Pokémon Heroes (2003)

Directors:

Jim Malone
Kunihiko Yuyama

Writer:

Hideki Sonoda (writer)

Release Date:

24 September 2004 (Iceland)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Crime | Family

Tagline:

The most action-packed Pokémon movie ever!

Plot:

Ash, Pikachu and the rest of the Pokemon gang try and stop a pair of thieves hiding out in the canals and alleyways of Alto Mare...

Plot Keywords:

Pokémon | Pocket Monsters

Cast

Veronica Taylor	...	Ash Ketchum / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Rachael Lillis	...	Misty / Jessie / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Eric Stuart	...	Brock / James / Totodile / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Madeleine Blaustein	...	Meowth (voice: English version) (as Maddie Blaustein)
Ikue Ootani	...	Pikachu (voice) (as Ikue Otani)
Lisa Ortiz	...	Oakley (voice: English version)
Megan Hollingshead	...	Annie (voice: English version)
Tara Jayne	...	Bianca (voice: English version)
Kerry Williams	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kayzie Rogers	...	Wobbuffet / Corsola (voice: English version)
Ed Paul	...	Announcer / Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Ed Paul)
Ken Gates	...	Narrator (voice: English version)
Wayne Grayson	...	Lorenzo (voice: English version)
Michael Sinterniklaas	...	Ross (voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Masashi Ebara	...	Latios (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Latias (voice)
Satomi Koorogi	...	Togepi

Also Known As:

Guardian Spirits of the Water Capital: Latias and Latios
Pokémon 5 (Japan) (working title)
Pokemon 5: Heroes (Canada: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:80 min | USA:71 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:G | Germany:6 | UK:U | Brazil:Livre

Company:

4 Kids Entertainment

Trivia:

This is the first Pokemon movie where the Pokemon are given genders and referred as such by the characters.

Quotes:

Meowth: I said I had nothin' to do with it!
James: MAMA!
Jessie: It was their idea!

Movie Connections:

References Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (2000)

Soundtrack:

Secret Garden

enormous creativity! Best!

Woooaaahh!!! wonderful...This movie is awesome, adorable. Every scene, smells "design". I adored the creativity of the design of the atmosphere, from city to weather. It really makes the audiences feel that city and event. The computer graphics brought a new level to Pokemon. I couldn't even imagine how it could fit perfectly to Pokemon. Every details in the city worked incredibly well and well-thought. Beside, just establishing a movie, artists, it seems, revealed their creativity and design talents onto this movie. Thats why it seems different than others. City is so beautiful, so mysterious. Sceneraio is well settled. It has some resembled issues to Disney's Atlantis such as Latios' having sacrificed for the city, but it is perfect idea for this movie. Action, is at the high level that this movie seems like it goes forward and back between limited animation and full animation. Tsunami at the end was the highest level that prove this. Musics are the best. If this movie had soundtrack, it would be the best. I really need it. Especially the one that was done via accordion. It really gives the atmosphere of the city and properly fit. Whatever they say about this movie -though I don't believe they understand anything about animation art or even Pokémon- this movie is one of the bests with its everything. This movie must have been the first Pokémon movie since the first one is terrible -although I like mew-two so much.

Me, as an animation artist and designer, I am thanking to the animators and director and everyone that helped to create this movie. Thank you all.... you created the best...