Underplayed Gems

Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)

Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew poster
Original title
劇場版ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレーション ミュウと波導の勇者 ルカリオ
Directed by
Kunihiko Yuyama
Genre
family film, science fiction anime, adventure anime, fantasy anime, drama anime, action anime
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 336 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Ash and his friends visit a town that has a legend about a brave Pokémon named Lucario. A strange event causes Mew to take Pikachu away, and Ash teams up with Lucario to get Pikachu back. They uncover the truth about the town's history and the bond between Lucario and its trainer.

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What happens

Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is a 2005 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and produced by OLM, Inc. It is the eighth film of the Pokémon anime series and the third film of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire. The film stars the voices of Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Yūji Ueda, Kaori, Fushigi Yamada, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama, Daisuke Namikawa, Satomi Kōrogi, Takeshi Aono, Noriko Hidaka, Kōichi Yamadera, Kumiko Okae, Momoko Kikuchi, and Becky. It was released in theaters in Japan on July 16, 2005, followed by the Japanese DVD and VHS releases on December 22, 2005. The English dub was done by 4Kids Entertainment and was first released on DVD in Australia on August 16, 2006, with the US release following on September 19, 2006. The English dub of the movie premiered in the US for the first time at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con. The film aired in the United Kingdom in July 2007 on Cartoon Network. This is also the last Pokémon film to be dubbed in English by 4Kids Entertainment, who had been dubbing Pokémon from the start of the television series in 1998. All future Pokémon episodes and films would be dubbed by The Pokémon Company International. The events of the film take place during Pokémon: Advanced Battle. Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew was one of the four nominees for the American Anime Awards' "Best Anime Feature" award, but it lost to Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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