Japan Synopsis
ピカチュウたんけんたい
One day, Pikachu and its friends are walking along when they suddenly fall through a Diglett hole and into Pokémon Valley, a secret location that no one knows about. Pikachu and its buddies tell the Pokémon that they could use some help looking for Togepi, who fell through the hole first. The group sets off and eventually finds Togepi in the Exeggcute nest—but one of the Exeggcute is missing. That leads the group on another hunt; this time, though, Pikachu and its friends come back to the nest empty-handed. That’s when a storm begins to brew, filling Pokémon valley with roaring thunder and gusts of wind that almost blow the friends—and the Exeggcute nest—away! Are the friends going to be able to keep the nest safe and reunite the Exeggcute?
The 1998–2000 Japan Window
187 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Pokémon: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure sits at position #130.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
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The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Pokémon: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,465 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (24th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,127 of 2,532 (top 84%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shogakukan Production, Nintendo, OLM, Pikachu Project '99, Shogakukan |
| Runtime | 23m |
| Release Date | July 17, 1999 |
| IMDb | tt0210235 |