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| Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice キュレムVS聖剣士ケルディオ Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo
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Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice (Japanese: キュレムVS聖剣士ケルディオ Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo) is the second Best Wishes series movie and the fifteenth Pokémon movie overall. It premiered in Japanese theaters on July 14, 2012. It premiered in the US on Cartoon Network in conjunction with YTV in Canada on December 8, 2012.
The movie features Kyurem and its two alternate formes and the Swords of Justice: Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion and Keldeo.
In Japanese theaters, M15 is featured with the Pikachu short PK24.
Other posters and logos
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Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman -
Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo -
Introducing Keldeo's Resolute form -
Japanese DVD cover -
Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsmen logo -
Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo logo -
Pikachu the Movie 15th poster
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Pikachu the Movie 15th logo -
Keldeo and Pikachu in one of the artworks -
English Logo for Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice
Plot
Template:Incomplete synopsis As the movie begins, the narrator gives an introduction about the Pokémon world before it cuts to a scene of Ash and his Pikachu in a battle with a trainer's Druddigon. He commands Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on the Druddigon. As the Thunderbolt hits, the scene changes to a grass field where Keldeo is training with Virizion. It detects Virizion in the grass and uses Hydro Pump. As the scene progresses, and after Virizion draws its sword, Keldeo attempts to do the same thing, but was unable to do so. It then uses its horn as the sword, and clashes its horn with Virizion's sword. Later, the scene changes to rocky terrain where Keldeo trains with Terrakion. When Keldeo unleashes Focus Blast, it sends Terrakion flying, and Terrakion crashes into a boulder, which falls onto it. It manages to lift that boulder with its strength and Sacred Sword. The two eventually clash weapons. Finally, the scene changes to a dead forest as Keldeo runs alongside Cobalion. A storm envelops the area and burns a few trees down in front of Keldeo. Cobalion notices Keldeo's actions and persistance and tells Keldeo that its actions are reckless. Keldeo exclaims that it wants to battle Kyurem and when asked when it will be ready, Cobalion doesn't answer; instead, it draws its sword, and spars with Keldeo.
The scene changes to a flowing stream, where the three Swords of Justice ask themselves whether Keldeo is ready to fight Kyurem. According to Cobalion, Keldeo hasn't fully learned the weight of the sword, and is not ready yet. Keldeo overhears them and tries to convince them, but to no avail. While the Swords of Justice slept, Keldeo sneaks out and heads to Full Court, where Kuyrem resides. Eventually the three notice, and so they left to search for Keldeo. When Keldeo arrives, it challenges Kyurem to battle, which the Boundary Pokémon accepts. When the Swords of Justice arrive, the two are already in battle. During the fight, Kyurem breaks off Keldeo's horn with Shadow Claw, causing the Colt Pokemon to become paralyzed with fear. Terrakion attempts to stop the fight to save Keldeo, but Cobalion tells it not to interfere. This aggravates Kyurem, who shifts into White Kyurem and freezes the trio, to prevent further interference. Noticing its friends frozen, Keldeo is overcome with fear and flees from the battle. Kyurem, furious, angrily declares that their battle is not yet over...
Meanwhile, Ash and the group are on their journey, boarding a train that leads to a city. Oshawott, Pikachu, and Axew are playing in the train car, later joined by Scraggy. The train stops at Windy Station. Cilan notices a stall selling Darumaka lunch boxes and gets some for the group, along with water bottles and Oran Berry Pops. Ash had to carry the lunch boxes, yet he trips over Scraggy, sending the boxes flying. Fortunately, the trio's Pokémon and Iris manage to catch the lunch boxes. As they all board, they accidentally left Scraggy in the station just as the train leaves, and noticed he was trying to run for it. Ash urges him to jump on, but the Shedding Pokémon couldn't muster the strength to do so, so Ash commands Snivy to fetch him with Vine Whip. She manages to catch him and bring him in, but suddenly, a Pokémon slips on the mountain, landing on top of the train. Pikachu notices, and tells the rest to follow him. It was Keldeo, injured from its previous battle. As Ash and his friends find it, it warns them about Kyurem. Suddenly, Kyurem leaps onto the train and attacks the group, and soon was forced to jump off the train when it enters a tunnel. Later on, they move to a cargo area of the train, where Iris tells the group about the legend of Kyurem, which she learned from the Village of Dragons' Elder.
Featured Pokémon
Debuts
Characters
Human
- Ash
- Iris
- Cilan
- Jessie
- James
- Nurse Joy
- Malin
- Elder (flashback)
- Mother and daughter
- Kanata
- Misaki
- Station attendant
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Axew (Iris's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Oshawott (Ash's)
- Pignite (Ash's)
- Snivy (Ash's)
- Scraggy (Ash's)
- Boldore (Ash's)
- Emolga (Iris's)
- Pansage (Cilan's)
- Crustle (Cilan's)
- Stunfisk (Cilan's)
- Audino (Nurse Joy's)
- Vanillite (Malin's)
- Kyurem (wild)
- Keldeo (wild)
- Cobalion (wild)
- Terrakion (wild)
- Virizion (wild)
- Cryogonal (multiple)
- Liepard (Misaki's)
- Herdier (Kanata's)
- Tympole (multiple)
- Bouffalant
- Cubchoo
- Beartic
- Patrat
- Watchog
- Sewaddle
- Swadloon
- Leavanny
- Blitzle
- Zebstrika
- Minccino
- Cinccino
- Seismitoad
- Purrloin
- Garbodor
- Whirlipede
- Scolipede
- Deerling
- Sawsbuck
- Heatmor
- Drilbur
- Excadrill
- Lillipup
- Stoutland
- Maractus
- Petilil
- Lilligant
- Druddigon
- Trubbish
- Darumaka
- Tranquill
- Cottonee
- Palpitoad
- Liepard
- Herdier
- Venipede
Cast
| Cast | |||||
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| 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 |
| Cilan | Jason Griffith | Dent | Mamoru Miyano | デント | 宮野 真守 |
| Iris | Eileen Stevens | Iris | Aoi Yūki | アイリス | 悠木碧 |
| Axew | Kayzie Rogers | Kibago | Minami Tsuda | キバゴ | 津田美波 |
| Nurse Joy | Alyson Rosenfeld | Joy | Chika Fujimura | ジョーイ | 藤村知可 |
| Narration | Rodger Parsons | Narration | Unshō Ishizuka | ナレーション | 石塚運昇 |
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| Malin | Erica Schroeder | Malin | Rola | マリン | ローラ |
| Keldeo | Vic Mignogna | Keldeo | Shōko Nakagawa | ケルディオ | 中川翔子 |
| Cobalion | H.D. Quinn | Cobalon | Kōichi Yamadera | コバルオン | 山寺宏一 |
| Terrakion | Henry Carr | Terrakion | Hiroki Yasumoto | テラキオン | 安元洋貴 |
| Virizion | Emily Williams | Virizion | Takako Honda | ビリジオン | 本田貴子 |
| Kyurem | Marc Thompson | Kyurem | Katsumi Takahashi | キュレム | 高橋克実 |
Soundtrack
Events
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Pre-order distribution
Keldeo was distributed to players who pre-ordered to the film in Japan.
Movie Distributions
Meloetta was distributed to players.
Trivia
- This movie aired on the same day in Canada as the US, making this the first time this has ever happened.
- This is the fourth consecutive film in which Ash and his friends do not encounter Team Rocket. It is also the first movie in which Jessie, James and Meowth do not have speaking roles, only making brief cameo appearances in the introduction, credits and one scene during the actual story.
- Despite being released during Best Wishes! Season 2, this film does not feature any pre-Generation V Pokémon other than Pikachu and Meowth outside of the "Pokémon World" intro scene.
Dub edits
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Mandarin Chinese | 酋雷姆VS聖劍士 凱路迪歐 | |
 Korean
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큐레무VS성검사 케르디오 | |
 Latin American Spanish
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Kyurem contra La Espada de la Justicia | |
External links
See also
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This movie article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation. |
