Pikachu short

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Pikachu shorts are anime shorts that are commonly shown at the start of the Pokémon movies, but have also been expanded to fulfill other purposes.

They feature only Pokémon almost exclusively, and chronicle miscellaneous adventures of Ash's Pikachu.

Categories of shorts

The shorts can roughly be sorted into the following categories:

• Annual shorts which aired theatrically together with a corresponding movie: PK01 with M01, PK04 with M02, PK07 with M03, PK10 with M04, PK11 with M05 and PK12 with M06. PK24 will be the first Pikachu short to be released theatrically alongside a movie since Gotta Dance!! in 2003, with the movie counterpart of PK24 being M15.
• After the sixth movie, instead of releasing the annual shorts theatrically together with the corresponding movie, shorts were initially broadcast during the month of August exclusively on even numbered ANA flights: PK13 was released in 2004 (the same year as the seventh movie), PK15 in 2005, and since PK17 in 2006, every Pikachu short has been of this type, up until PK22 in 2011.
• Three "Pikachu's Winter Vacation" Christmas specials were produced, consisting of two episodes each: PK02/PK03 in 1998, PK05/PK06 in 1999 and PK08/PK09 in 2000.
• Two shorts were released theatrically on their own under the "Pokémon 3D Adventure" banner, to demonstrate 3D cinema technology: PK14 and PK16.

List of Pikachu shorts

Code	Screenshot	English title	Japanese title	US broadcast	Japan broadcast	Time between
PK01		Pikachu's Vacation	ピカチュウのなつやすみ Pikachu's Summer Vacation	November 12, 1999	July 18, 1998	482 days
PK02		Christmas Night	クリスマスであそぼ！ Let's Play on Christmas!	November 25, 2006	December 22, 1998	2895 days
PK03		Kanga Games	雪であそぼ！ Let's Play in the Snow!	November 25, 2006	December 22, 1998	2895 days
PK04		Pikachu's Rescue Adventure	ピカチュウたんけんたい The Pikachu Expedition	July 21, 2000	July 17, 1999	370 days
PK05		Winter Games	こおりであそぼう Let's Play in the Ice	Unaired	December 22, 1999	9154 days since Japanese airing
PK06		Stantler's Little Helpers	クリスマスの夜 Christmas Night	Unaired	December 22, 1999	9154 days since Japanese airing
PK07		Pikachu & Pichu	ピチューとピカチュウ Pichu and Pikachu	April 6, 2001	July 8, 2000	272 days
PK08		Delibird's Dilemma	デリバードのプレゼント Delibird's Present	June 17, 2006	December 22, 2000	2003 days
PK09		Snorlax Snowman	ホワイトストーリー White Story	June 17, 2006	December 22, 2000	2003 days
PK10		Pikachu's PikaBoo	ピカチュウのドキドキかくれんぼ Pikachu's Exciting Hide-and-seek	March 18, 2003	July 7, 2001	619 days
PK11		Camp Pikachu	ピカピカ星空キャンプ Pikapika Starry Sky Camp	January 20, 2004	July 13, 2002	556 days
PK12		Gotta Dance!!	おどるポケモンひみつ基地 Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon	June 1, 2004	July 19, 2003	318 days
PK13		No English title	ピカチュウのなつまつり Pikachu's Summer Festival	January 1,2013	August 1, 2004	3075 days
PK14		No English title	ポケモン3Dアドベンチャー　ミュウを探せ！ Pokémon 3D Adventure: Find Mew!	Unaired	March 18, 2005	7241 days since Japanese airing
PK15		No English title	ピカチュウのおばけカーニバル Pikachu's Ghost Carnival	Unaired	August 1, 2005	7105 days since Japanese airing
PK16		Pikachu's Ocean Adventure	ポケモン3Dアドベンチャー2　ピカチュウの海底大冒険 Pokémon 3D Adventure 2: Pikachu's Big Undersea Adventure	July 1, 2008	May 20, 2006	773 days
PK17		Pikachu's Island Adventure	ピカチュウのわんぱくアイランド Pikachu's Naughty Island	April 3, 2007	August 1, 2006	245 days
PK18		No English title	ピカチュウの探検クラブ Pikachu's Exploration Club	Unaired	August 1, 2007	6375 days since Japanese airing
PK19		No English title	ピカチュウ 氷の大冒険 Pikachu's Ice Adventure	Unaired	August 1, 2008	6009 days since Japanese airing
PK20		No English title	ピカチュウのキラキラだいそうさく！ Pikachu's Big Sparking Search	Unaired	August 1, 2009	5644 days since Japanese airing
PK21		No English title	ピカチュウのふしぎなふしぎな大冒険 Pikachu's Big Mysterious Adventure	Unaired	August 1, 2010	5279 days since Japanese airing
PK22		No English title	ピカチュウのサマー・ブリッジ・ストーリー Pikachu's Summer Bridge Story	Unaired	August 1, 2011	4914 days since Japanese airing
PK23		No English title	うたえメロエッタ リンカのみをさがせ Sing Meloetta: Search for the Rinka Berries	Unaired	July 3, 2012	4577 days since Japanese airing
PK24		No English title	メロエッタのキラキラリサイタル Meloetta's Dazzling Recital	Unaired	July 14, 2012	4566 days since Japanese airing
This concludes the list of Pikachu shorts.

See also

• List of anime specials
• Pokémon movie
• Pikachu's Winter Vacations
• Pichu Bros. in Party Panic
• Trouble in Big Town

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