Kenta, a Pokemon master in the making, meets up with his childhood friend, Marina, at a Pokemon Center, to see how their skills have developed. Their battle is interrupted by a thunderstorm and the arrival of Bashou and Buson, two Rocket-dan members using the Crystal System (which attracts Electric-type Pokemon). Their ultimate goal is to, under the guidance of professor Shiranui, bring Pokemon back to Sakaki. Kenta and Marina stumble upon this plan, and they try to stop it, but things get more difficult when the legendary Pokemon Raikou is captured.
Direction
Two directors somehow keep 69 minutes coherent.
Visual Effects
Raikou's electric rage hits different in 2001.
Score
Thunderstorm scenes slap harder than they should.
Director
Kunihiko Yuyama
Kazusa Murai
Marina (voice)
Kenji Nojima
Kenta (voice)
Chinami Nishimura
Junsa (voice)
Daiki Nakamura
Scientist (voice)
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Jun'ichi (voice)
Hidetoshi Nakamura
Dr. Shiranui (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
Meganium / Raikou (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Narrator / Professor Utsugi (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Buson (voice)
Ryoka Yuzuki
Mauma (voice)
Shinji Kawada
Minaki (voice)
Susumu Chiba
Bakphoon (voice)
Toshikazu Fukawa
Kudo (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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