Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Platinum: Arceus and the Conquest of Space-Time - A thorough review of the moving story and epic adventure

Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Platinum: Arceus and the Conquest of Dimension

■ Public Media

theater

■ Original Media

game

■ Release date

July 18, 2009 - January 1, 0000

■Distribution company

Toho

■Frequencies

97 min

■ Number of Episodes

Episode 1

■Original Story

Original story: Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori

■ Director

Kunihiko Yuyama

■ Production

・Animation Production: OLM Team Koitabashi
Produced by: Osamu Kamei, Hiroaki Tsuru, Kantaro Toyama, Yoshiyuki Yoshihara, Akihiko Tamura, Hiroyuki Iwabuchi, Masao Yagi, Pikachu Project Produced by: Shogakukan Shueisha Productions Produced by: Pikachu Project (The Pokémon Company, Shogakukan, TV Tokyo, Media Factory, Takara Tomy, JR East Japan Planning, OLM, Shogakukan Shueisha Productions)

■Works

©Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK, TV Tokyo, ShoPro, JR Kikaku ©Pokémon ©Pikachu Project 2009

■ Story

The legend of Michina, a beautiful town surrounded by rich nature... Long ago, the mythical Pokémon Arceus, said to have created everything, extracted the power of the 16 sources of life from his body - water, grass, earth, lightning, and dragon - and lent it to humans as the Jewel of Life. With that power, the ruined Michina became a lush green land, but humans broke their promise to return the Jewel of Life to Arceus and attacked him. Betrayed, Arceus went into a long sleep with intense anger. "The next time I wake up, I will pass judgment on humans." And finally, the time came for Arceus to wake up again. Sheena and Kevin, guardians of the temple of Michina and with the ability to communicate with Pokémon, along with Satoshi and his friends, embark on a journey across time and space to ancient Michina to calm Arceus' anger... What is the truth behind the legend passed down in Michina? Who is Arceus, the Pokémon said to have created everything? What is the purpose of the battle between the Pokémon known as gods? The first-ever time-slip adventure in the history of Pokémon movies begins now!

■Explanation

The final chapter of the three-part movie version of the popular TV anime "Pokémon Diamond & Pearl". During the battle between the mythical Pokémon Arceus and Dialga, Valkia, and Giratina, who appeared in the previous two films, all the mysteries are revealed. Voice actors include Matsumoto Rika from "Forest of Piano", as well as guest appearances by Takashima Masahiro from "Climber's High" and Kitano Kii from "Halfway".

■Cast

・Satoshi/Rika Matsumoto・Pikachu/Ikue Otani・Takeshi/Yuji Ueda・Hikari/Megumi Toyoguchi・Pochama/Etsuko Kozakura・Musashi/Megumi Hayashibara・Kojiro/Shinichiro Miki・Meowth/Inuko Inuyama・Pachirisu/Chinami Nishimura・Mimiroll/Satsuki Yukino・Greggle/Katsuyuki Konishi・Usoppie/Daisuke Sakaguchi・Pimpuku/Miyako Ito・Buizel/Kiyotaka Furushima・Tap/Yozu Fujimoto・Kevin/Yuji Kishi・Ka Nta/Kumai Motoko・Kako/Shindo Kei・Heatran/Miyake Kenta・Gabrielle/Osaka Chikara・Nidoran♂/Nakanishi Hideki・Nidorina/Kawakami Takashi・Yanyanma/Densaka Tsutomu・Kimawari/Teratani Mika・Nidoran♀/Yonezawa Madoka・Narration/Ishizuka Unsho・Arceus/Miwa Akihiro・Damos/Takashima Masahiro・Gishin/Yamadera Kouichi・Spicy-eared Pichu/Nakagawa Shoko・Sheena/Kitano Kii・Soldier B/Akiyama Ryuji (Robert)
・Soldier D/Hiroyuki Baba (Robert)
・Villager/Hiroshi Yamamoto (Robert)

■ Main staff

・Animation Supervision / Kotabe Yoichi ・Executive Producer / Kubo Masakazu, Ito Kenjiro ・Producer / Yoshikawa Choji, Fukazawa Mikihiko, Okamoto Junya, Moritake Gen ・Animation Producer / Okuno Toshiaki, Kanda Shukichi ・Associate Producer / Kawahara Shozo, Yamauchi Katsuhito, Nomoto Takeshi, Hashi Shoichiro, Yamashita Yoshihisa, Yumiya Masanori, Kii Takaaki ・Assistant Producer / Shimamura Yuko, Shimodaira Satoshi, Muratsubaki Takuro, Odawara Akiko, Sugasawa Masahiro ・Desk / Kudo Yui, Kondo Rina ・Screenplay / Sonoda Hideki ・Key Art / Miya Akira, Fukazawa Koji, Fukuchi Junpei, Ohashi Toshiaki, Ogawa Tomoki, Tajima Tanpo, Otonashi Ryunosuke, Yoshino Shinichi, Sakai Miwa, Iriyoshi Satoru, Matsubara Kyoko, Naganawa Hiromi, Motosawa Takumi, Aoki Akihito, Yoshida Fumiko, Tsuji Hatsuki, Sato Yuzo, Hariganeya Hideo, Suwa Masao, Mori Etsushi, Marufuji Hiroki, Matsuzaka Sadatoshi, Ohno Yasue, Sugie Toshiharu, Owase Hidetoshi, Ogawa Mizue, Ogata Atsushi, Tsukuma Takenori, Seo Yasuhiro, Hayama Junichi, Tsukamoto Atsushi, Sato Motoaki, Shimizu Fumino, Studio Cockpit (Iwane Masaaki, Ikehira Chisato, Motodate Tai, Annoura Tatsuya, Nishio Kimihaku), Dragon Production (Nakamura Akiko, Takebuchi Masami, Takei Tomoko, Nagaoka Midori, Isaka Junko), Kyushu Animation (Honda Keiichi, Kawamoto Mariko, Iwamura Takeshi)
・Second key animation: Hiromi Sakamoto, Ryoko Nakamura, Kazumasa Takeuchi, Tatsu Matsunaga, Naoki Yoshibe, Masako Terada, Miyoko Shikibu, Yuka Seriguchi, Yuichiro Fukaya, Yoshiko Tsujimura, Madoka Mori, Chinatsu Ueno, Kyoji Sakai, Natsue Chibayama, Yui Ushio, Teruyo Kato, Chie Tanaka, Fumihiro Kato ・Storyboard: Kunihiko Yuyama / Fukazawa Koji, Shimura Joji, Takahashi Naohito, Yoshikawa Hiroaki, Kimura Satoshi, Tonoyama Kusa, Iijima Masakatsu, Asada Yuji, Miyao Yoshikazu・Direction/Iijima Masakatsu, Yoshikawa Hiroaki, Tonoyama Kusa, Asada Yuji, Takahashi Naohito・Character Design/Mori Kazuaki, Sato Kazumi, Ichiishi Sayuri, Matsubara Norihiro, Yamada Toshiya・Design Works/Tanaka Toshinari, Ishimoto Takehiro, Edamatsu Satoshi, Fukazawa Koji, Chikanaga Kenichi, Sato Kazumi・Chief Animation Director/Mori Kazuaki, Sato Kazumi・Animation Director/Matsubara Norihiro, Ichiishi Sayuri, Aizawa Masahiro, Shoji Yasukazu, Takahashi Eikichi, Shimura Takayuki, Taguchi Koichi, Niioka Hiromi, Matsuoka Hideaki, Baba Toshiko・Animation Check/Enomoto Fujika, Murooka Tatsuichi, Saito Yuki, Ichijo Nozomu, Ono Ayumi, Usui Kaori Weaving・Color design/Mayumi Sato, Norimichi Yoshino・Color design/Tatsue Ozeki, Nao Sato, Shiho Okamiya, Tomoko Takahashi, Akemi Teshima・Inspection/Mayumi Tsukada, Masako Kaneda, Emiko Okui, Atsuko Ito, Fusako Nakao・Special effects/Noriyuki Ota・Digital coordination/Kenji Otake・Art director/Minoru Akiba・Assistant art director/Kazumi Kataoka・Director of photography/Takaya Mizutani・2D composite director (director of photography)/Shinsuke Ikeda・2D composite advisor/Mitsunobu Yoshida・CGI producer/Misako Saka・CGI supervisor/Makoto Sato・CGI director/Ryota Ito・Editor/Toshio Henmi・Assistant editor/J Film (Jin Nogawa, Mayumi Komori)
・Development/IMAGICA・Music/Shinji Miyazaki・Music Producers/Kazuo Shinohara, Yuji Saito・Part of the original music・Composers/Tsuyoshi Ichinose, Hitomi Sato, Morikazu Aoki・Sound Director/Masafumi Mima・Sound Producers/Michiyoshi Minamisawa, Takeshi Nishina・Production Manager/Tsukasa Koitabashi・Production Desk/Yoshinobu Osugi・Setting Production/Yasuaki Fujii・Production Assistants/Haruka Uchida, Tsuyoshi Sawada, Isamu Kikuchi, Yuichi Oyama, Takashi Tanaka, Mitsukazu Murata, Takayuki Sasaki, Daisuke Yoshioka, Yoshimitsu Fujii・Production/Shogakukan Shueisha Productions・Animation Production/OLM Team Koitabashi
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama Producers: Osamu Kamei, Hiroaki Tsuru, Kantaro Toyama, Yoshiyuki Yoshihara, Akihiko Tamura, Hiroyuki Iwabuchi, Masao Yagi, Pikachu Project Producer: Shogakukan Shueisha Productions Producer: Pikachu Project (The Pokémon Company, Shogakukan, TV Tokyo, Media Factory, Takara Tomy, JR East Japan Planning, OLM, Shogakukan Shueisha Productions)

■ Main Characters

・Guardian of the Sheena Ruins. Can show his heart to Pokémon.
Guardian of the Gebin Ruins. Witnessed the strange happenings in Alamos Town and the glacier.
Damos: Thousands of years ago, he saved the dying Arceus and received the Jewel of Life.
A subordinate of Gishindamos. He commands Heatran and Dodrio.

■ Related works

・Pokémon Diamond & Pearl

■ Theme songs and music

・OP1
・High Touch! 2009
Lyrics: Shogo Toda; Composition: Hirokazu Tanaka; Arrangement: Kazuo Yoda; Brass & Strings Arrangement: Cornish; Singer: Satoshi (Rika Matsumoto) & Hikari (Megumi Toyoguchi)

・ED1
・Heart Antenna -Haruomi Hosono Original Mix-
Lyrics: Takashi Matsumoto; Composition: Haruomi Hosono; Arrangement: Haruomi Hosono; Singer: Shoko Nakagawa

Review and Recommendation

"Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Platinum: Arceus and the Conquest of Jewel of Time and Space" is a must-see for fans of the Pokémon series, and has also attracted attention as the first time-slip adventure in the history of Pokémon movies. Based on the legend of Michina, a beautiful town surrounded by abundant nature, this movie depicts the relationship between the mythical Pokémon Arceus and humans. The story begins when humans refuse to return the Jewel of Life that Arceus created by extracting the source of life from his own body, and depicts betrayal, forgiveness, and an adventure that transcends time and space.

The story is about Sheena, Kevin, the guardian of the temple of Michina, Satoshi and his friends going on a journey through time and space to ancient Michina to appease the anger of Arceus. This setting is particularly grandiose among the Pokemon movies, and has the power to draw viewers in. In particular, the scene where Arceus awakens again and the depiction of the journey through time and space are visually very beautiful and there are many moving scenes.

The portrayal of the characters is also excellent, and the characters of Sheena and Kevin are fresh, and Sheena's ability to communicate with Pokemon adds depth to the story. The characters of Damos and Ghisar are also impressive, and the past episode in which Damos saved Arceus in particular enriches the background of the story. Satoshi and his friends' characters have also grown throughout the series, and you can enjoy their new adventures.

The voice actors are also impressive, with familiar cast members such as Rika Matsumoto, Megumi Toyoguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, and Shinichiro Miki, as well as guest appearances by Masahiro Takashima and Kii Kitano. In particular, the voice of Akihiro Miwa, who plays Arceus, exudes the dignity and depth of a mythical Pokémon, adding excitement to the story.

Visually, the beautiful animation produced by OLM Team Koitabashi stands out. The use of CGI is particularly effective in the depiction of Arceus and in the scenes that transcend time and space, creating a strong visual impact. Additionally, the background art by art director Minoru Akiba realistically recreates the beautiful scenery of Michina, providing a visual treat.

The music also plays an important role, and Shinji Miyazaki's music enhances the atmosphere of the story and brings out the emotions of the viewers. In particular, the theme song "High Touch! 2009" and the ending theme "Kokoro no Antenna -Haruomi Hosono Original Mix-" are wonderful songs that reflect the theme of the story and resonate with the viewers' hearts.

This movie is recommended not only for fans of the Pokémon series, but also for those who want to enjoy a fantasy adventure. This work, which depicts a grand adventure that transcends time and space and the deep bond between Pokémon and humans, will surely move and excite viewers. Be sure to experience this wonderful story at the theater.