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Pokémon: Gotta Dance!

Pokémon: Gotta Dance!

20036.90h 22m

Overview

Meowth is in charge of the Team Rocket secret base, a mysterious place full of odd gadgets and gizmos. Desperate to impress the boss, Meowth wants to use the Dancing PokéBaton—a device that lets users control Pokémon as they please—to create a show that’s sure to wow. Meanwhile, Pikachu and its friends finish up playing in the forest and stumble on the base. The gang hears Whismur, the Whisper Pokémon, crying for help—but when they try to make their rescue, the Dancing PokéBaton goes off and sends the whole group into a dancing frenzy! When a noise-loving Loudred and Ludicolo get caught up in the dancing, the madness gets even wilder! What’s going to happen to Meowth’s precious secret base?

Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
Written by Yuji Asada, Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
Produced by Yukako Matsusako, Shukichi Kanda, Toshiaki Okuno
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Top Cast

Ikue Otani

Ikue Otani

Pikachu (voice)

Chinami Nishimura

Chinami Nishimura

Achamo (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda

Sonans / Kimori (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi / Mizugorou (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kojiro (voice)

Inuko Inuyama

Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (voice)

Miyako Ito

Miyako Ito

Hassboh (voice)

Chie Sato

Chie Sato

Habunake (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi

Katsuyuki Konishi

Sabonea (voice)

Ryoko Shiraishi

Ryoko Shiraishi

Gonyonyo (voice)

Themes & Keywords

animeoriginal video animation (ova)short film

About Pokémon: Gotta Dance!

Pokémon: Gotta Dance! is a fantasy, animation, adventure, family film released in 2003 exploring themes of anime, original video animation (ova), short film. Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, it stars Ikue Otani, Chinami Nishimura, Yuji Ueda. Meowth is in charge of the Team Rocket secret base, a mysterious place full of odd gadgets and gizmos. Desperate to impress the boss, Meowth wants to use the Dancing PokéBaton—a device that lets users control Pokémon as they please—to create a show that’s sure to wow. Meanwhile, Pikachu and its friends finish up playing in the forest and stumble on the base. The gang hears Whismur, the Whisper Pokémon, crying for help—but when they try to make their rescue, the Dancing PokéBaton goes off and sends the whole group into a dancing frenzy! When a noise-loving Loudred and Ludicolo get caught up in the dancing, the madness gets even wilder! What’s going to happen to Meowth’s precious secret base?

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