Narrator: "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" marks the first time the anime ... I wanna be the very best. ♪ Narrator: Animated Pokémon were first introduced to the world in 1996, and for the 2019 ...

Getty Images Ash Ketchum and his electric mouse Pikachu are the stars of the long running Pokemon cartoon But his first pitch to Nintendo failed and Satoshi had to go back to the drawing board.