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Revelation Lugia
There is a legend that the God of Flames, God of Freezing, and the God of Thunder should not be disturbed or else the Heavens and Earth will become angry and wreak havoc on the planet. Only the God of Water can qualm their anger and restore peace to the planet. Gelardan, a Pokémon Collector, believes in the legend and decides to capture all three of the bird Pokémon to bring out Lugia, the God of Water. He succeeds in capturing Fire (the God of Flames) and goes after the other two (Freezer and Thunder, the God of Freezing and the God of Thunder, respectively).
Satoshi crash-lands on the island chain where the Pokémon Gods are said to reside and is asked to go to the islands of Flames, Thunder, and Freeze to get small orb-like gems that'll calm the gods' angers and keep balance in the world. Satoshi gets the treasures of Freezing and Thunder before meeting Freezer and Thunder, who are arguing over who should get Fire's territory. Gelardan arrives to claim Thunder, and in the process he captures Satoshi and his friends as well. The Pokémon Trainers are soon released and eventually succeed in freeing both Fire and Thunder.
The three Pokémon Gods, having been brought to the same location, begin to fight. Suddenly, Lugia, the God of Water, appears. It fights off the legendary Pokémon for a while to allow Satoshi to claim the final orb. After being aided by the Rocket trio, Satoshi finally obtains the third orb. He sets the three treasures on a pedestal as Fleura, the shrine maiden who had been helping Satoshi and his friends on their journey, plays a soothing melody on her flute. The three Pokémon Gods are calmed down and return to their respective islands as the balance of nature is restored. Satoshi's mom appears and scolds her son for putting himself in so much danger, but she is proud of the fact that he helped save the world. Satoshi and his friends leave the archipelago as Lugia returns to its home in the sea.
Satoshi and the others sleep as their Pokémon have an adventure. Togepy goes exploring after a Rediba when it gets lost in a Pokémon valley. The other Pokémon follow it into the valley, led by Elekid, where they are entertained by various Pokémon. They're side-tracked for short while, but soon get back on the trail to rescue the little egg Pokémon. A big storm comes as the Pokémon struggle to hold on to the nest that Togepy's in, but by working together they're able to keep the egg Pokémon safe.
Check out my review of the movies here!
Coming soon!
The ending theme to Pocket Monsters The Movie "Revelation Lugia" is toi et moi by Namie Amuro. But did you know this was almost not the case?
Read all about the fascinating history of the ending theme here in a page I call "Revelation Lugia" The Ending Theme Saga.
The executives involved with Mewtwo Strikes Back! were overjoyed with how successful it was but they still didn't like how dark and grim it was. The goal of the second movie was to make it a much more light-hearted adventure film.
The producers of the movie had trouble deciding which Pokémon would be the main stars. Mew and Mewtwo had already been used in the first movie and Houou had been rumored to appear in some temple somewhere in the Gold & Silver games so the only legendary Pokémon left for them to use were the legendary bird trio Fire, Freezer, and Thunder. Screenplay writer Takeshi Shudo asked the game designers if he could create a new Pokémon to act as a fourth legendary who represents the deep sea currents and, much to his surprise, they said yes. Mr. Shudo doesn't actually state on his blog that he was the one who designed or even named the Pokémon but it seems like the overall idea of "legendary Pokémon who represents the sea" did come from him.
The working title for the movie was "The Mythical Pokémon X's Explosive Birth" (幻のポケモンX爆誕). This "X" codename for Lugia would later be used in the TV series and the 2005 GameCube game Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness Dark Lugia.
There was originally a scene that would have explained more about Gelardan and his connection to the Mew card we see him pick up at the end of the movie but it ended up getting cut for time.
Gross-to-date: N/A
The movie made 6.2 billion yen during its theatrical run in Japan. This is down from the 7.24 billion the first movie made.
Pokémon The Movie 2000 made $43,758,684 during its theatrical run in the U.S. The movie came in at number three in its opening weekend and made $19,575,608 over the weekend. The movie was released in 2,752 theaters nationwide.
The manga adaptation of Revelation Lugia was printed in booklet included in the July 1999 issue of CoroCoro Comics.
It was never collected into graphic novel format and is therefore one of the most difficult manga to get a hold of.
| "Revelation Lugia" (幻のポケモンルギア爆誕) |
"Pikachu's
Exploration Party" (ピカチュウたんけんたい) |
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| Japanese Premiere Date | July 17th, 1999 |
| Domestic Premiere Date | July 21st, 2000 |
| Runtime ("Revelation Lugia") |
81
minutes |
| Runtime ("Pikachu's Exploration Party") |
23
minutes |
| Opening
Theme ("Revelation Lugia") |
"The Rivals!" (ライバル！) Performed by Rica Matsumoto |
| Closing
Theme ("Revelation Lugia") |
toi et moi (toi et moi) Performed by Namie Amuro |
| Opening
Theme ("Pikachu's Exploration Party") |
"Tankentai
o Tsukurou!" (たんけんたいをつく ろ！) Performed by The Pokémon Kids |
| Closing
Theme ("Pikachu's Exploration Party") |
"Sora
Tobu Pokémon Kids" (そらとぶポケモンキッズ) Performed by Becky feat. The Pokémon Kids |
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There is a legend that the God of Flames, God of Freezing, and the God of Thunder should not be disturbed or else the Heavens and Earth will become angry and wreak havoc on the planet. Only the God of Water can qualm their anger and restore peace to the planet. Gelardan, a Pokémon Collector, believes in the legend and decides to capture all three of the bird Pokémon to bring out Lugia, the God of Water. He succeeds in capturing Fire (the God of Flames) and goes after the other two (Freezer and Thunder, the God of Freezing and the God of Thunder, respectively).
Satoshi crash-lands on the island chain where the Pokémon Gods are said to reside and is asked to go to the islands of Flames, Thunder, and Freeze to get small orb-like gems that'll calm the gods' angers and keep balance in the world. Satoshi gets the treasures of Freezing and Thunder before meeting Freezer and Thunder, who are arguing over who should get Fire's territory. Gelardan arrives to claim Thunder, and in the process he captures Satoshi and his friends as well. The Pokémon Trainers are soon released and eventually succeed in freeing both Fire and Thunder.
The three Pokémon Gods, having been brought to the same location, begin to fight. Suddenly, Lugia, the God of Water, appears. It fights off the legendary Pokémon for a while to allow Satoshi to claim the final orb. After being aided by the Rocket trio, Satoshi finally obtains the third orb. He sets the three treasures on a pedestal as Fleura, the shrine maiden who had been helping Satoshi and his friends on their journey, plays a soothing melody on her flute. The three Pokémon Gods are calmed down and return to their respective islands as the balance of nature is restored. Satoshi's mom appears and scolds her son for putting himself in so much danger, but she is proud of the fact that he helped save the world. Satoshi and his friends leave the archipelago as Lugia returns to its home in the sea.
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Satoshi and the others sleep as their Pokémon have an adventure. Togepy goes exploring after a Rediba when it gets lost in a Pokémon valley. The other Pokémon follow it into the valley, led by Elekid, where they are entertained by various Pokémon. They're side-tracked for short while, but soon get back on the trail to rescue the little egg Pokémon. A big storm comes as the Pokémon struggle to hold on to the nest that Togepy's in, but by working together they're able to keep the egg Pokémon safe.
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Check out my review of the movies here!
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|
Coming soon!
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The ending theme to Pocket Monsters The Movie "Revelation Lugia" is toi et moi by Namie Amuro. But did you know this was almost not the case?
Read all about the fascinating history of the ending theme here in a page I call "Revelation Lugia" The Ending Theme Saga.
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Revelation
Lugia and Pikachu's
Exploration Party have seen six home releases between the two of
them.
View detailed information about each home
release here
View detailed information on each release here.
You can also check out a detailed look at the Pocket Monsters The Movie "Revelation Lugia" Original Music Collection and how unique a release it is here. Why are there only eleven tracks? What's with all the image songs?
Fans who purchased a pre-order ticket also received a set of exclusive postage stamps.
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A total of three CDs were released
specifically for this movie.
View detailed information on each release here.
You can also check out a detailed look at the Pocket Monsters The Movie "Revelation Lugia" Original Music Collection and how unique a release it is here. Why are there only eleven tracks? What's with all the image songs?
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Fans who purchased a pre-order ticket also received a set of exclusive postage stamps.
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| How was CoroCoro Comics covering the movie back in 1999? Take a look at this fascinating time capsule of a very different era in this franchise's history. | "A Day in the Life of Yadoking" (ヤドキングのいちにち) is an approximately three minute short that aired on TV-Tokyo on January 1st, 2000. It features the Yadoking from the movie Revelation Lugia. |
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The executives involved with Mewtwo Strikes Back! were overjoyed with how successful it was but they still didn't like how dark and grim it was. The goal of the second movie was to make it a much more light-hearted adventure film.
The producers of the movie had trouble deciding which Pokémon would be the main stars. Mew and Mewtwo had already been used in the first movie and Houou had been rumored to appear in some temple somewhere in the Gold & Silver games so the only legendary Pokémon left for them to use were the legendary bird trio Fire, Freezer, and Thunder. Screenplay writer Takeshi Shudo asked the game designers if he could create a new Pokémon to act as a fourth legendary who represents the deep sea currents and, much to his surprise, they said yes. Mr. Shudo doesn't actually state on his blog that he was the one who designed or even named the Pokémon but it seems like the overall idea of "legendary Pokémon who represents the sea" did come from him.
The working title for the movie was "The Mythical Pokémon X's Explosive Birth" (幻のポケモンX爆誕). This "X" codename for Lugia would later be used in the TV series and the 2005 GameCube game Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness Dark Lugia.
The official
English title for this movie in Japan, as seen on its title screen and various promotional
materials, is "Revelation Lugia." The title is not a translation
of the Japanese title (that would be "The Mythical Pokémon
Lugia's
Explosive Birth") and instead just seems to be a title the movie
producers thought would sound cool. The 4Kids dub ended up going
with a completely different title altogether.
Speaking of the
movie's title, Takeshi Shudo apparently wasn't comfortable with the
Japanese title "The Mythical Pokémon Lugia's Explosive Birth" and
instead
preferred to refer to the film as "the second Pokemon movie"
instead. He explains
that the flashy word the title uses to stand out, bakudan (爆誕), doesn't actually
exist in the dictionary but is instead a made-up word that's a
combination of "explosive" (爆) and
"birth" (誕). Mr. Shudo was
uncomfortable with this word because it brings to mind hibakusha, the (somewhat
derogatory) term used to describe those who survived the atomic
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki back in 1945. Mr. Shudo was
born a few years after the war ended but he still remembered being in
first grade and finding out that one of his upperclassman was a hibakusha. For him, the bakudan used in the movie's title
doesn't mean "explosive birth" (which doesn't even make sense, he adds,
since nothing is actually born in the movie) but instead means "birth
affected by the (atomic) bomb." When the title was proposed
during the writers' meeting Mr. Shudo said he didn't raise any
objections but that years later, looking back, he doesn't remember why
he kept his mouth shut. He goes on to admit that he's probably
the only person
who thinks about the title this deeply.
There was originally a scene that would have explained more about Gelardan and his connection to the Mew card we see him pick up at the end of the movie but it ended up getting cut for time.
|
"Revelation Lugia" |
| Opening Credits |
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| "Pocket Monsters" created by 原案 |
Satoshi Tajiri (田 尻 智) |
| Superviser スーパーバイザー |
Tsunekazu Ishihara (石原恒
和) |
| Animation
Supervisor アニメーション監修 |
Youichi Kotabe (小田部羊一) |
| Publication 掲載 |
CoroCoro
Comics (月刊コロコロコミック) CoroCoro Special (別冊コロコロコミック) Hyper CoroCoro (ハイパーコロコロ) Shougaku Ichi-Nensei (小学一年生) Shougaku Ni-Nensei (小学二年生) Shougaku San-Nensei (小学三年生) Shougaku Yon-Nensei (小学四年生) Shougaku Go-Nensei (小学五年生) Shougaku Roku-Nensei (小学六年生) Mebae (めばえ) Yochien ("Preschool") (幼稚園) Educational Preschool (学習幼稚園) TV-kun (aka "Terebi-kun") (てれびくん) Ciao (ちゃお) |
| Executive
Producer エグゼクティブプロデューサー |
Masakazu Kubo
(久保 雅一) Takashi Kawaguchi (川口孝司) |
| Original
Character Design キャラクター原 案 |
Ken Sugimori (杉森建) Shigeki Morimoto (森本茂樹) Motofumi Fujiwara (藤原基史) Atsuko Nishida (西田敦子) |
| Screenplay 脚本 |
Takeshi Shudo (首藤剛志) |
| Production 演出 |
Masamitsu
Hidaka (日高政光) Norihiko Sutou (須藤典彦) |
| Character
Design and Chief Animator キャラクターデザイン・総作画監督 |
Sayuri Ichi'ishi (一石小百合) |
| Art
Director 美術監督 |
Katsuyoshi Kanemura (金村勝義) |
| Director
of Photography 撮影監督 |
Hisao Shirai (白井久男) |
| Editing 編集 |
Toshio
Henmi (辺見俊夫) |
| Sound
Director 音響監督 |
Masafumi Mima (三間雅文) |
| Music 音楽 |
Shinji
Miyazaki (宮崎慎二) |
| Opening Theme Song Composition オープニングテーマソング作曲 |
Hirokazu
Tanaka (たなかひろかず) |
| Ending Theme Song Composition エンディングテーマソング作曲 |
Tetsuya
Komuro (小室哲哉) |
| Animation
Producer アニメーションプロデューサー |
Toshisato Okuno
(奥野敏聡) Shuukichi Kanda (神田修吉) |
| Animation Production アニメーション制作 |
OLM |
| Producers プロデューサー |
Chouji Yoshikawa (吉川兆二) Yukako Matsusako (松迫由香子) Takemoto Mori (盛 武源) |
| Production 制作 |
Shougakukan
Production (小学館プロダクション) |
| Director 監督 |
Kunihiko Yuyama (湯山邦彦) |
|
"Revelation Lugia" |
| Voice
Cast |
|
| Satoshi | Rica
Matsumoto 松本梨香 |
| Pikachu | Ikue Ohtani 大谷育江 |
| Dr. Ookido |
Unshou Ishizuka 石塚運昇 |
| Kasumi | Mayumi Iizuka 飯塚雅弓 |
| Togepy |
Satomi Ko'orogi こおろぎさとみ |
| Kenji |
Tomokazu
Seki 関智一 |
| Musashi | Megumi Hayashibara 林原めぐみ |
| Kojirou | Shin-ichirou Miki 三木眞一郎 |
| Nyarth | Inuko Inuyama 犬山犬子 |
| Lugia |
Kou'ichi Yamadera
山寺宏一
|
| Village
Elder |
Chikao
Ohtsuka 大塚周夫 |
| Fleura |
Akiko
Hiramatsu 平松晶子 |
| Yodel |
Aya
Hisakawa 久川綾 |
| Ship
Captain |
Kotono
Mitsuishi 三石琴乃 |
| Dr.
Uchikido |
Keiko
Han 潘恵子 |
| Mama |
Masami
Toyoshima 豊島まさみ |
| Fire |
Rikako
Aikawa 愛河里花子 |
| Freezer |
Yumi
Touma 冬馬由美 |
| Thunder |
Katsuyuki
Konishi 小西克幸 |
| Maril |
Mika
Kanai かないみか |
| Barrierd |
Yuuji
Ueda 上田祐司 |
| Arbok |
Kouichi
Sakaguchi 坂口候一 |
| Computer |
Emi
Shinohara 篠原恵美 |
| Announcer |
Junichi
Kagaya 加賀谷純一 |
| Reporter |
Hirohiko
Kakegawa 掛川裕彦 |
| Morphon |
Chinami
Nishimura 西村ちなみ |
| Onidrill |
Hisayoshi
Izaki 伊崎寿克 |
| Coil |
Tetsuya
Sakai 酒井哲也 |
| Kamex |
Tokuyoshi
Kawashima 川島得愛 |
| Special Guest
Voices |
|
| Gelardan | Takeshi
Kaga 鹿賀丈史 |
| Yadoking |
Masatoshi
Hamada 浜田雅功 |
|
"Pikachu's Exploration Party" |
| Voice Cast |
|
| Pikachu | Ikue Ohtani 大谷育江 |
| Togepy | Satomi Ko'orogi こおろぎさとみ |
| Zenigame | Rikako
Aikawa 愛河里花子 |
| Fushigidane | Megumi Hayashibara 林原めぐみ |
| Maril |
Mika Kanai かないみか |
| Nyarth |
Inuko
Inuyama 犬山犬子 |
| Arbok |
Kouichi
Sakaguchi 坂口候一 |
| Kabigon | Hitoshi Takagi 高木均 |
| Parasect | Kappei Yamaguchi 山口勝平 |
| Tamatama |
Shin-ichirou
Miki 三木眞一郎 |
| Hoho | Yuuji Ueda 上田祐司 |
| Paras | Katsuyuki Konishi 小西克幸 |
| Satoshi | Rica
Matsumoto 松本梨香 |
| Kasumi | Mayumi Iizuka 飯塚雅弓 |
| Kenji | Tomokazu Seki 関智一 |
| Special Guest Voices |
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| Narrator | Tamao
Satou さとう珠緒 |
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Gross-to-date: N/A
The movie made 6.2 billion yen during its theatrical run in Japan. This is down from the 7.24 billion the first movie made.
Pokémon The Movie 2000 made $43,758,684 during its theatrical run in the U.S. The movie came in at number three in its opening weekend and made $19,575,608 over the weekend. The movie was released in 2,752 theaters nationwide.
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The manga adaptation of Revelation Lugia was printed in booklet included in the July 1999 issue of CoroCoro Comics.
It was never collected into graphic novel format and is therefore one of the most difficult manga to get a hold of.
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