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Movie 01
Once every thousand years "The Millenium Comet" is said to appear for a span of seven days, and it's at "Pokémon Park," a traveling circus where you can see this comet, where Satoshi and his friends meet a magician named Butler. During one of his magic shows, Butler's assistant Diane is holding a "Sleeping Cocoon" when all of a sudden Masato starts hearing a voice coming from the cocoon. That voice ends up belonging to Jirachi, a Mythical Pokémon who wakes up once every thousand years and goes around granting people's wishes. Before long Jirachi awakens from its thousand year slumber, right there in Masato's arms! Butler is indifferent to the excitement of Satoshi and his friends as he plots to use Jirachi for his own gains...
Nyarth is put in charge of looking after the Rocket-Dan's secret base while everyone else is away. He gets excited at the thought of getting on the Boss' good side by using the "Monster Dancing Ball," a special wand that allows Nyarth to control the actions of other Pokémon! Pikachu and its friends, meanwhile, stumble upon this secret base and decide to help rescue the "Whisper Pokémon" Gonyonyo who have been trapped there! Hijinks ensue when the Monster Dancing Ball is suddenly activated and causes everyone to start to dance! Things take a turn for the worse when Dogohmb and Runpappa join in!! What's going to happen to the secret base that Nyarth's been put in charge of?
The cast of humans / Pokémon for this movie are as follows:
More complete details about each character, as well as what their voice actors have to say about the roles, will be added later.
Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation The Movie "The Seven Nights' Star of Wishing, Jirachi" & "The Dancing Pokemon Secret Base" has been released on home videos multiple times over the years.
Check here to see a detailed breakdown of each release.
A number of special giveaways were provided to audiences when they purchased a movie ticket to go see Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation The Movie "The Seven Night Wishing Star, Jirachi" & "The Dancing Pokémon Secret Base" in theaters.
Click here to find out more.
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| Pocket
Monsters Advanced Generation The Movie "The Seven Nights' Star of Wishing, Jirachi" 劇場版ポケットモンスターアドバンスジェネ レーション 七夜の願い星 ジラーチ |
"The
Dancing Pokémon Secret Base" おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
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| First Teaser Poster | Pikachu Short Poster | Second Poster |
| Release / General Information |
| Japanese Premiere Date | July 19th, 2003 |
| American Premiere Date | June 1st, 2004 |
| Runtime |
80 minutes (main feature) 22 minutes (Pikachu mini movie) |
| Opening
Theme (Pikachu Mini Movie) |
"Polka
O Dolka" (ポルカ・オ・ドルカ) Performed by Nyarth (Inuko Inuyama) & the Norusoru Choir |
| Ending
Theme (Pikachu Mini Movie) |
"Bouken
no Hajimari da!!" (冒険のはじまりだ!!) Performed by KAORI (Haruka) |
| Ending Theme (Main Feature) |
"Chiisaki
Mono" (小さきもの) Performed by Asuca Hayashi |
| Main Feature Spoiler-Free Synopsis |
Once every thousand years "The Millenium Comet" is said to appear for a span of seven days, and it's at "Pokémon Park," a traveling circus where you can see this comet, where Satoshi and his friends meet a magician named Butler. During one of his magic shows, Butler's assistant Diane is holding a "Sleeping Cocoon" when all of a sudden Masato starts hearing a voice coming from the cocoon. That voice ends up belonging to Jirachi, a Mythical Pokémon who wakes up once every thousand years and goes around granting people's wishes. Before long Jirachi awakens from its thousand year slumber, right there in Masato's arms! Butler is indifferent to the excitement of Satoshi and his friends as he plots to use Jirachi for his own gains...
| Pikachu Mini Movie Spoiler-Free Synopsis |
Nyarth is put in charge of looking after the Rocket-Dan's secret base while everyone else is away. He gets excited at the thought of getting on the Boss' good side by using the "Monster Dancing Ball," a special wand that allows Nyarth to control the actions of other Pokémon! Pikachu and its friends, meanwhile, stumble upon this secret base and decide to help rescue the "Whisper Pokémon" Gonyonyo who have been trapped there! Hijinks ensue when the Monster Dancing Ball is suddenly activated and causes everyone to start to dance! Things take a turn for the worse when Dogohmb and Runpappa join in!! What's going to happen to the secret base that Nyarth's been put in charge of?
| Characters |
The cast of humans / Pokémon for this movie are as follows:
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More complete details about each character, as well as what their voice actors have to say about the roles, will be added later.
| Home Video Releases |
Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation The Movie "The Seven Nights' Star of Wishing, Jirachi" & "The Dancing Pokemon Secret Base" has been released on home videos multiple times over the years.
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Check here to see a detailed breakdown of each release.
| Soundtracks |
There were several CD
soundtrack releases for this film.
View detailed information about each CD
release here. |
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| Distributions |
A number of special giveaways were provided to audiences when they purchased a movie ticket to go see Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation The Movie "The Seven Night Wishing Star, Jirachi" & "The Dancing Pokémon Secret Base" in theaters.
Click here to find out more.
| Promotion for the Movie |
| Coming
Soon! |
| Notes |
In Japan, 280,000 advanced tickets were sold after only two days. On its opening weekend, the movie opened in 309 theatres and earned $3,755,347, ranking at Number Three.
Tomiko Suzuki, the voice actor who provided Jirachi's voice, died on July 7th, 2003, shortly before the film's Japanese premiere date. Coincidentally, July 7th is the Tanabata holiday in Japan, a holiday that celebrates the two stars Altair and Vega coming together after being separated all year by the Milky Way. It's customary for people to plant bamboo trees on this day and hang tanzaku (little slips of paper with wishes written on them) on these trees. Not only does Ms. Suzuki's last movie have some basis on the holiday, but the character she voiced (Jirachi) has these tanzaku hanging from its ears!
"The Dancing Pokémon Secret Base" is the first mini-movie not to feature Togepy.
| Main Staff |
| "Pocket Monsters" created by 原案 |
Satoshi Tajiri (田尻 智) |
| Production Company 製作 |
Shogakukan
Productions (小学館プロダクション) |
| Animation Production アニメーション制作 |
OLM |
| Directed by 監督 |
Kunihiko Yuyama (湯山邦彦) |
For a detailed
list of the entire staff of the feature film, go here.
For a detailed list of the entire staff of the mini-movie, go here.
For a detailed list of the entire staff of the mini-movie, go here.
| Voice Cast (Main Feature) |
| Cast |
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| Satoshi サトシ |
Rica
Matsumoto 松本梨香 |
| Pikachu ピカチュウ |
Ikue Ohtani 大谷育江 |
| Takeshi タケシ |
Yuuji
Ueda 上田祐司 |
| Haruka ハルカ |
Kaori KAORI |
| Masato マサト |
Fushigi
Yamada 山田ふしぎ |
| Musashi ムサシ |
Megumi
Hayashibara 林原めぐみ |
| Kojirou コジロウ |
Shin-ichiro
Miki 三木眞一郎 |
| Nyarth ニャース |
Inuko
Inuyama 犬山犬子 |
| Jirachi ジラーチ |
Tomiko
Suzuki 鈴木富子 |
| Achamo アチャモ |
Chinami
Nishimura 西村ちなみ |
| Absol アブソル |
Megumi
Hayashibara 林原めぐみ |
| Graena グラエナ |
Koichi
Sakaguchi 坂口候一 |
| Bohmander ボーマンダ |
Katsuyuki
Konishi 小西克幸 |
| Young Butler 少年バトラー |
Kenji
Nojima 野島健児 |
| Young Diane 少女ダイアン |
Natsuki
Yoshihara 吉原ナツキ |
| The
Pokémon ポケモンたち |
Miyako
Itou 伊東みやこ |
| Ryoko
Shiraishi 白石涼子 |
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| Takayuki
Yamaguch 山口隆行 |
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| Asako
Shirakura 白倉麻子 |
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| Satoshi
Katogi 加藤木賢志 |
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| Ryokichi
Takahashi 高橋良吉 |
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| Kumiko
Higa 比嘉久美子 |
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| Miwa
Kouzuki 倖月美和 |
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| Akiko
Kawase 川瀬晶子 |
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| Narration ナレーション |
Unshou Ishizuka 石塚運昇 |
| Special Guest
Voices |
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| Butler バトラー |
Kou'ichi Yamadera
山寺宏一 |
| Diane ダイアン |
Riho
Makise 牧瀬里穂 |
| Bogie ボギー |
Papaya
Suzuki パパイヤ鈴木 |
| Voice Cast (Pikachu Mini Movie) |
| Cast |
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| Pikachu ピカチュウ |
Ikue Ohtani 大谷育江 |
| Achamo アチャモ |
Chinami
Nishimura 西村ちなみ |
| Kimori キモリ |
Yuuji
Ueda 上田祐司 |
| Mizugorou ミズゴロウ |
Megumi
Hayashibara 林原めぐみ |
| Hasuboh ハスボー |
Miyako
Itou 伊東みやこ |
| Nyarth ニャース |
Inuko
Inuyama 犬山犬子 |
| Habunake ハブネーク |
Chie
Sato 佐藤智恵 |
| Sonasu ソーナンス |
Yuuji
Ueda 上田祐司 |
| Sabonea サボネア |
Katsuyuki
Konishi 小西克幸 |
| Musashi ムサシ |
Megumi
Hayashibara 林原めぐみ |
| Kojirou コジロウ |
Shin-ichiro
Miki 三木眞一郎 |
| Runpappa ルンパッパ |
Fumihiko
Tachiki 立木文彦 |
| Dogohmb ドゴーム |
Katsuyuki
Konishi 小西克幸 |
| Gonyonyo ゴニョニョ |
Makoto
Tsumura 津村まこと |
| Gonyonyo ゴニョニョ |
Natsuki
Yoshihara 吉原ナツキ |
| Gonyonyo ゴニョニョ |
Ryoko
Shiraishi 白石涼子 |
| Special Guest
Voices |
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| Narration ナレーター |
Hanako
Yamada 山田花子 |
| Japanese Box Office Performance |
Gross-to-date:
4.5 billion yen
Total Number of Days in Theaters: TBA
Sources
Cinema Today | Eiga.com | Pokepale | Box Office Mojo
Total Number of Days in Theaters: TBA
List of
theaters that showed Pocket Monsters
Advanced Generation The Movie "The Seven Nights' Star of Wishing,
Jirachi" & "The Dancing Pokémon Secret Base"
| Box Office Performance At a Glance
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| Week | Rank |
Earnings To Date |
Viewer- ship |
Competition |
| Week
One (July 19th ~ 20th, 2003 |
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| 1 |
3 |
445, 271,493 yen |
N/A |
Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation The Movie "The Seven Night Wishing Star, Jirachi" & "The Dancing Pokémon Secret Base" managed to debut in third place during its opening weekend in Japanese theaters. The top spot was taken by Bayside Shakedown 2, a film that would go on to set numerous records for a live action Japanese film, while Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines took the Number 2 spot. Eiga.com reports that the 6th Pocket Monsters movie earned 165% of its predecssor and 122% of the one before that. |
| Week Two (July 26th ~
27th, 2003) |
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| 2 | 3 |
732, 439,137 yen |
N/A | The
Top Three stayed exactly the same during Pokémon's second week in
theaters. The only newcomer to the Top Ten this week was Madhouse's Nasu: Summer in Andalusia,
which debuted at Number 6. |
| Week Three (August 2nd
~ 3rd, 2003) |
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| 3 | 5 |
2,129, 996,907 yen |
N/A | The
sixth Pocket Monsters movie
dropped to the Number 5 spot in its third week in theaters. Newcomers
this week included Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
Black Pearl, which debuted at Number 1, and Ang Lee's Hulk, which debuted at Number 4. |
| Week Four (August 9th ~
10th, 2003) |
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| 4 | 4 |
2,774, 693,865 yen |
N/A | Number
Four for Week Four! Despite the debut of newcomer How
to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the Japanese release of the 2002
Kate Hudson / Matthew McConaughey film, the Jirachi movie managed to
climb up a spot to reach Number 4. |
| Week Five (August 16th
~ 17th, 2003) |
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| 5 | 6 |
3,564, 338,058 yen |
N/A | A
number of new movies debuted during Pocket
Monsters' fifth week in theaters, knocking it down to the Number
6 spot. Those newcomers included the Chinese film Hero at Number 3, the double
feature Kamen Rider 555 the Movie: Paradise Lost
/ Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger: Abare Summer is
Freezing! at Number 5, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
at Number 7, and Get Up! at Number 10. |
| Week Six (August 23rd ~
24th, 2003) |
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| 6 | 7 |
3,749, 116,425 yen |
N/A | The
debut of 2 Fast 2 Furious helped knock
the newest Pokémon film further down the Top Ten list. Ju-On: The Grudge 2 and Femme Fatale debuted this week. |
| Week Six (August 30th ~
31st, 2003) |
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| 7 |
N/A |
N/A | N/A | The
first Advanced Generation
movie fell out of the Top Ten in its sixth week in theaters. The only
newcomer in the Top Ten this week was Dragon Head. |
Sources
Cinema Today | Eiga.com | Pokepale | Box Office Mojo
| Publications |
| Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker |
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| How different is the English dub of this
movie from the Japanese
original? Click below to find out! | Pokémon Jirachi Wish Maker | Gotta Dance! | |
| Further Information |
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