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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 November 7, 2015

Home video Japan December 16, 2015 United States N/A

English themes Opening N/A Ending N/A

Japanese themes Opening None 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 was released in Japan on July 18, 2015. The English dub will premiere in New Zealand on November 5, 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 was 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 Pokémon Master, Ash and his friends continue on with their journey. They arrived at a Pokémon 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 "Ashkan" 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 taken over 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
• Primal Kyogre
• Primal Groudon
• Mega Rayquaza
• Dialga
• Palkia
• Giratina
• Kyurem
• Lugia
• Mega Latias
• Mega Latios

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Hoopa (Unbound)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Barza
• Mary
• Ghris
• Grandpa Dam

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Fletchinder (Ash's; ending)
• Hawlucha (Ash's; ending)
• Noibat (Ash's; ending)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's; ending)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's; ending)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Braviary (Barza's)
• Solrock (Barza's)
• Hoopa (anime; Confined)
• Hoopa (shadow; Unbound)
• 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, White Kyurem, Normal Kyurem)
• Pikachu (Pikachu Rock Star)
• Pikachu (Pikachu Belle)
• Pikachu (Pikachu Pop Star)
• Pikachu (Pikachu, Ph. D)
• Pikachu (Pikachu Libre)
• Pikachu (multiple)
• Hippopotas
• Steelix
• Dragonite

Other

• Clembot

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 Satō	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
Kyogre		Kaiorga		カイオーガ
Groudon		Groudon		グラードン
Rayquaza		Rayquaza	Kiyotaka Furushima	レックウザ	古島清孝
Barza		Barza	Tatsuya Fujiwara	バルザ	藤原竜也
Mary		Mary	Shōko Nakagawa	メアリ	中川翔子
Ghris		Ghris	Toshiyuki Morikawa	旅人	森川智之
Hippopotas		Hippopotas	Shin'ichi Shinohara	ヒポポタス	篠原信一

Events

Pre-order distributions

In Japan, players can receive an Arceus via a serial code, after purchasing a pre-order ticket at a Pokémon Center store as well as other retail stores from March 7 to July 17, 2015. Each one holds one of 17 different plates or a Silk Scarf that is chosen at random. The serial code only works on Japanese region games. The codes expired on August 31, 2015.

In addition to receiving a serial code for Arceus which is limited to Japanese games, all players regardless of the 3DS's region can choose one of 6 legendary Pokémon to receive via infrared at the store the ticket was bought from June 20, 2015 to August 31, 2015. Players can choose Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, or Kyurem.

Movie distributions

Hoopa distribution artwork

In Japan, Hoopa was distributed via local wireless at theaters which screen the movie across Japan, which occurred from July 18 to August 30, 2015. It was also distributed at a pre-showing of the movie on July 5, 2015, which was only open to selected people. Like all other local Generation VI events, this event is not region-locked; any player regardless of region and language will be able to receive Hoopa.

Additionally, Ash's Pikachu, Serena's Pancham, Lugia and Latios , all based from the movie, were made available between July 18 and August 16, 2015, available in pairs. Ash's Pikachu (Holding a Light Ball) and Serena's Pancham (holding a pair of Black Glasses) were available from July 18 to 31, 2015, while Latios (holding a Latiosite) and Lugia (holding Leftovers) were available from August 1 to 16, 2015.

To obtain these serial codes, players must have completed a stamp rally at 7-Eleven stores. If the player had two stamps, they could choose which of the two Pokémon available during that period that they want.

The codes could then be redeemed in Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire. Each of the Pokémon can only be obtained once per game.

This event was then repeated at Pokémon Centre stores after the Rally had ended. Pancham, was available from 17-23 August, 2015, Pikachu was available from 24-30 August, 2015, Latios was available from 31 August-6 September 2015, and Lugia was available from 7-13 September.

Soundtrack

Main article: The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa Music Collection

Trivia

• This was the first movie to not have Hideki Sonoda act as screenwriter since Celebi: Voice of the Forest. Instead, it was written by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
• The soundtrack for this film heavily features remixes and samples from previous films' soundtracks, including Pokémon Heroes, Arceus and the Jewel of Life, Kyurem VS. the Sword of Justice, and Genesect and the Legend Awakened.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		光環的超魔神 胡帕
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
Korean		포켓몬 더 무비 XY - 후파 : 광륜의 초마신
European Spanish		La película Pokémon: Hoopa y un duelo histórico
Thai		อภิมหาศึกฮูปาถล่มโลก

External links

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

Related articles

• The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa (manga)

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