Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero, Lucario

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Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation
Movie #3

ミュウと波導の勇者
("Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero, Lucario")

"Lucario and the Mystery of Mew"

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Main Film Basic Synopsis

Satoshi and his friends have arrived in Rohta Town, where the legend of the "Wave-Guiding Hero" has been passed down from generation to generation. A festival is being held in Oldoran Castle to celebrate the Wave-Guiding Hero Aaron, who put an end to a war between two pokemon armies centuries before. Satoshi enters a competition to determine who will act as this year's hero, and the young boy wins! However, the celebration is cut short when Mew suddenly appears and takes Pikachu and Nyasu with it! What is it planning to do with the pokemon? Will Lucario learn to trust Satoshi as the new hero? Why are the three Regis fighting so dilligently? And what secrets lie in the Tree of the Beginning of the World?

Notes

At the end of the second Advanced Generation movie, Rekku no Houmonsha Deokishisu, a brief flash of text informing the audience that a third Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation movie appeared. No other information was known about the movie until December 2004, when a trailer revealing that the movie's feature pokemon was Mew was released.

Director Yuyama Kunihiko got inspiration for the setting of this movie, Oldoran Castle, by visiting a number of castles in Bavaria, Germany. Both Neuschwanstein Castle and Linderhof Palace were used as the models for this movie's setting.

Fans who bought an advanced ticket (sold between April 16th and July 15th, 2005) were given a claim ticket that will enable them to capture Mew in any of the Game Boy Advanced Pocket Monsters games (Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red, or Leaf Green).

The film was the #2 highest-grossing film in Japan during 2005, earning 4.3 billion yen (roughly US $36 million).

Release/General Information

Japanese Premiere Date	July 16th, 2005
Japanese Availability	DVD (Japanese, main feature)
Domestic Premiere Date	September 19th, 2006
Domestic Availability	N/A
Opening Theme	Batoru Furontia (Eiga Baajon) ("Battle Frontier (Movie Version)")
Closing Theme	Hajimari no Uta ("The Song of Origin")
2005 Theatrical Edition Illustration Contest Theme	Pokemon Kazoe Uta ("The Pokemon Counting Song")

Main Staff

Since a translated version of the credits from an American DVD is not available yet, the following may not be completely accurate.

Original Story	Tajiri Satoshi
Production Company	Shogakukan Production
Animation Production Company	OLM
Director	Yuyama Kunihiko
Producers	Mori Takenori and others
Executive Producers	Kubo Masakazu, Tsuru Hiroaki
Assistant Producer	Yoshikawa Chouji
Superviser	Ishihara Tsunekazu
Animation Superviser	Kotabe Youichi
Animation Producers	Okuno Toshisato, Kanda Syuukichi
Original Character Design	Ichi'ishi Sayuri, others
Music Producer	Saitou Yuuji, Tanaka Hirokazu
Background Music	Miyazaki Shinji
Production	Pikachu Project (The Pokemon Company, Media Factory, Tomy, Jr. Kikaku, TV Tokyo, Shogakukan, Shogakukan Production, OLM
Distributor	Toho

Thanks to Pokemonica for the above staff list.

Principal Cast

Since the English-language version of the movie has not yet been released, all information regarding the American voice actors are merely assumptions.

Satoshi	Rika Matsumoto	Veronica Taylor
Pikachu	Ohtani Ikue	Ohtani Ikue
Takeshi	Ueda Yuuji	Eric Stuart
Haruka	Kaori	Veronica Taylor
Masato	Yamada Fushigi	Amy Birnbaum
Musashi	Hayashibara Megumi	Racheal Lillis
Kojirou	Miki Shin'ichirou	Eric Stuart
Nyasu	Inuyama Inuko	Maddie Blaustein
Lucario	Namikawa Daisuke	???
Mew	Ko'orogi Satomi¹	Ko'orogi Satomi
Banks	Aono Takeshi	???
Mother (of Rohta Town)	Hidaka Noriko	???
Gonbe	Satou Chie	???
Wakashamo	Nishimura Chinami	???
Heigani	Konishi Katsuyuki	???
Zenigame	Hanba Tomoe	???
Hellger	Sakaguchi Kou'ichi	???
Manene	Itou Miyako	???
Manyula	Sakaguchi Daisuke	???
Manyula	Fukushima Jun	???
Chiriin	Yoshihara Natsuki	???
Regirock	Miyashita Eiji	Miyashita Eiji
Registeel	Kakehashi Atsushi	Kakehashi Atsushi
Regice	Kawamoto Kunihiro	Kawamoto Kunihiro
Narration	Ishizuka Unshou	Mike Pollock
Aaron	Yamadera Kou'ichi	???
Jenny	Okae Kumiko	???
Leen / Aileen	Kikuchi Momoko	???
Kid Summers	Becky	???
Freddy	Nishino Akihiro (King Kong)²	???
Usohachi	Kajiwara Yuuta (King Kong)²	???

¹The voice actor for Mew in this film is Ko'orogi Satomi, while the voice actor for Mew in 1998's Mewtwo Strikes Back is Yamadera Kou'ichi. This has caused speculation that the Mew in this film is different from the Mew from the first movie.

²"King Kong" is the name of a Japanese comedy group that formed in September 1999. Nishino Akihiro (the voice actor for Freddie) and Kajiwara Yuuta (the voice actor for Usohachi) are the two members of the group and appear in the movie as special guest stars.

Further Information

Comparison ("Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero, Lucario")	The Manga Adaptation
Character Bios Humans \| Pokemon	Soundtrack Information
Critics' Thoughts	IMDB Entry for "Pokémon 8"
Japanese Official Site	American Official Site