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Pokémon the Movie 2000

Pokémon the Movie 2000

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Pokémon the Movie 2000

"One person can make all the difference."

1999

1h 24m

6.7(969 votes)

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

Science Fiction

Family

Overview

When Lawrence III's scheme to capture the Legendary Pokémon Lugia upsets the balance of nature, it is up to Ash Ketchum and his friends to save the world.

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Production Companies

Nintendo

OLM

Shogakukan

TV Tokyo

jeki

Tomy

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto

Satoshi (voice)

Ikue Otani

Ikue Otani

Pikachu (voice)

Mayumi Izuka

Mayumi Izuka

Kasumi (voice)

Satomi Korogi

Satomi Korogi

Togepy (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Kenji (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kojiro (voice)

Inuko Inuyama

Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Unsho Ishizuka

Dr. Okido / Narrator (voice)

Masami Toyoshima

Masami Toyoshima

Hanako (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Kunihiko Yuyama
Written by: Takeshi Shudo
Produced by: Yukako Matsusako
Takemoto Mori

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