The Kingdom of the People of the Earth once ruled over the land, but now all that remains is the Sword of the Earth. in the city of Eindoak. Satoshi, Iris, and Dent arrive in Eindoak during a harvest festival's Pokémon Tournament and meet the legendary Pokémon Victini who wishes to share its powers of victory to someone. Elsewhere in the city, a descendant of the People of the Earth named Dred Grangil has arrived who seeks to revive the kingdom's power with the Sword of the Earth, bringing them back into power over the land, and Satoshi and his friends must stop him before he destroys the land along with Victini.
Visual Effects
Reshiram's tail flame animation is genuinely gorgeous 2D work.
Score
Shinji Miyazaki knows exactly when to deploy the brass section.
Director
Kunihiko Yuyama
Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi (voice)
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice)
Aoi Yuuki
Iris (voice)
Minami Tsuda
Kibago (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
Dent (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kojiro / Iwapalace (voice)
Inuko Inuyama
Nyarth (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Narrator (voice)
Misato Fukuen
Mijumaru / Leeku (voice)
Wasabi Mizuta
Chaoboo (voice)
Akeno Watanabe
Zuruggu (voice)
Mika Kanai
Emonga (voice)
Takeshi Tsuruno
Dred Grangil (voice)
Satomi Ishihara
Karita (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This and Pokémon White—Zekrom were released simultaneously as the first dual-version movies, with different legendary focus and some scene variations.
Eindoak's design blends French countryside aesthetics with Japanese festival culture, creating a weirdly specific 'European Pokémon town' that later games would lean into hard.
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