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{{AnimeLocationInfobox
|name=Michina Town
|characters=ミチーナ
|japanese=Michina
|image=Michina Town.png
|imagesize=250px
|region=Sinnoh
|epicode=M12
|episode=Arceus and the Jewel of Life
}}

'''Michina Town''' (Japanese: '''ミチーナ''' ''Michina'') is an {{pkmn|animated series}}-exclusive location in the [[Sinnoh]] [[region]] and the setting of ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]''. It is a riverside town surrounded by flourishing nature. Most of the town is agricultural, with numerous fields growing crops such as corn and watermelon. The town's centerpiece is the Michina Ruins.

Thousands of years ago, Michina Town was a desolate place, which was nothing but a wasteland. But the [[Jewel of Life]]'s power that {{OBP|Arceus|M12}} gave [[Damos]] made the town's soil rich and fertile. Then Damos constructed a shrine at the peak of a mountain in order to praise Arceus's kindness. 

==Places of interest==
[[File:Michina Ruins.png|thumb|220px|Michina Ruins]]
===Michina Ruins===
The Michina Ruins are the remnants of the shrine made by Damos, which are located at the peak of a huge, rocky mountain in Michina. Close to the ruins is a beautiful lake, as well as multiple waterfalls that cascade down the mountainside. 

The ruins are guarded by [[Sheena]] and {{OBP|Kevin|M12}}. The [[Time-Space Axis]] can be found in the basement of the ruins; it is used by Sheena and Kevin to monitor disruptions in the time-space continuum. The basement is also the location where the [[Jewel of Life]] is safeguarded.
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==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Michina Town or Pokémon that reside there in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].
{{cardlist/header|Michina Town's Pokémon|Rainbow|char=yes}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname=[[Chikorita M (Movie Random Pack 1)|Chikorita]] {{SP|M}}|type=Grass|jpset=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum=001/022}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname=[[Cyndaquil M (Movie Random Pack 4)|Cyndaquil]] {{SP|M}}|type=Fire|jpset=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum=004/022}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname=[[Totodile M (Movie Random Pack 6)|Totodile]] {{SP|M}}|type=Water|jpset=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum=006/022}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname=[[Spiky-eared Pichu M (Movie Random Pack 9)|Spiky-eared Pichu]] {{SP|M}}|type=Lightning|jpset=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum=009/022|jpset2=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum2=010/022|jpset3=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum3=011/022|jpset4=DPt-P Promotional cards|jpnum4=042/DPt-P|jpset5=Unnumbered Promotional cards}}
{{cardlist/div|Other related cards|Rainbow}}
{{cardlist/entry|cardname={{TCG ID|DPt-P Promo|Michina Temple|44}}|type=Stadium|jpset=DPt-P Promotional cards|jpnum=044/DPt-P}}
{{cardlist/footer|Rainbow}}

==Trivia==
* The [[Michina Arceus|Arceus]] distributed in the United States, Australia, and Europe had the [[Original Trainer|OT]] "Michina"/"MICHINA", a reference to the twelfth movie {{OBP|Arceus|M12}}'s appearance in Michina Town.

===Origin===
{{main|Pokémon world in relation to the real world#In the movies|Pokémon world in relation to the real world → In the movies}}
Michina Town is based on various locations in {{wp|Greece}}. Director [[Kunihiko Yuyama]] {{wp|Location scouting|scouted}} the ruins of {{wp|Delphi}}<ref>Next Year's Movie - Location Scouting Report (Chapter 2: Truly a Ruin!!) on the Pokémon movie website ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090207094046/http://pokemon-movie.jp/rokehan/02.html archived]) (Japanese)</ref>, the town of {{wp|Kalabaka}}<ref>Next Year's Movie - Location Scouting Report (Chapter 3: To the Town of Strangely-Shaped Rocks) on the Pokémon movie website ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090216115319/http://pokemon-movie.jp/rokehan/03.html archived]) (Japanese)</ref>, the monasteries of {{wp|Meteora}}<ref>Next Year's Movie - Location Scouting Report (Chapter 4: The Holy Land of Meteora) on the Pokémon movie website ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090225112720/http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/rokehan/04.html archived]) (Japanese)</ref>, {{wp|Vikos Gorge}}<ref>Next Year's Movie - Location Scouting Report (Chapter 6: A Charming Village in an Amazing Gorge!) on the Pokémon movie website ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090306071117/http://pokemon-movie.jp/rokehan/06.html archived]) (Japanese)</ref>, and the {{wp|Parthenon}} along with the {{wp|Ancient Agora of Athens}} and various other places in the Greek capital of {{wp|Athens}}<ref>Next Year's Movie - Location Scouting Report (Chapter 7: The Parthenon in Athens) on the Pokémon movie website ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090225114508/http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/rokehan/07.html archived]) (Japanese)</ref>.

The mountainous terrain surrounding Michina Town resembles the rocky formations of Meteora with complexes of {{wp|Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox}} monasteries built atop the rounded hilly boulders, while the buildings in the area are reminiscent of {{wp|Ancient Greek architecture}}.

==Names==
{| class="roundtable" style="background:#{{colorschemedark|DP}}; border:3px solid #{{sinnoh color}}"
|-
! style="background:#{{colorschemelight|DP}}" | Language
! style="background:#{{colorschemelight|DP}}" | Name
! style="background:#{{colorschemelight|DP}}" | Origin
|-
| Japanese
| ミチーナ ''Michīna''
| From 未知な ''michi-na'' (unknown)
|-
| English, German
| Michina Town
| Transcription of its Japanese name
|-
| European Spanish,<br>Latin American Spanish
| Pueblo Michina
| From its English name
|-
| French, Italian, Polish
| Michina
| Transcription of its Japanese name
|-
| Korean
| 미케나 ''Mycena''
| Similar to its Japanese name and 미케네 ''{{wp|Mycenae}}'' (an archaeological site in Greece)
|-
| Chinese (Taiwan)
| 米季納 ''Mǐjìnà''
| rowspan="2" | Transcription of its Japanese name
|-
| Chinese (Hong Kong)
| 米季納 ''Máihgwainaahp''
|-
| Brazilian Portuguese
| Cidade de Michina 
| From its English name
|-
| Russian
| Мичина Таун ''Mishina Toun''
| Transcription of its English name
|}
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==References==
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