Crown City
| Crown City クラウンシティ Crown City | |
 Incoming view of Crown City | |
| Region | Sinnoh |
| Debut | Zoroark: Master of Illusions |
Crown City (Japanese: クラウンシティ Crown City) is an animated series-exclusive location in the Sinnoh region and the setting of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
History
Twenty years prior, a disaster caused all plant life in Crown City to die out. That was also the last time before the present that Celebi had appeared in the city. Fortunately, with the help of both humans and Pokémon working together, the city was brought back to its beautiful state.
Ash and his friends visit the city to watch the Pokémon Baccer World Cup. Along the way, they meet a Pokémon named Zorua and decide to help it search for its "Meema." Meema is Zoroark, who has been blackmailed by businessman Grings Kodai into creating the illusion of the city's destruction in the forms of Raikou, Entei and Suicune.
The Legendary beasts are considered the city's protectors. In the film, Shiny versions of the trio had sensed the city was in danger while Zoroark was destroying it in illusions of its destruction, and raced to Crown City to defend it. After Zoroark broke free of her prison when she had been recaptured by Kodai, the legendary beasts appear before the Illusion Fox Pokémon and attacked her, believing her to be responsible for the city's destruction. When the misunderstanding is resolved thanks to the local wild Pokémon who live in the city, the legendary beasts aided Zoroark in the final battle against Kodai.
Crown City made a brief reappearance in I Choose You!, which is set in a timeline different from the main series.
Gallery
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Aerial view -
Buildings in the city -
Housing -
Waterway -
At dawn -
The Pokémon Baccer World Cup stadium
Trivia
- Crown City was used as the OT of Japanese or Korean Shiny Raikou, Entei, and Suicune distributed locally in 2010 to 2011, a reference to the Legendary beasts in the thirteenth movie.
Origin
Crown City is modeled after various locations in Belgium and the Netherlands. Director Kunihiko Yuyama scouted Brussels[1], Bruges[2], Kinderdijk[3], Delft[4], Monnickendam[5], and Amsterdam[6] in search of towns and bridges covered in greenery.
The combination of traditional and contemporary architecture in Crown City parallels the diverse range of architecture found in the cityscape of Brussels and Amsterdam.
The city also feature canals flowing through it, alluding to both Amsterdam and Bruges being referred to as the "Venice of the North" with historic system of waterways dating back centuries. The historic city center of Bruges is also registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the medieval bell tower of the Belfry of Bruges being its most prominent landmark.
It also takes inspiration from the historical buildings and canals seen in Delft, where the city is also the birthplace of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and a major production center of Delftware.
The windmills seen throughout the film alludes to windmills being an iconic symbol of Dutch culture with the group of 19 windmills in Kinderdijk being one of sites visited by the film director. The drawbridges in the city are partly inspired by those in Monnickendam where Director Yuyama had also taken note of in the team's visit.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クラウンシティ Crown City | From crown |
| English | Crown City | |
| German | Coronia City | From corona (Latin for "crown") and the placename suffix -ia |
| European Spanish, Latin American Spanish |
Ciudad Corona | From corona (crown) |
| French | Couropolis | From couronne (crown) and the placename suffix -polis (city) |
| Italian | Coronopoli | From corona (crown) and the placename suffix -poli (city) |
| Korean | 크라운시티 Crown City | From crown |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | 王冠市 Wángguàn Shì | From 王冠 wángguàn / wòhnggūn (crown) |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 王冠市 Wòhnggūn Síh | |
| Polish | Crown | From its English name |
| Russian | Краун Сити Kraun Citi | Transcription of is English name |
References
- ↑ Behind-the-Scenes Report (Chapter 4: A Stroll in Brussels) on the Pokémon movie website (archived) (Japanese)
- ↑ Behind-the-Scenes Report (Chapter 7: The City of Bruges) on the Pokémon movie website (archived) (Japanese)
- ↑ Behind-the-Scenes Report (Chapter 11: Windmills in Netherlands!) on the Pokémon movie website (archived) (Japanese)
- ↑ Behind-the-Scenes Report (Chapter 12: Delft) on the Pokémon movie website (archived) (Japanese)
- ↑ Behind-the-Scenes Report (Chapter 13: A Small Port City) on the Pokémon movie website (archived) (Japanese)
- ↑ Behind-the-Scenes Report (Chapter 15: Amsterdam) on the Pokémon movie website (archived) (Japanese)
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