The assistant animation director for this episode was 小野 歩 Ayumi Ono.
日高政光 Hidaka Masamitsu was the former director of the Pokémon anime.
Early reports credited 高木信一郎 Shin'ichirō Takagi as the animation director for this episode.
(Japanese: ポッチャマ対スボミー！ヒカリ初バトル!!Pochama vs. Subomie! Hikari's First Battle!!) is the fourth episode of Diamond & Pearl. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 5, 2006.
Ash and Hikari have started travelling together, however they do not really fit each other. Wanting to get Ash to acknowledge her power, she challenges Pokemon minstrel Naoshi to a battle!
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The half time shots features Ash (wearing Diamond and Pearl's costume), Hikari and Brock. The first shot shown just before the commercial is a close up of them. The second shot shown right after the commercials shows the whole bodies of themselves. This will be the same shots for the rest of the series.
Most of the scenes in this segment are of the Pokémon Center Ash stayed at while preparing for his Battle Pyramid rematch, though the Center from DP002 and another one are also shown.
Pokémon senryū: ジョーイさん あいたくなったら ポケモンセンター When I want to meet Nurse Joy, Pokémon Center!
