Rating: G
Genre: Children's/Family
Theatrical Release: 07/21/2000(USA)
Release Date: 11/14/2000
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

The internationally popular toy, comic book, and video game characters who stormed the big screen in the surprise hit Pokemon: The First Movie are back in this Japanese anime feature. Lawrence III, who collects the elusive creatures known as Pokemon, will become the greatest Pokemon trainer on Earth if he can capture and tame Lugia, a huge Pokemon of the sea. Lugia's powers are so great that they could destroy the world if they fell into the wrong hands, so lead trainer Ash and his friends must stop Lawrence's dangerous quest before it's too late. Pokemon the Movie: 2000 was originally released in Japan in 1999 under the title Poketto monsutaa: Maboroshi no Pokemon X: Lugia Bakudan, which translates as "Pocket Monsters The Movie: The Phantom Pokemon: Lugia's Explosive Birth." The U.S. release of Pokemon the Movie: 2000 was paired with a short subject, Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Veronica Taylor -
Rachael Lillis -
Addie Blaustein -
Eric Stuart -
Ed Paul -
Michelle Goguen -
Eric Rath -
Neil Stewart -
Ikue Otani - Pikachu

Production:
Kunihiko Yuyama Michael Haigney - Director
Norman J. Grossfeld Takemoto Mori Choji Yoshikawa Yukako Matsusako - Producer
Ralph Schuckett John Loeffler - Composer
Jay Film - Editor
Norman J. Grossfeld Takeshi Shudo Michael Haigney - Screen Writer
Yoichi Kotabe - Animation Director
Shukichi Kanda - Animation Producer
Toshiaki Okuno - Animation Producer
Katsuyoshi Kanemura - Art Director
Hiroaki Tsuru - Associate Producer
Hiroshi Ishikawa - Associate Producer
Kathy Borland - Associate Producer
Katsuhito Yamauchi - Associate Producer
Nobumasa Sawabe - Associate Producer
Noriyuki Yoshida - Associate Producer
Takaaki Kii - Associate Producer
Jim Malone - Casting
Sayuri Ichiishi - Character Animation
Sayuri Ichiishi - Chief Animator
Hisao Shirai - Cinematographer
Betelgeuse Prods. - Digital Effects
O. L. M. Digital - Digital Effects
Alfred R. Kahn - Executive Producer
Masakazu Kubo - Executive Producer
Takashi Kawaguchi - Executive Producer
Masamitsu Hidaka - First Assistant Director
Jyuji Nakamura - Sound/Sound Designer
Peter Waggoner - Sound/Sound Designer
Yoichi Kotabe - Supervising Animator
Richard King - Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Taylor - Translator
Norihiko Sudo - First Assistant Director

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