Ash and his two friends Iris and Cilan help a Keldeo battle against a powerful Dragon-type Pokémon named Kyurem its his test to become a Sacred Swordsman.
Practical Effects
Kyurem's ice fortress is genuinely stunning 2D animation.
Score
Banger orchestral themes that slap harder than they should.
Direction
Yuyama knows exactly how to stage a Pokémon battle.
Director
Kunihiko Yuyama
Rica Matsumoto
Ash (voice)
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice)
Aoi Yuuki
Iris (voice)
Minami Tsuda
Axew (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
Cilan (voice)
Chika Fujimura
Nurse Joy (voice)
Kenta Miyake
Station attendant (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Narrator (voice)
Misato Fukuen
Oshawott (voice)
Wasabi Mizuta
Pignite (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Snivy (voice)
Akeno Watanabe
Scraggy (voice)
Mika Kanai
Emolga (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Crustle (voice)
Rola
Malin (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the first Pokémon movie to premiere in US theaters before Japan, because apparently 2012 was wild.
Kyurem's design pulls from Chinese dragon mythology and yokai ice spirits—he's basically a frozen disaster god with a grudge.
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