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Pocket Monsters: Mizu no Miyako no Mamorigami Latias to Latios

Also known as Pokémon Heroes.

Studio: OLM , 4Kids Entertainment , Miramax Films , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Long ago, on an island called Altomare, there lived an old man and woman. One day, the couple found two small children lying on the shore, badly wounded. The couple took them in and took care of them, and the children quickly recovered. But then, the island was attacked by monsters. Within moments the island fell into the monsters' wrath. But then...Before the old man and lady's eyes, the children who they had taken care of transformed into the Eon Pokemon, Latios and Latias. They called their family from the sky. They came, and carried a stone with them containing the power to force the monsters away. This gem was known as the "Soul Dew". Peace returned to the island. However, later in the present, a criminal duo - Zannâ and Rion - are seeking Latios and Latias in order to take control of the Soul Dew. Taking a short break in Altomare, Satoshi befriends Latias and is now dragged into the situation helping to save Altomare from becoming swallowed up by destruction again.



Tags: Animals , Kids , Ships , Proxy Battle , Creature Taming , Urban , CGI , Primarily Child Cast , Drawing , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Kaiju , Dinosaurs

Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushuu

Also known as Pokémon: The First Movie.

Studio: TV Tokyo , OLM , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Imagica , 4Kids Entertainment , Warner Bros. Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

A team of scientists use the DNA of a rare Pokemon, Mew, to create the world's strongest Pokemon, Mewtwo. Not wanting to be used as an experiment, Mewtwo uses its psychic powers in a violent rage to destroy the scientists who created it. Mewtwo then tries to learn how to focus his powers with the aid of Giovanni, the man who funded the scientists' operations, but discovers that it is being used again. So Mewtwo decides to find its own purpose in life, and carry out its revenge on humans by destroying life on earth by using a deadly storm. Ash Ketchum and a group of other Pokemon Trainers are summoned by Mewtwo to have a battle with it, but they soon discover that they're only being invited so Mewtwo can clone their Pokemon for it's own purposes. Ash then tries to find a way to stop Mewtwo's plot before it can be carried out.



Note: Originally screened in theaters as 75 minutes, a "complete version" was broadcast on TV the following year shortly before the release of Pokémon the Movie 2000, adding a reconstructed storytelling of Ash and Pikachu's first meeting to its runtime making it 85 minutes.

Tags: Animals , Philosophy , Clone , Proxy Battle , Creature Taming , Tragedy , Kids , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Delinquents , Anti-Hero , Primarily Child Cast , CGI , Tanned Skin

Pocket Monsters: Kimi ni Kimeta!

Also known as Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!.

Studio: OLM , Takara Tomy
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The film's plot tells the story of how Satoshi (Ash) and Pikachu came to know each other. On the day they set out from Masara Town (Pallet Town), both of them saw a Ho-oh flying and made a vow to someday meet it.



Tags: Animals , Travel , Proxy Battle , Wilderness , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Kids , Alternate Universe , CGI

Pocket Monsters: Kesshoutou no Teiou ENTEI

Also known as Pokémon 3: The Movie.

Studio: OLM , 4Kids Entertainment , Warner Bros. Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Young Molly Hale is a 5-year old girl who has lost her father to the Unown, a strange group of Pokémon who can make a person's dreams real by using their Psychic energy. One day she accidently releases the Unown, and they begin to answer Molly's wishes; first by creating Entei, a legendary lion-like Pokémon who Molly then thinks is her father because he always pretended to be Entei when he played with her. Molly then feels lonely because she has no mother, so Entei decides to kidnap Ash's mother and forces her to become Molly's. Ash, Brock, and Misty must then try to save Ash's mom, Delia, and Molly; And in the process they must also try to find a way to stop the Unown from turning the town of Greenfield into a bizarre crystal wasteland.



Tags: Animals , Creature Taming , Kids , Male Protagonist , Rural , Family Life , CGI , Dragons , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Child Cast , Proxy Battle

Pocket Monsters: Minna no Monogatari

Also known as Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us.

Studio: OLM , WIT STUDIO , Takara Tomy
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The Wind Festival is held once a year in Fula City, where people live together with the wind. Since long ago, on the final day of the festival, the legendary Pokémon Lugia will appear and bestow the blessings of the wind upon the people. This film is about everyone's stories, from Lisa (Risa), a high school girl who is just starting out as a Pokémon trainer, to Callahan (Kagachi), a guy who can't stop lying to Toren (Torito), a researcher who lacks confidence in himself, to Harriet (Hisui), an old lady who hates touching Pokémon, and Margo (Largo), a mysterious young girl who watches over the forest by herself.



Tags: Proxy Battle , Animals , Environmental , Gyaru , Kids , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Alternate Universe , Urban , Male Protagonist