A young athlete whose running days might be behind her, a compulsive liar, a shy researcher, a bitter old woman, and a little girl with a big secret—the only thing they have in common is the annual Wind Festival in Fula City. The festival celebrates the Legendary Pokémon Lugia, who brings the wind that powers this seaside city. When a series of threats endangers not just the festival, but all the people and Pokémon of Fula City, it’ll take more than just Satoshi and Pikachu to save the day! Can everyone put aside their differences and work together—or will it all end in destruction?
Direction
Yajima's watercolor skies make Fula City feel like a Studio Ghibli vacation.
Writing
Finally, a Pokémon movie where Ash isn't the only one who matters.
Score
Lugia's theme reworked with festival instruments—chef's kiss.
Director
Tetsuo Yajima
Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi (voice)
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kojiro (voice)
Inuko Inuyama
Nyarth (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Narrator (voice)
Rina Kawaei
Lisa (voice)
Koji Ohkura
Kagachi (voice)
Gaku Hamada
Torito (voice)
Masako Nozawa
Hisui (voice)
Mana Ashida
Largo (voice)
Shoko Nakagawa
Riku (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Mayor Oliver / Zeraora (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fula City's wind turbines mirror Japan's real-world push for renewable energy post-Fukushima, making Lugia a weirdly topical climate metaphor.
This was Unsho Ishizuka's final performance as the narrator before his death in 2018—the 'our stories' tagline hits different now.
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