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Read up on the latest Pokémon 1997 News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider.

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Release Date
1997 - 2023-00-00
Network
TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TVh, TVQ, TSC
Directors
Shigeru Omachi, Koji Ogawa, Fumihiro Ueno, Hideki Hiroshima, Maki Kodaira, Makoto Ooga, Ayumi Moriyama, Keitaro Motonaga, Shigeru Ueda, Fumihiro Yoshimura, Minoru Ohara, Yoshitaka Makino, Kiyoshi Egami, Makoto Sokuza, Bjarne Heuser, Naoki Murata, Kenichi Nishida, Tomoe Makino, Masahiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Takagi, Tazumi Mukaiyama, Ryohei Horiuchi, Yoshihiro Oda, Hiromichi Matano
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    Rica Matsumoto
    Satoshi (voice)
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    Ikue Otani
    Pikachu (voice)

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