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{{AnimeLocationInfobox
|name=Samiya
|characters=アクーシャ
|japanese=Akusha
|image=Samiya.png
|imagesize=300px
|caption=Samiya after it has risen from the ocean
|epicode=M09
|episode=Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
|colorscheme=Emerald
}}
The Sea Temple '''Samiya''' (Japanese: '''アクーシャ''' ''Akusha''), spelled '''Samaya''' on [[Pokémon TV]] and in [[Chuang Yi]]'s manga translation and referred to as '''Akusha''' in [[VIZ Media]]'s translation of the [[Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (manga)|manga]], is an underwater palace built by the [[People of the Water]]. It has a complex structure and holds the [[Sea Crown]] in its depths.

==In animation==
[[File:Samiya interior.png|thumb|180px|left|An interior view of Samiya]]
The People of the Water built the temple where the {{OBP|Manaphy|M09}} lived. All {{p|Manaphy}} have homing instincts that guide them to the temple's location even though it has a cloaking device. [[Shep]] and his family explained that the People of the Water designed traps, including the temple's cloaking ability, to keep people with evil intentions away from the precious Sea Crown. While it cannot be seen regularly, as it blends in with the water, Samiya will reveal itself under the red moonlight of a {{wp|lunar eclipse}}. In the past, whenever the temple reappeared, the People of the Water would gather together to celebrate their connections to the ocean and {{t|Water}} Pokémon. Samiya floats around with the ocean currents presently, but used to stay put.

During the events of ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'', the temple started to sink when [[The Phantom|Phantom]] pulled crystals out of the Sea Crown. Fortunately, it returned to normal after the crystals were placed back in the Sea Crown.

During the movie, it is located south of [[Cherrygrove City]]. However, because it moves with the current, it does not have a fixed location.
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==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Samiya or Pokémon that reside there and the surrounding sea in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].

{{cardlist/header|Samiya and the sea's Pokémon|Water|char=yes}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Movie VS Pack|Samiya's Mantyke|3}}|type=Water|jpset=Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy|jpnum=003/019}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Movie VS Pack|Samiya's Buizel|4}}|type=Water|jpset=Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy|jpnum=004/019}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Movie VS Pack|Sea's Manaphy|5}}|type=Water|jpset=Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy|jpnum=005/019}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|Movie VS Pack|Samiya's Fearow|9}}|type=Colorless|jpset=Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy|jpnum=009/019}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|PCG-P Promo|Samiya's Mantyke|137}}|type=Water|jpset=PCG-P Promotional cards|jpnum=137/PCG-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|PCG-P Promo|Samiya's Buizel|138}}|type=Water|jpset=PCG-P Promotional cards|jpnum=138/PCG-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|PCG-P Promo|Sea's Manaphy|139}}|type=Water|jpset=PCG-P Promotional cards|jpnum=139/PCG-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|PCG-P Promo|Samiya's Chatot|143}}|type=Colorless|jpset=PCG-P Promotional cards|jpnum=143/PCG-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|PCG-P Promo|Sea's Manaphy|146}}|type=Water|jpset=PCG-P Promotional cards|jpnum=146/PCG-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|PCG-P Promo|Sea's Manaphy|147}}|type=Water|jpset=PCG-P Promotional cards|jpnum=147/PCG-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|PCG-P Promo|Sea's Manaphy|150}}|type=Water|jpset=PCG-P Promotional cards|jpnum=150/PCG-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|PCG-P Promo|Samiya's Buizel|151}}|type=Water|jpset=PCG-P Promotional cards|jpnum=151/PCG-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|PCG-P Promo|Samiya's Chatot|152}}|type=Colorless|jpset=PCG-P Promotional cards|jpnum=152/PCG-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|PCG-P Promo|Sea's Manaphy|154}}|type=Water|jpset=PCG-P Promotional cards|jpnum=154/PCG-P}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|10th Movie|Prince of the Sea Manaphy|Promo}}|type=Water|jpset=10th Movie Commemoration Set}}
{{cardlist/footer|Water}}

==In the games==
===Pokémon Ranger===
In {{vg|Pokémon Ranger}}, a legend states "the bearer of the [[Sea Crown]] shall become the world's king", and because of this, the remnant [[Go-Rock Squad]]'s commander steals a Manaphy {{pkmn|Egg}} from [[Professor Hastings]] in a plot to use Manaphy to find the Sea Temple. However, the legend does not come true, because the Egg is reclaimed and sent to a [[Pokémon Trainer]] in the faraway [[Sinnoh]] [[region]].

==In the manga==
[[File:Samiya PR.png|thumb|250px|Samiya in Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission]]
===Movie adaptations===
Samiya appears in {{ma|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea}}, playing the same role as in the eponymous movie.

===Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission===
Samiya appears in [[Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission]], where it is simply referred to as the Temple of the Sea.

The temple is the desire of the [[Go-Rock Quads]], who want the [[Sea Crown]] so that they can rule the world. In order to find it, they stole a {{p|Manaphy}} Egg that they planned to hatch and have it lead them to it.
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==Trivia==

===Origin===
{{main|Pokémon world in relation to the real world#In the movies|Pokémon world in relation to the real world → In the movies}}
Samiya is modeled after various locations in {{wp|Italy}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/dora6669/status/1316820603924443136 Tweet by Shinji Miyazaki (@dora6669). Tweeted October 16, 2020.] (Japanese)</ref>. Director [[Kunihiko Yuyama]] and his team {{wp|Location scouting|scouted}} the ancient ruins in the Italian capital of {{wp|Rome}}<ref name="Dogasu">[https://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/movies/2006_ag_pokemon_ranger_prince_sea_manaphy/ag_pokemon_ranger_prince_sea_manaphy.html "Pokemon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea, Manaphy" on Dogasu's Backpack]</ref>, as well as the southern Italian city of {{wp|Naples}}<ref name="Dogasu" /> and the nearby island of {{wp|Capri}} in the {{wp|Gulf of Naples}}.

==Names==
{| class="roundtable" style="background:#{{colorschemedark|Frontier}}; border:3px solid #{{Locationcolor/light|ocean}}"
|-
! style="background:#{{colorschemelight|Frontier}}" | Language
! style="background:#{{colorschemelight|Frontier}}" | Name
! style="background:#{{colorschemelight|Frontier}}" | Origin
|-
| Japanese
| アクーシャ ''Akusha''
| From ''aqua'' (Latin for "water") and 社 ''sha'' (shrine)
|-
| English
| Samiya
| Possibly from ''sea'' and 宮 ''miya'' (Japanese for "shrine" and "palace") or سَامِيَة ''sāmiya'' (Arabic for "high" and "sublime")
|-
| German
| Seetempel
| Literally means "sea temple"
|-
| Italian
| Samaya
| Similar to its English name
|-
| Korean
| 아크셔 ''Akeusyeo''
| Transcription of its Japanese name
|-
| Chinese (Taiwan)
| 亞克夏 ''Yǎkèxià''
| rowspan="3" | Transcription of its Japanese name
|-
| Chinese (Hong Kong)
| 亞克夏 ''Ahākhah''
|-
| Chinese (mainland China)
| 亚克夏 ''Yàkèxià''
|}
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