Oki医生（石冢云生配音）看到了这种情况，把一只非常顽皮的皮卡丘送给了这个迷路的年轻人，皮卡丘拒绝为精灵球得分。于是，他们两人踏上了精灵宝可梦的旅程。在旅途中，他们的隔阂逐渐破裂，他们遇到了同伴成子（佐藤杂志配音）和宗慈（Hon Koji配音），并听说了凤凰王的传说。在彩虹羽毛的指引下，任何遇到凤凰王的人都将成为彩虹战士。。。“这部剧场版是《精灵宝可梦》动画系列的第20部电影。这部电影的情节改编自动画系列的第一集《精灵宝宝可梦！这取决于你！”，描绘了高知和皮卡丘开始冒险成为神奇宝贝大师的故事。
一次偶然中，一直梦想者能够成为魔女的少女春风Doremi（千叶千惠巳 配音）撞破了魔女莉卡的身份，无奈之下，莉卡只得将春风收为见习魔女。春风必须经历漫长而艰苦的修炼，通过魔女的考试才能够正式获得魔女资格。 在此之后，成熟稳重，性格文静的藤原羽月（秋谷智子 配音），精明强干活泼好动的妹尾爱子（松冈由贵 配音），傲娇跋扈但内心善良的濑川音符（宍戸留美 配音）春风的妹妹春风泡泡（大谷育江 配音）等人都因发现了春风的身份而接连成为了见习魔女。随着时间的流逝，对于女孩们来说，通过魔女考试反而成为了次要目的，最重要的是，一定要利用各自的魔法能力让人们获得幸福。
The protagonist Masaru has just inherited a large amount of property after his father's death. However, people are trying to obtain it through any necessary means, even if it means killing him. Narumi helped Masaru avoid being kidnapped after struggling with strange characters. He discovered that they were not humans, but wooden puppets with astonishing power. After a difficult struggle, Narumi was forced to admit that he was not their opponent; Just as he began to believe that Masaru would be captured, Masaru's defender Shirogane came here from France with a weapon - the puppet Arlequin. The story of the Karakuri Circus begins here.
