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After earning his second badge, Ash sets off triumphantly for Vermilion City. Along the way, they hear of A.J., a fierce Pokémon Trainer who has never lost a match. Full of self-confidence from his own record of 10 victories in a row, Ash heads directly for A.J.’s Gym to find his new opponent. When they arrive, they find a huge bulletin out front announcing that the Gym is not authorized by the Pokémon League, along with a neon sign declaring “98 Consecutive Victories.” A.J. is on the brink of achieving his goal of 100 straight victories, and then plans to embark on a journey to gather badges. As Ash prepares to challenge him, will victory fall on the side of our hero, or the powerful A.J.? In the process, can Ash learn some important lessons about the bonds between a Pokémon and its Trainer?
Original Release
05/20/1997
US Release
09/17/1998
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rikako Aikawa | Butterfree |
Madeleine Blaustein | A.J. |
Nobuyuki Hiyama | Akira |
Rodger Parsons | Narrator |
Inuko Inuyama | Nyarth / Meowth (voice) |
Megumi Hayashibara | Pidgeotto / Musashi / Musashi (voice) |
Unsho Ishizuka | Narrator / Professor Oak (voice) |
Mayumi Izuka | Kasumi / Kasumi (voice) |
Rica Matsumoto | Satoshi / Satoshi (voice) |
Shin'ichirô Miki | Kojiro / Kojirou (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Atsuhiro Tomioka, John Touhey, Thomas D. Sullivan, Satoshi Tajiri, Norman J. Grossfeld, Michael Haigney, Crispin Freeman
Creators
Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rikako Aikawa | Butterfree |
Madeleine Blaustein | A.J. |
Nobuyuki Hiyama | Akira |
Rodger Parsons | Narrator |
Inuko Inuyama | Nyarth / Meowth (voice) |
Megumi Hayashibara | Pidgeotto / Musashi / Musashi (voice) |
Unsho Ishizuka | Narrator / Professor Oak (voice) |
Mayumi Izuka | Kasumi / Kasumi (voice) |
Rica Matsumoto | Satoshi / Satoshi (voice) |
Shin'ichirô Miki | Kojiro / Kojirou (voice) |
Ted Lewis | James |
Rachael Lillis | Misty / Jessie / Pikachu |
Rostislav Prochovnik | Arbo |
Yuji Ueda | Takeshi / Takeshi (voice) |
Ikue Otani | Pikachu / Pikachu (voice) |
Matthew Sussman | Meowth |
Eric Stuart | Brock / Ekans / James (additional dialogue) |
Veronica Taylor | Ash Ketchum |
James Carter Cathcart | Rattata |
Michael Haigney | Koffing |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Haigney | Producer |
Norman J. Grossfeld | Producer |