Pokemon Movie 12: Arceus Choukoku no Jikuu e

In ages long forgotten, when Earth found itself on a collision course with a meteor, Legendary Pokémon Arceus used its power to avert the danger. However, this feat caused the 16 Plates surrounding it to scatter across the world. Without the Plates providing Arceus with life energy, it began to die. A human named Damon managed to find one of the Plates and returned it to the moribund Pokémon, helping it recover. As a reward, Arceus created the Jewel of Life and gave it to the people of Michina Town, stipulating that it must be returned, but the humans refused, hogging the Jewel to themselves. In the battle that ensued, Damon was killed and Arceus went into slumber, vowing to punish humanity upon its return.

Satoshi and his companions arrive in Michina Town where they come across Sheena, a descendant of Damon, who claims to be in possession of the Jewel of Life and intends on giving it back to Arceus when it awakens.

The situation takes an unexpected turn when Arceus, despite Sheena's best intentions, remains unsatisfied. Satoshi must now prevent the destruction of the entire human race, as Arceus' fury causes distortions in the fabric of the universe, enraging the Legendary trio—Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina—and disturbing the world's balance.

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Satoshi Main

Matsumoto, Rica Japanese

Pikachu Main

Ootani, Ikue Japanese

Takeshi Main

Ueda, Yuuji Japanese

Hikari Main

Toyoguchi, Megumi Japanese

Pochama Main

Kozakura, Etsuko Japanese

Arceus Main

Miwa, Akihiro Japanese

Giratina Main

Palkia Main

Dialga Main

Damos Main

Takashima, Masahiro Japanese

Mori, Takemoto Producer

Okamoto, Junya Producer

Okuno, Toshiaki Producer

Yoshikawa, Chouji Producer

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Dec 2, 2009

minimiau

Recommended

Well... After watch this movie, I want to make a review of this

The story was great. Honestly from Diamond and pearl movies this is the best. We see palkia, Dialga and Gitatina again and that was a sorprise. I thought this movie will decribe a Giratina and Dialga battle, but the battle was between this three and Arceus.

THe art was good. Not the best and not the worst. Its like always, so I put an 8 in art. The same goes to characters. The three protagonist are the same, and I think Sheena was a great chaacter.

I really enjoy this move. From pokemon movies that ... I saw isnt the best, I enjoy other pokemon movies more than this, so I put a 9

In oveerall I put an 8 becouse of this: There are more pk movies and are better than this, but this movie is really enjoyable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 4, 2020

PokeFan2112

Recommended

A great Pokemon movie, and one of the best.

The storyline was very cool and interesting throughout. I particularly lean towards both the Pokemon movies with the biggest, most "epic" plots, and the more sci-fi esque ones, and this delivered on both fronts. Thus, I enjoyed the story a lot throughout, and it also helped that unlike some other movies, it got into it right from the beginning as opposed to padding it out.

The fight scenes were great, especially the excellently done battle between the four Legendaries. There was also some cute/funny scenes with Pikachu, Piplup, and other Pokemon (especially Spiky-Eared Pichu, who was adorbz) which ... provided good comic relief.

And like most Pokemon movies, the animation and direction were excellent. Some of the painfully obvious CGI was a bit eye-rolling, but it was only a minor flaw, as the rest looked great and there was a lot of really nicely animated and cool scenes throughout the movie. And like usually, the climactic scenes were intense and exciting.

Overall, not quite the very best in the series, but definitely in the top half. Any fan of the franchise should like this a lot.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 7, 2011

Luru86

Mixed Feelings

I cannot help but feel a little disappointed. While this movie was another decent Pokémon film, it falls short when compared to the others.

To understand some of the images and references in this movie, I suggest you watch the two previous Pokémon movies first: "The Rise of Darkrai" and "Giratina and the Sky Warrior". You will better understand where those other legendary Pokémon are coming from.

As a rule, Pokémon movies aim to touch the audience and make them sympathize with the cause presented in the film. While I could understand Arceus' anguish, that was about it on an emotional level. This movie just didn't do ... anything for me.

They assumed too much, not bothering to work for it. Team Rocket was just tossed around for a few brief comical moments. Our heroes did nothing overly spectacular. The new characters remained empty and uninteresting. I'm not sure if I liked Arceus' voice, either (although that isn't relevant to the story, right?).

I guess after making 11 movies prior to this one made them a bit lazy and they didn't bother making this as sharp and dazzling as some of the other movies are. A shame, because there was potential in this. It was very nice to see Dialga and Giratina again, though.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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