Round One- Begin!
Also known as: Pokémon League Begins! Water Field!
Foreign title: Pokemon Rigu Kaimaku! Mizu no Firudo!
Series title: Indigo League
- Studio
- Nintendo Co. Ltd., OLM-Animation Studio, Shogakukan Inc., Summit Media Group, TV Tokyo
- Animation studio
- SOFTX
- Distributor
- 4 Kids Entertainment
Synopsis
Ash enters his first match of the tournament on the water field against Mandi the Astounding. During the battle against Mandi's Exeggutor, Ash's Krabby evolves into Kingler, who he then uses against Mandi's remaining Seadra and Golbat, winning the match and moving onto the next preliminary round.
Characters
Ash Ketchum, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, Squirtle, Tracy, Gary, Professor Oak.
Team Rocket: Jessie, James, Meowth
Team Rocket: Jessie, James, Meowth
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kunihiko Yuyama, Masamitsu Hidaka, Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Producing
- Producer
- Tsunekazu Ishihara (Executive Producer, Japan)
- Executive Producers, English Version
- Alfred R. Kahn, Norman J. Grossfeld
Writing
Animation
- Animator
- Shunya Yamada
Voices
- Voice
- Rachel Lillis (Misty, Jessie), Eric Stuart (Brock, James), Eric Stuart (Squirtle), Stan Hart (Professor Oak), Adam Blaustein (Meowth)
Music
- Music
- Junji Miyazaki
Crew
- Created by
- Satoshi Tajari
- Designer
- Satoshi Tajiri
Production notes
Season 1: Indigo League.
Pokémon is the Americanization of the Japanese "Pocket Monster." The series first began airing in Japan in April of 1997.
Pokémon is the Americanization of the Japanese "Pocket Monster." The series first began airing in Japan in April of 1997.