Pokemon Movie 06: Nanayo no Negaiboshi Jirachi

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Synonyms: Gekijouban Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation: Nana-Yo no Negai Boshi Jiraachi, Pokemon Advanced Generation: Nanayo no Negaiboshi Jirachi

Japanese: ポケットモンスター・アドバンスジェネレーション七夜の願い星ジラーチ

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 19, 2003

Producers: TV Tokyo, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Studio Jack

Licensors: 4Kids Entertainment, Miramax Films

Studios: OLM

Source: Game

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Demographic: Kids

Duration: 1 hr. 21 min.

Rating: PG - Children

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Score: 6.75¹ (scored by 61,216 users)

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Ranked: #5605²

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Popularity: #2085

Members: 99,207

Favorites: 26

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The Millennium Comet is about to make its long-awaited appearance in the sky again, supposedly granting the wishes of all those who see it in the skies above them. Of course, Satoshi and friends are equally interested in the Millennium Festival, especially when they attend a magic performance by the Great Butler. Even more interesting is the mysterious cocoon in Butler’s possession—from which Masato hears a mysterious voice calling! When Jirachi emerges from its slumber, Masato has a new friend—sadly, it’s only for the brief few days that the Millennium Comet appears in the sky.

Masato is anxious to make the most of his time with his new friend, but the Great Butler has his own plans for Jirachi, which are not so friendly. He wants to revive the Legendary Groudon, and Jirachi just might be able to grant that wish.

Can Masato, Satoshi, Haruka, and Takeshi stop Butler and save Jirachi before Groudon reappears to reign destruction over the land?

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Adaptation:	Gekijouban Pocket Monster Advanced Generation: Nanayo no Negaiboshi Jirachi
Parent story:	Pokemon Advanced Generation
Other:	Pokemon: Odoru Pokemon Himitsu Kichi

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Characters & Voice Actors

Satoshi

Main

Matsumoto, Rica
Japanese

Pikachu

Main

Ootani, Ikue
Japanese

Takeshi

Main

Ueda, Yuuji
Japanese

Haruka

Main

Kawana, Midori
Japanese

Jirachi

Main

Suzuki, Tomiko
Japanese

Masato

Main

Yamada, Fushigi
Japanese

Groudon

Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki
Japanese

Kojirou

Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro
Japanese

Mewtwo

Supporting

Musashi

Supporting

Hayashibara, Megumi
Japanese

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Mori, Takemoto

Producer

Okuno, Toshiaki

Producer

Yoshikawa, Chouji

Producer

Yuyama, Kunihiko

Director, Storyboard

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Ending Theme

	"Chiisaki Mono" by Asuka Hayashi (林明日香)
	"Make a Wish" by Cindy Mizelle & Asuka Hayashi (林明日香)

Reviews

Jul 24, 2008

Torchic23

Recommended

Though I'm not much of a fan of the main Pokemon series, I LOVE this movie, it's my favorite Pokemon movie! Jirachi is absolutely adorable!

Story:
Maybe the plot is rather simple but very enjoyable. Once Jirachi is known about, it'd be a real crime to stop watching. A couple twists but a couple obvious things. Overall, nicely done!

Art:
I noticed with the Pokemon movies they do an especially nice job with the art and this one is no exception. The characters look great, the backgrounds are great, it's all very good.

Sound:
The soundtrack for this movie is incredible and beautiful! I really wish I could find it because ...

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Dec 17, 2010

Luru86

Mixed Feelings

Not the best Pokémon movie, but a decent watch that had nothing really wrong with it.

The animation was the usual, as were the voices and sounds. The only thing that really bugged me was that Jirachi, a Pokémon constantly referred to as "he", had a girl's voice. Just a minor detail that threw me off a little.

As for the plot of the movie, it was decent, although left a bit to desire. It didn't jump around randomly and wasn't confusing either, but it just seemed a little... simple. Between making a wish on a comet that appears for seven nights every thousand years and trying ...

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Jul 13, 2023

Chaotic_beauty

Not Recommended

Jirachi The Wish Maker is a prime example of wasted potential. The film sets up characters and themes with so much potency, yet blunders them on a nonsensical plot. In the end we're left with a film in which anything goes and the audience is left out cold, only to warm up to the film if they find the overly long final fight engaging.

On the bright side of things, most of the characters and their interactions are likable.The first third of the film nicely establishes the new Pokemon cast. Generally, shenanigans in the camp are engaging. Establishment of Jirachi, although a bit too goofy, works. ... Even if he's not well characterized, Absol, a fan favorite pokemon, is nice to look at and keeps up with the plot without feeling out of place.

This is where the film drops the ball, though. After the plot gets rolling, we're treated to a flat good guy turning into a flat bad guy. The ensuing race to the final destination drops the underwhelming, but somewhat fun carnival setting, but doesn't really replace it with anything noteworthy.

Here we're finally given an explanation of the villain's motives, but it doesn't tell us any more than we already know. Futhermore, the character interactions continue like no twist happened, as if they were still at the carnival. Thus, instead of shaking things up to keep them interesting, film quickly turns boring.

Eventually, as the time for final showdown comes, we're treated to yet another one of those situations - you know, where the villain wields infinite magical technology already set up everywhere in advance. Why? How? Because the plot requires it, of course! This is where the film starts falling appart, but hope still exist. You think to yourself - well, the stakes are high, maybe this finally becomes interesting! Nope, he's resurrecting a Dark Jellyfish Groudon™ out of nowhere.

One of my gripes with the film which aren't imediately apparent is how unimportant details get overexplained. Right at the very start of the film we're treated to a voiceover explaining Team Magma, their dreams, goals and their favoite football team. This never gets relevant. The only reason I can think of for this being in the film is so the viewers aren't confused by a certain later monologue. In the monologue we're treated to a flashback showing Butler's ex-ties to Team Magma. This would be fine if it was used to give his character depth or set up evil Groudon clone. But it doesn't give us any insight into the character nor the plot. Since there's no payoff, the reason for this scene becomes clear - padding the film.

With characters not mattering and plot in the gutter, we're treated to a nonsensical plot wrap up, complete with a McGuffin and a cheesily written goodbye to Jirachi. Still, there were a few nice moments that shine here - a few shots of Ash and Flygon look really good. May forgetting to fold her last necklace piece gives us a very sweet character moment that was built up subtly throughout the whole film.

Ultimatelly, while there are around twenty enjoyable minutes in the film, most of it is wasted on a nonsensical plot and underwhelming character interactions. I'd recommend this film if you like to laugh at dull plot devices with your friends. I've done so and we had some fun nitpicking the problems. Otherwise, don't bother unless you're a Jirachi or Max fan and even then keep in mind that this is film Max at his least likable. How unfortunate, considering it's the only one focused on him.

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