Gekijô-ban poketto monsutâ: Maboroshi no pokemon: Rugia bakutan (1999)

Director:

Kunihiko Yuyama

Writers:

Takeshi Shudo (characters)
Satoshi Tajiri (writer)

Release Date:

21 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family

Tagline:

This summer, one person can make all the difference.

Plot:

An evil genius in a flying fortress is trying to kidnap the birds of the fire, ice, and lightning islands in hopes of luring the sea power...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Video Game | Pokémon | Sequel | Pocket Monsters

Cast

Rica Matsumoto	...	Satoshi (voice)
Mayumi Iizuka	...	Kasumi (voice)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Kenji (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Musashi (voice)
Ikue Ootani	...	Pikachu (voice)
Shinichirô Miki	...	Kojiro (voice)
Inuko Inuyama	...	Nyarth (voice)
Satomi Koorogi	...	Togepi (voice)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Dr. Okido (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Rugia (Japanese) / Lugia (English) (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Masatoshi Hamada	...	Yadoking (voice)
Shoshi Hiramatsu	...	Flula (voice)
Takeshi Kaga	...	Jiraldan (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Ship's captain (Mic-chan) (voice)
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Elder (voice)

Also Known As:

Pocket Monsters X: Revelation Lugia (Japan: English title)
Pocket Monsters the Movie: The Phantom Pokemon: Lugia's Explosive Birth
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One (USA)
Pokémon: The Power of One (Europe: English title)
Pokemon: Power of One (USA)
The Phantom Pokemon: Lugia's Explosive Birth

Runtime:

84 min | Germany:79 min | USA:80 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:All | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:G

Company:

4 Kids Entertainment

Trivia:

As a word, "bakutan" (commonly translated as "explosive birth") does not exist in Japanese, but its two kanji are abbreviations of the Japanese words "bakuhatsuteki" (explosive) and "tanjou" (birth). "Bakutan" is a pun of "bakudan" which means "bomb" in Japanese.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Ekans is seen swimming but Ekans cant swim.

Quotes:

Slowking(shivering): I could use some pants.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from "Poketto monsutâ" (1997)

For the kids

I think kids will probably like this sequel to the first Pokemon movie, but not love it. I certaintly didn't. And not to offend any kids reading this, but this was a pretty stupid movie. Not funny stupid like Dumb and Dumber, but really stupid like in Ski Patrol. True it is a well animated movie that is pretty colorful (thanks to the art of anime), but there is no payoff. The plot is a concocted one that kids might even find confusing, which is not good. But, it isn't in the worst film of the year category because of a few good scenes (and that the first short before the movie will make the dialogue seem like Shakespeare), not that that means this is worth a second viewing. Kids will like it, others might beware it. C+