Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006) (V)

Director:

Kunihiko Yuyama

Writer:

Hideki Sonoda (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 April 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Our heroes must protect the Prince of the Sea, Manaphy, from the evil pirate Phantom, and return the young Pokémon to the Sea Temple with the help of the the People of the Water and Jackie the Pokémon Ranger. |

Plot Keywords:

Anime

Cast

Sarah Natochenny	...	Ash Ketchum / Clamperl (voice: English version)
Ikue Ootani	...	Pikachu (voice)
Michele Knotz	...	May / Manaphy / Jessie / Gorebyss / Medicham (voice: English version)
Kayzie Rogers	...	Max / Wobbuffet / Mime Jr. / Corsola (voice: English version) (as Jamie Peackock)
Bill Rogers	...	Brock / Sceptile / Corphish / Shipmate #3 (voice: English version)
Eric Schussler	...	The Phantom (voice: English version)
Rich McNanna	...	Jack Walker (voice: English version)
Jimmy Zoppi	...	James / Meowth / Swellow / Munchlax (voice: English version) (as Billy Beach)
Ken Gates	...	Narrator / Shipmate #2 (voice: English version) (as Roger Parsons)
Sean Elias-Reyes	...	Chatot (voice: English version)
Rhonda Krempa	...	Judy - Ranger HQ Personel (voice: English version)
Emily Williams	...	Lizabeth (voice: English version)
Craig Blair	...	Kyle / Galen (voice: English version)
Annie Silver	...	Meredith (voice: English version)
Simcha Whitehill	...	Shep / Shipmate #1 (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Temple of the Sea (Australia)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

Shogakukan Production

Quotes:

Meowth: Hey guys, the old treasure meter's going off the charts!
James: It won't be long now. We'll clean up in more ways than one.
Jessie: That old, crusty crab thinks he's so smart, when we're the ones poised to pocket those diamonds and pearls.
Meowth: Hey, that sounds like a good name for a game!
Wobbuffet: Wobbuffet!
[Jessie, James, and Meowth jump to silence Wobbuffet, then snicker]

Movie Connections:

Alternate language version of Gekijô-ban poketto monsutâ: Adobansu jenerêshon pokemon renjâ to umi no ôji manafi (2006)

Another satisfying and enjoyable Pokemon Adventure!

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

The Pokemon movies stopped appearing in American cinemas with the sixth feature (now released direct-to-DVD), but are among the top grossing movies in Japan to this day, where the tenth is currently set to release in the land of the rising sun this summer. This is the ninth, and the first to be dubbed by the new voice cast that took over for the ninth season, Battle Frontier. The previous two Pokemon films were just about perfect—fun and enjoyable fantasy plots, wonderful and creative animation, excellent voice acting, sprinkles of great humor, a little bit of drama, great music, and totally enjoyable endings. The ninth feature has all of that for certain. The new cast, led by Sarah Natchonneny, does a great job in this feature. May gets a spotlight in this one as well, to great effect, as she has always been one of my favorite Advanced Generation (6th to 9th seasons) characters. Team Rocket has one of the best lines in the movie in a wonderful fourth-wall breaking moment, and Ash has some really cool heroic moments towards the end. The ending song isn't quite as good as the one in 7 or 8, but is still pretty good. Sometimes you just want a movie where the good guys are good guys; the bad guys are bad, and watching it is just fun. This movie, like its predecessors, left me feeling content and satisfied, something that many movies focused on avoiding the happy ending just can't do.