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I've heard that it is legal to distribute unlicensed anime (as long as you make it a free download, and don't sell it), that the law is only violated if the anime you distribute is already licensed for distribution in your country (or you attempt to make money off of it, as you are not...
I finally did find a copy of it in RAW original-broadcast (no subs, no dubs) form. And it is a very high quality 640x480 video. The file size is approximately 450MB. I found it when searching with Google, using the term "Pocket Monsters" (as well as including the word "raw" in my search) instead...
Where can I get the RAW episode 38?
I mean Japanese spoken language, no subtitles at all (or at least have them be soft-subs, not hard-subs). I don't know what anime subbing group released it, but there is a hard-subbed version out there of episode 38, the seisure episode "Electric Soldier...