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Pokémon movies

Hoopa and the Clash of Ages 光輪の超魔神 フーパ The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa

Premiere Japan July 18, 2015 United States 2015

Home video Japan N/A United States N/A

English themes Opening N/A Ending N/A

Japanese themes Opening Ending Tweedia（トゥイーディア）

Ratings United States ? Great Britain ? Ireland ? Canada ? Quebec ? Japan ? Germany ? Australia ? New Zealand ?

Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (Japanese: 光輪の超魔神 フーパ The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa) is the second XY series movie and the eighteenth Pokémon movie overall. It will be released in Japan on July 18, 2015.

A teaser for the film was shown at the end of M17, showing Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon. A teaser shown on Oha Suta on December 11, 2014 revealed Kyogre and Groudon along with a Shiny Mega Rayquaza as stars for the film. In the February 2015 issue of CoroCoro, Hoopa was revealed and confirmed to make its debut in the movie.

It will be featured in the Japanese theaters with the Pikachu short PK27.

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Blurb

The Mythical Pokémon Hoopa is the star of Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages! When Ash, Pikachu, and their friends visit a desert city by the sea, they meet the Mythical Pokémon Hoopa, who has the ability to summon things—including people and Pokémon—through its magic ring. After a scary incident, they learn a story about a brave hero who stopped the rampage of a terrifying Pokémon long ago. Now, the threat that has been bottled up for years is in danger of breaking loose again! Can Ash help his new friend overcome the darkness within...or will a dangerous secret erupt into a clash of legends?

Plot

One hundred years ago, a great battle between the Pokémon broke out in the desert city of Désert City, resulting in massive destruction. It is said that this battle was started by a specific Pokémon. However, it was later sealed away by a certain man. After which, the city was able to recover and remain in a peaceful state for a century.

On his way to becoming a Pokemon Master, Ash and his companions continue on with their journey. They arrived at a Pokemon Center on their way through the desert. While having donuts during their rest, a mysterious ring suddenly appeared behind them, where a hand stretched out from within the ring and grabbed the donuts. Ash shouted. Clinging to the hand, Ash and Pikachu were pulled into the ring, which immediately disappeared into thin air. Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie were left behind and taken aback by what happened to the two.

Ash and Pikachu were sent flying out of the ring. Noticing the sudden change of scenery, Ash became confused and confronted the culprit. Large towers appeared in the distance. Ash and Pikachu had travelled through the ring and teleported to their destination - Désert City. The two also meets Mary, a girl from the Arche Valley and Hoopa's caretaker. Being a prankster, Hoopa referred Ash and Pikachu as "Saton" and "Pikan" respectively, but they all soon became good friends.

Arriving in Désert City, they meet Mary's brother Barza, who was holding the Prison Bottle. However, something seems off about him. Meanwhile, the bottle began emitting some form of evil aura, where a large shadow suddenly emerged from the bottle and revealing itself as Hoopa's Unbound form - Super Hoopa. Being the Pokémon that was sealed into the bottle after causing the rampage a century ago, Hoopa's original power was transformed into rage and ultimately reborn as Super Hoopa. The unbound Hoopa began going onto another rampage and uses its six rings to summon various legendary Pokémon. In order to defend the city, Hoopa uses its own rings to summon more legendary Pokémon. Will they be able to protect the city from another destruction? The legendary clash of the ages begin!

When Ash catches the Prison Bottle, however, he gets possessed by a Hoopa in a different form. Can Serena, Clemont, Bonnie and Hoopa free Ash from the other Hoopa's control or will its evil spirit inhabit in his body forever?

Featured Pokémon

• Hoopa
• Arceus

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Hoopa (Both forms)

Characters

Human

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Barza
• Mary
• The Traveler

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Hoopa (anime, Both forms)
• Arceus
• Kyogre (Primal Kyogre)
• Groudon (Primal Groudon)
• Rayquaza (Mega Rayquaza, Shiny)
• Lugia
• Latios (Mega Latios)
• Latias (Mega Latias)
• Dialga
• Palkia
• Regigigas
• Giratina
• Reshiram
• Zekrom
• Kyurem (Black Kyurem, Normal Kyurem)
• Hippopotas

Cast

Cast
Ash	Sarah Natochenny	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	サトシ	松本梨香
Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	ピカチュウ	大谷育江
Serena	Haven Paschall	Serena	Mayuki Makiguchi	セレナ	牧口真幸
Clemont	Michael Liscio Jr.	Citron	Yūki Kaji	シトロン	梶裕貴
Bonnie	Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld	Eureka	Mariya Ise	ユリーカ	伊瀬茉莉也
Dedenne	Megumi Sato	Dedenne	Megumi Satō	シトロンのデデンネ	佐藤恵
Jessie	Michele Knotz	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	ムサシ	林原めぐみ
James	Carter Cathcart	Kojirō	Shin'ichirō Miki	コジロウ	三木眞一郎
Meowth	Carter Cathcart	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	ニャース	犬山イヌコ
Narration	Rodger Parsons	Narration	Unshō Ishizuka	ナレーション	石塚運昇
Special appearances by
Hoopa Confined		Hoopa Confined	Rie Kugimiya	フーパ いましめら	釘宮理恵
Hoopa Unbound		Hoopa Unbound	Kōichi Yamadera	フーパ ときはなたれ	山寺宏一
Arceus		Arceus		アルセウス
Kyogre		Kaiorga		カイオーガ
Groudon		Groudon		グラードン
Rayquaza		Rayquaza		レックウザ
Barza		Barza	Tatsuya Fujiwara	バルザ	藤原竜也
Mary		Mary	Shōko Nakagawa	メアリ	中川翔子
The Traveler		The Traveler		旅人
Hippopotas		Hippopotas	Shin'ichi Shinohara	ヒポポタス	篠原信一

In other languages

Language		Title
European French		Pokémon, le film : Hoopa et le choc des légendes
German		Pokémon – Der Film: Hoopa und der Kampf der Geschichte
Italian		Il film Pokémon: Hoopa e lo scontro epocale
European Spanish		La película Pokémon: Hoopa y un duelo histórico

External links

• Japanese movie website
• Pokemon.co.jp movie website

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