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| Movies & Specials Guide | DP
Movie 03
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The following is
presented in the order they were listed in the movie's ending credits.
Gross-to-date: 45.24 billion yen
The film opened in second place, being beaten by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The sixth Harry Potter film had a number of advantages, however, such as being released a few days earlier and being shown in more than twice as many theaters. The third place movie that weekend was Amalfi - Megami no Houshuu.
Interestingly, the top three movies in Japan did not change at all the following two weeks; Harry Potter remained in the number one spot, Pocket Monsters in the number two spot, and Amalfi in the number three spot.
Sources
Yahoo! Movies (Japan) (opening weekend performance)
TV-Tokyo's monthly report (September 2009) (gross-to-date information)
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Movie #3 |
 アルセウス 超克の時空へ (Arceus - To the Conquering of Time and Space) "Arceus and the Jewel of Life" |
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Satoshi and his friends have come to a
beautiful town by the river named Michiina. The town has a shrine
built thousands of years before at the top of a giant mountain, and
Satoshi-tachi decide to visit it. When they reach the summit,
they find that the shrine is built by a beautiful lake! Suddenly,
waves appear in the water before a fierce whirlpool comes and carries
our heroes away! As Satoshi and his friends are blown away, the
voice of the young girl who protects the shrine, Sheena, can be heard
saying "Please, Dialga...!" At that moment, Dialga appears
through a rift in space!
Sheena invites our heroes to the shrine to take refuge and then explains all about Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. She also tells them about an old legend in Michiina that states that a legendary pokemon named Arceus created life as we know it by stopping a meteor from crashing into the planet. This brought Arceus to the brink of death and caused it, as if by reflex, to release sixteen pieces of itself into the world. A man named Damos finds these sixteen pieces and returns them to Arceus, saving the pokemon's life and earning its gratitude. To show its thanks, Arceus merges five of the returned pieces - Water, Grass, Ground, Thunder, and Dragon (Splash, Meadow, Earth, Zap, and Draco) - to create an item called "The Jewel of Life" (命の宝玉). It gave this item to Damos to use to turn Michiina, which was a barren wasteland at the time, into a beautful place filled with life. Arceus tells Damos to return the jewel "by the next day when the sun disappears" and leaves. Damos uses the jewel to turn Michiina into a beautiful paradise and, before long, the day of the solar eclipse comes.
However, Damos refuses to return the jewel to Arceus and instead orders a group of pokemon to attack it! After being betrayed by Damos, Arceus falls into a deep sleep for thousands of years. When it awakens, it declares that the time for judgment has come! It starts to attack the Michiina of Satoshi-tachi's time, so Sheena, being Damos' ancestor, presents the "Jewel of Life" to it! However, it appears that the jewel that Sheena has is a fake! Arceus has had enough of humans' deceitful ways and launches an attack toward Sheena, but it is intercepted by Dialga and Palkia at the last second! The stakes have been raised as a battle among the god pokemon commences!
Sheena invites our heroes to the shrine to take refuge and then explains all about Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. She also tells them about an old legend in Michiina that states that a legendary pokemon named Arceus created life as we know it by stopping a meteor from crashing into the planet. This brought Arceus to the brink of death and caused it, as if by reflex, to release sixteen pieces of itself into the world. A man named Damos finds these sixteen pieces and returns them to Arceus, saving the pokemon's life and earning its gratitude. To show its thanks, Arceus merges five of the returned pieces - Water, Grass, Ground, Thunder, and Dragon (Splash, Meadow, Earth, Zap, and Draco) - to create an item called "The Jewel of Life" (命の宝玉). It gave this item to Damos to use to turn Michiina, which was a barren wasteland at the time, into a beautful place filled with life. Arceus tells Damos to return the jewel "by the next day when the sun disappears" and leaves. Damos uses the jewel to turn Michiina into a beautiful paradise and, before long, the day of the solar eclipse comes.
However, Damos refuses to return the jewel to Arceus and instead orders a group of pokemon to attack it! After being betrayed by Damos, Arceus falls into a deep sleep for thousands of years. When it awakens, it declares that the time for judgment has come! It starts to attack the Michiina of Satoshi-tachi's time, so Sheena, being Damos' ancestor, presents the "Jewel of Life" to it! However, it appears that the jewel that Sheena has is a fake! Arceus has had enough of humans' deceitful ways and launches an attack toward Sheena, but it is intercepted by Dialga and Palkia at the last second! The stakes have been raised as a battle among the god pokemon commences!
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For the third Diamond & Pearl film, director
Yuyama Kunihiko went location hunting in Metéora, Greece
in August 2008.
One of the major
elements of the film is the solar eclipse. Coincidentally (or
not?), the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century passed
over Asia on July 22nd, 2009, a mere four days after the movie's
release.
Fans who bought
an
advanced ticket to the movie (sold between April 18th and July 17th)
received a "Pikachu-colored Pichu," a different-colored (or
"shiny") Pichu whose fur and cheeks are the same color as its evolved
counterpart.
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| Japanese Premiere Date | July 18th, 2009 |
| Japanese Availability | DVD (Japanese, main feature) |
| Domestic Premiere Date | November 20th, 2009 (Cartoon
Network) Spring 2010 (DVD) |
| Domestic Availability | N/A |
| Opening Theme |
ハ
イタッチ!2009 (High Five! 2009) |
| Closing Theme | 心
のアンテナ -Haruomi Hosono Original Mix- (Antenna of the Heart - Haruomi Hosono Original Mix-) Performed by Nakagawa Shouko |
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| Original Story | Tajiri Satoshi |
| Production Company | Shogakukan Production |
| Animation Production Company | OLM |
| Supervisor |
Ishihara
Tsunekazu |
| Animation
Supervisor |
Kotabe
Youichi |
| Executive
Producer |
Kubo
Masakazu, Itou Kenjirou |
| Director | Yuyama Kunihiko |
| Screenplay Writer |
Sonoda Hideki |
| Storyboard |
Yuyama Kunihiko |
| Character
Design |
Mouri
Kazuaki, Yamada Toshiya |
| Music
Producer |
Mima
Masafumi |
| Music |
Miyazaki
Shinji |
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| Satoshi | Rika Matsumoto | Sarah Natochenny |
| Pikachu | Ohtani Ikue | Ohtani
Ikue |
| Takeshi | Ueda Yuuji | Bill Rogers |
| Hikari | Toyoguchi Megumi | Emily
Jenness |
| Potchama |
Kozakura
Etsuko |
??? |
| Musashi | Hayashibara Megumi | Michelle
Knotz |
| Kojirou | Miki Shin'ichirou | Billy
Beach |
| Nyasu | Inuyama Inuko | Billy
Beach |
| Hikari's Pachirisu | Nishimura Chinami | Nishimura Chinami |
| Hikari's Mimirol | Kawakami Tomoko | ??? |
| Takeshi's Gureggru | Konishi Katsuyuki | ??? |
| Takeshi's Usokki | Sakaguchi Daisuke | ??? |
| Takeshi's Pinpuku | Itou Miyako | ??? |
| Satoshi's Buoysel | Furushima Kiyotaka | Furushima Kiyotaka |
| Tapp |
Fujimoto
Yuzuru |
??? |
| Kevin |
Kishi Yuuji |
??? |
| Kanta |
Kumai
Motoko |
??? |
| Kako |
Shindou
Kei |
??? |
| Gishin's
Headran |
Miyake
Kenta |
??? |
| Gablias |
Ousaka
Chikara |
??? |
| Nidoran♂ | Nakanishi
Hideki |
??? |
| Nidorina |
Kawakami
Takafumi |
??? |
| Yanyanma |
Densaka
Tsutomu |
??? |
| Kimawari |
Teratani
Mika |
??? |
| Nidoran♀ | Yonezawa
Madoka |
??? |
| Narration | Ishizuka Unshou | ??? |
| Arceus | Miwa Akihiro | ??? |
| Damos |
Takashima
Masahiro |
??? |
| Gishin |
Yamadera
Kou'ichi |
??? |
| Notch-Eared Pichu | Nakagawa Shouko | ??? |
| Sheena | Kitano Kii | ??? |
| Soldier B |
Akiyama
Ryuumi (Robert) |
??? |
| Soldier D |
Baba
Hiroyuki (Robert) |
??? |
| Villager |
Yamamoto Hiroshi (Robert) |
???
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Gross-to-date: 45.24 billion yen
The film opened in second place, being beaten by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The sixth Harry Potter film had a number of advantages, however, such as being released a few days earlier and being shown in more than twice as many theaters. The third place movie that weekend was Amalfi - Megami no Houshuu.
Interestingly, the top three movies in Japan did not change at all the following two weeks; Harry Potter remained in the number one spot, Pocket Monsters in the number two spot, and Amalfi in the number three spot.
Sources
Yahoo! Movies (Japan) (opening weekend performance)
TV-Tokyo's monthly report (September 2009) (gross-to-date information)
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