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Key animator list, according to Bulbapedia:

Noriyuki Kitanohara
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Yasuhiro Takemoto
Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Masako Ikeda
Akie Aratani
Mariko Ueno
Sachika Mo

Not familiar with any of these names, but it's rare to find such careful and fluid animation in early Pokemon outside of Iwane and Tamagawa's episodes.

EDIT: Going by another cut from this episode that was uploaded years ago, the animator might be Noriyuki Kitanohara. I also did a search of these names, and, based on their other credits, it seems that this episode was outsourced to KyoAni. Sadly, a couple of the listed animators were killed in the fire.
Several names would go on to do great work at Kyoto Animation, so that's noteworthy