Pokemon Movie 14 White: Victini to Kuroki Eiyuu Zekrom

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Synonyms: Gekijouban Pocket Monsters Best Wishes: Victini to Kuroki Eiyuu Zekrom, Pokemon Best Wishes!: Victini to Kuroki Eiyuu Zekrom, Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom

Japanese: ポケットモンスターベストウィッシュ「ビクティニと黒き英雄」

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 16, 2011

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: The Pokemon Company International

Studios: Production I.G, Xebec, OLM

Source: Game

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Demographic: Kids

Duration: 1 hr. 36 min.

Rating: PG - Children

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Score: 6.63¹ (scored by 34,310 users)

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Ranked: #6167²

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Popularity: #2863

Members: 58,780

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In ages past, the Kingdom of the Vale, a mighty and flourishing realm, fell into turmoil. The ruler's two sons turned against each other, unleashing the powers of their Legendary familiars—Reshiram and Zekrom—and disturbing the Dragon Force that supplied the kingdom with energy. With the help of the Mythical Pokémon Victini, balance was restored and the Dragon Force was bound by the Sword of the Vale. Should the Sword be moved, devastation will loom again.

Damon, a descendant of the now scattered People of the Vale, is attempting to restore his people's kingdom to its former glory. He manages to summon Legendary Pokémon Zekrom, with the aim of lifting the Sword of the Vale and harnessing the power of the Dragon Force himself.

Meanwhile, Satoshi and his companions visit Eindoak Town, located at the foot of the Sword of the Vale. Confronted with Damon's scheme, they lend a hand to Victini, guardian of the Vale, in stopping the plan from coming to fruition and preventing a repeat of the tragedy that occurred a millennium ago.

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Adaptation:	Gekijouban Pocket Monsters Best Wishes: Victini to Kuroki Eiyuu Zekrom
Parent story:	Pokemon Best Wishes!
Alternative version:	Pokemon Movie 14 Black: Victini to Shiroki Eiyuu Reshiram

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Satoshi

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Matsumoto, Rica
Japanese

Pikachu

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Ootani, Ikue
Japanese

Iris

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Yuuki, Aoi
Japanese

Dent

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Miyano, Mamoru
Japanese

Zekrom

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Takahashi, Hideki
Japanese

Victini

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Mizuki, Nana
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Reshiram

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Tanihara, Shosuke
Japanese

Grangil, Dred

Main

Takahashi, Chiaki
Japanese

Karita

Main

Ishihara, Satomi
Japanese

Kojirou

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Miki, Shinichiro
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Kawasaki, Yukio

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Yoshikawa, Chouji

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Mori, Takemoto

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Okamoto, Junya

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"Sora (宙 -そら-)" by Every Little Thing

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Aug 9, 2020

Aryale

Recommended

The pokemon franchise is known for making small changes in everything. This movie, along with Black: Victini and Reshiram are great examples. They literally switched two of the characters (zekrom and reshiram) and created separate movies. 90% of the scenes are the same.

I have watched both the Black and White Version of this storyline countless times. This was probably one of my favorite movies of all time as a child. Looking back all these years later I remember every little detail, and it doesn't cease to amaze me.

This is why I am (probably until I have children and want to show ...

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Apr 1, 2012

Luru86

Mixed Feelings

Pokémon franchise has been long known for making two to three versions of their games, adding small changes to make each different yet similar, but I think this is the first time with a movie. Nice idea, although I think it's... not worth it, really.

I first watched the "Zekrom version"; Ash and friends, as usual, are traveling, and meet a group of friends after helping a couple Deerling out of danger. They get more than they bargained for when their new friends, who are part of the People of the Vale, hope to restore their old, now destroyed home to its former glory.

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Jul 13, 2023

Chaotic_beauty

Not Recommended

Pokemon Black & White sound great on paper. You've got a neat concept, great legendaries, character moments, beautiful scenery and superb animation. What a shame that two crucial ingredients are missing - originality and good dialogue.

Annunal Pokemon sequels bumped up animation slightly with almost every release. What caught me off guard, however, was a massive improvement with these two films. One thing that can't be understated is how nice Reshiram & Zerkrom look. For this reason alone, it's a joy to watch the films. But these two aren't an artsy audio-visual extravaganza. While the best thing I can say about audio production is that it ... did its job, I can't be as forgiving to other elements.

These films can be split into two parts. The character driven first and plot dirven second half. Both focus on different elements and both come up short in their own departments.

Throughout the first half, we're treated to quite a few neat situations. While watching, as I try to enjoy them, something rushes through my mind - images from previous films. Therein lies the problem. There's very little originality here. A garden with tastly berries? Already done in The Rise of Darkrai, better too. Running through the packed streets of an old town? Fifth film. Pokemon waking up Ash to enjoy the local sunrise? Almost every series did it multiple times. I could go on, but I think the point has been made. Black & White are plagued by moments already done better before. The battles at display here aren't very memorable, either.

Where the films really starts to fall, even for someone not familiar with the better works in the franchise, is the second half. The dialogue turns into a complete disaster. Characters won't talk to each other. They'll arbitrary decide to withold key information, just so the plot can go the way director envisioned. Baffling behavior of this kind creates numerous frustrating contrivances.

For films centered around Reshiram & Zerkrom, there's very little build up of them as legendaries. After all is said and done, they feel more like rare local pokemon, than legendaries. Their themes of Ideals & Truth, Yin & Yang, are barely touched by the films. Twice blurted out in expositional fashion, these lines feel like trailer material. Making the two virtually identical and replacing one with the other in each film creates a questionable statement. Equaling truth to idealism and implying they act the same is very confusing. Then again, these two films don't even touch the subject.

As the mysterious dragon force raises the sword castle into space (yes, this actually happens), we're left to wonder about its nature. How does it work? Where does it come from? This isn't explained. We see this force supposedly almost destroy the world through a few very brief and nonthreatening scenes. The fact that the force acts as if powered by Yveltal and Xerneas is a mere curiosity for Pokemon fans. The truth is, this force is a here for plot reasons and won't be mentioned ever again.

Lastly, there's Victini. This little creature is pretty damn cute. Throughout the films he's been handled well. Until the end, that is. Near the end he's treated to a faux death scene. I'm sick of these. Ash in the first film, Celebi in third, Darkrai in tenth, Giratina in eleventh and Zoroark in thirteenth. The death fakeout has been overused and the manipulative nature of Victini's death is pathetic.

Ultimately, I would recommend these films to people craving some more Pokemon. It doesn't survive close up scrutiny, but looks pretty good. Enough for most Pokemon fans to enjoy, in any case.

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