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Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

It all started with a legend passed down from the people of the water

20066.41h 45m

Overview

On their way through the Battle Frontier, Ash and friends meet up with a Pokémon Ranger who's mission is to deliever the egg of Manaphy to a temple on the ocean's floor. However, a greedy pirate wants the power of Manaphy to himself.

Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
Written by Hideki Sonoda, Satoshi Tajiri
Produced by Takemoto Mori, Choji Yoshikawa, Shukichi Kanda
Box Office0Revenue: $27.6M

Top Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto

Satoshi (voice)

Ikue Otani

Ikue Otani

Pikachu (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda

Takeshi / Sonans (voice)

KAORI

KAORI

Haruka (voice)

Fushigi Yamada

Fushigi Yamada

Masato (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kojiro (voice)

Inuko Inuyama

Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (voice)

Yuri Shiratori

Yuri Shiratori

Manaphy (voice)

Tomomichi Nishimura

Tomomichi Nishimura

Shep (voice)

Themes & Keywords

pirate gangtraveling circusbased on video gameanimeancient temple

About Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea is a family, animation, action, adventure, fantasy, science fiction film released in 2006 exploring themes of pirate gang, traveling circus, based on video game, anime, ancient temple. Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, it stars Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Yuji Ueda. On their way through the Battle Frontier, Ash and friends meet up with a Pokémon Ranger who's mission is to deliever the egg of Manaphy to a temple on the ocean's floor. However, a greedy pirate wants the power of Manaphy to himself.

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