Samiya

Samiya アクーシャ Akusha
Samiya after it has risen from the ocean
Region	Unknown
Debut	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

The Sea Temple, Samiya (Japanese: アクーシャ Akusha)—Akusha in Viz's translation of the manga, and Samaya in Chuang Yi's manga translation—is an underwater palace built by the People of the Water. It has a complex structure and holds the Sea Crown in its depths.

The People of the Water built the temple where the Manaphy lived. All Manaphy have homing instincts that guide them to the temple even though it has a cloaking device. Though it cannot be seen regularly, as it blends in with the water, it will appear visibly under the red moonlight of a lunar eclipse. It floats around with the current presently, but used to stay put.

During the events of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, the temple started to sink when Phantom pulled crystals out of the Sea Crown. Fortunately, it returned to normal after the crystals were placed back in the Sea Crown.

Official maps of the Pokémon world clearly show it being located near Kanto, but during the movie it is actually south of Cherrygrove City, which is situated in the Johto region. However, considering how the movie states that it moves with the current, that could just as easily have been the current location of it.

In the TCG

In the Movie Promo set of Pokémon Trading Card Game, there are cards of Pokémon from Samiya. The cards on the following list all belong to either the Sea or Samiya.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Samiya's Mantyke		-	-	Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy	003/019
Samiya's Buizel		-	-	Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy	004/019
Sea's Manaphy		-	-	Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy	005/019
Samiya's Fearow		-	-	Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy	009/019
Samiya's Mantyke		-	-	PCG-P Promotional cards (no English release)	137/PCG-P
Samiya's Buizel		-	-	PCG-P Promotional cards (no English release)	138/PCG-P
Sea's Manaphy		-	-	PCG-P Promotional cards (no English release)	139/PCG-P
Samiya's Chatot		-	-	PCG-P Promotional cards (no English release)	143/PCG-P
Sea's Manaphy		-	-	PCG-P Promotional cards (no English release)	146/PCG-P
Sea's Manaphy		-	-	PCG-P Promotional cards (no English release)	147/PCG-P
Sea's Manaphy		-	-	PCG-P Promotional cards (no English release)	150/PCG-P
Samiya's Buizel		-	-	PCG-P Promotional cards (no English release)	151/PCG-P
Samiya's Chatot		-	-	PCG-P Promotional cards (no English release)	152/PCG-P
Sea's Manaphy		-	-	PCG-P Promotional cards (no English release)	154/PCG-P

Trivia

• Samiya's Japanese name Akusha may come from アクア aqua and 社 sha (society).

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Chinese (Taiwan)	亞克夏 Yàkèxià	Transliteration of its Japanese name.

Other animated series-exclusive locations Region unknown: Bloom Canyon • Brindille Town • Cero Island • Forest of Okoya • Fula City • Ganga Town Genesect's home • Inua Town • Lapidarian Highlands • Lapras Sea • Laqua • Laxton Farm • Marnya's house Milyfa Town • Mocha Town • Mount Tensei • North Pole • Pigton Town • Pokémon Nurse School Raizen Mountains • Samiya • Sento Cherry Town • Slowpoke Island • Steelbound Town • Tonari Town Extraterrestrial locations: Millennium Comet Inter-dimensional locations: Deoxys's unnamed world • Ghost World • Mirror World • Poipole's world • Reverse World • Unown Dimension Animated series-exclusive location templates Kanto • Orange Islands • Johto • Hoenn • Sinnoh • Unova • Decolore Islands • Kalos • Alola • Galar • Paldea • Other

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