Top-Down Training
Also known as: Pikachu's Caretaking!
Foreign title: Pikachu no Orusuban!
Series title: Diamond and Pearl
- Studio
- Nintendo Co. Ltd., OLM-Animation Studio, Shogakukan Inc., Summit Media Group, TV Tokyo
- Animation studio
- SOFTX
- Distributor
- 4 Kids Entertainment
Synopsis
Ash and his friends encounter Cynthia, Champion of the Sinnoh's Elite Four, just as she is about to begin a battle with Ash's rival, Paul. Paul reveals that he has been competing in four regions, and shows his very first Pokémon - Torterra, having evolved from his Turtwig. Paul pits his Chimchar, Weavile, Murkrow and Torterra against Cynthia's Garchomp but easily loses.
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 10: Diamond and Pearl.
Pokémon is the Americanization of the Japanese "Pocket Monster."
Pokémon is the Americanization of the Japanese "Pocket Monster."