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Pikachu and Pichu (movie)

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Alternative title:
Pichu to Pikachu (Japanese)
Pikachu e Pichu (Portuguese)
ピチューとピカチュウ
Genres: adventure, comedy
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: As Ash and company decide to rest in the city, they let all of their Pokemon out to relax. While Pikachu and the other Pokemon are enjoying their free-time, Ash, Misty, and Brock go to "get something ready". On the top of another neighboring building, Pikachu spies two small Pichus in a slight dilema. Eager to help, Pikachu rushes to help them and is instantly swept up in their strange adventure.
User Ratings: 323 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 17 votes (dub:14, sub:2, ?:1)
 Very good: 32 votes (dub:21, sub:9, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 67 votes (dub:49, sub:10, edit.dub:2, ?:2, others:4
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Decent: 74 votes (dub:38, sub:22, edit.dub:7, raw:1, ?:1, others:5
3 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Dutch dubbed
)
 So-so: 52 votes (dub:37, sub:10, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 35 votes (sub:17, dub:11, edit.dub:3, others:4
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Swedish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Weak: 22 votes (dub:15, sub:6, others:1
1 Swedish dubbed
)
 Bad: 12 votes (sub:6, dub:5, edit.dub:1)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:2, edit.dub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:2, edit.dub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 902 users, rank: #1347 (of 10072)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.746 (Decent−), std. dev.: 1.9412, rank: #8374 (of 10256)
Weighted mean: 5.687 (Decent−), rank: #8477 (of 10256) (seen all: 5.70 / seen some: 2.00 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 5.756 (Decent−), rank: #7186 (of 7745)
Vintage: 2000-07-08
Premiere date:
2000-07-08 (Japan)
Opening Theme:
"Pichuu Pika Swing" by Neo Pockets
Ending Theme:
"Tomodachi Kinenbu" by Noriko Sakai
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DVD (Region 1)
    Pokémon 3: The Movie (Dub.DVD) 2001-08-21 (from $39.99)
    Pokémon Mix 3 Pack - Movies 1-3 (Dub.DVD) 2001-08-21
    Pokémon: The First Three Movies (Dub.DVD) 2009-04-07 (from $39.65)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
Screenplay: Hideki Sonoda
Storyboard: Yūji Asada
Music:
Hirokazu Tanaka
Ken Shima
Original creator: Satoshi Tajiri
Character Design:
Norihiro Matsubara
Sayuri Ichiishi
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Animation Director: Akihiro Tamagawa
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Executive producer:
Masakazu Kubo
Takashi Kawaguchi
Producer:
Choji Yoshikawa
Takemoto Mori
Yukako Matsusako

ADR Editor: Fujio Yamada
Animation producer:
Shukichi Kanda
Toshiaki Okuno
Animation Supervisor: Yōichi Kotabe
Assistant Director: Yūji Asada
Background Art: Kentarō Akiyama (Kobayashi Production)
Color design: Norimichi Yoshino
Digital Animation: Yūji Asada
Editing: Toshio Henmi
Editing Assistant: Hiroshi Itō
Foley:
Fumiko Ueda
Masaru Urahata
Mayuka Miyazawa
In-Between Check:
Ayaka Suga
Kayo Oshima (大島嘉代)
Key Animation:
Chisato Ikehira (Studio Cockpit)
Hiromi Naganawa (Studio Cockpit)
Kiminori Nishio (Studio Cockpit)
Masaaki Iwane (Studio Cockpit)
Mitsuko Baba (Studio Cockpit)
Music producer: Hirokazu Tanaka
Photography: Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos)
Production manager:
Noriaki Iguchi
Shōji Ōta
Production Supervision: Tsunekazu Ishihara
Recording: Kunio Andō
Recording Assistant:
Mirai Ueno
Yūji Tagami
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo
Sound Producer:
Michiyoshi Minamisawa
Takeshi Nishina
Special Effects: Masayuki Nakajima
Theme Song Composition: Hirokazu Tanaka
Theme Song Lyrics: Akihito Toda
Theme Song Performance:
Naoto Takenaka (ED)
Noriko Sakai (ED)
Ikue Ōtani as Pikachu
Satomi Koorogi as Pichu (young)
Yumi Touma as Pichu (older)

Chinami Nishimura as Waninoko
Daiki Nakamura as Kapoerer
Etsuko Kozakura as Kimawari
Inuko Inuyama as Nyarth
Kaori Tsuji as
Hanekko
Kimawari
Nazonokusa
Katsuyuki Konishi as Koratta
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Tsubtsubo
Mayumi Iizuka as Kasumi
Megumi Hayashibara as Fushigidane
Mika Kanai as Chikorita
Mitsuru Ogata as Kabigon
Naoki Tatsuta as Derubiru
Noriko Sakai as Narrator
Rica Matsumoto as Satoshi
Rikako Aikawa as
Koduck
Rokon
Ryōka Yuzuki as Ootachi
Satomi Koorogi as Togepi
Shinichirō Miki as
Hitodeman
Ishitsubute
Nyorozo
Zubat
Unshō Ishizuka as
Iwaku
Kunugidama
Yūji Ueda as
Hinoarashi
Takeshi
Yorunozuku
Yukiji as
Bubii
Hanekko
Kimawari
Nazonokusa
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Adaptation Directed By: Michael Haigney
Adaptation Produced By: Norman J. Grossfeld
Adaptation Written By: Michael Haigney
Addie Blaustein as Meowth
Ikue Ōtani as Pikachu

Eric Stuart as
Dugtrio
Electrode
Pineco
Voltorb (Electrode)
Kayzie Rogers as
Bellsprout
Cyndaquil
Sunflora
Totodile
Ken Gates as Narrator
Maddie Blaustein as
Shuckle
Smeargle
Michael Haigney as
Geodude
Psyduck
Snorlax
Mika Kanai as Chikorita
Naoki Tatsuta as Houndour
Rachael Lillis as
Cleffa
Goldeen
Igglybuff
Spinarak
Vulpix
Roger Kay as
Cubone
Hitmontop
Satomi Koorogi as
Pichu (younger)
Togepi
Shinichirō Miki as
Staryu
Zubat
Tara Jayne as
Bulbasaur
Oddish
Smoochum
Unshō Ishizuka as Onix
Veronica Taylor as
Ash Ketchum
Diglett
Yumi Touma as Pichu (Older)
English companies
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Distributor: Argentina Video Home
Licensed by: Warner Bros. (expired)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Federico Danti

Dialogues: Ruggero Busetti
Dubbing Assistant: Patrizia Scianca
Dubbing Engineer: Moreno Grossi Pometti
Mixing: Francesco Cucinelli
Music Director: Vincenzo Draghi
Alessandra Karpoff as Misty
Federico Danti as Narrator
Giuseppe Calvetti as Meowth
Luca Bottale as Brock

Davide Garbolino as Ash Ketchum
Italian companies
German staff
German cast
(none)
Gerhard Acktun as Mauzi

Angela Wiederhut as Misty
Caroline Combrinck as Ash Ketchum
Marc Stachel as Rocko
German companies
(none)
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
(none)
Jan Nonhof as Meowth
Jeroen Keers as Verteller

Christa Lips as Ash
Fred Meijer as Brock
Marlies Somers as Misty
Dutch companies
(none)
Danish staff
Danish cast
(none)
Peter Zhelder as Meowth

Lulu Jacobsen as Misty
Mathias Klenske as Ash Ketchum
Peter Holst-Beck as Brock
Danish companies
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Márcio Simões as Meowth

Ikue Ōtani as Pikachu
Satomi Koorogi as Pichu (younger)
Yumi Touma as Pichu (Older)

Alfredo Rollo as Brock
Fábio Lucindo as Ash
Márcia Regina as Misty
Mika Kanai as Chikorita
Satomi Koorogi as Togepi
Shinichirō Miki as Staryu
Unshō Ishizuka as Onix
Portuguese companies
Dubbing Studio: Delart

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