EP075

Round One - Begin!

EP075   ポケモンリーグかいまく！みずのフィールド！ Pokémon League Opens! Water Battlefield!

First broadcast Japan December 17, 1998 United States October 30, 1999

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター Ending タイプ・ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 横田和 Kazu Yokota Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

Round One - Begin! (Japanese: ポケモンリーグかいまく！みずのフィールド！ Pokémon League Opens! Water Battlefield!) is episode 75 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 17, 1998 and in the United States on October 30, 1999.

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

Major events

• Ash wins his first round match.
• Ash's Krabby evolves into Kingler
• This is the first time Ash uses his Krabby/Kingler.

Characters

Pokémon

Who’s That Pokémon?: Nidoran♂

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Krabby (Ash's; evolves)
• Kingler (Ash's; newly evolved)
• Mr. Mime (Mimey)
• Exeggutor (Mandy's)
• Seadra (Mandy's)
• Golbat (Mandy's)
• Pidgeotto (unnamed trainer's)
• Raticate (unnamed trainer's)
• Sandslash (unnamed trainer's)
• Gloom (unnamed trainer's)
• Venomoth (unnamed trainer's)
• Tentacruel (unnamed trainer's)
• Seaking (unnamed trainer's)
• Pidgey
• Moltres (flashback)

In other languages

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