Pokémon: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure

A plucky gang of pocket monsters stumbles into a hidden valley where the real adventure arrives via Diglett express. After fetching a stray Togepi they inadvertently trigger an Exeggcute custody battle only to be strafed by a biblical gust of teenage weather. Eight-year-olds cheered; parents sighed.

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Kunihiko Yuyama directed Pokémon: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure in 1999. See Kunihiko Yuyama's full filmography, where to start with Kunihiko Yuyama, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kunihiko Yuyama.

Pokémon: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure was released in 1999 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 23 minutes.