Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006)

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.

Directors:

Kunihiko Yuyama, Armen Mazlumian

Writers:

Satoshi Tajiri (creator), Junichi Masuda (creator)

Stars:

Sarah Natochenny, Michele Knotz, Kayzie Rogers

Cast

Credited cast:
Sarah Natochenny	...	Ash Ketchum / Clamperl (voice)
Michele Knotz	...	May / Manaphy / Jessie / Gorebyss / Medicham (voice)
Kayzie Rogers	...	Max / Wobbuffet / Mime Jr. / Corsola (voice) (as Jamie Peackock)
Bill Rogers	...	Brock / Sceptile / Corphish / Shipmate #3 (voice)
Eric Schussler	...	The Phantom (voice)
Rich McNanna	...	Jack Walker (voice)
James Carter Cathcart	...	James / Meowth / Swellow / Munchlax (voice) (as Billy Beach)
Rodger Parsons	...	Narrator / Shipmate #2 (voice) (as Roger Parsons)
Sean Kenin	...	Chatot (voice) (as Sean Elias-Reyes)
Natasha Charles Parker	...	Judy - Ranger HQ Personel (voice) (as Rhonda Krempa)
Emlyn Elisabeth Morinelli	...	Lizabeth (voice) (as Emily Williams)
Craig Blair	...	Kyle / Galen (voice)
Annie Silver	...	Meredith (voice)
Simcha Whitehill	...	Shep / Shipmate #1 (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Becky	...	Judy (voice)

Storyline

It all started with a legend passed down from the People of the Water - Somewhere in this world, there is a Sea Temple created by the People of the Water. The Sea Temple contains a hidden treasure called the Sea Crown, but no one has ever seen the Sea Crown, or even the Sea Temple, because the temple is protected by a secret mechanism. The temple drifts through a vast ocean undetected, waiting - waiting... Ash and Pikachu meet Lizabeth, a descendant of the People of the Water, and learn about the legend. They also meet Jackie, a Pokémon Ranger on a secret mission to protect a Manaphy egg (Manaphy is mysteriously known as The Prince of the Sea) and find the Sea Temple as well. The Phantom plans to obtain the Sea Crown and take over the world - but first he needs the Manaphy egg. Now Lizabeth and Ash must help Jackie protect the egg and stop the nefarious pirate.

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Plot Keywords:

prince | 2000s | pokemon | mother | parenting | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-Y7-FV

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

23 March 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$26,851,324

Company Credits

Production Co:

East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc.,GAME FREAK,Media Factory

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Manaphy's "Prince of The Sea" title may remind some pokemon fans of Ariel's "Princess of Atlantica" from Disney's The Little Mermaid.

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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]

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Connections

Follows Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker (2003)

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Soundtracks

Together We Make a Promise
Written by Cori Yarckin & Jimmy Robertson Landry
Performed by Cori Yarckin

User Reviews

The Last Really Good Pokemon Movie Before the Series Took a Dip in Quality

I really like this one and it's another one I find to be underrated. This was the last Pokémon movie of the Hoenn region and the last great one before the quality of the TV show and the movies started to slip.

The story is engaging with Phantom the pirate going after the Temple of the Sea to find the sea crown. I really liked Phantom as a villain. He was quite entertaining and suitably vile. Ranger Jack was a very interesting character, and I thought it was pretty cool for a Pokémon ranger to be a part of the adventure.

I don't care what anybody says. I thought Manaphy was adorable. Her relationship with May was much more appealing than Max's relationship with Jirachi three movies ago. It was nice that May got her own movie.

With the gang journeying to the Temple of the Sea, the film has a great sense of adventure. The scope of the film is epic and the sea temple was a wonder to behold. The animation is as good as ever, even if there is some really bad CGI here and there.

The action in this film is also quite epic, especially the action taking place at the sea temple. The scene where Ash goes to put the crystal back was exciting and the music score used for that scene was simply perfect.

This is another strong Pokémon movie. It's too sad that after the Hoenn region, things started to go bad with rehashes of old material and other stuff that just doesn't work. Recommended for fans of the series.

RATING: B+