This brings me back. In fact, this might be the first piece of anime I ever had the pleasure of watching, and what started my life long obsession of everything Pokemon, which has now spanned over 20 years and into adulthood. We have to be a little lenient on the judging right? I mean, it's fricking Pokemon. What sort of mad man would critique something this innocent in the same manner as he does with other more "mature" anime so to speak? If you're not rating this solely based on the nostalgia effect, then there's the door! ;) Of course the rules and physics inthis little Pokemon short rarely make sense, even in the world of Pokemon, but you just can't help but smile throughout. The picture quality is fantastic for it's time and the music is as catchy as I remember it being. There's something about the first three Pokemon movies and their little respective Pikachu shorts episodes, it's very atmospheric and I don't think they managed to capture it again. Though maybe that's just my childhood speaking :)