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Pokémon Origins (special)

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Alternative title:
Pocket Monsters: The Origin
Pokèmon: Le origini (Italian)
Pokémon: Los orígenes (Spanish)
ポケットモンスター The Origin (Japanese)
ポケットモンスター ジ・オリジン (Japanese)
Themes: monsters
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: One day, Red, a boy filled with dreams of going on a Pokémon journey, is called to Professor Ōkido's lab. There, he and his rival Green are given a Pokédex in order to collect data on all of the Pokémon in the region. As Red works his way to become champion with his Charmander, he meets many people on his journey, including Old Man Fuji, a man who runs the home for abandoned Pokémon, and Reina, a girl who works there. As danger in Red's journey begins to peak, he and his partner Pokémon experience a transformation like never before...
User Ratings: 224 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:11, dub:4, raw:1)
 Excellent: 30 votes (sub:20, dub:10)
 Very good: 67 votes (sub:51, dub:12, raw:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
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 Good: 68 votes (sub:49, dub:14, ?:1, others:4
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
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 Decent: 23 votes (sub:13, dub:8, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
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 So-so: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:2, others:1
1 German dubbed
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 Not really good: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
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Seen in part or in whole by 387 users, rank: #2530 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.402 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5696, rank: #2165 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.333 (Good+), rank: #2232 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.36 / seen some: 7.48 / won't finish: 4.12)
Bayesian estimate: 7.342 (Good+), rank: #1952 (of 7243)
Running time: 25 minutes
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 2013-10-02
Trivia: We have 2
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Daiki Tomiyasu (OLM; ep 4)
Hideya Takahashi (XEBEC; ep 3)
Itsuro Kawasaki (Production I.G; ep 1)
Yukio Kuroda (XEBEC; ep 2)
Script:
Kuniaki Kasahara (eps 2, 4)
Mitsutaka Hirota (eps 1, 3)
Storyboard:
Daiki Tomiyasu (ep 4)
Hideya Takahashi (ep 3)
Itsuro Kawasaki (ep 1)
Yukio Kuroda (ep 2)
Original Concept:
Junichi Masuda
Satoshi Tajiri
Character Design: Hatsue Kato (XEBEC)
Art Director: Yasunao Moriyasu
Chief Animation Director: Hatsue Kato
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Cgi Director: Kouichirou Satou
Director of Photography:
Katsuaki Kamata (eps 2-3)
Takashi Aoki (eps 2-3)
Tatsumi Yukiwaki (ep 4)
Yukiko Matsumoto (ep 1)
Executive producer: Shukichi Kanda
2nd Key Animation:
Aimi Ishida (ep 4)
Akira Ono (ep 4)
Asuna Imahashi (ep 4)
Azusa Oikawa (ep 4)
Chinami Sekine (ep 4)
Hiromi Minamibayashi (Anitus Kobe; ep 4)
Kei Sato (Seigasha; ep 4)
Kou Kitakaze (Studio Toy Box; ep 4)
Mayumi Kowada (ep 4)
Midori Yamakubo (ep 4)
Minori Inahara (Studio Toy Box; ep 4)
Miyuki Abe (acca effe; ep 4)
Noboru Okada (Studio Elle; ep 4)
Risa Tabata (Studio Toy Box; ep 4)
Satoshi Furuhashi (ep 4)
Shigeki Iwasaki (ep 4)
Shigenori Inami (ep 4)
Toshiko Nakaya (ep 4)
Yuka Igarashi (ep 4)
Action Animation Director: Satoshi Nakano (ep 4)
Art Setting: Takeyuki Takahashi
Assistant Animation Director:
Ken Itakura (ep 3)
Michiyuki Nōjō (ep 3)
Assistant producer:
Rui Kawaguchi
Shin Sato
Associate producer: Naohiko Furuichi
Background Art:
Ayami Ōkushi (J.C. Staff Art Dept.)
Dae Han Choi (Hyoin Entertainment)
Eriko Nakamura (Studio Easter)
Etsuko Matsunaga (Studio Easter)
Eun Hee Kim (Korea Easter Studio)
Hisayo Usui (Studio Easter)
Jin Hee Jung (Hyoin Entertainment)
Ju Hee Park (Korea Easter Studio)
Ju-Jeong Ko (Korea Easter Studio)
Kōichirō Bizen (J.C. Staff Art Dept.)
Makiko Hirasawa (Studio Easter)
Mayumi Shōtoku (J.C. Staff Art Dept.)
Sang Ha Yoo (Korea Easter Studio)
Se Hyun Kang (Korea Easter Studio)
Seon Mi Kim (Hyoin Entertainment)
Seong Ho Kim (Hyoin Entertainment)
Seung Hyun Lee (Korea Easter Studio)
Shinichi Tanimura (Studio Easter)
Su Hun Park (Hyoin Entertainment)
Sun Ja Kim (Korea Easter Studio)
Sun Woong Kim (Korea Easter Studio)
Sung Mok Kwon (Hyoin Entertainment)
Teruhiko Niita (J.C. Staff Art Dept.)
Won Sang Chae (Korea Easter Studio)
Young Eun Lee (Korea Easter Studio)
CG Producer: Jun Kondo
CGI Production Manager:
Ryūtarō Suzuki
Shōta Hirano
Color design: Akemi Tejima
Color setting:
Keiko Goto
Sayo Motegi
Editing:
Masahiro Matsumura (eps 2-3)
Taeko Hamauzu (ep 1)
Toshio Henmi (ep 4)
Editing Assistant:
Ayako Tan (eps 2-3)
Jin Nogawa (ep 4)
Graphic Design: Hidehiko Kitajima
In-Between Animation:
Arisa Itō (Production I.G)
Asuka Suzuki (Production I.G)
Ayumi Watahara (Angle)
Bu Gun Yun
Chie Masuda (OLM)
Chikako Noma (OLM)
Daisuke Takafuji (Nakamura Production)
Fumihiro Kato (Nakamura Production)
Haruna Ōba (OLM)
Haruya Kanetsugu (Production I.G)
Henry Thurlow (Nakamura Production)
Hideaki Mogi (Nakamura Production)
Hikari Tsuchimoto (Production I.G)
Hiromi Itō (OLM)
Hiroyuki Kobashi (Production I.G)
Ikuko Haruyama (Production I.G)
Ikumi Kakiuchi (IngresA)
Ji Hyun Park
Kana Iwasaki (OLM)
Kaori Tsutsumi (Angle)
Kazue Yoshida (Production I.G)
Kazuhiro Takamura (Nakamura Production)
Kiyomi Ishiwatari (Studio Live)
Kiyomi Okuda (OLM)
Mao Kawaguchi (Angle)
Masayo Okuzumi (OLM)
Mei Yamamoto (IngresA)
Mihoko Hayashi (IngresA)
Miyao Suzuki (Dragon Production)
Nanami Hayakawa (Production I.G)
Naoko Igarashi (OLM)
Naoko Okazaki (OLM)
Rika Murakami (OLM)
Ryosuke Kanai (Production I.G)
Sayo Takezawa (IngresA)
Setsuya Tanabe (Nakamura Production)
Shiori Yamashita (Angle)
Takanori Suzuki (OLM)
Takuma Kazaoka (Production I.G)
Takuma Shimizu
Tomomi Itō (Angle)
Tomomi Kakutani (Production I.G)
Tomomi Kehara (IngresA)
Tomomi Takeuchi (Production I.G)
Toshiyuki Hirai (Nakamura Production)
Yawara Yoshimoto (Production I.G)
Yoshiko Fujimura (Dragon Production)
Yoshitaka Yanagihara (OLM)
Yukari Furumura (IngresA)
Yuuichi Kaneko (OLM)
In-between Animation Supervision: Yoshihiro Abe
Key Animation:
Ai Watanabe (ep 1)
Akiko Nakano (ep 2)
Ayano Suzuki (ep 3)
Chisato Tada (ep 4)
Eiichi Endō (ep 2)
Fumi Morita (ep 1)
Haruna Katsu (ep 4)
Hidenori Miyahara (Nakamura Production; ep 3)
Hiroki Gotō (ep 2)
Hiroko Kasuga (ep 1)
Hiromi Funatsu (ep 4)
Hiromi Kurosawa (Nakamura Production; ep 3)
Hisaki Furukawa (ep 1)
Hisanori Hashimoto (ep 1)
Isao Nanba (ep 4)
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 2)
Junya Sato (Kyushu Animation; ep 3)
Kana Fujishiro (ep 1)
Katsuji Matsumoto (ep 4)
Katsuya Yamamoto (ep 3)
Kazumi Sato (ep 4)
Kazuyuki Ikai (Studio Gomez; eps 2, 4)
Keiji Nishitani (ep 2)
Ken Ishizuka (ep 4)
Kenji Takeguchi (ep 2)
Kimiko Yamauchi (ep 2)
Kōichi Taguchi (ep 4)
Kōji Kawaguchi (ep 2)
Konomi Sakurai (ep 2)
Kyoko Kotani (ep 1)
Mai Ishii (ep 4)
Mai Tsutsumi (ep 4)
Maiko Kagetsu (ep 4)
Maria Takagaki (ep 4)
Mariko Ishikawa (ep 1)
Masaaki Iwane (ep 4)
Masao Takeda (ep 2)
Masashi Ōhashi (ep 3)
Masatsugu Takeda (ep 3)
Masayuki Honda (ep 1)
Miho Satsuki (ep 3)
Miki Kato (ep 1)
Miki Komuro (ep 1)
Mina Ōtaka (ep 2)
Minefumi Harada (ep 3)
Minoru Kibata (ep 2)
Miyoko Shikibe (ep 1)
Miyuki Inoue (ep 4)
Miyuki Nakayama (ep 1)
Motohiro Taniguchi (ep 3)
Naho Seike (ep 1)
Nobuhiro Kashiwagi (ep 2)
Satoshi Miyoshi (Nakamura Production; ep 3)
Sayuri Ichiishi (ep 4)
Shigeko Sakuma (ep 2)
Shinsuke Gomi (eps 2-3)
Tadaaki Miyata (ep 4)
Taeko Mitsuhashi (Nakamura Production; ep 3)
Takahiro Kuroishi (ep 4)
Takashi Shinohara (ep 4)
Tatsuo Nakajima (Nakamura Production; ep 3)
Tetsuya Masuda (ep 4)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (ep 1)
Tomohiro Koyama (ep 4)
Tomoki Ogawa (ep 4)
Toshiharu Sugie (ep 4)
Toshiyuki Kono (ep 1)
Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production; ep 3)
Xiang Chun Zhao (ep 1)
Yasuhide Maruyama (ep 4)
Yasuko Higuchi (ep 4)
Yasuyuki Kai (ep 1)
Yoshie Takahashi (ep 3)
Yoshio Chizaki (ep 4)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (Studio Gomez; ep 4)
Yukiko Watabe (eps 1, 4)
Yumi Kuroiwa (ep 1)
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; ep 3)
Yuri Naminoue (ep 1)
Music Assistant: Hiroki Takeoka
Music producer: Kazushi Tsuda
Music Production Advancement:
Maki Numata
Shigeru Yamamoto
Original Score (partial): Junichi Masuda
Paint:
Akiyuki Hatanaka (Studio Targe)
Ayame Kushida (Wish)
Chisa Maeda (Wish)
Daiki Egusa (Wish)
Erika Fujita (Production I.G)
Erika Tanaka (Wish)
Hisashi Koyanagi (Studio Targe)
Hitomi Nakahigashi (Wish)
Hitomi Yamase (Wish)
Izumi Inoue (Wish)
Kanako Tajiri (Wish)
Kazu Doi (Production I.G)
Kazumi Hosokawa (Studio Targe)
Kazuya Otani
Kumiko Satō (Production I.G)
Mai Fujita (Wish)
Maki Ōmoto (Wish)
Makiko Suzuki (Production I.G)
Mariko Shimokawa (Production I.G)
Michiko Watanabe (Wish)
Misato Kaneko (Wish)
Naoki Ishikawa (Wish)
Naoko Miyahara (Studio Targe)
Naoko Sunahara (Wish)
Natsumi Watanabe (Production I.G)
Rieko Umemura (Wish)
Rina Itō (Production I.G)
Ryusuke Minami (Studio Targe)
Saeko Kushima (Wish)
Sayo Motegi
Sayoko Noda (Production I.G)
Shinpei Maeda (Wish)
Shinya Terashima (Wish)
Tomomi Kitani (Production I.G)
Yoko Chiba (Wish)
Yōko Ikeda (Studio Targe)
Yosuke Amamoto (Wish)
Yuka Takeda (Production I.G)
Yukari Kunō (Wish)
Yukari Seki (Wish)
Yuko Minowa (Studio Targe)
Yumi Fujiwara (Wish)
Yuri Okada (Production I.G)
Paint Chief: Izumi Hirose
Photography:
Daisuke Horino (Studio Twinkle)
Emi Hasebe
Koji Sawada (Studio Twinkle)
Masumi Usa (Studio Twinkle)
Miki Sakuma (Production I.G)
Mirei Ogawa (Production I.G)
Mutsuki Aoki
Satoshi Kunitsune (Studio Twinkle)
Shinichi Igarashi (Studio Twinkle)
Shintaro Sakai (Studio Twinkle)
Shu Ya Tian
Suguru Shiga (Studio Twinkle)
Tatsuya Kikuchi (Studio Twinkle)
Tetsuya Takahashi (Production I.G)
Yohei Konishi (Studio Twinkle)
Yoshihiro Musha (Studio Twinkle)
Yu Zhang
Photography Chief: Mai Satō (ep 4)
Photography Supervision: Kōji Tanaka
Planning: Kenjiro Itou
Production Advancement:
Junki Yoshida (ep 1)
Kazuki Kawagoe (ep 4)
Tatsuya Hiramatsu (eps 2-3)
Yutaka Kawasaki (eps 2-3)
Production Desk: Isamu Kikuchi (ep 4)
Production manager:
Haruka Watanabe (ep 1)
Shingo Aikawa (eps 2-3)
Publicity: Ryosuke Hanawa
Publicity Producer: Taku Kawamoto
Recording: Fujio Yamada (Tricycle Studio)
Recording Assistant:
Tatsuya Satou (Tricycle Studio)
Toshiaki Noda (Aoi Studio)
Recording engineer: Katsuhisa Oura
Setting Assistance:
Shiho Hattori
Yoshikazu Haga
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Sound Effects Assistant: Sachiko Nishi (Sound Box)
Sound Production: Tomomi Yano (Techno Sound)
Sound Production Desk: Tomoko Nakajima
Special Effects:
Keiko Goto
Sumie Murakami (ep 1)
Special Thanks To:
YUI (vn)
Yuya Komoguchi (Egt)
Supervision: Tsunekazu Ishihara
Video Editing:
Nozomi Suzuki
Ryo Naitou
Takuya Eguchi as Green

Katsuji Mori as Professor Ōkido
Minoru Inaba as Old Man Fuji
Rikiya Koyama as Sakaki
Tomokazu Sugita as Takeshi
Yui Ishikawa as Reina

Chika Anzai as Miniskirt Trainer (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Fusegawa as
Live Broadcast (ep 1)
Trainer (ep 3)
Marika Minase as Girl (ep 1)
Meiko Kawasaki as President's Secretary (ep 3)
Michiko Kaiden as Shorts Youngster (ep 1)
Miyuki Kobori as Girl (ep 1)
Naoko Sugiura as Professor's Assistant (eps 1, 4)
Natsuki Aikawa as Pokémon Center Receptionist (eps 1-2)
Ryōta Asari as Rocket Gang (ep 2)
Satsuki Yukino as Red's Mother (ep 1)
Shigeyuki Susaki as
Rocket Gang (eps 2-3)
Trainer (ep 1)
Shūhei Takubo as Sylph Company President (ep 3)
Tsuguo Mogami as
Researcher (ep 3)
Rocket Gang (ep 2)
Yoshihito Sasaki as Trainer (ep 3)

Japanese companies
Animation Production:
OLM
Production I.G
Xebec
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2013-10-02)
BS Japan (2013-10-04)
Kids Station (2013-10-12)
TV Osaka (2013-10-02)
TV Tokyo (2013-10-02)
CG Production: OLM Digital
Graphic Design: Viracocha
Key Animation:
Kyushu Animation (ep 3)
Nakamura Production (ep 3)
Production EN (ep 2)
Studio GOMEZ (ep 4)
Studio Wanpack (eps 2-3)
Music Recording Studio: Studio A-Tone
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Production: The Pokémon Company
Production Assistance: Studio Izena (eps 2-3)
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Techno Sound
Video Editing: Imagica
English cast
English staff
Producer: Toshifumi Yoshida

ADR Engineer: David Raymer
Editorial Supervisors:
Hollie Beg
Tim Hove
Logo Design: Eric Medalle
Mixing: Danny Goodman
Production Supervision: Eric Heath
Script Adaptation: Bob Buchholz
Script Timing: Bob Buchholz
Script Translation: Sayuri Munday
Voice Direction: Bob Buchholz
Lucien Dodge as Blue

Bob Buchholz as Lance (uncredited)
Jamieson K. Price as Giovanni
Kirk Thornton as Mr. Fuji
Kyle Hebert as Professor Oak

B.J. Oakie as Messenger Man (ep 2)
Christine Marie Cabanos as
Caterpie (ep 4)
Couple Female (ep 3)
Mew (ep 4)
Pidgey (ep 4)
Cristina Vee as
Cubone (ep 2)
Lass (ep 1)
Pokemon Center Nurse (ep 2)
Red's Nidoran
Youngster's Nidoran (ep 1)
Dave Mallow as President (ep 3)
Doug Erholtz as Green-Haired Team Rocket Member (ep 2)
Erin Fitzgerald as
Girl 2 (ep 1)
Scared Woman (ep 2)
Secretary (ep 3)
Youngster (ep 1)
Grant George as Fat Team Rocket Member (ep 2)
Johanna Luis as
Female Trainer (ep 2)
Pokemon Center Nurse (ep 1)
Keith Silverstein as
Man in Blue Jacket (ep 2)
Onix (ep 1)
Scientist (ep 3)
Kyle Hebert as Nidoqueen (ep 3)
Laura Post as
Creepy Girl (ep 2)
Marowak (ep 2)
Red's Mother (ep 1)
Lucien Dodge as
Kabutops (ep 2)
Koffing (ep 2)
Oddish (ep 2)
Maggie O'Connor as Female Scientist (ep 4)
Matthew Mercer as
Couple Male (ep 3)
Male Trainer (ep 2)
Michael Sinterniklaas as Fat Team Rocket Member (ep 2)
Spike Spencer as
Blue-Haired Team Rocket Member (ep 2)
Squirtle (ep 1)
Steve Heiser as Man Chased Away By Team Rocket (ep 2)
Wendee Lee as
Girl 1 (ep 1)
Purple-Haired Woman (ep 2)
English companies
Broadcaster: CITV
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
Hulu
Production: SDI Media
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Korean cast
Sang-Hyeon Eom as Green
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Jean-Marc Delhausse

Adaptation: Sophie Servais
French companies
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Lucía Esteban (Spain dub)
Aitor González as Blue (Spain dub)
Alvaro De Juan as Red (Spain dub)

Fernando Hernández as Mr. Fuji (Spain dub; eps 2, 4)
José Padilla as Professor Oak (Spain dub; eps 1, 4)
Richard del Olmo as Giovanni (Spain dub; ep 3)
Sara Heras as Reina (Spain dub; eps 2, 4)
Víctor Martínez as Brock (Spain dub; ep 1)

Alvaro Navarro as Blue-Haired Team Rocket Member (Spain dub; ep 2)
Amalia Cantarero as
Blonde Woman (Spain dub; ep 2)
Pokémon Center Nurse (Spain dub; ep 2)
Antonio Cremades as
Lance (Spain dub; ep 4)
Man in Green Jacket (Spain dub; ep 2)
Carmen Podio as
Lass (Spain dub; ep 1)
Pokémon Center Nurse (Spain dub; ep 1)
Purple-Haired Woman (Spain dub; ep 2)
Cristian Pinilla as Green-Haired Team Rocket Member (Spain dub; ep 2)
Elena Palacios as
Female Couple (Spain dub; ep 3)
Museum Girl 2 (Spain dub; ep 1)
Professor Oak's Assistant (Spain dub; eps 1, 4)
Red's Mother (Spain dub; ep 1)
Secretary (Spain dub; ep 3)
Youngster (Spain dub; ep 1)
Frank Gálvez as
Bespectacled Man (Spain dub; first scene; ep 2)
Couple Male (Spain dub; ep 3)
Javier Lorca as Brown-Haired Team Rocket Member (Spain dub; ep 2)
Javier Moreno as
Bespectacled Man (Spain dub; second scene; ep 2)
Gym Trainer 1 (Spain dub; ep 3)
Jon Ciriano as
Man Voice at Gym (Spain dub; ep 3)
Sylph Company President (Spain dub; ep 3)
Luis Miguel Cajal as
Gym Trainer 2 (Spain dub; ep 3)
Man in Blue Jacket (Spain dub; ep 2)
Pokémon Center Man (Spain dub; ep 2)
Team Rocket Member (Spain dub; ep 3)
Trainer (Spain dub; ep 1)
Milagros Fernández as Marowak (Spain dub; ep 2)
Nacho Aramburu as
Scientist (Spain dub; ep 3)
TV Announcer (Spain dub; ep 1)
Sara Polo as
Museum Girl 1 (Spain dub; ep 1)
Pokémon Center Woman (Spain dub; ep 1)
Worried Girl (Spain dub; ep 2)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Clan TVE (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: SDI Media Spain
Internet Streaming: YouTube
Italian staff
Italian cast
Federico Viola as Blue

Beatrice Caggiula as Red's mother
Mario Scarabelli as Prof. Oak
Maurizio Scattorin as Mr. Fuji
Raffaele Farina as Giovanni

Renata Bertolas as Prof. Oak's Assistant (ep 1)
Italian companies
Broadcaster: K2 (from 22 December 2014)
Dubbing: Merak Film
German staff
German cast
(none)
Konrad Bösherz as Green

Antje von der Ahe as Red's mother
Frank-Otto Schenk as Mr. Fuji
Julia Stoepel as Reina
Michael Deffert as Brock
Oliver Siebeck as Giovanni (ep 3)
Steven Merting as Siegfried (ep 4)
Thomas Schmuckert as Prof. Oak

Anja Rybiczka as Knogga (ep 2)
Jan Kurbjuweit as Scientist (ep 3)
Josefin Hagen as Girl A (ep 1)
Maria Sumner as
Girl B (ep 1)
Receptionist (ep 2)
Marion Elskis as Secretary (ep 3)
Marion Musiol as Assistant (ep 1)
Markus Nichelmann as Team Rocket Member (ep 3)
Millie Forsberg as Arena Trainer (ep 1)
Natascha Petz as Receptionist (ep 1)
Oliver Bender as Team Rocket Member A (ep 2)
Steven Merting as Arena Trainer (ep 1)
Thomas Hailer as Silph Co. President (ep 3)
German companies

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