A Ripple in Time

If you were looking for the Special Research in Pokémon GO, see Special Research → A Ripple in Time. For the time portal featured in the anime, see Time Ripple.

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This article is about a special episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

"A Ripple in Time" by Pokémon × Daniel Arsham

"A Ripple in Time" by Pokémon × Daniel Arsham

First broadcast Japan February 12, 2022 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening None Ending None

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 湯山邦彦 Kunihiko Yuyama Storyboard 湯山邦彦 Kunihiko Yuyama Assistant director 大和田淳 Jun Ōwada Animation director 一石小百合 Sayuri Ichiishi No additional credits are available at this time.

Original review thread on BMGf

"A Ripple in Time" by Pokémon × Daniel Arsham is an anime short produced as part of a collaboration between Daniel Arsham and The Pokémon Company. It was first released on February 12, 2022 on YouTube, featuring Japanese audio and English subtitles. A teaser video for the short was released on January 28, 2022.

The short was screened as part of the exhibition project A Ripple in Time (Japanese: 時の波紋 A Ripple in Time) held at NANZUKA UNDERGROUND in Tokyo, Japan from February 12 to March 27, 2022, and the exhibition Artifacts of Indigo Plateau (Chinese: 石英高原的遗迹 Artifacts of Indigo Plateau) held at chi K11 art museum in Shanghai, China from December 31, 2022 to May 7, 2023.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Plot

Ash and Pikachu are facing a Trainer and his Cubone in a battle at a stadium, with both Trainers being down to their last Pokémon. The match is unexpectedly interrupted by the appearance of a Celebi, and after a bright flash, Ash and Pikachu find themselves in the future, where the stadium is overgrown by trees. They see Celebi and follow it through an abandoned settlement and grasslands filled with crystallized Pokémon statues. Ultimately, their chase leads them to a mysterious shrine in a cave, where Dialga suddenly appears before them and roars.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline.

Characters

The audience containing cameo of several characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Gary Oak
• Cynthia
• Ritchie
• Casey
• Mother and daughter
• Arsham

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's)
• Cubone (Arsham's)
• Eevee (Trainer's)
• Bulbasaur (Trainer's; ×2)
• Squirtle (Trainer's)
• Oddish (Trainer's)
• Drowzee (Trainer's)
• Poliwag (Trainer's)
• Weedle (Trainer's)
• Clefairy (Trainer's)
• Sandshrew (Trainer's)
• Jolteon (Trainer's)
• Machop (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Celebi
• Mew
• Dialga
• Slowpoke
• Butterfree (x3)
• Pidgey (multiple)
• Paras
• Weedle

Cast

Cast
Ash		Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	サトシ	松本梨香
Pikachu		Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	ピカチュウ	大谷育江
			Hina Natsume		夏目妃菜
			Yukiko Motoyoshi		元吉有希子
			Tatsuki Kobe		光部樹

Staff

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Written by	Daniel Arsham Yuyama Kunihiko	ダニエル・アーシャム 湯山邦彦
Directed by / Story Board Artist	Yuyama Kunihiko	湯山邦彦
Assistant Director	Owada Jun	大和田淳
Character Design Sub Assistant Director Animation Director	Ichiishi Sayuri	一石小百合
English Subtitles	Elephante, Inc.	株式会社エレファンテ
Key Animator	Matsubara Tokuhiro Ueda Hanako Moriyama Ayumi Hamanaka Shoutarou Ebisawa Saki	松原徳弘 上田華子 森山愛弓 濱中章太郎 海老沢咲希
Animator	OLM asia Sakurazawa Shogo	OLM Asia 櫻沢翔吾
Associate Arranger of Overseas	Bryan Wang Yi Herng Lau Kai Ren Michelle Vun Fei Cheng Ong Kang Ning Tandri Jaya STUDIO CL	Bryan Wang Yi Herng Lau Kai Ren Michelle Vun Fei Cheng Ong Kang Ning Tandri Jaya STUDIO CL
Color Keys	Yoshino Noriyuki	吉野記通
Colorist/Ink and Paint Checker	Tanaka Fumiko	田中文子
Special Effect Animator	Sagawa Nagisa Imamura Yukie	砂川渚 今村雪絵
Paint	STUDIO L	STUDIO L
Director of Photography	Yamakoshi Yasushi	山越康司
Composite	Tripod	Tripod
Art Director	Takao Katsumi	高尾克己
Art	Shimoda Minayo Takao Katsumi	下田美那代 高尾克己
Editor	Nogawa Masashi	野川雅史
Video Editing	IMAGICA ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA Tadashi Igarashi Hayato Miyamoto Iku Nishibe	IMAGICA ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA 五十嵐正 隼人宮本 西部育
Animation Producers	Kato Hiroyuki	加藤浩幸
Production Secretary	Kumemura Makoto	久米村誠
Assistant Coordinator	Yoshida Shouhei	吉田昌平
Animation Production	OLM team Kato	OLM Team Kato
Audio Production Assistance	81produce	81プロデュース
Sound Recording Director	Masafumi Mima	三間雅文
Music	Shinji Miyazaki Rei Ishizuka	宮崎慎二 石塚玲依
Music Composition	Junichi Masuda	増田順一
Music Associate	Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment Co.,Ltd.	小学館ミュージック＆デジタル エンタテイメント
Sound Recording Producer	Michiyoshi Minamisawa Takeshi Nishina	南沢道義 西名武
Sound Recording Manager	Daisuke Ihara	井原大輔
Recording Coordination	Nobuhira Hirano	平野延平
Recording Assistant	Ryoko Nashimoto	なしもとりょうこ
Sound Effects Supervisor	Daisuke Jinbo	神保大介
Music&Sound Effects Production	HALF H・P STUDIO	HALF H・P STUDIO
Production	ShoPro	ShoPro
Producers	Tomoya Negishi	根岸智也
Assistant Producers	Mikiho Aoki	青木美希穂
Based On Original Stories By	Satoshi Tajiri	田尻智
Original Music Compositions By / Original Character art	GAME FREAK inc.	GAME FREAK inc.
Supervisor	The Pokémon Company Tsunekazu Ishihara	The Pokémon Company 石原恒和
Special Thanks	The Pokémon Company Takato Utsunomiya Toshio Miyahara Masami Tanaka Hidenaga Katakami Sahoko Morotsuki Takashi Orikata Maya Nakamura Masao Takakusa NANZUKA Shinji Nanzuka Yuki Itaya Tat Ito Arsham Studio Meghan Clohessy Austin Snyder Cesar Castro And all of Arsham Studio	The Pokémon Company   宮原俊雄   片上秀長   折方崇志     NANZUKA
Executive Production	The Pokémon Company	The Pokémon Company

Video

By ポケモン公式YouTubeチャンネル

Trivia

• In the crowd, it's possible to see some characters last seen in the original series, such as Casey, who had last appeared in Those Darn Electabuzz!.
• The Trainer who battles Ash at the beginning of the short is based on Daniel Arsham himself.
• The two doors shown when Ash is running through the cave are the same doors to Bill's lighthouse from Mystery at the Lighthouse.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		时间的涟漪（A Ripple in Time）

External links

• Official site
• Teaser video

References

Series and seasons of the Pokémon anime Original series (list) Indigo League • Adventures in the Orange Islands The Johto Journeys • Johto League Champions • Master Quest Ruby and Sapphire (list) Advanced • Advanced Challenge • Advanced Battle • Battle Frontier Diamond and Pearl (list) Diamond and Pearl • Battle Dimension • Galactic Battles • Sinnoh League Victors Black & White (list) Black & White • Rival Destinies • Adventures in Unova and Beyond XY (list) XY • Kalos Quest • XYZ (Mega Evolution Specials) Sun & Moon (list) Sun & Moon • Ultra Adventures‎ • Ultra Legends Journeys (list) Journeys • Master Journeys • Ultimate Journeys (The Arceus Chronicles) Horizons (list) TBD Specials (list) Pikachu's Winter Vacation • Side Stories • Pokémon Chronicles Planetarium specials • Pikachu shorts Mewtwo Returns • The Legend of Thunder! • Pichu Bros. in Party Panic The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon • Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs • A Ripple in Time Complete list • Movies • Other anime series

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