Pokémon's new TV season will tell the story of baby Pikachu

The new series of the Pokémon anime arrives in Japan this month, and the very first episode appears to show Ash's Pikachu as a Pichu for the very first time.

Titled "Birth of Pikachu", it looks like the episode will be a flashback focusing on an adventure baby Pikachu had before teaming up his trainer.

If, like me, you don't understand Japanese, here's the synopsis of the episode (thanks, Crunchyroll):

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