Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama

With Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki and Inuko Inuyama

Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab, but is told that the three starter Pokémon, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander, have already been taken by Trainers who were on time. However, Oak reveals that he has one more Pokémon, an Electric-type named Pikachu. Despite its volatile and feisty personality, as well as its refusal to get inside a Poké Ball, Ash happily takes Pikachu for his journey.