| Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life | |
|---|---|
 Japanese Theatrical release poster | |
| Japanese | 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 |
| Screenplay by | Hideki Sonoda |
| Based on | Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl by Satoshi Tajiri Junichi Masuda Ken Sugimori |
| Produced by | Takemoto Mori Junya Okamoto Mikihiko Fukazawa Chōji Yoshikawa |
| Starring | see below |
| Cinematography | Takaya Mizutani |
| Edited by | Toshio Henmi |
| Music by | Shinji Miyazaki |
Production companies | OLM, Inc. OLM Digital |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥4.67 billion[1] |
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life[lower-alpha 1] 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 animated installment in the Pokémon film series created by Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori, and serves as a direct sequel to Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior (2008). It was released in Japan on 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. 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.
Plot[]
Thousands of years ago, Arceus, a Pokémon believed to have created entire worlds, saved this world[lower-alpha 2] from a meteor storm and nearly died with the loss of its sixteen Life Plates. Arceus was saved by a man named Damos, from the wasteland town of Michina, when he returned the plates to Arceus. Feeling pity for the town, Arceus fused five of its plates into the Jewel of Life, which made the land rich and fertile. Arceus asked Damos to return the jewel to him, but Damos, hypnotized by a Bronzong belonging to Damos's lieutenant Marcus, betrayed Arceus and attacked it, as Marcus believed the town would again become a wasteland. Arceus destroyed the temple which was built as a shrine dedicated to it and was forced to go into a long slumber. Arceus intended to judge humanity when it awakened.
When Arceus began to awaken, massive whirlpools of energy formed around it. These distortions brought together the dimensions of two Pokémon that should never have met: Dialga, which rules time, and Palkia, which rules space. Dialga and Palkia then collided with one another in Alamos Town,[lower-alpha 3] both mistakenly assuming the other had threatened their territory. This battle affected the Reverse World, the dimension ruled by the Pokémon Giratina, bringing Giratina into the conflict.[lower-alpha 4]
In the present, the Pokémon trainers Ash Ketchum, Dawn, and Brock arrive at a lake near the ruined temple. A whirlpool strikes up, threatening the lives of Ash's Pikachu and Dawn's Piplup. Sheena, a descendant of Damos who investigates disruptions in time and space, summons Dialga, who saves Pikachu and Piplup. Giratina arrives, but Ash, who Giratina remembers from their previous encounter,[lower-alpha 4] calms Giratina's rage. Sheena believes that Pikachu and Ash are the thunder creature and its master from legend, said to have changed the fate of the town long ago. Palkia arrives to save Dialga from another whirlpool, before the two return to their own dimensions.
Arceus arrives. Sheena offers it the Jewel of Life to calm its wrath, only to discover that the jewel is a fake. Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina arrive to stop Arceus from destroying humanity. Dialga sends Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Sheena back in time to the day when Damos was manipulated into betraying Arceus, where Damos and Marcus fall to their deaths in the collapsing temple. Upon Sheena's request, Dialga sends her and the others further back.
Unaware of Marcus's true role, Sheena tells him everything about the future. Arceus arrives to collect the Jewel of Life from Marcus's scepter, but Sheena is fooled into betraying Arceus when the scepter is empty. Arceus is forced into a pit and is wounded by silver water and electrical attacks, which Arceus became vulnerable to after it gave Damos the jewel. Marcus' intention is to kill Arceus himself to save the future. Sheena and Damos use their abilities to communicate with the other Pokémon to stop the Pokémon under Marcus's control from electrocuting Arceus.
Ash obtains the Jewel of Life. Calmed by Damos's ability, Arceus absorbs the jewel, restoring its own life force, and reversing the time paradox that nearly killed Ash, Dawn, Brock, Sheena, and their Pokémon. Arceus rescues the people and Pokémon from the collapse of the temple. Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Sheena are transported to the present, only to discover that Arceus is still furious and has defeated Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. Arceus spots Ash and recognizes him due to history's alterations, and reverses the destruction it caused and heals its former adversaries. Ash and the others discover Damos has put them on a mural, thanking them for their help in saving the world and seeing that even without the Jewel of Life, Michina is still fertile due to the people and Pokémon cultivating the land. Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, and Arceus depart for their dimensions, with Arceus realizing that it is truly a part of this world.
Cast[]
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Ash Ketchum | Rika Matsumoto | Sarah Natochenny |
| Pikachu | Ikue Otani
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| Dawn | Megumi Toyoguchi | Emily Bauer |
| Brock | Yūji Ueda | Bill Rogers |
| Narrator | Unshō Ishizuka | Rodger Parsons |
| Jessie | Megumi Hayashibara | Michele Knotz |
| James | Shin-ichiro Miki | Carter Cathcart |
| Meowth | Inuko Inuyama | Carter Cathcart |
| Piplup | Etsuko Kozakura | Michele Knotz |
| Damos | Masahiro Takashima | Dan Green |
| Sheena | Kii Kitano | Carrie Keranen |
| Kevin | Yūji Kishi | Wayne Grayson |
| Marcus | Kōichi Yamadera | Jason Griffith |
| Arceus | Akihiro Miwa | Tom Wayland |
| Pichu | Shōko Nakagawa | Kayzie Rogers |
| Tapp | Yuzuru Fujimoto | Bill Tost |
| Kato | Motoko Kumai | Tom Wayland |
| Kiko | Kei Shindou | Bella Hudson |
| Heatran | Kenta Miyake | Tom Wayland |
Production[]
The film's director, Kunihiko Yuyama, stated that in the film Arceus was depicted as being nature, the Jewel of Life as being the Sun, with the end goal of making people contemplate how the natural world is essential for the survival of all life. In Japan, the movie was distributed by Toho, best known for creating Godzilla.[2] The movie's fictitious setting is based on the Acropolis, Mycenae, Delphi, and the Metéora in Greece, which the director and producers visited in August 2008.
Release[]
Theatrical run[]
The film was released in Japanese theaters on July 18, 2009.[3] It became the ninth highest grossing animated film of that year.
Broadcast airing[]
In the United States, the English dub aired on Cartoon Network on November 20, 2009.[4] This marks the first time that a Pokémon feature film has made its U.S. debut in the same year as its original Japanese release.
Notes[]
- ↑ Japanese: 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, Hepburn: Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Daiyamondo ando Pāru: Aruseusu Chōkoku no Jikū e, lit. "Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Arceus: To Conquering Space-Time"
- ↑ Referred to as the world of reality or the real world in the 2008 film Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior to distinguish itself from Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina's dimensions.
- ↑ As depicted in the 2007 film Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 As depicted in the 2008 film Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior.
References[]
- ↑ "Movies With Box Office Gross Receiopts Exceeding 1 Billion Yen". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Yuyama, Kunihiko. "Thanks" . Pokemon-movie.jp. Archived from the original on 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "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 超克の時空へとは - Weblio辞書". www.weblio.jp. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "2009 Pokémon Film on U.S. Cartoon Network Today (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
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