Pokemon Sun & Moon: The Movie

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Pokemon Sun & Moon: The Movie, otherwise known in Japan as ポケモン映画：Sun＆Moon, or literally Pocket Monsters the Movie: Sun & Moon, is a 2018 Japanese-American anime film produced by MGM, Columbia Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. It premiered at Japan Expo in March 6, 2018, then was released internationally on March 13, 2018.

Summary
Ash Ketchum still dreams of being the greatest Pokemon master, and now he has to fulfill his dream in Alola! During when he is in the Alolan School, he makes new friends (and enemies) and travels through Alola to compete in Island Trials to earn Z-Crystals. One night, he receives a surprise encounter from Tapu Koko, giving his Pikachu lots of power. Is the power enough, or does Ash have to travel back to Kanto?

Plot
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Cast
Directed by James Cameron.

Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum- A Pokemon Trainer who always dreamed of becoming the greatest Pokemon Master of all time. Did Ash succeed in his goal? Well... not really.

Shakira   as Lillie- A Pokemon Trainer who accompanies Ash on his adventures. While Ash is generally made fun of in school, she stands up for him.

Jessica Chastain as Delia- Ash's mom. She takes care of Ash (like a mother should, by the way) and also loves him like a mother should.

Ed Helms as Professor Kukui- The Pokemon Professor in Alola, and also a teacher in the School of Alola. He is Ash and Lillie's teacher.

Victoria Justice as Serena. She is Ash's childhood friend who dreams to be the queen of Kalos but didn't. She has a major crush on Ash.

Craig Roberts as Zack, a kid in the School of Alola who doesn't find anything funny. His signature line is, "Why do you immature losers laugh all the time?" He travels with Ash and Lillie.

Amy Poehler as Jessie, the female Team Rocket member we all know. She has a big temper all the time, and gets easily annoyed by literally anything.

Billy Crystal as James, the male Team Rocket member we all know. Unlike Jessie, he doesn't really get annoyed, and likes to joke around every once and a while.

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Production
Production started in Tokyo, Japan on April 17, 2013. This movie was announced exactly a month before.

Budget
This movie costed $74,00,000 to make.

Trivia
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 * 1) This, alongside Poketropolis, is the first Pokemon movie to recieve a PG rating.
 * 2) This movie will be released worldwide.
 * 3) This movie uses Ash's XY character design, because his SM character design was panned by critics.
 * 4) This movie has the meme "Get in the bag, nebby!" in it.
 * 5) This is the first Pokemon movie to be distributed by a major studio.
 * 6) This is the first Pokemon movie to be released by Columbia Pictures and also Village Roadshow Pictures.

Credits
Pokemon Sun & Moon: The Movie/Credits

Movies

 * 1) Gone with the Wind (1939): James says the famous line: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a-" but then gets cut off by Meowth saying "This is a kid's movie, right?".
 * 2) Some Like it Hot (1959): During the beach scene, Ash says: "Well, some like it hot, don't they?"
 * 3) West Side Story (1961): Poster shown in the lounge.
 * 4) Alien (1979): Poster shown in the lounge.
 * 5) Airplane! (1980): Poster shown in the lounge.
 * 6) The Little Mermaid (1989): A girl with red hair swims up from the sea, and the lifeguard questions her presence by saying "Is that Ariel?". Another reference is during the boat scene, where Ash and Lillie are about to kiss, but then a bunch of Pokemon hum the song "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid.
 * 7) Beauty & the Beast (1991): Professor Kukui screams at a kid who doesn't wanna go to lunch by saying "THEN STARVE!" and slams the door.
 * 8) What Planet are you From? (2000): A kid asks Zack, "What planet are you from?".
 * 9) Punch-Drunk Love (2002): Poster shown in the lounge.
 * 10) White Chicks (2004): The convenience store scene rips off the one from White Chicks, except there are Pokemon attacking instead of guns.
 * 11) Cars 3 (2017): Mention of the movie.

TV Shows

 * 1) Pokemon (1997): Based off the TV series.
 * 2) DigiMon Adventure (1999): Mention of how it rips off Pokemon.
 * 3) The Loud House (2016): Theme song shown on a TV in the lounge, clearly audible.

Musicals

 * 1) Hamilton (2016): Characters talk about the musical during the lunch scene.
 * 2) Dear Evan Hansen (2016): Characters hum Waving Through a Window, a song from the musical.

Books

 * 1) Magesterium: The Iron Trial (2014): Character reads the book; cover clearly visible.
 * 2) Harry Potter & the Cursed Child (2016): Book shown on Ash's "recommended reading list" shown by Rotom Pokedex.

Video Games

 * 1) Call of Duty (unknown which game): Ash and Zack are playing the game in their room.

Script
Pokemon Sun & Moon: The Movie/Script

Note: The script is under major construction, please help out!

Trailers/TV Spots
Pokemon Sun & Moon: The Movie/Trailers & TV Spots

Critical Response
This movie has a 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 67% on Metacritic and a 7.2/10 on IMDb.

Merchandise
Pokemon TCG: A trading card set was released for this, including a Tapu Koko EX set, and a card with Alolan Ash-hat Pikachu.

Video Game: A video game, titled "Pokemon Sun & Moon: Ash's Alolan Adventures" will be released on March 17, 2018 by Sony Pictures Consumer Products.

Box Office
$1.07 billion (worldwide)

$45,000,000 (opening weekend)

$234,622,725 (North America)

Awards/Nominations
This movie was nominated for three Movie Idea Awards. It was both nominated for Best Anime Movie (lost to RWBY: The Prophecy of Chaos) and also nominated for Best Soundtrack (lost to Astro Boy) plus was nominated for Best Voice from an Animated Movie for Veronica Taylor as Ash (but lost to Oscar Isaac as Jake in ROBLOX: The Movie).

Polls
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Soundtrack
Pokemon Sun & Moon: The Movie/Soundtrack

Gallery
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Copyright
Copyright 2018 Pokemon, Game Freak and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Pokemon, Pikachu and Ash Ketchum are trademarks of OLM, inc.

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