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Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior is the eleventh Pokémon movie overall and the second movie of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl. It premiered in Japan on July 19, 2008. It first aired in the US on Cartoon Network on February 13, 2009, and the DVD was released on March 31. It premiered in the United Kingdom on Jetix on May 23, 2009. The movie ties in heavily with the then-unreleased Pokémon Platinum, with Jetix's airing broadcast the day after the game's release.
Plot[]
When dark, poisonous clouds begin to appear in the Reverse World, home to Giratina, it takes matters into its own hands and pursues the cause of the clouds: Dialga and Palkia. Finding Dialga, it lures it for revenge, and assumes Shaymin to also be responsible. But this is not the only trouble: a researcher who wishes to make Giratina's power his own is also in pursuit of the Renegade Pokémon. With the balance of the Pokémon world and Reverse World altering due to Dialga and Giratina's own fight, Ash and friends must stop the fighting and get Shaymin to Gracidea to participate in the flower bearing ceremony.
Cast[]
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Ash | Rica Matsumoto | Sarah Natochenny |
| Pikachu | Ikue Ōtani | |
| Brock | Yuji Ueda | Bill Rogers |
| Dawn | Megumi Toyoguchi | Emily Jenness |
| Jessie | Megumi Hayashibara | Michele Knotz |
| James | Shin-ichiro Miki | James Carter Cathcart |
| Meowth | Inuko Inuyama | James Carter Cathcart |
| Narrator | Unsho Ishizuka | Rodger Parsons |
| Shaymin | Vanilla Yamazaki | Amy Palant |
| Newton Graceland | Kōichi Yamadera | Marc Thompson |
| Zero | Shidō Nakamura | Parker Anderson |
| Infi | Shoko Nakagawa | Erica Schroeder |
| Regigigas | Tomomichi Nishimura | |
Box office[]
It took the second Japanese box office, beaten by Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea during the July 19–20 weekend, when Giratina and the Sky Warrior saw 982,000 viewers spending ¥1,018,770,000 ($9,463,400) to see the film. It eventually raked in just 10% less than the previous year's film, Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai.
Reception[]
Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior got generally positive reviews. Kidzworld gave it a positive review saying that "In summary, it's a fine movie, and definitely worth watching, whether you’re a fan of Pokemon or not".
External links[]
- M11 at Bulbapedia, the Pokémon wiki.
- Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior at the Internet Movie Database
- Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia