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Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (Japanese: ミュウと波導の勇者 ルカリオ Mew and the Wave Hero) is the third Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation movie, and 8th of all Pokémon movies. Premiering in Japan on July 16, 2005, it introduced four new Generation IV Pokémon, Lucario, Bonsly, Mime Jr. and Weavile. As indicated by the title, Mew plays a large part, supplementing its appearance in Mewtwo Strikes Back. Regice, Regirock and Registeel and Ho-Oh also appear, though the latter is only a cameo role as one of Mew's transformations. This movie was the last production to be released by 4Kids Entertainment, though it was actually completed before Pasta La Vista.

Plot

On a visit to a kingdom near Kanto, Ash inadvertently releases a Lucario that had been sealed away by a hero of legend. At around the same time, a Mew kidnaps Pikachu and Meowth and brings them to a haven known as the Tree of Beginning that is set up to prevent humans from entering at all costs. Ash enlists the help of Lucario to retrieve Pikachu while discovering just what the hero's intentions were.

Main article: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (Plot summary)

Cast

Guide the wave of a big hit!
Back row, from left: Kōichi Yamadera, Becky, Momoko Kikuchi, Pikachu, Kumiko Okae, Rica Matsumoto, Kunihiko Yuyama, Lucario
Front row, from left: Akihiro Nishino, Yūta Kajiwara

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Trivia

• This movie introduces the concept of aura to the series.
• This is the second movie in which a character dies and is not resurrected. The first was Pokémon Heroes, where Latios sacrificed himself to save Alto Mare from a humongous tidal wave. This time two characters died, Lucario, and Sir Aaron.
• This is the first time, since the 5th movie, that the corresponding theme song is played during the opening credits (this time it is the Advanced Battle theme).
• The castle is based on Neuschwanstein, a castle in Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany. (From [1])
• There are scenes from the past movies hidden in the in the credits:
  • Brock has the same reaction to leaving Kidd as he did to Rebecca in the previous movie. Both female characters were voiced by Becky in the Japanese version.
  • Kidd visits Forina and meets Butler and Diane.
  • Ash and co. walk through the streets of an old-style European town, which could be interpreted as either Alto Mare or Rota.
  • The first half of the closing scene of the credits resembles the first half of the closing scene of the credits of Pokémon Heroes.
• The strings section of the movie score is performed by Koike Strings, and was recorded on June 11, 2005. Koike Strings official website
• In this film, Bonsly is pronounced "bons-lee", but in subsequent anime episodes the pronunciation has been 'bons-lie', similar to 'bonsai', from which Bonsly takes its name.
• During the scene where Ash remembers the scene from EP001, part of Aim to be a Pokémon Master can be heard playing as the background music.
• The two parties of Pokémon, Red and Green, reference the original two versions of Pokémon, Red and Green.
• May's Munchlax is the only one of the main characters' Pokémon besides Pikachu to appear on the front cover.
• This is the second movie in a row where a Munchlax appears on the front cover.
• This is the only Pokémon movie so far that does not have a legendary Pokémon as the main featured Pokémon.
• This is the only Pokémon movie that has legendary Pokémon from each of the first three generations: Mew from Generation I, Ho-Oh from Generation II and Registeel, Regirock, and Regice from Generation III.
• When Mew is transformed into Ho-Oh in the dub, Pigeot's voice is used.
• The Princess bears a striking resemblance to Princess Zelda.

Box office performance

Source: goo 映画

The general screening of Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero: Lucario ran for 6 weeks from July 16 to August 26, 2005.

The movie had grossed 4.11 billion yen by September 2005, and the final figure was 4.3 billion yen (US$36.4 million), placing it second in Japan in 2005 only to Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle.

Related links

• Article on Wikipedia
• Screenshots on Bulbagarden Archives

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