Themes: Space Wars, Mischievous Children, Obsessive Quests
Main Cast: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Addie Blaustein, Eric Stuart, Ed Paul
Release Year: 1999
Country: JP
Run Time: 81 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
Plot
The internationally popular toy, comic book, and video game characters who stormed the big screen in the surprise hit Pokemon: The First Movie are back in this Japanese anime feature. Lawrence III, who collects the elusive creatures known as Pokemon, will become the greatest Pokemon trainer on Earth if he can capture and tame Lugia, a huge Pokemon of the sea. Lugia's powers are so great that they could destroy the world if they fell into the wrong hands, so lead trainer Ash and his friends must stop Lawrence's dangerous quest before it's too late. Pokemon the Movie: 2000 was originally released in Japan in 1999 under the title Poketto monsutaa: Maboroshi no Pokemon X: Lugia Bakudan, which translates as "Pocket Monsters The Movie: The Phantom Pokemon: Lugia's Explosive Birth." The U.S. release of Pokemon the Movie: 2000 was paired with a short subject, Pikachu's Rescue Adventure. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Veronica Taylor
Rachael Lillis
Addie Blaustein
Eric Stuart
Ed Paul
Michelle Goguen; Eric Rath; Neil Stewart; Ikue Otani - Pikachu; Ted Lewis
Credit
Katsuyoshi Kanemura - Art Director, Sayuri Ichiishi - Character Animation, Yoichi Kotabe - Animation Director, Hiroshi Ishikawa - Associate Producer, Katsuhito Yamauchi - Associate Producer, Takaaki Kii - Associate Producer, Noriyuki Yoshida - Associate Producer, Kathy Borland - Associate Producer, Nobumasa Sawabe - Associate Producer, Hiroaki Tsuru - Associate Producer, Jim Malone - Casting, Masamitsu Hidaka - First Assistant Director, Norihiko Sudo - First Assistant Director, Kunihiko Yuyama - Director, Michael Haigney - Director, Jay Film - Editor, Alfred R. Kahn - Executive Producer, Masakazu Kubo - Executive Producer, Takashi Kawaguchi - Executive Producer, Ralph Schuckett - Composer (Music Score), John Loeffler - Composer (Music Score), Hisao Shirai - Cinematographer, Norman J. Grossfeld - Producer, Takemoto Mori - Producer, Choji Yoshikawa - Producer, Yukako Matsusako - Producer, Jyuji Nakamura - Sound/Sound Designer, Peter Waggoner - Sound/Sound Designer, Norman J. Grossfeld - Screenwriter, Takeshi Shudo - Screenwriter, Michael Haigney - Screenwriter, Toshiaki Okuno - Animation Producer, Shukichi Kanda - Animation Producer, Sayuri Ichiishi - Chief Animator, O. L. M. Digital - Digital Effects, Betelgeuse Prods. - Digital Effects, Yoichi Kotabe - Supervising Animator, Richard King - Supervising Sound Editor, Paul Taylor - Translator
