Pokemon Movie 03: Kesshoutou no Teiou Entei

Mii Snowdon is left on her own after her father disappears while investigating the mysterious letter-shaped Pokémon called the Unown. The only clue to her father's disappearance is a box containing several tiles. While playing with these tiles, Mii makes a wish to see her father again, and this wish awakens the Unown—who summon the lion-like, legendary Pokémon Entei to act as her father.

Meanwhile, Satoshi heads to Greenfield with his faithful Pokémon companion, Pikachu, to meet with his friends, Kasumi and Takeshi. When they reach the area, they are shocked to find the place crystallized. They quickly learn that the Unown are responsible for this, and that they will need to be defeated in order to restore Greenfield to its former beauty.

The situation becomes personal when Satoshi's mother is kidnapped by Entei. To discover why his mother was taken away, Satoshi, along with his friends and Pokémon, must travel the crystallized landscape to confront Entei and the Unown.

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Satoshi Main

Matsumoto, Rica Japanese

Pikachu Main

Ootani, Ikue Japanese

Takeshi Main

Ueda, Yuuji Japanese

Kasumi Main

Iizuka, Mayumi Japanese

Entei Main

Takenaka, Naoto Japanese

Snowdon, Mii Main

Uechi, Aki Japanese

Unown Main

Kojirou Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro Japanese

Musashi Supporting

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Nyarth Supporting

Inuyama, Inuko Japanese

Okuno, Toshiaki Producer

Yoshikawa, Chouji Producer

Mori, Takemoto Producer

Yuyama, Kunihiko Director, Storyboard

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Jul 30, 2011

erin-chan

Recommended

I watched this as a child around 5-8 years old- and i remember it clearly- i have it on VHS and let me tell you-it was the bomb! it rocked my 6 year old mind. This was my favorite of all the Pokemon movies out at the time.

It Had Great sound,great artwork, a heartwarming story and as a kid it was just awesome.
They did a lot of character Development on Entei, showing his depth and he wasn't just the bad guy-he was the misunderstood villain,so much that i didn't see him as the true villian-he was the good guy to me.Entei was My ... Favorite character in the movie because the gave him so much depth,care and feeling to him.

A truly heart warming movie-Much recommended to any Pokemon Fan, Young or old. Overall: 9

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 5, 2010

Luru86

Mixed Feelings

The movie starts off with a slightly ridiculous but cute short film about Pikachu's adventure with the Pichu brothers. (It's actually the lenght of a normal TV episode, about 20mins, so no wonder it felt so long!) While that one was okay, it was a bit childish, not to mention felt a bit drawn out.

The actual movie itself was better than the second Pokémon movie. The plot was calmer and more detailed, the art was beautiful, and I liked it quite a lot.

Sometimes the events did get a bit repetitive, and when the plot had a few crucial turns near the end, I wasn't sure ... how exactly certain things happened: a Pokémon called Unown is able to create a world from a little girl's imagination, and whatever she wants to happen, they make happen. From that imagination is also spurred Entei, a legendary Pokémon, who represents to the little girl her missing father. And when the little girl decides she wants everything to go back to normal, the Entei suddenly acts as if it is completely separate from the Unown...

Either way, the story was quite good. It just sucks that certain things that could have been explained in the movie were shown only in the ending titles.

Also, there were once again characters in this film that didn't really contribute to the plot itself, but hung around for the action.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Apr 23, 2020

ktulu007

Not Recommended

It's time to look at the Pokemon franchise yet again. From back before they traded a good portion of their Pokemon for Galar's mostly shit ones. Yes, I'm still a bit salty about the Dexit fiasco. In any case, I've talked about the first two Pokemon films already. And it's time to look at the third. 

Story:

We open with a young girl named Mii. Her father is a researcher studying Unown. He's at the ruins when he vanishes. Mii receives a box with Unown tiles which she uses to accidentally summon the Unown to her home. They quickly go to work granting her wishes which results ... in them sealing her off, crystallising the area around her and giving her an illusory Entei. Satoshi, his companions, his mum and Professor Ookido all arrive on the scene. Illusory Entei captures Satoshi's mum to take on the role of Mii's mother. While Entei plays the role of Mii's Papa... At least Entei can't have eggs so Satoshi doesn't have to worry about any half siblings. Putting that detail aside, Satoshi and his friends have to break into the crystalline area to save his mum. 

There are a couple huge problems with this film. The first is that it makes this huge deal about being Entei-focused, but we don't even get a real Entei. We get the illusion of Entei created by Unown. Which eventually turns against the Unown even though they created it and are, theoretically, sustaining it. Why don't they just blink it out of existence the moment it goes against them?

Another big issue is that the antagonists are Unown. Yes, it's expected that the Pokemon anime doesn't follow the game mechanics. But it still doesn't work when you have a Pokemon that everyone recognises as incredibly weak in the role of the big bad. It would be like having a Caterpie, Weedle or Magikarp in that role. Unown literally learns one relatively weak move and that's it. 

It doesn't help that the plot is basically stolen from Star Trek Next Generation's The Bonding. Wherein an alien life form decides to take the role of the mother of a child who lost his mum during an away mission. Except that episode had much stronger execution and the main characters appealed to the aliens offering the illusion rather than to the child taking comfort in the illusion. 

Aside from that, the plot is... tolerable. It's very sanitised, basic and not all that interesting. It's all about going out and making connections because sitting in an enclosed room with illusory Entei just isn't the same as having real friends. 

Characters:

The usual cast is in play. Satoshi, Takeshi, Kasumi and Team Rocket all make their appearances and have their usual, bland personalities. Mii is just a lonely kid. The Unown have no apparent motive behind their actions. They take her father because.... they needed him to get a pokemon to baton pass them some nasty plots and agilities to make them viable. They show up at her house because.... Code of Hero is the best Transformers episode. 

Art:

The artwork is pretty well done. The Pokemon look good. The under-stated CG effects used with the Unown give them an otherworldly feel without making them look out of place. The action sequences look pretty nice. About the worst you can say is that the crystalline backgrounds are a bit boring. 

Sound:
You can't really fault the acting in the Pokemon franchise. Iizuka Mayumi, Matsumoto Rica, Ueda Yjui, Hayashibara Megumi, Miki Shinichiro, they're all very talented professionals. Even if this won't be listed as one of their best performances, it's certainly one where they're all performing well. The music is pretty nicely done too. 

Ho-yay:

There isn't any. The closest thing we get to romance is Satoshi's mum playing house with Illusory Entei. 

Areas of Improvement:

If you're going to make a group of Unown the antagonists, give them some personality and motivation.
If you're going to focus your advertising on Entei, make it a real one instead of Illusory. 
If you're going to lift your plot from Next Generation, at least do it right. Put in some stuff about dealing with loss and have Mii have to move on like Jeremy had to. 

Final Thoughts:

I'll be honest, this is the worst Pokemon film so far. The first one was okay. The second was mediocre but basically passable. This one is a bit shit. Not horrendously so, but a bit. With antagonists that any fan of the games is going to have trouble taking seriously as a threat, the big draw character (Entei) being an illusion and a plot that was done in a vastly superior fashion by Star Trek,  I'm giving it a 3/10. 

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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