Cast & Crew

Directed by

Kunihiko Yuyama
Eric Stuart
(adaptation)

Writing Credits

Hideki Sonoda

Cast

Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi
Veronica Taylor
Ash Ketchum / May (voice)
Eric Stuart
Brock / James / Absol / Hippie / Breloom / Nuzleaf / Linoone / Magma Scientist #1 (voice)
Ikue Ôtani
Pikachu
Madeleine Blaustein
Meowth / Magma Scientist #2 (voice)
Yûji Ueda
Takeshi / Sonans (voice)
Kaori
Haruka
Rachael Lillis
Jessie / Torchic (voice)
Amy Birnbaum
Max
Kyôko Yamada
Masato
Wayne Grayson
Butler
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi / Absol (voice)
Megan Hollingshead
Diane
Shin'ichirô Miki
Kojiro
Inuko Inuyama
Nyarth
Kerry Williams
Jirachi
Tomiko Suzuki
Jirachi
Chinami Nishimura
Achamo
Kôichi Sakaguchi
Graena
Katsuyuki Konishi
Bohmander / Groudon (voice)
Kenji Nojima
Young Butler
Natsuki Yoshihara
Young Diane
Miyako Ito
Pokémon
Ryôko Shiraishi
Pokémon
Takayuki Yamaguchi
Pokémon
Asako Shirakura
Pokémon
Satoshi Katôgi
Pokémon
Ryôkichi Takahashi
Pokémon
Kumiko Higa
Pokémon
Miwa Kôzuki
Pokémon
Akiko Kawase
Pokémon
Unshô Ishizuka
Narrator
Kôichi Yamadera
Butler
Riho Makise
Diane
Papaya Suzuki
Bogie
Christopher Collet
Candy Salesman
Mike Pollock
Narrator
Kayzie Rogers
Wobbuffet
Tara Sands
Bulbasaur / Teddiursa / Various Pokemon (voice) (as Tara Jayne)

Produced by

Natasha Alliare
assistant producer
Toshitsugu Chida
associate producer
Takeshi Fukuta
assistant producer
Norman J. Grossfeld
executive producer (english version) / producer (english version)
Alfred Kahn
executive producer (english version) (as Alfred R. Kahn)
Shôzô Kawahara
associate producer (as Shozo Kawahara)
Masakazu Kubo
executive producer
Yukako Matsusako
producer
Takemoto Mori
producer
Katsuji Nagata
associate producer
Jun'ya Okamoto
assistant producer (as Junya Okamoto)
Kathy Pilon
producer (english version)
Yûko Shimamura
assistant producer (as Yuko Shimamura)
Masami Tanaka
associate producer
Mikio Tsuji
associate producer
Hiroaki Tsuru
executive producer
Katsuhiro Yamauchi
associate producer
Noriyuki Yoshida
associate producer
Chôji Yoshikawa
producer (as Choji Yoshikawa)
Denitsa Zaharieva
associate producer (english version)

Music by

Shinji Miyazaki

Cinematography by

Takaya Mizutani
Hisao Shirai

Editing by

Toshio Henmi

Casting By

Eric Stuart
(english version)

Art Direction by

Minoru Akiba

Production Management

Natasha Alliare
assistant to the producer: english version
Tsunekazu Ishihara
production supervisor
Tsukasa Koitabashi
production manager
Kenji Ôtake
production manager (as Kenji Otake)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Yûji Asada
assistant director
Kôji Fukasawa
assistant director
Kazuya Murata
assistant director
Noriyuki Suto
assistant director

Art Department

Ken'ichi Chikanaga
design works (as Kenichi Chikanaga)
Kanako Eo
conceptual character artist
Motofumi Fujiwara
conceptual character artists
Kôji Fukasawa
design works (as Koji Fukasawa)
Shinji Higuchi
storyboard artist
Yuko Inoue
design works
Asuka Iwashita
conceptual character artist
Katsuyoshi Kanemura
art supervisor
Shigeyuki Koresawa
design works
Shigeki Morimoto
conceptual character artists
Kazuya Murata
design works
Atsuko Nishida
conceptual character artist
Yasuhiro Nishinaka
design works
Jun Okutani
conceptual character artist
Muneo Saitô
conceptual character artist (as Muneo Saito)
Kazumi Satô
design works
Aimi Tomita
conceptual character artist
Hatsuki Tsuji
storyboard artist
Takao Unno
conceptual character artist
Hironobu Yoshida
conceptual character artist
Rena Yoshikawa
conceptual character artist
Kunihiko Yuyama
storyboard artist
Satoshi Ôta
conceptual character artist (as Satoshi Ota)

Sound Department

Rich Alvy
adr editor: english version
Evan Benjamin
adr editor: english version
Shawn Conrad
adr editor: english version
Michele Darling
adr editor: english version
Michael Knoblauch
adr editor: english version
Masafumi Mima
sound director
Alon Namdar
adr editor (english version) / sound mixer: english version
Charles Newman
adr editor: english version
Joseph Shalack
adr editor (english version)
Kristen Thorne
adr coordinator: english version
Ohad Tzachar
adr editor: english version
Peter Waggoner
sound re-recording mixer: english version

Special Effects by

Makoto Satô
cgi director (as Makoto Sato)
Minoru Tokushige
chief 3d cg designer
Noriyuki Ôta
special effects animator (as Noriyuki Ohta)

Animation Department

Yûichi Akimoto
animator (as Yuichi Akimoto)
Akihito Aoki
animator
Hisami Aoki
logo design: english version
Miho Aoki
animator
Yoshiharu Ashino
animator
Paul J. Baccash
animation: main title: english version
Rob Bruce
animation: main title: english version
Lucialie Dumaguing Garrett
animation: main title: english version (as Lucialie Dumaguing)
Sachie Harada
animator
Shûji Hirano
animator (as Shuuji Hirano)
Sayuri Ichiishi
animator / character designer
Yoshiyuki Ichikawa
animator
Chisato Ikehira
animator
Yuko Inoue
animation director / animator
Satoru Iriyoshi
animator
Shûkichi Kanda
animation producer (as Shukichi Kanda)
Ryan Kelly
animation: main title: english version
Yukari Kobayashi
animator
Hiroshi Konno
animator
Yôichi Kotabe
animation supervisor
Takumi Koyama
animator
Shirô Kudaka
animator
Masahiro Kurio
animator
Yu Maruyama
animator
Hirofumi Masuda
animator (as Hiroshi Masuda)
Norihiro Matsubara
animation director (as Tokuhiro Matsubara) / animator (as Tokuhiro Matsubara) / character designer (as Tokuhiro Matsubara)
Tadaaki Miyata
animator
Etsuhito Mori
animator
Kazuaki Môri
character designer / chief animation director
Hiromi Naganawa
animator
Mitsuru Nasukawa
animator
Hiromi Niioka
animator
Kimitake Nishio
animator (as Kiminori Nishio)
Jennifer Obrotka
logo design: english version
Toshiaki Okuno
animation producer
Yasuhiro Saiki
animator
Eiko Saitô
animator
Kazumi Satô
animation director / animator
Taka Satô
animation director (as Taka Sato) / animator (as Taka Sato)
Yûzô Satô
animator (as Yuzo Sato)
Masahito Sawada
animation director / animator
Takuya Sawada
animation director
Makiko Shinohara
animator
Kôichi Taguchi
animation director (as Koichi Taguchi) / animator (as Koichi Taguchi)
Yoshihiko Takakura
animator
Katsuyuki Tamura
animator
Shigenori Taniguchi
animator
Hatsuki Tsuji
animator
Kazuma Uike
animator
Kôji Watanabe
animator
Shinsuke Yanagi
animator

Editorial Department

Chris Guido
post-production coordinator: english version
Yoshie Okabayashi
post-production assistant: english version
Sheila Sullivan
on-line editor: english version

Music Department

Michael Brady
music production assistant: english version
John Siegler
music supervisor: english version

Additional Crew

Teruhiko Abe
production executive
Akira Chiba
president: Pokemon USA: english version
Brenda Dillon
production executive: english version
Kristen Gray
legal affairs: english version
Norman J. Grossfeld
adaptation (english version) / adr script
Keisuke Iwata
TV relationships
Hiroyuki Jinnai
production executive
Osamu Kamei
production executive
Kara Krupnick
production assistant: english version
Jason Lam
production assistant: english version
Bruce Loeb
marketing supervisor: Pokemon USA (english version)
Kenji Matsushima
character staging
Susumu Matsuyama
TV relationships
Katia Milani
production consultant: english version
Kôji Nishino
character staging (as Kouji Nishino)
Eric Stuart
adr director
Shigeru Tanabe
production executive
Paul Taylor
translations: english version
Kantarô Tomiyama
production executive
Joan Vollero
production assistant: english version
Masao Yagi
production executive
Toshiyuki Yoshihara
production executive

Thanks

Heather Bond
special thanks: english version
Stuart Ford
special thanks: english version
Sara Francis
special thanks: english version
Sean McPhillips
special thanks: english version
Andrew Robbins
special thanks: english version
Bob Weinstein
special thanks: english version
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