Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
| Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life | |
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| File:Arceus229.png English Poster & DVD Cover | |
| Directed by | Kunihiko Yuyama |
| Written by | Hideki Sonoda |
| Produced by | Takemoto Mori Junya Okamoto Mikihiko Yanagisawa Chōji Yoshikawa |
| Starring | (Japanese): Rica Matsumoto Megumi Toyoguchi Yūji Ueda Inuko Inuyama Shin-ichiro Miki Megumi Hayashibara Kii Kitano Masahiro Takashima Kōichi Yamadera Akihiro Miwa (English): Sarah Natochenny Emily Bauer Bill Rogers Jimmy Zoppi Michele Knotz Rebecca Soler Dan Green Jason Griffith Tim Werenko (Both): Ikue Ōtani Shoko Nakagawa |
| Cinematography | Takaya Mizutani |
| Music by | Shinji Miyazaki |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho (Japan) Universal Pictures (International) |
Release dates | July 18, 2009 (Japan) Spring 2010 (United States, DVD) |
| Country | Japan |
| Languages | Japanese English |
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (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, Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Daiyamondo & Pāru: Aruseusu Chōkoku no Jikū e, lit. Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Arceus: To the Conquering of Space-Time) is a 2009 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. It is the twelfth Pokémon film and the third in the Diamond & Pearl trilogy. This film so far has earned US $44,153,277 (JPN ¥44444,052,080,960) in Japan[1] through August 23, 2009. The english-language dub was aired on November 6, 2009 in Australia and it will air on November 20, 2009 in the United States on Cartoon Network, with a DVD release to follow.
The movie's fictitious setting is based on various locations in Greece, which the director and producers visited during August 2008. Among the locations they visited and have been used as inspiration for the movie were the Acropolis, Mycenae, Delphi, Metéora.
Title
The title was first revealed on December 15, 2008 in an article in CoroCoro Comic as Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: To the Conquering of Space-Time. The amended title was later revealed in the March issue of CoroCoro Comic.
The English title was revealed by the official website. [2]
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.[3]
Plot
Ash and his friends arrive at the beautiful land of Michina. Little did they expect to once again be found in a conflict between Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. They are saved by a young woman called Sheena, who can communicate with a Pokémon's heart, and explains the whole conflict was because of Arceus being close to awakening. She also tells them that her ancestor Damos betrayed Arceus and stole the Jewel of Life, sending it into a rage and a slumber. Sheena plans to return the Jewel to Arceus.
After a small after-conflict, Arceus fully awakens and returns to Earth, using its signature move Judgment to destroy Michina. Arceus sees the Jewel is fake when Sheena tries to return it. Dialga, Palkia and Giratina return to try to stop Arceus, allowing Dialga to transport everyone but Kevin back in time to alter the past. They are nearly killed when Arceus attacks Damos and them, but Sheena prays to Dialga to send them further back in time. Arceus is apparently defeating the trio in the present day.
Ash, Brock, Dawn, and Sheena are several hours before Damos' betrayal. They are attacked by an army of soldiers and takes in everyone but Sheena, who manages to warn a man in a toga of what will happen and takes her for interrogation.
When Ash and his friends find Damos in their same space, they react very negatively at him, but Damos begins to explain what happened in the past. Arceus began to die after defending the Earth from annihilation from a meteor and losing its 16 plates; Damos helped find them and heal Arceus. In return, Arceus detached 5 of its plates to make The Jewel of Life to make Michina rich and fertile. Damos claims he has no intention of stealing the jewel. He also claims the man in the toga is called Marcus. Brock remembered that Marcus was present when Damos was supposed to give back the plate in the first time Dialga sent them to by mistake, and theorizes he may be the mastermind on this.
Hosting a dining for Sheena, he is explained to by her Damos' true intent, and he agrees to help to stop him. He show an empty staff, which he secretly removed the jewel from, to Sheena, and goes to the temple with her. In the jail cell, a Notched-Ear Pichu befriended by Damos gives him the cell keys so they can escape.
At the temple, Arceus arrives and is told by Sheena that Damos will not be present. Marcus starts an attack, but Ash and his group arrives and Sheena comes to peace with her ancestor. Ash confronts Marcus with Monferno and Grotle, but is overpowered by his Heatran. He then fights Marcus physically, but fails. Marcus drops the jewel and is recovered by Ash.
Arceus is weakening by Marcus's attack and Liquid metal starts getting poured on him. Damos and Sheena become able to communicate with Marcus's Pokémon which are being controlled by armor. Ash's Pikachu destroys the armor. Arceus begins to die, causing a time paradox and Ash and his friends start to cease their existence. Ash's Pikachu fully vanishes, but before Ash fully disappears, he manages to give Arceus the Jewel back. The time paradox is canceled and everyone reappears and return to their proper time.
Expecting to find peace once again, they see Arceus has fully defeated Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, and is preparing its final judgment. Ash cries out to it to remember that everything was fixed in the past. Arceus remembers and stops the attack, heals the dragon Pokémon, and restores Michina. The four dragon legends bid their final farewell and return to their respective dimensions.
Promotion
A special Arceus was distributed in Japan to Nintendo DS owners who had Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, or Pokémon Platinum with them in the theatre. The Arceus was level 100 and had the moves Judgement, Roar of Time (normally exclusive to Dialga), Spacial Rend (normally exclusive to Palkia), and Shadow Force (normally exclusive to Giratina). This Arceus is also available in Australia from November 5th to November 16th in selected EB Games and K-Mart stores and in the United States from November 7th to 15th in all Toys R us stores.
Cast
Main cast
| Character | Voice Actor (Japanese) | Voice Actor (English) | Character Information |
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| Satoshi/Ash | Rica Matsumoto | Sarah Natochenny | The main characters of the anime. |
| Hikari/Dawn | Megumi Toyoguchi | Emily Bauer | |
| Takeshi/Brock | Yūji Ueda | Bill Rogers | |
| Pikachu | Ikue Ōtani | ||
| Nyarth/Meowth | Inuko Inuyama | Jimmy Zoppi | The members of Team Rocket. |
| Kojirō/James | Shin-ichiro Miki | ||
| Musashi/Jessie | Megumi Hayashibara | Michele Knotz | |
| Narrator | Unshō Ishizuka | Rodger Parsons | |
| Sheena | Kii Kitano | Rebecca Soler | A guardian of the Michina ruins and descendant of Damos. She has the ability to communicate with Pokémon and with people's hearts. She summons Dialga to save Michina from a tornado but Dialga is then caught up in a battle with the other 2 deities. In the trailer she is seen praying with Kevin trying to calm Arceus from destroying Michina Town. |
| Kevin | Yūji Kishi | Wayne Grayson | A guardian of the Michina ruins. He and Sheena teach Ash and friends about the Michina Town legends. |
| Damos | Masahiro Takashima | Dan Green | A man who healed Arceus in ancient times. After being loaned the Jewel of Life, Damos betrayed Arceus (under the influence of hypnosis) by attacking it with his Pokémon, forcing it into a long and furious sleep. |
| Gishin/Marcus | Kōichi Yamadera | Jason Griffith | Damos's minion in ancient times. Marcus's Pokémon are fitted with devices which force them to obey him. In the original timeline, he had his Bronzong hypnotize Damos, forcing Damos to betray and attack Arceus. In the new timeline, he, due to the interference of the protagonists, betrays Arceus directly. Marcus fears that if the Jewel of Life were returned, Michina would revert to a desolate wasteland. Near the end of the movie, when the building is falling apart, his scream is heard, followed by a shot of his crown on the edge of the cliff he was standing by, implying that he fell to his death. However, during the credits he is shown cultivating the fields under Damos, so he somehow survived the fall. |
| Gizamimi Pichu/Spiky-Eared Pichu | Shoko Nakagawa | An energetic and somewhat precocious female Pichu with three spikes on her ear. She eats nothing but Grepa Berries. Also Pikachu's friend. Met in the past. | |
| Arceus | Akihiro Miwa | Tim Werenko | The alpha Pokémon who entrusted the Life Jewel to, and was betrayed by, Damos. It threw itself in front of a meteorite to save Earth according to the Michina Legend. It is known as the most powerful Pokémon in the world. It is said that Arceus shaped the universe with 1,000 arms and appeared as an egg in the vortex of chaos at the beginning of time. Arceus then created from itself, the dragon trio, the lake trio and then went into eternal sleep later wakening up to protect Earth, then going back to a slumber. But Arceus is awakened again after many millennia by the destruction of his temple caused by the Dragon Trio. In the movie, Arceus fights Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. Thus, causing chaos to Sinnoh. |
| Dialga | A Pokémon god, that is the legendary deity of time itself. After its great battle with Palkia, and being hunted by the vengeful Giratina, Dialga is exhausted. Despite this, it uses its magnificent powers to save Ash and friends from an impending tornado. However, when both its brothers Palkia and Giratina arrive, Dialga joins them in a final showdown with each other to settle their conflict and by doing so awaken Arceus. In order to stop the chaos with Arceus, it sends Ash and the others back in time to learn the truth behind Damos's betrayal. When they arrive, It's too close to the past so Ash and co. go back further. However, they fear they are stuck in the past when Ash and co. loses contact with Dialga | ||
| Palkia | A Pokémon God, that is the legendary deity of space itself. It is the enemy of Dialga in The Rise of Darkrai. It is discovered that Dialga and Palkia met and clashed due to dimensional warping caused by the awakening of Arceus. Palkia and Dialga are two deities that never should have met and have an unknown rivalry with each other and so, when they fought in The Rise of Darkrai they polluted the Reverse World which is what caused their rivalry with Giratina. | ||
| Giratina | A deity Pokémon that was banished to the Reverse World. Giratina came up against Dialga during the events of Giratina and the Sky Warrior, then had be saved from the villainous Zero by Ash and his friends.The Reverse World takes in abnormal pollution from the Pokémon world, which takes the form of poisonous clouds. Giratina is angry at Dialga and Palkia because the space-time rift they caused in the 10th movie filled the Reverse World with pollution. | ||
| Heatran | Tom Wayland | Heatran is one of the Pokémon controlled by Marcus. As with all of Marcus's Pokémon, it has a device on its back that forces it to unquestioningly obey Marcus. When Pikachu uses Iron Tail to break the device, it turns on Marcus. | |
References
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2009&wk=34&p=.htm
- ^ http://pokemonarceus.com
- ^ Yuyama, Kunihiko. "Thanks" (in Japanese). Pokemon-movie.jp.
External links
- Official site (Japanese)
- Official site (English)
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