A Ripple in Time

For the time portal featured in the thirteenth movie, see Time Ripple.
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"A Ripple in Time" by Pokémon × Daniel Arsham is an animated series short produced as part of a collaboration between 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 , 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 , China from December 31, 2022 to May 7, 2023.
==Plot==
 and are facing a Trainer and his 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 , 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 suddenly appears before them and roars.
==Major events==
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
==Characters==
===Humans===
* Ash
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* 
* Jessie
* James
* Gary Oak
* 
* Ritchie
* 
* Mother and daughter
* Arsham
* Crowd
===Pokémon===
* ()
* ()
* ()
* ()
* (Arsham's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's; ×2)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Pokémon the Series)
* 
* 
* 
* 
* (×3)
* (multiple)
* 
* 
==Cast==
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==Staff==
Written by 	
* 
* 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 DesignSub Assistant DirectorAnimation 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 	
* 
* 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 	
*	
* 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==
==Trivia==
* In the crowd, it's possible to see some characters last seen in the original series, such as , 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.https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ4TqCYOmM9/https://www.instagram.com/p/CZPPHIrFV71/
* 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==
==External links==
* Official site
* Teaser video
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Animated series specials
Category:Episodes by one-time writers
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Kunihiko Yuyama
Category:Episodes directed by Jun Ōwada
Category:Episodes animated by Sayuri Ichiishi
Category:Episodes that feature time travel
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