Pokémon the Series: The Beginning

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning

It's Ash Ketchum's tenth birthday, and he's ready to do what many 10-year-olds in the Kanto region set out to do-become a Pokémon Trainer! Things don't go exactly the way he planned when he ends up with a Pikachu rather than a usual first partner.
1998
AnimeKidsAdventure
Cast: Ikua OhtaniAlejandra Reynoso
TV-Y7
Season 1 Volume 1
1 episode

  • 1. Pokémon-I Choose You!

    1. Pokémon-I Choose You!

    Ash gets to pick his first Pokémon, but the only one left is a stubborn Pikachu!
    Ash gets to pick his first Pokémon, but the only one left is a stubborn Pikachu!
    TV-Y7
    22min
    Sep 7, 1998

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    Pokémon the Series: The Beginning
    AnimeKidsAdventure
    1998
    It's Ash Ketchum's tenth birthday, and he's ready to do what many 10-year-olds in the Kanto region set out to do-become a Pokémon Trainer! Things don't go exactly the way he planned when he ends up with a Pikachu rather than a usual first partner.
    Creators and Cast
    Directors
    Masamitsu Hidaka
    Producers
    Keisuke IwataTakayuki YanagisawaTakemoto Mori
    Cast
    Ikua OhtaniAlejandra Reynoso
    Studio
    TV Tokyo, Medianet, ShoPro
    Content advisory
    TV-Y7
    Flashing lights and strobing patterns might affect photosensitive viewers
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