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Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life

A tale untold. A legend unleashed.

20097.11h 35m

Overview

When the creator of the world, Arceus, comes to pass judgement on humanity for the theft of the legendary Jewel of Life, Ash and his friends are sent back in time to possibly reverse the events that led to Arceus' vendetta.

Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
Written by Hideki Sonoda, Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda
Produced by Mikihito Fukazawa, Shukichi Kanda, Takemoto Mori
Box Office0Revenue: $52.1M

Top Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto

Satoshi (voice)

Ikue Otani

Ikue Otani

Pikachu (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda

Takeshi (voice)

Megumi Toyoguchi

Megumi Toyoguchi

Hikari (voice)

Etsuko Kozakura

Etsuko Kozakura

Pochama (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kojiro (voice)

Inuko Inuyama

Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Unsho Ishizuka

Narrator (voice)

Masahiro Takashima

Masahiro Takashima

Damos (voice)

Themes & Keywords

time travelbased on video gameanimelegendary monster

About Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life is a family, animation, adventure, fantasy film released in 2009 exploring themes of time travel, based on video game, anime, legendary monster. Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, it stars Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Yuji Ueda. When the creator of the world, Arceus, comes to pass judgement on humanity for the theft of the legendary Jewel of Life, Ash and his friends are sent back in time to possibly reverse the events that led to Arceus' vendetta.

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