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:

$27,638,625

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

This was the first Pokemon film to have new dub actors. The only voice to remain the same was Wobbuffet, played by Kayzie Rogers.

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Quotes

May: [May is saying good-bye to Manaphy] I'm so proud of you and all that you've done.
Manaphy: Mana!
May: You won't forget me, will you?
Manaphy: Love. You. May.
[May begins to tear up]
May: Goodbye. Love you.
Manaphy: Love you, Mama. Love you, May.
[May and Manaphy stare at each other warmly]
Manaphy: Phy!
[Manaphy dives back into the ocean]

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Connections

Followed by Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Very nice graphics but the movie is not up to par with the others.

I have two younger siblings (aged 5 and 8) who LOVE Pokémon. They watch the TV show every day without fail, have stuffed animals, the video games, pictures on their walls, and they can tell you about almost every Pokémon there is.

Being 20, I seen Pokémon as a child and liked it as well, so I thought I'd go and rent some of the older movies to show them the originals. Well, getting there I realized there were 12 and decided to get them all. We watched them out of order but it didn't really matter. Over the course of a weekend, the 4th movie we seen was Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. My 5 year old brother wanted to see this and was excited about the ranger and the pirates.

The beginning of the movie made it seem like we were in for a good one but after about a half hour the whole thing got old. I thought it was just me being older and not wanting to see it but it didn't keep the kids' interest and they told me this one was boring. We ended up finishing the movie but the last 20 minutes were filled with 'is the movie done yet?" These kids LOVED the other ones we've seen and the only ones we haven't are the next 2 after this. They still beg to see more Pokémon movies which I plan on showing them the final 2 today, but this one was by far their LEAST favourite. It just kept on going! It's a bit longer than the rest of the movies and I think if they cut the story down to the length the rest of the movies are, maybe it would have been paced well enough to keep their interest. It would get interesting and then not, the characters introduced were annoying, and the Pokémon they find cries throughout the first hour which even got annoying for my baby loving 8-year-old sister (she told me it needed to stop crying).

Ultimately, the graphics are VERY good compared to the previous movies, but the characters tended to get annoying and this made it least enjoyable for me and the two little ones.