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Pokémon S1E1 — Pokémon - I Choose You!

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Pokémon•Season 1•Episode 1

Pokémon - I Choose You!

8.5/10 · 2,701 votesApr 1, 199723 min

Ranked #1 of 82 in Season 1•+1.2 vs season avg

Ash Ketchum, a 10-year-old from Pallet Town, is finally old enough to receive his first Pokémon! However, he oversleeps, and the only remaining Pokémon at Professor Oak's lab is a strong-willed Pikachu!

Directed byToshiaki Suzuki

Written byTakeshi Shudo

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Rica Matsumoto

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Satoshi (voice)

Ikue Otani

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Pikachu (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

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Musashi (voice)

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Kasumi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

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Kojirou (voice)

Yuko Kobayashi

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Shigeru Oak (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

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Narrator / Professor Oak (voice)

Satomi Korogi

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Togepi (voice)

Crew11

K

Kenji Kodama

Key Animation

S

Sayuri Ichiishi

Animation Director

Takeshi Shudo

Takeshi Shudo

Writer

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Izumi Shimura

Key Animation

Kunihiko Yuyama

Kunihiko Yuyama

Storyboard Artist

K

Kiyoshi Nohji

Key Animation

M

Masami Murata

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K

Kei Sakai

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Sadatoshi Matsuzaka

Key Animation

K

Kei Sakai

Animation Director

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Toshiaki Suzuki

Director

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Episode Summary

"Pokémon - I Choose You!" is episode 1 of Pokémon season 1. It scored 8.5/10 from 2,701 votes, ranking #1 of 82 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by Toshiaki Suzuki and written by Takeshi Shudo, it aired on April 1, 1997.

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