In the world of Pokémon, kids are to become Pokémon trainers and the best of them may some day become Pokémon masters. That's the dream for Ash. To become a great Pokémon trainer, Ash should catch as many wild Pokémon as possible. But it's not easy, because each of the Pokémon possess special powers and abilities. To catch one, he must challenge it in a match with a Pokémon of his own. If Ash plays it right, the wild Pokémon will find itself captured in a PokéBall and will be part of Ashs team.
Professor Oak, a leading authority in all things Pokémon, gets Ash started with his first Pokémon, the lovable Pikachu, an electric Pokémon with truly "shocking" abilities. Misty and Brock, fellow Pokémon trainers, join them with some tricks of their own. Ash can use all the help he can get, because the notorious Team Rocket has taken notice of Pikachu's powers. They'll stop at nothing to steal the precocious Pikachu to please Team Rocket's boss and help him fulfill his diabolical plan for total domination!
It's an incredible adventure that takes our heroes around the world, underground and across the sea -- all the while discovering new and amazing things about everyone's favorite creatures – Pokémon!
It's also that infamous series that caused the seizures incident on December 16th, 1997 where 700 children were hospitalized due to a flashing effect in one of the episodes. That incident's nearly forgotten now as the series continued to air in April 1998-2002, the dual-episode movie, "Pikachu's Summer Vacation" and "Mewtwo Strikes Back!" was released on July 18th,then in 2000 the 2nd poke movie was relased and now in 2001 the 3rd movie is going to be relased! |
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