Pokemon Movie 09: Pokemon Ranger to Umi no Ouji Manaphy

Satoshi and his friends get lost in an unknown wasteland. They eventually come across a "Water Pokemon Show" performed by the star of the Mariner Troupe, Hiromi. Hiromi is a descendant of the troupe of Water People able to communicate with water pokemon, and she tells our heroes the legend that's been passed down by her people for generations. According to legend, a temple the Water People built called "The Water Temple Akuusha" rests somewhere in the ocean, and a treasure called "The Water Crown" is hidden there. It's said that no one has ever seen this treasure, but that changes when a Pokemon Ranger named Jack Walker (aka Jackie) appears to chase aftert it.

Jackie is on a top secret mission that has him protecting the egg of the leader of the water pokemon, Manaphy. This pokemon, called the "Prince of the Sea," needs to be taken to the Water Temple Akuusha, so Satoshi-tachi and Hiromi decide to help him. Along the way, a pirate named Phantom attacks our heroes from his great submarine. Phantom plans to use the Water Crown's power to help him conquer the world, but he'll have to solve the mystery of Manaphy's egg first. When the Rocket-Dan get into the mix, Jackie uses his Capture Styler to borrow the power of a nearby pokemon to stand up to them. Satoshi and Pikachu enter the fray, but they still have to contend with the attacks of Phantom's powerful high tech mecha! Suddenly, the egg starts to shine with a vivid light, and Manpahy is born!

What is the mystery of the legendary treasure? What mysterious powers does Manaphy have? Can Satoshi-tachi and Jackie complete their top secret mission? The journey to reach the Water Temple Akuusha has begun!

Satoshi Main

Matsumoto, Rica Japanese

Pikachu Main

Ootani, Ikue Japanese

Takeshi Main

Ueda, Yuuji Japanese

Haruka Main

Kawana, Midori Japanese

Masato Main

Yamada, Fushigi Japanese

Manaphy Main

Shiratori, Yuri Japanese

Walker, Jack Main

Yamadera, Kouichi Japanese

The Phantom Main

Fujioka, Hiroshi Japanese

Kojirou Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro Japanese

Musashi Supporting

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Okamoto, Junya Producer

Okuno, Toshiaki Producer

Yoshikawa, Chouji Producer

Mori, Takemoto Producer

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Oct 4, 2013

Kawaiipikachuu

Recommended

This was the cutest Pokemon movie ever. Pokemon Rangers are set out to protect Manaphy, "the prince of the sea."

After it hatches, it sees May as its mother, thus making a strong and painful bond for them.

After evil comes to capture Manaphy, Ash is the hero once again. For the kids that don't know this generation, this will show how Ash has come along. For those that have seen this, couldn't hurt to watch it again!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Feb 19, 2011

Luru86

Mixed Feelings

In the long list of Pokémon movies, this is not the worst nor the best.

There were many elements I thought were very computer game-ish; I could see that if they wanted to turn the movie straight into a game, there would be many scenes directly translated to that with all the jumping, fighting and moving around.

Our main character Ash, Brock, May and Max are joined by a Marina Group, who put on a beautiful show with water and psychic Pokémon. None of the new characters stay as strangers and they become part of the story very nicely.

Although the Pokémon Ranger Jack Walker is kind of ... annoying, he remains fairly professional and doesn’t ruin the whole thing. Pokémon Rangers as a whole are not explored all that much, when Ash - and especially May - end up being the big heroes.

The music in the film was kind of disappointing. You could listen to it for a bit, but then it just seemed to repeat itself instead of remaining entertaining. The art was top notch again, although I’m not a fan of computer animation being mixed into the usual animation style - they just don’t fit together that well.

The plot was short, making the movie feel slightly too long. It wasn’t boring, though, and remained quite well balanced. It also captured some good, strong emotions of taking care of someone and then having to let them go.

I wouldn’t resist watching this again, but the story was a bit weaker than in the best of Pokémon movies I’ve already seen.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jan 23, 2021

abandonedCat

Not Recommended

Pokemon Ranger games are great games. They have different mechanisms and that's why people loved them but then there is this movie. This movie has nothing to do with pokemon rangers, why is it even in the name? Then there is Manaphy, everyone's least favourite mythical pokemon. It is just a watered-down version of Mew and Jirachi. Arceus and Shaymin are the main mythical pokemon of GEN 4 because they have lore and great personality. They did make movies on them and those movies are great. Manaphy is a bad pokemon design.

This is also the most generic pokemon movie. A generic villain, a generic ... group of supporting characters, no sense of real danger, and everything works out in the end because of Ash who had nothing to do with the main pokemon.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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