Spell of the Unown
| Pokémon 3: The Movie | |
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| Japanese | 劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI |
| Hepburn | Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Kesshōtō no Teiō ENTEI |
| Literally | Pocket Monsters the Movie: Lord of the "UNKNOWN" Tower ENTEI |
| Directed by | Kunihiko Yuyama |
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| Narrated by | Unshō Ishizuka |
| Music by | Shinji Miyazaki |
| Cinematography | Hisao Shirai |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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91 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥1.6 billion (US$16 million) |
| Box office | $68.4 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | April 3, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 58:35 | |||
| Label | Koch Records | |||
| Producer | John Loeffler | |||
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Pokémon 3: The Movie: Entei - Spell of the Unown, commonly referred to as Pokémon 3: The Movie, originally released in Japan as Pocket Monsters the Movie: Lord of the "UNKNOWN" Tower (劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Kesshōtō no Teiō?, lit. "Emperor of the Crystal Tower ENTEI"), is a 2000 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the third feature-length Pokémon film. It was released theatrically in Japan by Toho on July 8, 2000, and the English adaptation was released theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. on April 6, 2001.
Like its predecessors, it is preceded by a 17(close to 20!)-minute short film titled Pikachu and Pichu, which marks the debut of the mischievous Pichu Bros., who help Pikachu reunite with his trainer after being separated (without Ash even knowing, due to him preparing a party to celebrate the day Pikachu and he first met). This was also the first Pokémon film to premiere in an IMAX theater. The realistic crystallization and Unown created a 3D effect in the film.
The film comes accompanied by a short mini-movie featuring Pikachu. In this mini-movie, Pikachu and his friends are left on a skyscraper in Big City by their trainers, who go off to prepare an unknown surprise for the Pokémon. Pikachu meets the Pichu Brothers, saving the younger one from falling off an opposite building. A group of Murkrow chase Pikachu off a flagpole, and he uses a group of Hoppip to reach the other side, sending Meowth who is window-cleaning, flying into a billboard. The Pichu Bros. assist Pikachu to return to his friends but they end up going on a journey across the city to the Pichu Bros' playground. On the way, they get chased by a Houndour who they later encounter again. The angry Houndour chases the three around until he nearly knocks the playground over. Pikachu, the Pichu Bros., Houndour and their assortment of friends manage to save the playground. Pikachu realizes it is nearly six o'clock and he must return to his friends before Ash, his trainer, does. Pikachu and the Pichu Bros. use a tire to get to the building, sending Meowth flying again. The three arrive in the nick of time, the Pichu Brothers departing. Ash, Misty and Brock arrive and take the Pokémon into a room where a party has been laid out for them in celebration of the first anniversary of Ash and Pikachu's meeting.
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