Pokémon 3: The Movie

Pokémon 3: The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI
Literal meaningPocket Monsters the Movie: Emperor of the Crystal Tower ENTEI
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGekijōban Poketto Monsutā Kesshōtō no Teiō ENTEI
Directed byKunihiko Yuyama
Screenplay by
Based onPokémon
by Satoshi Tajiri
Produced by
  • Choji Yoshikawa
  • Yukako Matsusako
  • Takemoto Mori
Starring
CinematographyHisao Shirai
Edited by
  • Toshio Henmi
  • Yutaka Ito
Music byShinji Miyazaki
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • July 8, 2000 (2000-07-08) (Japan)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
BudgetUS$3–16 million
Box officeUS$68.5 million

Pokémon 3: The Movie is a 2000 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the third film in the Pokémon franchise. The film stars the voices of Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Mayumi Iizuka, Yūji Ueda, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama, Yumi Tōma, Satomi Kōrogi, Unshō Ishizuka, Kōichi Yamadera, Naoto Takenaka, Hirohide Yakumaru, and Ai Kato, and Noriko Sakai. In the film, Ash Ketchum and his friends go on a journey to save Molly Hale and Ash's mother Delia Ketchum from an illusionary Legendary Pokémon named Entei.

This was the first Pokémon film to premiere in an IMAX theater. The realistic crystallization and Unown created a 3D effect in the film. This was also the last Pokémon film to be released internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures until the release of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu in 2019. The Japanese opening theme is OK! 2000 by Rica Matsumoto, and the Japanese ending theme is The Day a Rainbow Was Born (Niji ga Umareta hi) by Kumiko Mori. The English opening theme is Pokemon Johto by PJ Lequerica, and the English ending theme is To Know the Unknown by Innosense.