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| Pokémon: Jirachi, Wish Maker | |||||
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| Kanji | 劇場版衣嚢怪獣「ポケモン」先進世代 [アドバンスジェネレーション] 七夜の願い星 ジラーチ | ||||
| Literal meaning | Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation the Movie: The Wishing Star of Seven Nights Jirachi | ||||
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| Directed by | Kunihiko Yuyama | ||||
| Screenplay by | Hideki Sonoda | ||||
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| Produced by | Yukako Matsusako Takemoto Mori Choji Yoshikawa | ||||
| Starring | see below | ||||
| Cinematography | Takaya Mizutani Hisao Shirai | ||||
| Edited by | Toshio Henmi | ||||
| Music by | Shinji Miyazaki | ||||
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| Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 81 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
| Box office | ¥4.5 billion[1] | ||||
Pokémon: Jirachi, Wish Maker[a] is a 2003 Japanese animatedadventurefantasy film directed byKunihiko Yuyama. It is the sixth theatrical release in thePokémon franchise. It was accompanied by the shortGotta Dance.[b]
The film was released in theaters in Japan on July 19, 2003,[2] byToho. The English-language adaptation was distributed byMiramax Films and releaseddirect-to-video on June 1, 2004. The events of the film take place during the sixth season ofPokémon: Advanced, being the first film to feature characters fromAdvanced Generation.
The featured song in this movie isAsuca Hayashi'sA Small Thing (小さきもの,Chiisaki Mono) in the Japanese version while the English version,Make a Wish, was sung by Cindy Mizelle.[citation needed] The tune of this song is also used as the lullaby May and Max's mother used to sing to them when they were children. This is the first movie in which the original Japanese song is also clearly used in the English version, and the first time in which the names of the guest characters were the same in both the English and Japanese versions.[citation needed]
TheMillennium Comet, which appears in the night sky for seven days once every thousand years, is approaching. This is also when the Mythical PokémonJirachi awakens from its long slumber to absorb the comet's energy; the energy, in turn, brings life to the area known as Forina where it rests. However, a magician known as Butler and his girlfriend Diane unearth the stone that encases Jirachi, and take it away from Forina.
Meanwhile, in celebration of the Millennium Comet's appearance,Ash Ketchum and his friendsMay,Max, andBrock arrive at a wide crater, which is where the festival of the Millennium Comet is meant to be. While they're sleeping, the festival arrives and they later watch as everything is set up.
At the festival, May buys a seven-panelled novelty that is said to grant a person one wish if a panel is closed for each night the comet appears and is visible in the sky. Later, Ash and Max accidentally volunteer for one of Butler's magic tricks after Max hears a voice coming from the rock Diane is holding. Max is introduced to Jirachi, who he hears talking from inside the rock. Butler lets Max take the rock, from which Jirachi emerges later that night. Hoping its wishing ability is true, Max wishes for lots of candy, and it appears – but it is revealed that instead of creating the candy, Jirachi teleported it from a stall in the festival.
The intentions of Butler are soon revealed: he was a former scientist forTeam Magma who was seeking to resurrect the Legendary PokémonGroudon. Butler had devised the perfect system, but could not find the necessary amount of power to fuel and was fired from Team Magma, to his humiliation. To try and fuel his machine again, he hopes to use Jirachi's energy for his own purposes. Seeing this danger, the PokémonAbsol, whose presence usually indicates impending disaster, arrives to help Jirachi and alert the group.
Butler attempts to harness Jirachi's power, but is interrupted inside the circus tent by Ash and his friends. With the help of Diane and Absol, they take Butler's bus to Forina so that Jirachi can go home; unknown to them, Butler'sMightyena places a tracking device on the bus as it is leaving. As Ash and his friends travel along bumpy terrain, the device falls off, but Butler still discovers where they are headed. On the day before Jirachi has to return, Max feels upset about losing his new friend, so Ash tells him about one of his friends,Misty, explaining that even though they no longer see each other, they will always be friends. Before the group can make it back to Forina, they realize that Butler had followed them there and set a trap. Butler manages to once again steal Jirachi in an attempt to take its power again.
When Butler sets his plan in motion, he is shocked to find out that his work didn't create a resurrected Groudon, but instead just created a giant monster resembling Groudon. The fake Groudon soon begins to consume all of life by absorbing the energy from the surrounding area, turning Forina into a wasteland by killing all plants in sight and absorbing all living creatures, including May, Brock, and Team Rocket, who had followed them the whole way. When Diane is absorbed by the fake Groudon, Butler realizes his long-time relationship with her is what is more important, and with Ash and Max's help, he is able to distract the fake Groudon.
Eventually, Jirachi re-absorbs the energy used to create the fake Groudon, and uses Doom Desire to destroy it for good, before leaving for another thousand years of slumber. May, in all the excitement, forgets to close the last panel of her novelty, but simply brushes it off. Though she never reveals what she wished for, she is confident it will still come true. Before they leave Forina, Max hears Jirachi's voice one last time, reminding him that they will always be friends.
| Character | Japanese | English |
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| Ash Ketchum | Rica Matsumoto | Veronica Taylor |
| Pikachu | Ikue Otani | |
| May | KAORI | Veronica Taylor |
| Max | Fushigi Yamada | Amy Birnbaum |
| Brock | Yuuji Ueda | Eric Stuart |
| Narrator | Unshō Ishizuka | Mike Pollock |
| Jessie | Megumi Hayashibara | Rachael Lillis |
| James | Shinichiro Miki | Eric Stuart |
| Meowth | Inuko Inuyama | Maddie Blaustein |
| Wobbuffett | Yuuji Ueda | Kayzie Rogers |
| Butler | Kouichi Yamadera Kenji Nojima (young) | Wayne Grayson |
| Diane | Riho Makise Natsuki Yoshihara (young) | Megan Hollingshead |
| Bogie | Papaya Suzuki | Eric Stuart |
| Jirachi | Tomiko Suzuki | Kerry Williams |
| Absol | Megumi Hayashibara | Eric Stuart |
| Flygon | Shinichiro Miki | |
The film was a box office hit. It made¥4.5 billion at the Japanese box office. It became the second highest-grossing domestic film of the year in Japan.[1]
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The original Japanese DVD and VHS were released on December 19, 2003 byMedia Factory. The English dub was released directly to VHS and DVD byBuena Vista Home Entertainment on June 1, 2004.[3] This was the secondPokémon film (the first beingPokémon: Mewtwo Returns) to be released directly to DVD and VHS in the US. The film was released on DVD in the UK on October 23, 2006 to celebrate the Pokémon 10th Anniversary Tour in Britain. In the UK, the film was released byParamount Home Entertainment.
The film has had a Blu-ray and DVD release in the US byEcho Bridge Home Entertainment on April 3, 2012, which is now out of print, as aMiramax Multi-Feature compilation with 3 otherPokémon films,Pokémon 4Ever,Pokémon Heroes andPokémon: Destiny Deoxys.
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