Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages

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Pokémon the Movie:
Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
Japanese theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanjiポケモン・ザ・ムービーXY 光輪リングの超魔神 フーパ
Literal meaningPokémon the Movie XY: The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnPokemon Za Mūbī Ekkusu Wai Ringu no chōmajin Fūpa
Directed by
OLM, Inc.
OLM Digital
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • July 18, 2015 (2015-07-18) (Japan)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeJapan:
¥2.61 billion ($22 million)[1]

Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, known in Japan as Pokémon the Movie XY: The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa (ポケモン・ザ・ムービーXY 光輪リングの超魔神 フーパ, Pokemon Za Mūbī Ekkusu Wai Ringu no chōmajin Fūpa) is a 2015 Japanese

Kōichi Yamadera, and Shoko Nakagawa. In the film, Hoopa
, a Pokémon able to summon people and other Pokémon, splits into two forms: the real Hoopa, and a shadow created after Hoopa's powers were sealed for 100 years. Hoopa's shadow attempts to control the form of the real Hoopa.

The film was released in Japan on July 18, 2015. An English dub was produced by

Teletoon on November 14, 2015, in the United Kingdom on CITV on December 12, 2015, and in the United States on Cartoon Network
on December 19, 2015.

Plot

100 years ago, the power of the Pokémon Hoopa was confined inside the Prison Bottle after it became destructive and out of control. In the present, Ash Ketchum and his friends, Pikachu, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie are pulled through a portal created by Hoopa's interdimensional rings to Dahara City. Hoopa attempts to use its rings to transport everybody to the nearby Dahara Tower but it is revealed that, in its altered state, Hoopa cannot travel through the rings it creates. Baraz, one of Hoopa's caretakers and the great grandson of the man who sealed off Hoopa's power, arrives with the Prison Bottle. The bottle possesses Baraz and makes him release a shadow of Hoopa created from the anger of being confined for 100 years. Hoopa's power is put back into the bottle.

Team Rocket tries stealing the bottle. The instant

Hippopotas
from the desert.

Lugia meanwhile, gains the upper hand in its duel with Hoopa's shadow which ends the conflict by tricking Lugia into flying through a ring which returns Lugia back to its ocean home. Hoopa then summons the legendary Pokémon

Rayquaza
. Ash, Hoopa, and Pikachu ride on Latias and Latios, while Rayquaza helps to battle Hoopa's shadow. Ash commands the Pokémon to attack, but Hoopa's shadow summons six other Legendary Pokémon. Meanwhile, at the tower, the others are working to make a new Prison Bottle, using the powers of fire, earth, and water.

Rayquaza creates a twister around Dahara Tower to protect it, while the others inside reforge the Prison Bottle. However, Hoopa's shadow and the legendary Pokémon break through it. The bottle is made again, but Baraz drops it. Ash catches it but gets possessed. Hoopa cleanses the shadow of itself with its happy memories, causing the evil to disappear. However, due to too many legendary Pokémon being summoned, a time warp forms around the tower. Hoopa, its fully restored powers no longer affected by anger, helps everyone inside the tower escape with its rings. But Hoopa cannot pass through the rings. Then the space-time rift stops. Originally

Arceus
stops it with its power, giving Hoopa one more chance to escape. Hoopa escapes remembering the words of Baraz and Meray's great grandfather that originally confined Hoopa's power, and considers Baraz and Meray family. Hoopa decides to stay with them, and is finally able to travel through the ring. Hoopa decides to rebuild the city before returning to its home in the Arche Valley.

Cast

Regular characters

Character Voice Actor (Japanese) Voice Actor (English)
Ash Ketchum Rica Matsumoto Sarah Natochenny
Pikachu Ikue Ōtani
Serena Mayuki Makiguchi Haven Paschall
Clemont
Yūki Kaji
 Michael Liscio Jr
Bonnie Mariya Ise Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld
Jessie
 Megumi Hayashibara Michele Knotz
James
 Shin-ichiro Miki
Carter Cathcart
Meowth
 Inuko Inuyama
Wobbuffet Yūji Ueda Kayzie Rogers
Dedenne Megumi Sato
Narrator Unshō Ishizuka Rodger Parsons

Guest characters

  • Hoopa (フーパ, Hūpa): Known as the Mischief and the Mythical Pokémon. In the original Japanese,
    Kōichi Yamadera
    voices Hoopa's Unbound form. In the English dub, Lori Phillips voices Hoopa's Confined form. Ryan William Downey voices Hoopa's Unbound form.
  • Baraz (バルザ, Baruza): The older brother of Meray who tries to make Hoopa unbound. In the original Japanese, Tatsuya Fujiwara voices Baraz. In the English dub, Daniel J. Edwards voices Baraz.
  • Meray (メアリ, Meari): The younger sister of Baraz who also takes care of Hoopa. In the original Japanese, Shoko Nakagawa voices Meray. In the English dub, Emily Woo Zeller voices Meray.

Music

The Japanese ending theme song is "Tweedia" composed by Kenji Tamai and Masahiro Tobinai, and performed by Rei Yasuda. The English ending theme song is "Every Side of Me" composed by Ed Goldfarb, and performed by Dani Marcus.

Production

As the 18th film in the Pokémon series, its production began as soon as production of the 17th installment ended. Based on the sixth generation of Pokémon video games, it is based around the legendary Pokémon Hoopa.

Box office

The movie grossed ¥2,610,000,000 in Japan. It is one of the lowest-grossing Pokémon movies, performing slightly better than lowest-grossing film, Pokémon Heroes.

Release

Home media

The movie was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on December 16, 2015 by SMD Itaku. In the US, Viz Media released the movie on DVD on March 8, 2016. In the UK, the movie was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Manga Entertainment.[2]

References

  1. animenewsnetwork.com
    . January 30, 2016.
  2. ^ Yuyama, Kunihiko (2016-10-24), Pokemon The Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, Manga Entertainment, retrieved 2019-06-08

External links

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