Underplayed Gems

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life poster
Original title
劇場版ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド&パール アルセウス 超克の時空へ
Directed by
Kunihiko Yuyama
Genre
science fiction anime, adventure anime, fantasy anime, drama anime, action anime, Action
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
G
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 316 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A legendary Pokemon named Arceus wakes up and wants revenge on humans who stole its jewel. Three Pokemon trainers are sent back in time with a descendant to set things right before Arceus attacks everyone.

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What happens

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life is a 2009 Japanese animated adventure film produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho. The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama from a screenplay by Hideki Sonoda. It is the twelfth film in the Pokémon anime series and the third film of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, created by Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori, serving as a direct sequel to Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior (2008). It was released in Japan on July 18, 2009. In the film, Arceus, a powerful creature known as a Pokémon, awakens from a long slumber to seek justice on the humans that refused to return Arceus its life-giving jewel and attacked it. Through loop quantum cosmology, the spacial distortions caused by Arceus's awakening leads to the conflict between the extradimensional Pokémon Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. To prevent Arceus from attacking humanity, Dialga sends Pokémon trainers Ash Ketchum, Dawn, and Brock back in time, along with Sheena, a descendant of the man mistakenly believed to have betrayed Arceus. The theme song of the film is "Kokoro no Antenna" by Shoko Nakagawa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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