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Pokémon Heroes
水の都の護神 ラティアスとラティオス Guardian Gods of the City of Water: Latias and Latios
File:Pokehero.jpg
Premiere
Japan July 13, 2002
United States May 16, 2003
Home video
Japan
United States January 14, 2003*
English themes
Opening {{{enop}}}
Ending {{{ened}}}
Japanese themes
Opening jaop
Ending jaed
Ratings
United States G
Great Britain U
Ireland G
Canada G
Quebec G
Japan General
Germany 6
Australia G
New Zealand G

Pokémon Heroes (Japanese: 護神 ラティアスとラティオス Guardian Gods of the City of Water: Latias and Latios; Official: The Guardians of Altomare) is the fifth Pokémon movie. It features Latios and Latias.

It was released in Japan on July 13, 2002. Distributed on limited release by Miramax, it opened in select American theaters on May 16, 2003. The VHS version was released on January 14, 2003.

Other posters and DVD covers

Film Synopsis

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Two agents of Team Rocket, Annie and Oakley, are sent by Giovanni to the water-based city of Altomare to retrieve the Soul Dew, said to contain the spirit of a Latios, a Legendary Pokémon. The main reason for obtaining it is to power a special machine called the Defense Mechanism of Altomare, or D.M.A. for short. Meanwhile, Ash Ketchum and his companions, Pikachu, Misty, Brock and their Pokémon are visiting Altomare during their travels in the Johto region. Ash and Misty participate in a water chariot race through the city's canals, the Tour de Altomare. Ash, Misty and the champion Ross mostly lead the race, but the interference of two invisible Pokémon causes Ash to lose. Misty wins by an inch with her Corsola against Ross' Wailmer. Ross congratulates Misty by giving her and the others a tour across the city on his gondola, telling them the legend of the city's protectors, Latios and Latias.

Team Rocket are also in the city but are there on vacation, but upon seeing Annie and Oakley, they decide to stalk them. The two spies are actually tracking down Latias, who can shapeshift into a human girl. The two trap her with their Espeon and Ariados, but the timing arrival of Ash and Pikachu allows Latias to escape with them, outrunning Annie and Oakley's Pokémon. Latias in return leads Ash to safety but she suddenly vanishes. Ash, Misty and Brock later visit the city's museum where they meet the curator, Lorenzo who explains the city's history, where an evil Pokémon Trainer tormented the civilians with his Aerodactyl and Kabutops. But the original Latios brought water to the city, drowning the fossil Pokémon, leaving only their remains which are implanted into the museum's floor. Lorenzo shows the D.M.A. to the trio, but Ash spies a girl who looks remarkably similar, if not identical, to Latias in human form. Ash and Pikachu pursue the girl across the city, losing her, and then running into Latias, who leads them to her home hidden in the depths of the city - a beautiful garden.

However, Latios and the other girl, Bianca are hostile towards the intruders, until Lorenzo appears. Lorenzo is revealed to be Bianca's grandfather and calms everyone down. Latias reveals herself to Ash as a Pokémon and they, Pikachu and Latios play together. Lorenzo and Bianca finish the story about Altomare's history, explaining that the original Latios died when he saved the city, and left behind Latios and Latias. The Soul Dew contains his soul and is actually in that very garden, kept in a hidden pool. Lorenzo explains if it is removed, it could be used to destroy the city. Ash and Pikachu leave with Bianca, but that night, Annie and Oakley invade the garden, capturing Latios and the Soul Dew. Lorenzo and Bianca follow them to the museum where Oakley plans to use the D.M.A. to destroy the city. Latias finds Ash and alerts him of the situation. Ash, Pikachu and Latias head to the museum, escaping the city-wide lockdown but are nearly killed by the revived fossil Pokémon. Upon arriving at the museum, they find the D.M.A. out of control and Latios being used as its source, but in immense pain. Misty and Brock show up later to lend a hand as Latias uses her psychic powers to free her brother and stop the machine. However, Annie tries to grab the Soul Dew, causing it to explode and all the water to leave the city.

Heading outside, the group discover that a giant tidal wave is heading for the city. Latios and Latias race to stop it and use their combined psychic abilities to destroy it. However, Latios gives his life to save the city and dies after a brief farewell with Latias. Latios' soul becomes the new Soul Dew and is placed back in the garden. The next day, Ash, Misty and Brock are departing Altomare and say farewell to Lorenzo. On their way out, they spot Bianca or Latias in human form waving to them. Ash meets her at the dock where she hands him a drawing of himself and Pikachu, and then shocks both him and his friends by kissing him. Misty and Brock are left puzzled on who actually kissed Ash, Latias or Bianca. The group leave the city, Ash and Pikachu spying what looks like two Latios and Latias flying overhead.

Annie and Oakley, meanwhile, are later freed from the D.M.A. after being trapped in its control seat and sent to prison where it appears they are still scheming.

Characters

Human

Pokémon

Cast

出演
Ash Ketchum Veronica Taylor Satoshi Rica Matsumoto サトシ 松本梨香
Pikachu Ikue Ohtani Pikachu Ikue Ohtani ピカチュウ 大谷育江
Misty Rachael Lillis Kasumi Mayumi Iizuka カスミ 飯塚雅弓
Togepi Satomi Kōrogi Togepi Satomi Kōrogi トゲピー こおろぎさとみ
Brock Eric Stuart Takeshi Yuji Ueda タケシ うえだ ゆうじ
Jessie Rachael Lillis Musashi Megumi Hayashibara ムサシ 林原めぐみ
James Eric Stuart Kojirō Shin'ichirō Miki コジロウ 三木眞一郎
Meowth Maddie Blaustein Nyarth Inuko Inuyama ニャース 犬山イヌコ
Bianca Lisa Ortiz Kanon Fumiko Orikasa カノン 折笠富美子
Latias Megumi Hayashibara Latias Megumi Hayashibara ラティアス 林原めぐみ
Latios Masashi Ebara/Megumi Hayashibara Latios Masashi Ebara ラティオス 江原正士
Annie Megan Hollingshead Zanner Uno Kanda ザンナー 神田うの
Oakley Lisa Ortiz Lions Yumiko Shaku リオン 釈由美子
Lorenzo Wayne Grayson Vongole Yūzō Gucci ボンゴレ グッチ裕三
Ross Michael Sinterniklaas Rossi Koichi Yamadera ロッシ 山寺宏一
Narration Ken Gates Narration Unshō Ishizuka ナレーション 石塚運昇

Movie guide

Character introductions

Important events

  • Latios passes away.

Pokémon debuts

Trivia

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Russian alphabet on Oakley's computer
  • This movie made its debut in Japanese theaters in between the episodes Just Add Water and Lapras of Luxury.
  • This movie uses the same intro from Pokémon 4Ever before the movie begins
  • In a similarity to Pokémon 4Ever, Jessie, James and Meowth land on a protruding object, and only when Wobbuffet comes out of its Poké Ball does it break and the four of them fall.
  • Director Kunihiko Yuyama looked to Venice, Italy for inspiration when designing Alto Mare.
  • In a throwback to The Power of One, Annie and Oakley are reading about Lawrence III during the credits of the movie.
  • Images of Mewtwo, Lugia, Entei, and Celebi were hidden in the movie as a reference to the major Pokémon in the previous movies.
  • This is the first movie to feature the death of a Pokémon that does not come back to life.
  • In the background of the cover there are a couple of gondolas in the water. The fact that nobody is in means that they must floating loosely around the city using the canals.
  • This is the fourth Pokémon movie to air on Toon Disney. The first three were Jirachi: Wish Maker, Destiny Deoxys, and Pokémon 4Ever.
  • This is the first time that Ash has had his belt off onscreen. When he and Pikachu ride Latias to stop Annie and Oakley, Brock and Misty follow them on foot. They are trapped by a gate, where Misty predicts that he will need his Pokémon, then holds his belt up.
  • This movie makes a slight display of the infamous Pokémon, Porygon at the beginning of the film like the past 4 movies.
  • The characters appearing on the right side of Oakley's computer screen while she is deciphering the code on the stone plates in the Latios and Latias' garden are actually Russian alphabet.
  • This is the first movie where Jessie, James and Meowth have no influence on the main plot. In fact, they don't interact with any of the main characters throughout the film.
  • The resurrected fossil Pokémon, Kabutops and Aerodactyl, are a reference to the first generation of games where fossils of Kabutops and Aerodactyl can be found in the Pewter City Science Museum.
  • Ash continues his habit of ramming a barrier of object of sorts, ramming into the barrier than shields Latios, Pikachu and Latias assisting.
  • This is the first movie where Ash and company do not meet Team Rocket.
  • The English dub of this movie mentions that an Aerodactyl and Kabutops drowned. Though it is possible that Aerodactyl (a Rock/Flying type) drowned, it is highly unlikely it would have drown the Kabutops (a Rock/Water type). However, the Kabutops could have simply been crushed with water pressure, or it may need air to breathe like whales and other aquatic or amphibious mammalian or reptilian species. Being Template:Type2 could also have been a deciding factor in the water sealing its alleged doom. Another possibility is that more water then it could handle entered its body, effectually drowning it.

Errors

  • In the scene before the movie where Brock tells how Ash got Pikachu, Ash is pictured fully clothed - in the episode in question, Ash was still in his pajamas. Also, Pikachu is pictured like he and Ash already were friends. In the episode however, Pikachu hated Ash at first, but in the end they become friends.

Dub edits

  • The entire backstory of the movie was changed in the dub. A segment of approximately two minutes, which told the story of the origin of the Soul Dew in Alto Mare's ancient history, was cut. This cut also removed the reference to the fact that many Latios and Latias came and went to and from Alto Mare frequently, causing some confusion to dub watchers when two Latios and a Latias appeared in the credits. This scene is very unique, because the animation in this scene was done in a storybook-like fashion, something that had never been before in the Pokémon anime and has not been repeated again so far.
  • A replacement backstory was added in the form of dialogue telling about an evil trainer who once attacked the people of the city with a Kabutops and Aerodactyl, until Latios brought water to the town, drowning the evil Pokémon and turning the streets to canals.
  • The dub also makes Annie and Oakley members of Team Rocket; however, in the original, the two are working independently and no mention is made of a relationship between themselves and Team Rocket or Giovanni.
  • Also, in the American DVD release of the movie, an intense blue tint was applied, making most of the colors much darker than in the original.
  • Latios does not keep its Japanese voice in the dubbed English version, and it sounds almost like Latias as a result.

In other languages

  • Dutch: Pokémon 5 Helden
  • Chinese: 水都的守護神 拉帝亞斯和拉帝歐斯
  • German: Pokémon Heroes: Der Film
  • Finnish: Pokémon Heroes - Latias ja Latios
  • Polish: Pokémon: Bohaterowie
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Heróis Pokémon
  • Latin American Spanish: Héroes Pokémon
  • Swedish: Pokémon Heroes: Latios och Latias

External links

Pokémon movies
Original series
Mewtwo Strikes BackThe Power of OneSpell of the Unown: EnteiCelebi: The Voice of the ForestPokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Jirachi: Wish MakerDestiny DeoxysLucario and the Mystery of MewPokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
The Rise of DarkraiGiratina and the Sky WarriorArceus and the Jewel of LifeZoroark: Master of Illusions
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
White—Victini and Zekrom / Black—Victini and ReshiramKyurem VS. The Sword of JusticeGenesect and the Legend Awakened
Pokémon the Series: XY
Diancie and the Cocoon of DestructionHoopa and the Clash of AgesVolcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
I Choose You!The Power of UsMewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Secrets of the Jungle