Samiya

Samiya アクーシャ Akusha
Samiya after it has risen from the ocean
Region	Unknown
Debut	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

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 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.

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• In animation
• In the TCG
• In the games
  • Pokémon Ranger
• In the manga
  • Movie adaptations
  • Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission
• Trivia
  • Origin
• Names
• References
• Related articles

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In animation

An interior view of Samiya

The People of the Water built the temple where the Manaphy lived. All 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 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 Water Pokémon. Samiya floats around with the ocean currents presently, but used to stay put.

During the events of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, the temple started to sink when 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.

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.

Samiya and the sea's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Samiya's Mantyke					Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy		003/019
Samiya's Buizel					Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy		004/019
Sea's Manaphy					Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy		005/019
Samiya's Fearow					Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy		009/019
Samiya's Mantyke					PCG-P Promotional cards		137/PCG-P
Samiya's Buizel					PCG-P Promotional cards		138/PCG-P
Sea's Manaphy					PCG-P Promotional cards		139/PCG-P
Samiya's Chatot					PCG-P Promotional cards		143/PCG-P
Sea's Manaphy					PCG-P Promotional cards		146/PCG-P
Sea's Manaphy					PCG-P Promotional cards		147/PCG-P
Sea's Manaphy					PCG-P Promotional cards		150/PCG-P
Samiya's Buizel					PCG-P Promotional cards		151/PCG-P
Samiya's Chatot					PCG-P Promotional cards		152/PCG-P
Sea's Manaphy					PCG-P Promotional cards		154/PCG-P
Prince of the Sea Manaphy					10th Movie Commemoration Set

In the games

Pokémon Ranger

In 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 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

Samiya in Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission

Movie adaptations

Samiya appears in 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 Manaphy Egg that they planned to hatch and have it lead them to it.

Trivia

Origin

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Samiya is modeled after various locations in Italy. Director Kunihiko Yuyama and his team scouted the ancient ruins in the Italian capital of Rome, as well as the southern Italian city of Naples and the nearby island of Capri in the Gulf of Naples.

Names

Language	Name	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	Transcription of its Japanese name
Chinese (Hong Kong)	亞克夏 Ahākhah
Chinese (mainland China)	亚克夏 Yàkèxià

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