
Kentarô Takahashi
additional digital animation: T2 Studio
Kazuo Tanizawa
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Takehiko Terada
additional digital animation: Nippon SGI
Minoru Tokushige
digital animator: OLM Digital
Yumi Tsujimoto
digital animator: OLM Digital
Naoko Uchiyama
digital director
Hiroki Ueno
digital director
Junko Ujiie
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Satoru Yamagishi
additional digital animation: Hitachi, Ltd.
Shin'ichi Yoshikawa
digital animator: Creatures Inc.
Tarô Ômura
digital director

Assistant Director

Masamitsu Hidaka
unit director
Norihiko Sutô
unit director

Production Management

Tsukasa Koitabashi
production manager
Shôji Ôta
production manager
Barbara Russo
post-production executive

Art Department

John Alvin
poster artist
Motofumi Fujiwara
character concept artist
Masayuki Gotô
design works
Yûki Kase
color designer
Shigeki Morimoto
character concept artist
Atsuko Nishida
character concept artist
Tatsuya Souma
design works
Ken Sugimori
character concept artist
Kunihiko Yuyama
storyboard artist

Animation

Takashi Ajiri
inbetween artist: Snow Light Staff
Minoru Akiba
background artist: Studio Jack
Yûichi Akimoto
key animator
Satomi Arai
inbetween artist
Miho Azuma
key animator
Won Bat
animator
Kôji Dejima
digital painter: OLM Digital
Naoya Dôgen
inbetween artist
Ken Ebe
inbetween artist: Snow Light Staff
Fujika Enomoto
inbetween checker
Rie Eyama
inbetween artist
Maki Fujioka
key animator
Kazuyuki Fujita
inbetween artist
Naoko Fujitani
inbetween artist
Masaru Fukumoto
animation director
Hideaki Furusawa
inbetween checker
Takayuki Gorai
key animator
Yukari Gotô
cel painter: M.I.
Keisuke Hamada
key animator
Hiroshi Haraguchi
inbetween artist: Dôga Kôbô
Satomi Hashimoto
inbetween artist: Jungle Gym
Kaoru Hayashida
inbetween artist: Dôga Kôbô
Noriko Heya
inbetween artist: M.I.
Akiko Higaki
inbetween artist
Michiyo Hirabayashi
inbetween artist
Takashi Hirabayashi
inbetween artist
Mayumi Hiraide
cel painter: M.I.
Takefumi Hiramatsu
inbetween artist: Dôga Kôbô
Shûji Hirano
inbetween artist
Tomoya Hiratsuka
key animator
Toshihito Hirooka
inbetween checker
Sayuri Ichiishi
character designer / chief animation director
Midori Igarashi
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Takuya Iida
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Atsuko Iiyama
cel checker
Hiroko Ikeda
key animator
Dai Imaoka
inbetween artist: M.I.
Michiko Imura
digital painter: OLM Digital
Yasuyuki Inaba
background artist: Studio Jack
Nobushige Inoshita
inbetween artist: Dôga Kôbô
Akiko Inoue
cel painter: M.I.
Emi Inoue
digital painter: OLM Digital
Izumi Inoue
cel painter: M.I.
Atsushi Ioki
background artist: Studio Jack
Tomoyuki Ise
inbetween artist: Studio Wombat
Shuichi Ishibashi
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Hikari Ishiguro
inbetween artist
Kunitoshi Ishii
inbetween artist: Dôga Kôbô
Yasuo Ishii
inbetween artist: M.I.
Mami Ishikawa
inbetween artist: Snow Light Staff
Noriko Ishiyama
inbetween artist: Dôga Kôbô
Tomohisa Ishiyama
inbetween artist: Studio Wombat
Hiromi Ishizawa
inbetween artist
Tomoko Isobe
inbetween artist
Yoshiyuki Itô
key animator
Masaaki Iwane
key animator
Chizuko Iwasa
inbetween artist
Tarô Iwasaki
inbetween artist: Dôga Kôbô
Yoshiaki Iwata
inbetween artist: Studio Wombat
Kim Junga
background artist
Shûkichi Kanda
animation producer
Michiko Kaneko
inbetween artist
Toshio Kaneko
key animator
Mehyang Kang
background artist
Mayumi Kanno
cel painter: M.I.
Yôko Kasama
inbetween artist
Kazuko Katsui
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Mayuko Katô
cel painter: M.I.
Eizô Kawada
inbetween artist
Kumiko Kawahara
inbetween artist
Jun Kiguchi
inbetween artist
Kazuko Kikuchi
cel painter: M.I.
Maho Kobayashi
cel painter: M.I.
Kanae Komatsu
inbetween artist
Takae Komatsu
inbetween artist: M.I.
Osamu Komurai
key animator
Tadahito Kondô
inbetween artist
Hiroshi Konno
key animator
Yoshiko Konno
key animator
Kazuhisa Kosuge
key animator
Shiho Kosuge
digital painter: OLM Digital
Yôichi Kotabe
animation supervisor
Tomohiro Koyama
key animator
Shin'ya Kudô
inbetween artist: Dôga Kôbô
Miki Kuribayashi
inbetween artist
Mika Kuroda
inbetween artist: M.I.
Misako Kurosawa
inbetween artist
Yuki Kuwahara
inbetween artist
Seo Gu Lee
background artist
Yukio Maekawa
inbetween artist
Eimi Maezawa
digital painter: OLM Digital
Hideaki Maniwa
key animator
Shûji Maruyama
inbetween artist: Yumeta Company
Eri Masuda
cel painter: M.I.
Keisuke Masunaga
animation director
Shôichi Masuo
key animator
Norihiro Matsubara
animation director
Hitomi Matsuura
inbetween artist: Jungle Gym

Editorial

Emily Gumpel Clifton
assistant film editor
Hiroshi Ito
assistant editor
Shin Nakamura
optical recording
Cathy Rait
color timer
Yutaka Sasaki
digital film i/o
Masao Shibata
digital film i/o
Hideo Tsuji
digital film i/o
Bill Daly
post-production executive

Other

Mihaela Antoniou
dubbing voice: Misty/Jessie
Susumu Anzai
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Yoshinobu Baba
production committee: Shôgakukan
Kaori Banma
setting manager
Kazuharu Chiba
production committee: Shôgakukan
Toshitsugu Chida
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Li Ya Fan
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Yasutaka Fukumoto
production committee: Shôgakukan
Norman J. Grossfeld
adaptor: English
Hiromasa Habu
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Michael Haigney
adaptor: English / adr director
Mitsuo Hayakawa
production committee: Shôgakukan
Megumi Hayasaka
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Hisanori Hirata
production committee: Shôgakukan
Narumi Hosaka
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Kôichi Igasaki
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Taiichi Iimura
production committee: Tomy
Yoshiaki Ikeda
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Kenji Inaba
production committee: Nintendo
Tadahisa Itô
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Gaku Iwasa
production desk
Keisuke Iwata
production committee: TV Tokyo
Makiko Iwata
production committee: TV Tokyo
Hiroyuki Jinnai
production committee: Creatures Inc.
Shunji Kamio
production committee: Tomy
Naoko Kawakami
production committee: Game Freak Inc.
Kunimi Kawamura
production committee: Creatures Inc.
Tetsu Kayama
production committee: Media Factory
Makoto Kumagai
production assistant
Kunie Maruyama
production committee: TV Tokyo
Satoko Matsui
production committee: Shôgakukan
Yasuki Miki
production committee: Media Factory
Hizuki Misono
production committee: Game Freak Inc.
Takashi Mitsumori
production committee: Tomy
Katsuji Nagata
production committee: Media Factory
Kayo Nakamura
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Hiroaki Nishimura
production assistant
Hitoshi Nomura
production committee: Tomy
Takatoshi Okajima
production assistant
Shirô Okuaki
production committee: Tomy
Yôsuke Ozawa
production committee: Media Factory
Yutaka Saitô
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Kayoko Sakai
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Yasushi Sakurai
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Fumio Sekine
production committee: TV Tokyo
Kazuo Shinohara
production committee: Media Factory
Akio Sugi
production committee: Tomy
Yoshio Tajiri
production committee: Game Freak Inc.
Ichirô Takase
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Hironao Takeda
production committee: Tomy
Paul Taylor
translation to english
Yûsuke Tomoda
advertising producer
Yôko Tsuboi
production assistant
Junichiro Tsuchiya
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Hiromi Tsuji
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Ryô Usami
production committee: Shôgakukan
Makoto Wada
production committee: Shôgakukan
Kumiko Warashina
production desk
Kazuyuki Yamamoto
production committee: Creatures Inc.
Mitsutoshi Yamamoto
production committee: Media Factory
Keisuke Yoshida
production assistant
Nobuhiro Yoshida
production assistant
Atsuo Ôgaki
advertising
Mikiko Ôhashi
production committee: Media Factory
Katsumi Ôta
production committee: Shôgakukan

Music Department

Yak Bondy
progammer
Richard Bronskill
orchestrator
Benoit Grey
composer: additional music / orchestrator
Tim Kelly
orchestrator
Tetsuya Komuro
ending theme song
Junichi Masuda
arranger/composer
Mitsutoki Nakamura
recording mixer
Milton Nelson
composer: additional music
Yûji Saitô
music producer
Julian Schwartz
music production manager
Talley Sherwood
music scoring engineer
Ryan Shore
music preparation
Susan Shufro
music editor
Hirokazu Tanaka
opening theme song
Robert Watson
composer: additional music
Cindy Wilson
composer: song "The Chosen One"
Takashi Yoshida
music producer: opening theme
Wayne Kiser
music preparation: various cues

Casting Department

Keiko Ikeda
casting assistance: C.O.C
Hisae Iwanuma
casting assistance: C.O.C
Jim Malone
casting coordinator

Camera Department

Masafumi Awakura
photography: Studio Cosmos
Kôichi Furusawa
photography: Studio Cosmos
Kôichi Gonda
photography: Studio Cosmos
Naohisa Haijima
photography: Studio Cosmos
Toshikazu Hisano
photography: Studio Cosmos
Kumiko Idei
photography: Studio Cosmos
Motoaki Ikegami
photography: Studio Cosmos
Shinji Ikegami
photography: Studio Cosmos
Yuki Katsuta
photography: Studio Cosmos
Katsunori Maehara
photography: Studio Cosmos
Yumiko Morimoto
photography: Studio Cosmos
Tomohiro Nishiyama
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hiroshi Noguchi
photography: Studio Cosmos
Yûko Orikasa
photography: Studio Cosmos
Takashi Shimada
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hiroki Shiozuka
photography: Studio Cosmos
Yûji Shirai
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hiroyuki Toda
photography: Studio Cosmos
Norikazu Yamaguchi
photography: Studio Cosmos
Shôji Yazawa
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hiroshi Yoshida
photography: Studio Cosmos
Tetsuo Ôfuji
photography: Studio Cosmos
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