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The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations of the new entry follows:
Barza grew up in Arkhē Valley together with Hoopa after its true powers had been confined.
Here we're presenting the model sheets for him at that age.
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=1702
Appear! Movie Details #13: "Barza: Young"'s Model Sheets Appear!
Barza grew up in Arkhē Valley together with Hoopa after its true powers had been confined.
Here we're presenting the model sheets for him at that age.
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=1702
The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations of the new entry follows:
I'll... definitely take you over to that sea!
-Satoshi,
"Victini and the Dark Hero Zekrom/Light Hero Reshiram", 2011
Victini had been trapped behind the protective pillars' barrier for a 1000 years.
One morning, as Victini points towards the sea, Satoshi makes a promise with it by speaking these words.
This quote was submitted by "Bit".
Thank you for your contribution!
We want to hear your "Memorable Lines from Pokémon Movies"
We are now taking suggestions for "Memorable Lines" from past Pokémon movies!
We want your favorite "wise words", "inspired sayings"... or even utter nonsense.
To send in a suggestion, choose "Quote Central" from the Apply page and list the following:
"Movie title" - "Name of character or Pokémon that said the line" - "The line itself"
In addition, please also list "Roughly when in the movie the line is spoken (how many minutes in)" if you know this before submitting.
Submitted content will be chosen for publication by the official Pokémon movie site. Not all submissions will be published.
In addition, please understand we may edit the submitted text to make it easier to read.
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=1693
Quote Central: Memorable Lines from Pokémon Movies #14
I'll... definitely take you over to that sea!
-Satoshi,
"Victini and the Dark Hero Zekrom/Light Hero Reshiram", 2011
Victini had been trapped behind the protective pillars' barrier for a 1000 years.
One morning, as Victini points towards the sea, Satoshi makes a promise with it by speaking these words.
This quote was submitted by "Bit".
Thank you for your contribution!
We want to hear your "Memorable Lines from Pokémon Movies"
We are now taking suggestions for "Memorable Lines" from past Pokémon movies!
We want your favorite "wise words", "inspired sayings"... or even utter nonsense.
To send in a suggestion, choose "Quote Central" from the Apply page and list the following:
"Movie title" - "Name of character or Pokémon that said the line" - "The line itself"
In addition, please also list "Roughly when in the movie the line is spoken (how many minutes in)" if you know this before submitting.
Submitted content will be chosen for publication by the official Pokémon movie site. Not all submissions will be published.
In addition, please understand we may edit the submitted text to make it easier to read.
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=1693
The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Full details of the CD are available in the CD database. Translations follow:
The soundtrack CD for the blockbuster "Pokémon the movie XY: The Archdjinni of Rings: Hoopa", which is in theaters right now, goes on sale Wednesday July 29th!
It contains a total of 42 pieces of music used in the movie! The ultimate battle between legendary Pokémon is reborn through powerful sound!
In addition, the limited edition includes the theatrical trailer and 6 episodes of the anime short series "Hoopa's Appear! Operations"!
Enjoy the emotional depth of the movie through the soundtrack as well!
Pokémon stickers
*Sales of the limited edition will end once stock runs out. Please be aware of this in advance.
*No music was recorded for the co-feature "Pikachu and the Pokémon Musicians".
For further information, see the official Sony Music website
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=1896
The Soundtrack to "Pokémon the movie XY: The Archdjinni of Rings: Hoopa" is Now On Sale!
The soundtrack CD for the blockbuster "Pokémon the movie XY: The Archdjinni of Rings: Hoopa", which is in theaters right now, goes on sale Wednesday July 29th!
It contains a total of 42 pieces of music used in the movie! The ultimate battle between legendary Pokémon is reborn through powerful sound!
In addition, the limited edition includes the theatrical trailer and 6 episodes of the anime short series "Hoopa's Appear! Operations"!
Enjoy the emotional depth of the movie through the soundtrack as well!
Pokémon stickers
| Release date | Wednesday July 29th, 2015 |
| Catalog number | MHCL-2542～3 |
| Article name | Pokémon the movie XY 2015: The Archdjinni of Rings - Hoopa Music Collection |
| Price | 3200 yen (tax excluded) (Limited Edition) |
| Publisher | Sony Music Direct (Inc.) |
| Extras | Includes Pokémon stickers Limited Edition only: Bonus DVD: Movie Trailer Collection of 6 episodes of the anime short series "Hoopa's Appear! Operations" |
*Sales of the limited edition will end once stock runs out. Please be aware of this in advance.
*No music was recorded for the co-feature "Pikachu and the Pokémon Musicians".
For further information, see the official Sony Music website
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=1896
The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations follow:
Hoopa takes a shortcut through a back alley!
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=1687
Today's Hoopa #14
Hoopa takes a shortcut through a back alley!
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=1687
Jul 28 2015
Pokémon Anime on Shomi in Canada
As of July 28th, 2015, Canadian Netflix competitor Shomi will now host the Pokémon Anime on its service according to the official Pokémon Twitter account. Shomi is a video on demand service jointly owned by Canadian cable giants Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications. Unlike Netflix, Shomi is currently only available to Rogers and Shaw Internet or cable customers and a Shomi subscription costs $8.99 CDN a month in addition to a Rogers or Shaw subscription. Some of their higher end cable packages include the Shomi service though. Canadian Pokémon anime fans wishing to watch the series are better off buying the DVD's or buying the episodes and season packs from iTunes. The Pokémon anime series is also available on demand via Netflix or on Pokemon.com's Watch Pokémon TV.
Source: https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/626073060966137856
Source: https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/626073060966137856
The 18th Pocket Monsters movie - The Archdjinni of Rings: Hoopa (光輪の超魔神 フーパ) was heavily advertised this year including an unprecedented number of event Pokémon distributions, tie-ins with the TCG, Pokémon Tretta, promotions, present campaigns, goods promotions and other media. The movie unfortunately did not do as well as last years XY movie in the box office. For the 2 day weekend of July 18th and July 19th, 2015, the movie made 384,115,100yen (Approximately $3.10 Million USD) with 351,592 ticket sales. The movie Hero took first place and The Boy and the Beast took second place.
According to the results of a questionnaire conducted at the theaters by Toho, there was a male to female viewer ratio of 71%/29% for the movie. By age: 50.2% elementary school age, 13.8% kindergarten and nursery school age and 23.8% in their 30s or more.
Source: http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0075100
According to the results of a questionnaire conducted at the theaters by Toho, there was a male to female viewer ratio of 71%/29% for the movie. By age: 50.2% elementary school age, 13.8% kindergarten and nursery school age and 23.8% in their 30s or more.
Source: http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0075100
Jul 25 2015
Movie 18 Blog Updates with Twelvth Event Report
The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations follow:
Both "Save Sunshine City!", a participation puzzle event hosted by SCRAP Entertainment, known for their "Real Dasshutsu Game" events, and the "Pikachu and the Pokémon Musicians Café by Sweets Paradise", which is themed after the movie short, will take place here!
The entire Sunshine City will be drenched in other Pokémon events as well, such as the "Sea Lion Time: Pikachu & Hoopa Appear! Show" held in collaboration with Sunshine Aquarium, and the planetarium movie "Pocket Monsters XY: Sky Fragments" shown at the Manten planetarium!
For further information, see this page!
We will now present a status report from the opening event that took place today!
Prior to the event starting, legendary Pokémon had attacked and invaded the Alpa B1 Fountain Plaza, the sign-up location for "Save Sunshine City!" They were now quietly waiting for challengers to come by to solve their riddles!
The opening event, however, took place at Sunshine Aquarium!
It started off with Hoopa and Pikachu coming in!
Next, the special guests, Shoko Nakagawa, Shinichi Shinohara and Mizuki Yamamoto, all of which also play major roles in the movie as guest voice actors, Appear!
Shokotan and Shinohara greeted the crowd with their usual "Pokéssu!" and "Hippossu!"!
Shinohara plays the major role of Hippopotas!
Shokotan introduces him by mentioning that he's even been making full use of Hippopotasese on Twitter!
I-it's true!
It's then time for the next special guest, the sea lion Totto-chan!
The biggest event taking place at the "Summer Vacation Pokemon Carnival in Sunshine City" is the "Sea Lion Performance Time: Movie Premiere Commemoration Pikachu & Hoopa Appear! Show" at Sunshine Aquarium, which will be held from Monday July 27th and on!
The audience will now be shown a performance in advance of that!
As a special treat, it will also perform tricks per the guest voice actors' signals!
Totto-chan waves its hand at Shokotan's signal
It does a handstand at Mizuki's signal!
And it laughs loudly back at Shinohara's signal!
Totto-chan has shown off some amazing tricks so far, but Shinohara refuses to let it upstage him!
This leads to a ring toss competition between Shinohara the voice of Hippopotas and Totto-chan the sea lion!
A Hippopotas VS a sea lion!
This will truly go down is history as a legendary bout!
Let the fierce battle over the rings begin!!!
Shokotan is the first to throw!
Totto-chan catches it without difficuly!
But where will the ring Shokotan throws to Hippopotas Shinohara land!!!?
What an incredible catch!
Shinohara truly has reason to be proud of his physical capabilities!
Mizuki is the second to throw!
Totto-chan catches this one too! Its stability is incredible!!
And then Shinohara unfortunately misses!
Totto-chan the sea lion now has a lead of one!
If Satoshi was here right now, he'd surely encourage Shinohara by telling him not to give up!
You mustn't give up, Hippopotas!
I will not lose this battle...!!
The third to throw is a boy from the audience named Sora Kato!
Totto-chan once again doesn't miss! It got 3 rings perfectly!
And unfortunately, Shinohara ends up with a result of just one caught ring.
Totto-chan has shown us a truly amazing performance!
There's a lot more fun to be had at the "Sea Lion Performance Time: Movie Premiere Commemoration Pikachu & Hoopa Appear! Show", which will be held starting this Monday!
After the battle, everyone takes a commemorative photo!
Totto-chan Appears! from inside the ring!
Go visit Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, after watching the Pokémon movie!
The "Summer Vacation Pokemon Carnival in Sunshine City" is held in Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, Tokyo!
It runs from July 25th till August 23rd! Make sure to come visit!
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=1607
Event Report #12: An Opening Event Report from the "Summer Vacation Pokemon Carnival in Sunshine City", Starting Today!
The "Summer Vacation Pokemon Carnival in Sunshine City", held in Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, starts today!
Both "Save Sunshine City!", a participation puzzle event hosted by SCRAP Entertainment, known for their "Real Dasshutsu Game" events, and the "Pikachu and the Pokémon Musicians Café by Sweets Paradise", which is themed after the movie short, will take place here!
The entire Sunshine City will be drenched in other Pokémon events as well, such as the "Sea Lion Time: Pikachu & Hoopa Appear! Show" held in collaboration with Sunshine Aquarium, and the planetarium movie "Pocket Monsters XY: Sky Fragments" shown at the Manten planetarium!
For further information, see this page!
We will now present a status report from the opening event that took place today!
Prior to the event starting, legendary Pokémon had attacked and invaded the Alpa B1 Fountain Plaza, the sign-up location for "Save Sunshine City!" They were now quietly waiting for challengers to come by to solve their riddles!
The opening event, however, took place at Sunshine Aquarium!
It started off with Hoopa and Pikachu coming in!
Next, the special guests, Shoko Nakagawa, Shinichi Shinohara and Mizuki Yamamoto, all of which also play major roles in the movie as guest voice actors, Appear!
Shokotan and Shinohara greeted the crowd with their usual "Pokéssu!" and "Hippossu!"!
Shinohara plays the major role of Hippopotas!
Shokotan introduces him by mentioning that he's even been making full use of Hippopotasese on Twitter!
I-it's true!
It's then time for the next special guest, the sea lion Totto-chan!
The biggest event taking place at the "Summer Vacation Pokemon Carnival in Sunshine City" is the "Sea Lion Performance Time: Movie Premiere Commemoration Pikachu & Hoopa Appear! Show" at Sunshine Aquarium, which will be held from Monday July 27th and on!
The audience will now be shown a performance in advance of that!
As a special treat, it will also perform tricks per the guest voice actors' signals!
Totto-chan waves its hand at Shokotan's signal
It does a handstand at Mizuki's signal!
And it laughs loudly back at Shinohara's signal!
Totto-chan has shown off some amazing tricks so far, but Shinohara refuses to let it upstage him!
This leads to a ring toss competition between Shinohara the voice of Hippopotas and Totto-chan the sea lion!
A Hippopotas VS a sea lion!
This will truly go down is history as a legendary bout!
Let the fierce battle over the rings begin!!!
Shokotan is the first to throw!
Totto-chan catches it without difficuly!
But where will the ring Shokotan throws to Hippopotas Shinohara land!!!?
What an incredible catch!
Shinohara truly has reason to be proud of his physical capabilities!
Mizuki is the second to throw!
Totto-chan catches this one too! Its stability is incredible!!
And then Shinohara unfortunately misses!
Totto-chan the sea lion now has a lead of one!
If Satoshi was here right now, he'd surely encourage Shinohara by telling him not to give up!
You mustn't give up, Hippopotas!
I will not lose this battle...!!
The third to throw is a boy from the audience named Sora Kato!
Totto-chan once again doesn't miss! It got 3 rings perfectly!
And unfortunately, Shinohara ends up with a result of just one caught ring.
Totto-chan has shown us a truly amazing performance!
There's a lot more fun to be had at the "Sea Lion Performance Time: Movie Premiere Commemoration Pikachu & Hoopa Appear! Show", which will be held starting this Monday!
After the battle, everyone takes a commemorative photo!
Totto-chan Appears! from inside the ring!
Go visit Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, after watching the Pokémon movie!
The "Summer Vacation Pokemon Carnival in Sunshine City" is held in Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, Tokyo!
It runs from July 25th till August 23rd! Make sure to come visit!
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=1607
The 9th Pocket Monsters Movie Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea - Manaphy (극장판 포켓몬스터 AG : 포켓몬레인저와 바다의 왕자 마나피) will be re-released in theaters on July 23rd, 2015. The movie originally opened on July 20th, 2006 in Korea and July 15th, 2006 in Japan. A DVD of the movie was also released in 2008 in South Korea.
To promote the movies re-release, a Manaphy will be distributed at participating cinemas in South Korea to players of Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Manaphy is Level: 1, has the OT: 물의일족, has the Ability: Hydration and knows the Moves: Tail Glow, Bubble, Water Sport and Heart Swap.
Manaphy Distribution Poster
Movie Poster
Movie Trailer
Source: http://pokemonkorea.co.kr/?inc=movie-manaphy-main
Apr 30 2015
Movie 18 Blog Updates with Third Scouting Report
The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations of the new entry follows:
As we were on our way towards our next destination, the historical museum "Heritage Village", we took a short stop at the coastline near "Breakwater Road" in order to get some material of the skyline.
From the park here, you have a view on the beautiful blue of the Persian Gulf.
Across the water, the buildings of central Abu Dhabi line the shore.
Three of them tower especially high above the others.
These are the three buildings that make up the skyscraper complex of "Central Market", where we'll be going later this afternoon.
The other buildings seem small at first glance, but it's really just because those three towers are so much larger than everything else in the area.
Compared to the dazzling atmosphere of Dubai, Abu Dhabi is somewhat more relaxed.
As the sea spread out before us, it felt like we were looking at desert cities from a different angle.
This heat, though...
We saw absolutely no one other than us walking around outside.
Our only companions were the flags the UAE are so proud of, which could be seen flapping calmly in the wind under the cloudless sky all over.
The team then continued on to the historical museum "Heritage Village" to see the sights.
This is a place where you can learn about Abu Dhabi's history and cutural heritage, as well as historical Arabian lifestyle.
On exhibit are recreations of encampments and "souks" (markets) and displays of the creations of iron smiths, glasscrafters and leatherworkers, etc.
This museum taught us a lot about life in Arabia prior to the prosperous development that occurred when they started drilling for oil.
From a park scorched by blazing sunlight to exhibition facilities!
We thought the facilities would be cool and refreshing,but they were almost like steam baths...!
Nearly dizzy from the heat and constantly sweating, we had lunch at a restaurant at the premises.
The scouting team's first meal ended up being a full-fledged Arabian buffet.
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=300
Location Scouting Report #3: The Persian Gulf and Arabian Life Now and Then
Having left the "Sheikh Zayed Mosque", the team once again set off by bus.As we were on our way towards our next destination, the historical museum "Heritage Village", we took a short stop at the coastline near "Breakwater Road" in order to get some material of the skyline.
From the park here, you have a view on the beautiful blue of the Persian Gulf.
Across the water, the buildings of central Abu Dhabi line the shore.
Three of them tower especially high above the others.
These are the three buildings that make up the skyscraper complex of "Central Market", where we'll be going later this afternoon.
The other buildings seem small at first glance, but it's really just because those three towers are so much larger than everything else in the area.
Compared to the dazzling atmosphere of Dubai, Abu Dhabi is somewhat more relaxed.
As the sea spread out before us, it felt like we were looking at desert cities from a different angle.
This heat, though...
We saw absolutely no one other than us walking around outside.
Our only companions were the flags the UAE are so proud of, which could be seen flapping calmly in the wind under the cloudless sky all over.
The team then continued on to the historical museum "Heritage Village" to see the sights.
This is a place where you can learn about Abu Dhabi's history and cutural heritage, as well as historical Arabian lifestyle.
On exhibit are recreations of encampments and "souks" (markets) and displays of the creations of iron smiths, glasscrafters and leatherworkers, etc.
This museum taught us a lot about life in Arabia prior to the prosperous development that occurred when they started drilling for oil.
From a park scorched by blazing sunlight to exhibition facilities!
We thought the facilities would be cool and refreshing,but they were almost like steam baths...!
Nearly dizzy from the heat and constantly sweating, we had lunch at a restaurant at the premises.
The scouting team's first meal ended up being a full-fledged Arabian buffet.
Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=300
VIZ Media has announced the Pokémon the Series: XY (Set 1) DVD Collection for North America. This set has been added to our DVD database. The set will contain 24 episodes of the XY series English dub. It will be released on August 4th, 2015, 9 months after the Australia release of the set. It will be distributed in the United States and Canada by Warner Home Video.
Being on DVD, the quality of this set will not be HD and no Bluray set was announced. Those that wish to buy the series in HD will still need to purchase it off iTunes.
Being on DVD, the quality of this set will not be HD and no Bluray set was announced. Those that wish to buy the series in HD will still need to purchase it off iTunes.
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