Cast & Crew

Directed by

Kunihiko Yuyama
Jim Malone
(english version)

Writing Credits

Hideki Sonoda
(screenplay)
Hideki Sonoda
Satoshi Tajiri
(creator)
Jun'ichi Masuda
(creator) (as Junichi Masuda)
Ken Sugimori
(creator)

Cast

Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi
Veronica Taylor
Ash Ketchum / Towa (voice)
Rachael Lillis
Misty / Jessie (voice)
Ikue Ôtani
Pikachu
Unshô Ishizuka
Professor Orchid / Onix (voice)
Eric Stuart
Brock / James / Weezing / Charmeleon / Scizor / Stantler / Sandshrew (voice)
Madeleine Blaustein
Meowth / Pokémon hunter (voice) (as Maddie Blaustein)
Mayumi Izuka
Kasumi
Yûji Ueda
Takeshi
Tomokazu Seki
Kenji
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi
Tara Sands
Sammy / Sneasle / Furret / Teddiursa / Jumpluff (voice) (as Tara Jayne)
Dan Green
The Iron Masked Marauder
Shin'ichirô Miki
Kojirô / Crobat (voice)
Inuko Inuyama
Nyâth
Keiko Toda
Yukinari
Mami Koyama
Towa
Kerry Williams
Young Towa
Kayzie Rogers
Wobbuffet / Sneasel / Bellsprout (voice)
Kazuko Sugiyama
Serebî
Masahiko Tanaka
Suicune
Satomi Kôrogi
Togepi
Roxanne Beck Raye
Diana
Amy Birnbaum
Dundee
Mika Kanai
Bayleef
Ted Lewis
Tracey Sketchit
Yumi Tôma
Nyûra
Kôichi Sakaguchi
Strike
Stuart Zagnit
Prof. Oak
Katsuyuki Konishi
Hassamu
Rodger Parsons
Narrator
Hisao Egawa
Ringuma
Michael Haigney
Scyther / Croconaw / Rattata (voice) (as Roger Kay)
Akiko Suzuki
Ôtachi
Ryôka Yuzuki
Himeguma
Tomoyuki Kôno
Hellgar
Shinichi Namiki
Odoshishi
Masaru Motegi
Aligates
Shirô Sano
Vicious
Takashi Fujii
White
Anne Suzuki
Miku
Kôichi Yamadera
Hunter
Marc Thompson
Mr. White

Produced by

Toshihide Fukuda
executive producer
Norman J. Grossfeld
executive producer (english version)
Tsunekazu Ishihara
supervising producer
Hiroshi Ishikawa
associate producer
Alfred Kahn
executive producer (english version)
Shûkichi Kanda
animation producer
Kouji Kawaguchi
executive producer
Takashi Kawaguchi
executive producer
Tsuneyoshi Kawai
executive producer
Takaaki Kii
associate producer
Tatsumi Kimishima
executive producer
Masakazu Kubo
executive producer
Yukako Matsusako
producer
Katia Milani
supervising producer (english version)
Kôichi Miyagawa
executive producer
Takemoto Mori
producer
Toshiaki Okuno
animation producer
Kathy Pilon
producer: adaptation
Nobumasa Sawabe
associate producer
Kantarô Tomiyama
executive producer
Masao Yagi
executive producer
Katsuhito Yamauchi
associate producer
Noriyuki Yoshida
associate producer
Toshiyuki Yoshihara
executive producer
Chôji Yoshikawa
producer (as Choji Yoshikawa)
Mikiko Ôhashi
associate producer (as Mikiko Ohashi)

Music by

Shinji Miyazaki
Hirokazu Tanaka

Cinematography by

Hisao Shirai

Editing by

Yumiko Fuse
Toshio Henmi
Yutaka Henmi
Yutaka Itô
(as Yutaka Ita)
Yukiko Nojiri

Art Direction by

Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Production Management

Tsunekazu Ishihara
production supervisor
Larry Juris
production manager: english version
Tsukasa Koitabashi
production manager
Diana Sterling
assistant to producer: english version
Ray Sterling
post production accountant: english version

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Masamitsu Hidaka
unit director
Kiyotaka Isako
unit director (as Kiyotaka Itani)
Hirohito Ochi
unit director
Akira Yoshimura
unit director

Art Department

Ken'ichi Chikanaga
design works (as Kenichi Chikanaga) / designer (as Kenichi Chikanaga)
Motofumi Fujiwara
concept coordination / conceptual character artist
Masayuki Gotô
design works (as Masayuki Goto)
Naoko Horikawa
color designer
Hiroyuki Jinnai
concept coordination
Kunimi Kawamura
concept coordination
Hidehiko Kitajima
graphic designer: Viracocha
Saki Kojima
graphic designer: Viracocha
Shigeki Morimoto
conceptual character artist
Fusako Nakao
color designer
Atsuko Nishida
conceptual character artist
Yasuhiro Nishinaka
design works
Gakuji Notomo
concept coordination
Muneo Saitô
conceptual character artist (as Muneo Saito)
Miyuki Satô
color key
Keiichi Yamamoto
graphic designer: Viracocha
Hironobu Yoshida
conceptual character artist
Rena Yoshikawa
conceptual character artist
Noriyuki Yoshino
color key
Kunihiko Yuyama
storyboard artist
Satoshi Ôta
conceptual character artist (as Satoshi Ota)

Sound Department

Kunio Andô
sound mixer (as Kunio Ando)
Christopher Boncic
adr editor: english version
Jenaro Figueroa
adr coordinator: english version
Dan Fulton
assistant sound editors (english version)
Go Ichinose
sound recording mixer
Daisuke Jinbo
sound effects
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Thomas G. Kodros
dolby sound consultant: english version
Jim Malone
adr engineer: english version
Jun'ichi Masuda
sound recording mixer (as Junichi Masuda)
Armen Mazlumian
adr editor
Masafumi Mima
sound director
Michiyoshi Minamisawa
sound recording producer
Mayuka Miyazawa
foley
Mikio Mori
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Akiko Nakamura
sound production desk
Jyuji Nakamura
sound recording mixer
Akira Nakano
sound recordist
Takeshi Nishina
sound recording producer
Noboru Nishio
digital optical recordist
Jeff Pustynsky
adr editor: english version
Akira Rizawa
optical re-recording
Maddy Shirazi
supervising sound editor (english version)
Eric Strausser
assistant sound editors (english version)
Noriko Tsushi
dts digital mastering
Ayako Ueda
foley
Mirai Ueno
assistant sound mixer (as Miku Ueno)
Peter Waggoner
sound re-recording mixer: english version
Fujio Yamada
adr editor

Special Effects by

Noriyuki Ôta
special effects (as Noriyuki Ohta)

Visual Effects by

Mineko Abe
cg designer: OLM Digital
Ken'ichi Anjô
technical director: OLM Digital
Miki Arai
digital painter: OLM Digital
Yoshiko Chatani
2d composite & effects: OLM Digital
Yoshinori Dobashi
technical advisor: Hokkaido University
Michihisa Ebisumoto
cg designer: OLM Digital
Yumi Edano
digital painter: OLM Digital
Steve Fishman
opening image designer
Masato Gotô
cg designer: OLM Digital
Saori Gôda
digital painter: OLM Digital (as Saori Goda)
Miyuki Hirama
digital painter: OLM Digital
Katsuaki Hiramitsu
software engineer: OLM Digital
Junko Hirota
cg designer: OLM Digital
Katsuharu Hiruma
cg designer: OLM Digital
Shinsuke Ikeda
2d composite & effects: OLM Digital
Yûichi Itô
opening image designer
Yukiko Kanatsuka
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Yûko Katô
cg designer: OLM Digital
Aya Kawasaki
digital painter: OLM Digital
Akio Kazumi
cgi director: OLM Digital
Ken'ichi Kobayashi
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Masashi Kobayashi
cg designer: OLM Digital
Ryûsuke Koga
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Maki Kojima
cg designer: OLM Digital
Masahiro Kudô
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Nanae Mihashi
cg designer: OLM Digital
Yasuhiro Mikami
cg designer: OLM Digital
Satoshi Mizuhata
cg designer: OLM Digital
Hiromichi Mizuno
cg designer: OLM Digital
Takaya Mizutani
2d director: OLM Digital
Nakaji Morohashi
cg designer: OLM Digital
Hiromi Nakagawa
digital painter: OLM Digital
Keisuke Nakamura
cgi assistance: T2 Studio
Takayuki Nakamura
cg designer: OLM Digital
Tomoyo Nakanishi
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Masahiro Nakazawa
digital painter: OLM Digital
Shinji Nasu
cgi assistance: T2 Studio
Tomomi Noguchi
cg designer: OLM Digital
Masataka Nonaka
cg designer: OLM Digital
Masayoshi Obata
cg supervisor: OLM Digital
Akinobu Okumura
cg designer: OLM Digital
Mika Onoda
digital painter: OLM Digital
Mayu Saitô
digital painter: OLM Digital
Misako Saka
cg producer: OLM Digital
Makoto Satô
chief cg designer: OLM Digital (as Makoto Sato)
Nao Satô
digital painter: OLM Digital
Futoshi Seo
cg designer: OLM Digital
Makoto Shibata
optical effects: OLM Digital
Masao Shibata
optical effects: OLM Digital
Masami Shimizu
digital painter: OLM Digital
Hitomi Suzuki
digital painter: OLM Digital
Akiko Tada
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Manabu Tagawa
cgi assistance: Cupid Fair
Kentarô Takahashi
cgi assistance: T2 Studio
Kaori Takahata
cgi assistance: Cupid Fair
Katsumi Takao
digital works: OLM Digital
Shôko Takeuchi
cgi assistance: Cupid Fair
Kazuhiro Tanaka
cgi assistance: T2 Studio
Sayo Tanaka
digital painter: OLM Digital
Minoru Tokushige
cg designer: OLM Digital
Yumi Tsujimoto
cg designer: OLM Digital
Mayumi Tsukada
digital painter: OLM Digital
Hiroshi Yagishita
cgi assistance: Digital Frontier
Kazuyuki Yamamoto
2d composite & effects: OLM Digital
Sao Yoshimoto
cg designer: OLM Digital
Kenji Ôtake
production manager: OLM Digital (as Keiji Ôtake)
Jun Ôtaki
digital painter: OLM Digital
Kôji Ôtsuki
digital painter: OLM Digital
Haruko Ôyama
cg designer: OLM Digital

Camera and Electrical Department

Masafumi Awakura
photography: Studio Cosmos
Kôichi Gonda
photography: Studio Cosmos (as Koichi Gonda)
Kanae Haijima
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
Yûko Orikasa
photography: Studio Cosmos (as Yuko Orikasa)
Hisayuki Sadamatsu
photography: Studio Cosmos
Takashi Shimada
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hiroki Shiozuka
photography: Studio Cosmos
Yuki Toyonaga
photography: Studio Cosmos
Tomoko Uemura
photography: Studio Cosmos
Norikazu Yamaguchi
photography: Studio Cosmos
Shôji Yazawa
photography: Studio Cosmos (as Shouji Yazawa)
Tetsuo Ôfuji
photography: Studio Cosmos

Animation Department

Seong Yong Ahn
background artist: K Production
Sumiko Aihara
background artist: Studio Jack
Minoru Akiba
background artist: Studio Jack
Ayumi Andô
cel painter (as Ayumi Andou)
Gye Seon Cha
background artist: K Production
Young Jin Choi
background artist: K Production
Shan Feng Dian
background artist: F.A.I International
Fujika Enomoto
inbetween artist / inbetween checker
Masaru Fukumoto
animation director / key animator
Akari Fukunaga
inbetween artist
Yukari Gotô
cel painter: M.I. (as Yukari Goto)
Junko Hakamada
cel painter: M.I.
Noriko Heya
inbetween checker
Akiko Higaki
inbetween artist
Mayumi Hiraide
cel painter: M.I.
Sayuri Ichiishi
animation director / character designer
Yûji Ikeda
animation director (as Yuuji Ikeda)
Chisato Ikehira
animation director
Aki Imai
cel painter: M.I.
Akiko Inoue
cel painter: M.I.
Izumi Inoue
cel painter: M.I.
Yuko Inoue
animation director
Yûko Inoue
key animator
Atsushi Ioki
background artist: Studio Jack
Satoru Iriyoshi
key animator
Hisashi Ishii
key animator
Naoki Ishikawa
cel checker
Hirokazu Ishino
key animator
Atsushi Itagaki
inbetween artist
Yoshiki Itô
cel checker
Masaaki Iwane
key animator
Daisuke Kamei
inbetween artist
Midori Kanazawa
cel painter
Mi Hyang Kang
background artist: L-Green
Mayumi Kanno
cel painter: M.I. (as Mayumi Sugano)
Yôko Kasama
inbetween artist (as Yoko Kasama) / inbetween checker (as Yoko Kasama)
Shinji Kashiwada
cel painter
Kazumi Kataoka
background artist: Studio Jack
Tôru Kawamura
cel painter: M.I.
Hiroko Kazui
key animator
Jun Kiguchi
inbetween artist
Kazuko Kikuchi
cel painter: M.I.
Chul Kim
background artist: K Production
Yukari Kobayashi
key animator
Hiroshi Konno
key animator
Kazuhisa Kosuge
key animator
Yôichi Kotabe
animation supervisor
Miki Kuribayashi
inbetween artist
Seo Gu Lee
background artist: L-Green
Eriko Maeda
cel painter
Hiromichi Masuko
inbetween artist
Shôichi Masuo
key animator
Norihiro Matsubara
animation director (as Tokuhiro Matsubara) / character designer (as Tokuhiro Matsubara)
Shin Matsuo
key animator
Kazuhiro Mikami
cel painter
Daisuke Miyazaki
inbetween artist
Shigeho Mizogawa
cel painter
Miyuki Mizumaki
cel checker
Mika Mizuno
cel painter: M.I.
Sumika Momo
inbetween artist
Etsuhito Mori
key animator
Shigeru Morimoto
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Atsuko Moriyama
cel checker
Takashi Mukôda
key animator (as Takashi Mukouda)
Tomomi Murakami
cel painter: M.I.
Shin'ichi Murooka
inbetween artist (as Shinichi Murooka) / inbetween checker (as Shinichi Murooka)
Hiromi Naganawa
key animator
Akemi Nagao
cel painter: M.I.
Megumi Nakagawa
cel painter: M.I.
Mamiko Nakanishi
key animator
Masao Nakata
key animator
Katsuichi Nakayama
key animator
Yoshitaka Narasaki
cel painter
Hiromi Niioka
key animator
Sôji Ninomiya
inbetween artist
Chiho Nishioka
cel painter: M.I.
Nobuo Numai
background artist: Atelier Rourke (as Nobuaki Numai)
Hiromi Okamoto
cel painter: M.I.
Naoko Okazaki
inbetween artist
Emiko Okui
cel checker
Chizue Saitô
cel painter: M.I.
Noriaki Saitô
inbetween artist / inbetween checker
Yûki Saitô
inbetween artist (as Yuki Saito)
Shûji Sakamoto
key animator
Yoshikazu Samura
key animator
Naoko Sasaki
cel painter
Ayaka Shimizu
cel painter
Toshiyuki Shimizu
background artist: Atelier Rourke
Ken Sugimori
character designer
Suzuki
key animator
Miho Suzuki
cel painter: M.I.
Mizuho Tajima
inbetween artist
Eikichi Takahashi
key animator
Tomoko Takahashi
cel painter: M.I.
Hikaru Takanashi
key animator
Kazufumi Takano
key animator
Yoshihiro Takeda
key animator
Hikaru Takigawa
cel painter
Akihiro Tamagawa
animation director / character designer
Yasumi Tanaka
inbetween artist
Jun'ichirô Taniguchi
key animator
Akemi Tejima
cel painter: M.I.
Hiromi Tobita
cel checker
Yoshiaki Tsubata
key animator
Takashi Tsuge
inbetween artist
Hatsuki Tsuji
key animator
Yoshiko Tsujimura
inbetween artist
Kazuya Tsurumaki
key animator
Mizue Ueda
cel painter: M.I.
Takako Uemura
cel painter: M.I.
Takako Uetake
inbetween artist
Hideyuki Usutani
key animator
Zhi Qiang Wang
background artist: F.A.I International
Junko Watanabe
inbetween artist
Kôji Watanabe
key animator
Keiko Yamamoto
key animator
Kumiko Yamazaki
cel painter
Zong Da Yang
background artist: F.A.I International
Die Yun Ying
background artist: F.A.I International
Shin'ichi Yoneda
cel painter
Hiromi Yoshida
inbetween artist
Ikuo Yoshida
inbetween artist
Yang Qing Zhou
background artist: F.A.I International
Qi Zhu
background artist: F.A.I International
Makoto Ôhara
inbetween checker
Michiyo Ôtani
cel painter: M.I.

Casting Department

Rihoko Yoshida
casting coordinator

Editorial Department

Jessica Allen
post-production coordinator: english version
Keith Croket
assistant editor: english version
Nick DiBeneditto
negative cutter: english version (as Nick DiBenedito)
Yumiko Fuse
negative cutter: WINS
Chris Guido
post-production coordinator: english version
Hiroaki Hirabayashi
color timing
Yukiko Nojiri
negative cutter: WINS
Masashi Okoshi
optical recording
Cathy Rait
color timer: english version
Masao Shibata
film recording
Yûsuke Tenmaya
film recording
Nicholas Wiczynski
trailer editor

Music Department

Larry Alexander
score mixer: english version
Morikazu Aoki
partial original score
John Carbonara
music editor (english version)
Go Ichinose
partial original score
Neil Jason
music producer: english version
Jun'ichi Masuda
partial original score (as Junichi Masuda)
Mitsutoki Nakamura
recording mixer
Yûji Saitô
music producer (as Yuji Saito)
John Siegler
music supervisor (english version)

Additional Crew

Ken'ichi Abe
production assistant
Akiyasu Akazawa
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Yoshinobu Baba
production committee: Shôgakukan
Akira Chiba
president: Pokémon USA: english version
Toshitsugu Chida
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Yukiko Endô
production committee: TV Tokyo
Hiromasa Habu
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Michael Haigney
adaptation (english version)
Megumi Hayasaka
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Yoshitaka Hirose
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Hao Hu
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Yoshiaki Ikeda
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Masaaki Ishigaki
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Tsunekazu Ishihara
supervisor
Benimaru Itô
production committee: The Pokémon Company (as Ashura Benimura Itô)
Takuya Itô
advertising
Gaku Iwasa
production desk
Keisuke Iwata
tv relationships
Makiko Iwata
tv relationships
Hiroyuki Jinnai
setting assistance
Osamu Kamei
production committee: Shôgakukan
Shûkichi Kanda
production committee: Tomy
Yukari Kanehara
production desk
Kaoru Katô
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Shôzô Kawahara
production committee: Character Business Center (as Shozo Kawahara)
Naoko Kawakami
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Masaaki Kawamata
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Kunimi Kawamura
setting assistance
Masashi Kinemuchi
production committee: Media Factory
Tetsurô Kinoshita
production committee: Shôgakukan
Katsumi Kiwata
production committee: TV Tokyo
Tomotaka Kobayashi
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Takashi Kodama
production assistant
Bruce Loeb
marketing supervisor (english version)
Haruyasu Makino
production assistant
Hizuki Misono
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Masahiro Morimoto
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Shinji Morishima
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Kazuhiro Morita
production committee: Media Factory
Yumiko Murai
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Gakuji Nomoto
setting assistance
Hitoshi Nomura
production committee: Tomy
Shirô Okuaki
production committee: Tomy
Takayuki Saga
production assistant
Kiyomi Saitô
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Yutaka Saitô
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Yasushi Sakurai
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Sherene Sharpe
production assistant: english version
Yûko Shimamura
production desk (as Yuko Shimamura)
Kazuo Shinohara
production committee: Media Factory
Megumi Suenaga
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Akio Sugi
production committee: Tomy
Masahiko Suzuki
advertising
Yoshio Tajiri
production committee: The Pokémon Company/Game Freak Inc.
Makiko Takada
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Hironao Takeda
production committee: Tomy
Kei Taoka
licensing supervisor: Pokémon USA: english version / production committee: The Pokémon Company
Paul Taylor
translator: english version
Shinsuke Tokiwa
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Kenji Tominaga
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Yûsuke Tomoda
advertising producer
Jun'ichirô Tsuchiya
production committee: Shôgakukan Production (as Junichiro Tsuchiya)
Hiroaki Tsuru
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Masako Uchiyama
production committee: Media Factory
Kenji Utagawa
production committee: Tomy
Makoto Wada
production committee: Shôgakukan
Kazu Wakamatsu
production committee: Tomy
Kumiko Warashina
production desk
Takuji Yamada
production committee: Shôgakukan
Takako Yamamori
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Kazuyuki Yamamoto
production committee: The Pokémon Company
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Masami Yanagihara
production committee: TV Tokyo
Denitsa Zaharieva
production assistant: english version
Katsumi Ôta
production committee: Character Business Center (as Katsumi Ota)

Thanks

David K. Brooks
special thanks (english version)
Stuart Ford
special thanks (english version)
Michael A. Helfant
special thanks: english version (as Michael Helfant)
Nobuhira Hirano
special thanks
Sean McPhillips
special thanks (english version)
Ryôko Nashimoto
special thanks
Andrew Robbins
special thanks (english version)
Bob Weinstein
special thanks (english version)
Harvey Weinstein
special thanks (english version)
All Filters