Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000)

Original title

劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI

Directed by

Kunihiko Yuyama

Genre

family film, gag anime, science fiction anime, adventure anime, fantasy anime, drama anime

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

G

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 695 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Ash and his friends travel to a town where a girl named Molly has been trapped in a world of illusions created by the mysterious Pokemon Unown. They must save her from the legendary Pokemon Entei that has appeared to guard her.

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What happens

Pokémon 3: The Movie is a 2000 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the third film in the Pokémon franchise. The film stars the voices of Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Mayumi Iizuka, Yūji Ueda, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama, Yumi Tōma, Satomi Kōrogi, Unshō Ishizuka, Kōichi Yamadera, Naoto Takenaka, Hirohide Yakumaru, and Ai Kato, and Noriko Sakai. In the film, Ash and his friends go on a journey to save young Molly Hale from an illusionary Pokémon named Entei. This was the first Pokémon film to premiere in an IMAX theater. The realistic crystallization and Unown created a 3D effect in the film. This was also the last Pokémon film to be released internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures until the release of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu in 2019. The Japanese opening theme is OK! 2000 by Rica Matsumoto, and the Japanese ending theme is The Day a Rainbow Was Born (Niji ga Umareta hi) by Kumiko Mori. The English opening theme is Pokemon Johto by PJ Lequerica, and the English ending theme is To Know the Unknown by Innosense. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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