Films

Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker

Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker (七夜の願い星ジラーチ Nanayo no Negaiboshi Jirāchi) is the sixth theatrical Pokémon film, and the first in the Advanced Generation series. It first premiered in Japan on July 19, 2003. The animated short that precedes it is titled Gotta Dance!.

The English adaptation was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by Miramax Films, and released direct-to-video on June 1, 2004.

Synopsis

Ash, May, Brock, and Max come upon the festival of the Wishing Star of Seven Nights. During their enjoyment, the legendary Pokémon, Jirachi, decends from the heavens and befriends Max. Jirachi, with the power to grant any wish, is sought after by many people wanting to claim its power. One man seeks to use its legendary power to revive an ancient pokemon known as Groudon, unaware of the dangers hidden within Jirachi's powers

Cast

Character	Original Name	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Ash Ketchum	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	Veronica Taylor
Pikachu		Ikue Ōtani	not dubbed
May	Haruka	Kaori Suzuki	Veronica Taylor
Max	Masato	Fushigi Yamada	Amy Birnbaum
Brock	Takeshi	Yūji Ueda	Eric Stuart
Jessie	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	Rachael Lillis
James	Kojiro	Shinichirō Miki	Eric Stuart
Meowth	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	Maddie Blaustein
Jirachi		Tomiko Suzuki	Kerry Williams
Butler		Kōichi Yamadera	Wayne Grayson
Diane		Riho Makise	Megan Hollingshead
Narrator		Unshō Ishizuka	Mike Pollock

Additional Voices

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Region	Country
Miramax Films	2004	NTSC	United States
Miramax Films	2004	1 NTSC
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment	2011	1 NTSC
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment	2012*	A DVB-T
Lionsgate Entertainment	2014	1 NTSC
Paramount Home Entertainment	2020	1 NTSC

*4-pack with Movies 4-5, 7

External Links

Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker (anime) at the Anime News Network
Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker at the Internet Movie Database

Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys

Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (裂空の訪問者デオキシス Rekkū no Hōmonsha Deokishisu) is the seventh theatrical Pokémon film, and the second in the Advanced Generation series. It first premiered in Japan on July 17, 2004. It is the first film to not be preceded by an animated short, instead dedicating the extra time to the movie proper.

The English adaptation was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by Miramax Films, and first debuted on Kids' WB on January 22, 2005, albeit edited for running time.

Synopsis
Ash and his friends travel to LaRousse, where they meet a boy named Tory who is afraid of Pokémon due to an incident that happened four years earlier. Meanwhile, Deoxys, a Pokemon from space, has reappeared, putting a barrier around the city and kidnapping people. Rayquaza, a Pokemon that lives in the atmosphere, comes to fight it.

Cast

Character	Original Name	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Ash Ketchum	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	Veronica Taylor
Pikachu		Ikue Ōtani	Not dubbed
May	Haruka	Kaori Suzuki	Veronica Taylor
Max	Masato	Fushigi Yamada	Amy Birnbaum
Brock	Takeshi	Yūji Ueda	Eric Stuart
Jessie	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	Rachael Lillis
James	Kojiro	Shinichirō Miki	Eric Stuart
Meowth	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	Maddie Blaustein
Tory Lund	Tōi Rondot	Noriko Hidaka	Tara Sands
Professor Lund	Dr. Rondot	Kōichi Yamadera	Sean Schemmel
Yūko		Takako Uehara	Rachael Lillis
Rafe	Ryū	Kenji Nojima	Sebastian Arcelus
Rebecca	Hitomi	Becky	Lisa Ortiz
Sid	Shōta	Makoto Higo	Matthew Labyorteaux
Audrey		Nana Mizuki	Rebecca Honig
Kathryn	Catherine	Maria Yamamoto	Rebecca Honig
Officer Jenny	Junsar	Chinami Nishimura	Lee Quick
Narrator		Unshō Ishizuka	Mike Pollock