Pokémon 3: The Movie
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| Kanji | 劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI | ||||
| Literal meaning | Pocket Monsters the Movie: Emperor of the Crystal Tower ENTEI | ||||
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| Directed by | Kunihiko Yuyama | ||||
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| Based on | Pokémon by Satoshi Tajiri | ||||
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| Cinematography | Hisao Shirai | ||||
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| Music by | Shinji Miyazaki | ||||
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| Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 74 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
| Budget | US$3–16 million | ||||
| Box office | US$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.