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XY 01
The Pocket Monsters The Movie (劇場版ポケットモンスター) text that was placed in front of the titles of every other movie in this franchise is being replaced with "Pokemon the movie XY" (ポケモン・ザ・ムービーXY).
The tagline for this movie is "The Pokemon Movies Head Into a New Dimension" (ポケモン映画、新次元へ).
The first 3 million fans to see the movie received a special Diancie Pokémon TRETTA puck. The Diancie came in a Pressure Ball and knew the attack Moon Force, just like the Diancie in the film. This puck can be used in machines running the second The Pokémon TRETTA update "Xerneas and Yveltal" which went live on July 10th, 2014.
Location scouting took place in Canada for this year's movie. This is the first time the movie's production team has done any location scouting for a film since 2011's Victini and the Black Hero Zekrom / White Hero Reshiram. Additionally, this is the second movie to have its locations based on places in Canada; the setting of 2004's The Sky-Splitting Visitor, Deoxys was based on the city of Vancouver.
View detailed information about each home release here.
Gross-to-date: 1,469,523,700 yen (as of August 6th, 2014)
Ranking: 1 → 3 → 4 → 6 → 8 → 8 → 8 → 10
The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie debuted at number one on its opening weekend, making it the first Pocket Monsters movie since 2007's Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai to do so. The film was shown across 357 screens nationwide and was seen by 360,190 people, making 559,908,500 yen (approximately US $5,521,806) over the three day weekend. Rounding out the top three was Maleficent at number two and Studio Ghibli's When Marnie was There at number three.
The movie dropped to third place in its second week in theaters and has grossed 908,933,900 yen (approximately US $8,903,216) since it opened. First place went to the American Godzilla, which is only just now seeing a release in Japan, while Maleficent retains the number two spot.
The movie went down another spot in its third week due to the arrival of Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire. The sequel to 2012's live action Rurouni Kenshin movie came in first place, moving Godzilla down to second, Maleficent down to third, and Pokemon the movie XY down to fourth. This year's Pokemon movie has earned a total of 1,469,523,700 yen (approximately US $14,331,853) so far.
The movie fell to sixth place in its fourth week. The number one spot went to the CG film STAND BY ME Doraemon, bumping Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire down to number two. Debuting in third place was Transformers: Age of Extinction, which pushed Maleficent down to fourth place and When Marnie was There down to fifth. Oddly enough Cinema Today is not reporting any updated figures for this year's Pokemon movie.
The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie went down to eighth place in week number five. Doraemon kept the top spot while newcomer Hot Road debuted at number two. That pushed Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire down to third place, Transformers: Age of Extinction to fourth, Maleficent to fifth, and When Marnie was There down to sixth. Godzilla retained the number seven spot. Cinema Today is not reporting any new figures for the second week in a row.
Pokémon the Movie XY remained in eighth place in its sixth week. The Top Seven this week were STAND BY ME Doreaemon, Hot Road, Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire, newcomer Into The Storm, Transformers: Age of Extinction, When Marnie was There, and Maleficent.
It kept its eighth place in week seven as well. The top seven were STAND BY ME Doraemon, Lupin the Third (which is apparently terrible), Lucy, Hot Road, Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and When Marnie was There.
The movie fell to tenth place in its eighth and final week. The rest of the top nine were STAND BY ME Doraemon, Lupin the Third, Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire, Hot Road, Non-Stop (which is being called "Flight Game" in Japan), Lucy, Transformers: Age of Extinction, In the Hero, and When Marnie was There.
The movie did not place in the top ten in its eleventh week in theaters.
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("The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie") "Pokémon
The Movie Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction" |
("Pikachu, What is This the Key To?") TBA |
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The
"Diamond Ore Kingdom" (ダイヤモンド鉱国) is a
place deep underground where the "Jewel Pokemon" Meleecie live in
peace. It has also said to be where a large diamond known as the
"Sacred Diamond" (聖なるダイヤ) resides. This special gem serves as the
main energy
source holding up the kingdom and has been doing so for a very long
time. The only one who is supposed to be able to create this
diamond is Diancie, the princess of the Diamond Ore Kingdom, yet she
hasn't been endowed with this power yet!
As time goes on the current Sacred Diamond is starting to reach the end of its life. If it's allowed to die out then the beautiful Diamond Ore Kingdom will be history!
Diancie meets Satoshi and Pikachu and set out together on a journey to seek out the "Life Giving Pokemon" Xerneas to get help saving her country. Along the way, however, a female thief named Marilyn, a ninja thief named Riot, and the Rocket-Dan all set their sights on the diamond-making pokemon. Thankfully, our heroes are rescued from their various predicaments by the father-daughter team of Algus and Millis Steel. As our heroes' journey continues, the "Destruction Pokemon" Yveltal, who is said to have been behind a major loss of life in the Kalos Region known as "The Great Destruction" (大破壊) in times past, waits patiently inside its cocoon...
As their journey continues, our heroes follow the "Fairy Aura" being emitted by Xerneas and are eventually led to the Allearth Forest (オルアースの森).
Danger's around every corner! Will Diancie be able to save her kingdom? And what will happen to Satoshi and Pikachu!?
As time goes on the current Sacred Diamond is starting to reach the end of its life. If it's allowed to die out then the beautiful Diamond Ore Kingdom will be history!
Diancie meets Satoshi and Pikachu and set out together on a journey to seek out the "Life Giving Pokemon" Xerneas to get help saving her country. Along the way, however, a female thief named Marilyn, a ninja thief named Riot, and the Rocket-Dan all set their sights on the diamond-making pokemon. Thankfully, our heroes are rescued from their various predicaments by the father-daughter team of Algus and Millis Steel. As our heroes' journey continues, the "Destruction Pokemon" Yveltal, who is said to have been behind a major loss of life in the Kalos Region known as "The Great Destruction" (大破壊) in times past, waits patiently inside its cocoon...
As their journey continues, our heroes follow the "Fairy Aura" being emitted by Xerneas and are eventually led to the Allearth Forest (オルアースの森).
Danger's around every corner! Will Diancie be able to save her kingdom? And what will happen to Satoshi and Pikachu!?
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The "Key Ring Pokemon" Cleffey has appeared in front of
Pikachu and its friends! When it inserts a strangely-shaped key
into a keyhole floating in the very fabric of space, the void begins to
grow and envelops the area in a mysterious light!
Cleffey is able to use the different keys it has in its collection to
go to different worlds. What kinds of worlds will Pikachu and its
friends be able to go to with the strange keys they find?
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| Princess Diancie and the Ore Kingdom
is a TV special that aired on July 17th, 2014. You can find out
more
about it here. |
A Nintendo 3DS Street Pass game titled The Thieves and the Thousand Pokemon (とうぞくと1000ぴきのポケモン) was made available for free from June 6th, 2014 until September 30th, 2014. Read more about the game and how it tied into the movie here. |
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| A "Riddle Solving Event" known as "Save the Princess of the Kingdom of Diamonds" was held in both Yomiuri Land and Hirakata Park from July 19th to August 31st, 2014. The attraction asked players to solve riddles in order to save Diancie, the princess of the Kingdom of Diamonds. You can find out more about the attraction here. | An art exhibit to commemorate the release of The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie and Pikachu, What is This the Key to? was held in Roppongi Hills from July 19th to August 31st, 2014. You can find out more about the exhibit here. |
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| A special event took place at the Toho Cinemas Nighigeki on July 19th to commemorate the release of the movie. You can find out more about the event here. | |
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The Pocket Monsters The Movie (劇場版ポケットモンスター) text that was placed in front of the titles of every other movie in this franchise is being replaced with "Pokemon the movie XY" (ポケモン・ザ・ムービーXY).
The tagline for this movie is "The Pokemon Movies Head Into a New Dimension" (ポケモン映画、新次元へ).
The first 3 million fans to see the movie received a special Diancie Pokémon TRETTA puck. The Diancie came in a Pressure Ball and knew the attack Moon Force, just like the Diancie in the film. This puck can be used in machines running the second The Pokémon TRETTA update "Xerneas and Yveltal" which went live on July 10th, 2014.
Location scouting took place in Canada for this year's movie. This is the first time the movie's production team has done any location scouting for a film since 2011's Victini and the Black Hero Zekrom / White Hero Reshiram. Additionally, this is the second movie to have its locations based on places in Canada; the setting of 2004's The Sky-Splitting Visitor, Deoxys was based on the city of Vancouver.
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| Japanese Premiere Date | July 19th,
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| American Premiere Date | November 8th, 2014 (Cartoon Network) February 17th, 2015 (DVD) |
| Opening
Theme ("The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie") |
メガV
(メガボルト) (Mega V (Mega Volt)) Performed by Yuusuke |
| Ending Theme ("The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie") |
夜明けの流星群
(The Early Morning Meteor Shower)
Performed by Scandal Comments from the band about the ending theme |
| Ending
Theme ("Pikachu, What is This the Key To?") |
ピー
ズスマイル (Peace Smile) Performed by J☆Dee'Z |
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TBA
View detailed information about each home release here.
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"The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie" |
| Ending Credits |
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| Original
Story 原案 |
Tajiri
Satoshi (田尻 智) Masuda Jun'ichi (増田順一) Sugimori Ken (杉森 健) |
| Supervisor スーパーバイザー |
Ishihara
Tsunekazu (石原恒和) Kubo Masakazu (久保雅一) |
| Animation Supervisor アニメーション監修 |
Kotabe
Youichi (小田部羊一) |
| Executive Producer エグゼクティブプロデューサー |
Asai
Mitome (浅井 認) Fukunaga Susumu (福永 晋) |
| Producer プロデューサー |
Mori
Takemoto (盛 武源) (細谷伸之) Arai Kenichi (新井賢一) Okamoto Junya (岡本順哉) |
| Animation Producer アニメショーンプロデューサー |
Kamei
Yasuteru (亀井康輝) |
| Animation Coordinator アニメーションコーディネーター |
Nomoto
Gakuji (野本岳志) Yoshikawa Chouji (吉川兆二) |
| Assistant Director 副監督 |
Sutou
Norihiko (須藤典彦) |
| Screenplay 脚本 |
Sonoda
Hideki (園田英樹) |
| Storyboard 絵コンテ |
Yuyama
Kunihiko (湯山邦彦) Sekino Masahiro (関野昌弘) Yoshikawa Hiroaki (吉川博明) Owada Jun (大和田 淳) Hiromasa Amano (尼野浩正) Miyao Yoshikazu (宮尾佳和) Mizushima Seiji (水島精二) |
| Chief Animation Director 総作画監督 |
Mouri
Kazuaki (毛利和昭) Satou Kazumi (佐藤和巳) |
| Music 音楽 |
Miyazaki
Shinji (宮崎慎二) |
| Sound Director 音響監督 |
Mima
Masafumi (三間雅文) |
| Animation Work アニメーション制作 |
Team
Kamei |
| Director 監督 |
Yuyama Kunihiko (湯山邦彦) |
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"Pikachu, What is This the Key To?" |
| Ending Credits |
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| Original
Story 原案 |
Tajiri
Satoshi (田尻 智) Masuda Jun'ichi (増田順一) Sugimori Ken (杉森 健) |
| Supervisor スーパーバイザー |
Ishihara
Tsunekazu (石原恒和) Kubo Masakazu (久保雅一) |
| Animation Supervisor アニメーション監修 |
Kotabe
Youichi (小田部羊一) |
| Executive Producer エグゼクティブプロデューサー |
Asai
Mitome (浅井 認) Fukunaga Susumu (福永 晋) |
| Assistant Director 副監督 |
Sutou
Norihiko (須藤典彦) |
| Screenplay 脚本 |
Tomioka
Atsuhiro (富岡淳広) |
| Storyboard 絵コンテ |
Asada Yuuji (浅田裕二) |
| Character Design / Chief Animation Director キャラクターデザイン・総作画監督 |
Ichiishi
Sayuri (一石小百合) |
| Music 音楽 |
Tada
Akifumi (多田彰文) |
| Sound Director 音響監督 |
Mima
Masafumi (三間雅文) |
| Animation Work アニメーション制作 |
Team
Kamei |
| Director 監督 |
Yuyama Kunihiko (湯山邦彦) |
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"The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie" |
| Voice
Cast |
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| Satoshi | Rika
Matsumoto 松本梨香 |
Sarah Natochenny |
| Pikachu | Ohtani Ikue 大谷育江 |
Ohtani Ikue |
| Serena | Makiguchi Mayuki 牧口真幸 |
Haven Paschall |
| Citron | Kaji Yuuki 梶 裕貴 |
Michael Liscio |
| Eureka | Ise
Mariya 伊瀬茉莉也 |
Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld |
| Musashi | Hayashibara
Megumi 林原めぐみ |
Michelle Knotz |
| Kojirou | Miki
Shin'ichirou 三木眞一郎 |
Billy Beach |
| Nyasu | Inuyama
Inuko 犬山イヌコ |
Billy Beach |
| Sonansu |
Ueda
Yuuji うえだゆうじ |
Kayzie Rogers |
| Dedenne |
Satou
Megumi 佐藤 恵 |
Satou Megumi |
| Harimaron |
Nabatame
Hitomi 生天目仁美 |
Suzy Myers |
| Maa'ika |
Miyake
Kenta 三宅健太 |
Michael Liscio Jr. |
| Diancie |
Matsumoto
Marika 松本まりか |
Caitlin
Glass |
| Di |
Iizuka
Shouzou 飯塚昭三 |
TBA |
| Majima |
Satou
Kensuke 佐藤健輔 |
TBA |
| Ayaka |
Sawai Miyuu 沢井美優 |
Kate
Bristol |
| Narration | Ishizuka
Unshou 石塚運昇 |
Rodger Parsons |
| Special Guest Voices |
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| Xerneas |
Mita
Yoshiko 三田佳子 |
TBA |
| Ninja
Riot |
Yamadera
Kou'ichi 山寺宏一 |
TBA |
| Millis
Steel |
Nakagawa
Shouko 中川翔子 |
TBA |
| Marilyn
Flame |
Adachi
Rika 足立梨花 |
TBA |
| Knight |
Nakagawa
Tsuyoshi (中川剛) from the comedy duo "Nakagawa-ke" (中川家) |
TBA |
| Argus
Steel |
Nakagawa Reiji (中川礼二) from the comedy duo "Nakagawa-ke" (中川家) | TBA |
| Uschi |
Uchida
Atsuto 内田篤人 |
TBA |
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"Pikachu, What is This the Key To?" |
| Voice
Cast |
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| Pikachu | Ohtani Ikue 大谷育江 |
Ohtani Ikue |
| Fokko |
Hayashibara
Megumi 林原めぐみ |
Eileen Stevens |
| Keromatsu |
Ueda
Yuuji うえだゆうじ |
Billy Bob Thompson |
| Luchabre |
Miki
Shin'ichirou 三木眞一郎 |
H.D.
Quinn |
| Harimaron |
Nabatame
Hitomi 生天目仁美 |
Suzy Myers |
| Dedenne |
Satou
Megumi 佐藤めぐみ |
Satou Megumi |
| Nyasu |
Inuyama
Inuko 犬山イヌコ |
Billy Beach |
| Maa'ika |
Miyake
Kenta 三宅健太 |
Michael
Liscio Jr. |
| Cleffey |
Aikawa
Rikako 愛河里花子 |
TBA |
| Victini |
Anzai
Chika 安済知佳 |
TBA |
| Chigoras |
Furushima
Kiyotaka 古島清孝 |
TBA |
| Onbat |
Terasaki
Yuka 寺崎裕香 |
TBA |
| Jiraachi |
Kaneda
Tomoko 金田朋子 |
TBA |
| Shishiko |
Akasaki
Chinatsu 赤崎千夏 |
TBA |
| Satoshi | Rika
Matsumoto 松本梨香 |
Sarah
Natochenny |
| Serena | Makiguchi
Mayuki 牧口真幸 |
Haven Paschall |
| Citron |
Kaji
Yuuki 梶裕貴 |
Michael Liscio |
| Eureka |
Ise
Mariya 伊瀬茉莉也 |
Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld |
| Narration |
Watanabe
Mayu (AKB 48) 渡辺麻友 |
TBA |
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A number of pokemon were made available
for audience members' Pocket
Monsters X or
Pocket
Monsters Y games
as part of the movie's
promotion.
You
can find out
more about the various giveaways here.
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Gross-to-date: 1,469,523,700 yen (as of August 6th, 2014)
Ranking: 1 → 3 → 4 → 6 → 8 → 8 → 8 → 10
The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie debuted at number one on its opening weekend, making it the first Pocket Monsters movie since 2007's Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai to do so. The film was shown across 357 screens nationwide and was seen by 360,190 people, making 559,908,500 yen (approximately US $5,521,806) over the three day weekend. Rounding out the top three was Maleficent at number two and Studio Ghibli's When Marnie was There at number three.
The movie dropped to third place in its second week in theaters and has grossed 908,933,900 yen (approximately US $8,903,216) since it opened. First place went to the American Godzilla, which is only just now seeing a release in Japan, while Maleficent retains the number two spot.
The movie went down another spot in its third week due to the arrival of Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire. The sequel to 2012's live action Rurouni Kenshin movie came in first place, moving Godzilla down to second, Maleficent down to third, and Pokemon the movie XY down to fourth. This year's Pokemon movie has earned a total of 1,469,523,700 yen (approximately US $14,331,853) so far.
The movie fell to sixth place in its fourth week. The number one spot went to the CG film STAND BY ME Doraemon, bumping Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire down to number two. Debuting in third place was Transformers: Age of Extinction, which pushed Maleficent down to fourth place and When Marnie was There down to fifth. Oddly enough Cinema Today is not reporting any updated figures for this year's Pokemon movie.
The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie went down to eighth place in week number five. Doraemon kept the top spot while newcomer Hot Road debuted at number two. That pushed Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire down to third place, Transformers: Age of Extinction to fourth, Maleficent to fifth, and When Marnie was There down to sixth. Godzilla retained the number seven spot. Cinema Today is not reporting any new figures for the second week in a row.
Pokémon the Movie XY remained in eighth place in its sixth week. The Top Seven this week were STAND BY ME Doreaemon, Hot Road, Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire, newcomer Into The Storm, Transformers: Age of Extinction, When Marnie was There, and Maleficent.
It kept its eighth place in week seven as well. The top seven were STAND BY ME Doraemon, Lupin the Third (which is apparently terrible), Lucy, Hot Road, Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and When Marnie was There.
The movie fell to tenth place in its eighth and final week. The rest of the top nine were STAND BY ME Doraemon, Lupin the Third, Rurouni Kenshin The Great Kyoto Fire, Hot Road, Non-Stop (which is being called "Flight Game" in Japan), Lucy, Transformers: Age of Extinction, In the Hero, and When Marnie was There.
The movie did not place in the top ten in its eleventh week in theaters.
Sources
Cinema Today
A manga adaptation first appeared in the June 2014 issue of CoroCoro Comics. It ran for two issues before being concluded in the graphic novel collection released on July 19th, 2014.
Kitamura Kenji (北村謙次) is handling the adaptation. This is Mr. Kitamura's first time drawing a Pokemon-related manga.
Cinema Today
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A manga adaptation first appeared in the June 2014 issue of CoroCoro Comics. It ran for two issues before being concluded in the graphic novel collection released on July 19th, 2014.
Kitamura Kenji (北村謙次) is handling the adaptation. This is Mr. Kitamura's first time drawing a Pokemon-related manga.
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CD
singles for the ending theme"The Early Morning Meteor Shower" were
released on July 16th, 2014.
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("The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie") |
("Pikachu, What is This the Key To?") |
| Soundtrack
Information |
Character
Bios - Humans ("The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie") |
| Character
Bios - Pokemon ("The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie") |
Character
Bios - Pokemon ("Pikachu, What is This the Key To?") |
| Director
Yuyama Kunihiko's
Comments |
Location
Scouting in Canada |
| Information about
the movie's ending theme "The Early Morning Meteor Shower" |
Comments
from the Special Guest Voice Actors |
 Tidbits from the Movie's Pamphlet |
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| Official
Site (Japanese) |
Official
Site (American) |
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