Pokémon: The Movie 2000

Pokémon: The Movie 2000, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters the Movie: Revelation Lugia (???????????? ?????? ?????, Gekij?ban Poketto Monsut? Maboroshi no Pokemon Rugia Bakutan), is a 1999 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. It is the second film in the Pokémon anime franchise. The film stars the voices of Rica Matsumoto, Ikue ?tani, Unsh? Ishizuka, Mayumi Iizuka, Satomi K?rogi, Tomokazu Seki, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama, K?ichi Yamadera, Chikao ?tsuka, Kotono Mitsuishi, Akiko Hiramatsu, Takeshi Kaga and Masatoshi Hamada. Pokémon: The Movie 2000 has two parts: the feature presentation and a 20-minute preceding short. The film is set during the Orange Islands saga, where Ash, Misty and Tracey enter Shamouti Island. While there, they discover the three legendary bird Pokémon, Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno. Meanwhile, a collector named Lawrence III attempts to steal the three Pokémon to awaken Lugia, which proves dangerous for the legendary Pokémon, Lugia, and Ash himself. The film was released in Japanese theaters on July 17, 1999. The English version was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and released in the United States by Warner Bros. on July 21, 2000. Pokémon: The Movie 2000 earned less at the box office than its predecessor, Pokémon: The First Movie.