| | |  | STUDIO GHIBLI LIBRARY | Home » » » Pokemon Movie - The Rise of Darkrai | | | | | | | Description: | | Ash may think he's seen everything when it comes to Pokémon, but is he ready to face the mysterious Darkrai in his latest awesome adventure? While touring Alamos Town -home of the Space-Time Tower -with the beautiful Alice, Ash and his friends discover that the town's special garden has been decimated! Baron Alberto, a dashing but arrogant fellow, immediately blames the destruction on Darkrai. As if it just overheard the accusation, Darkrai appears and confronts our heroes! Who is Darkrai? Is it a friend... or a friend in disguise? And as a battle between Legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia rages directly above Alamos Town-and threatens to tear a hole in the space-time continuum-will Ash and his friends survive this showdown and learn Darkrai's true nature? Stills from Pokémon Movie - The Rise of Darkrai (click for larger image)
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Sarah Natochenny, Emily Jenness, Bill Rogers, Michele Knotz, Jimmy Zoppi (a.k.a Billy Beach) | | Format:
| Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| VIZ VIDEO | | Run Time:
| 90 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| May 27, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 25 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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18 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Best One YetMar 20, 2008
By Brent Perrotti
"witchboi"
This is by far the best looking of any of the pokemon movies. The blend of CGI and animation is better than it's ever been. Wonderful music and a great story. Also the first D/P movie and usually the first film in a new region is wonderful. This film also features more types of pokemon than anyother movie before it to help celebrate the 10 year anniversary. This is a must see for all pokemon fans.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 I was surprised that there were no special features on this releaseOct 12, 2010
By Lesley Aeschliman
Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai is the tenth film in the Pokemon franchise, and it's the final Pokemon film to be distributed in the United States by Viz Media. The Rise of Darkrai is a decent Pokemon film, and it tells a good story. However, it felt like there were more attempts to integrate CG animation than in previous films. Compared to the other films that utilized the computer graphics, the CG in this film sticks out even worse than in the previous films and draws way too much attention to itself.
Unlike the previous two Pokemon films, The Rise of Darkrai was a single disc DVD release. On the disc, you can watch the film, you can use the setup menu to set your audio and subtitle preferences, and you can choose where in the film you want to start watching. For audio options, you can choose either 5.1 Surround or Stereo. For subtitles, you can choose either English or Spanish. When I put this disc into my Blu-Ray player, my player automatically put the English subtitles on the screen. Since there is no option for turning off subtitles in the set-up menu, I had to use the "Subtitle" menu on my Blu-Ray player's remote to turn off the subtitles. However, when I later put this disc into a computer DVD drive, the English subtitles did not automatically appear on the screen.
The Rise of Darkrai is the first DVD release of a Pokemon film to not include any kind of special features. When this film was first released on DVD, it cost about the same amount as a DVD that contained bonus features. However, over time, the price has come down to something that is a little more reasonable for what you get. If you can find a copy of The Rise of Darkrai that's selling for under $15, I would recommend purchasing it.
In order to write this review, I checked out a copy of this DVD through the King County Library System.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
I don't know why Darkrai is on the titleDec 11, 2010
By David
This movies isn't about Darkrai, it's about Palkia and Dialga. I wish they had spent more time developing the history of the animosity between Palkia and Dialga. That would've been more interesting. Better yet, I wish this movie was actually about Darkrai, because Darkrai is a more interesting Pokemon than either Palkia or Dialga. Still, this movie is better than many of the previous Pokemon movies. At least it has some really powerful Pokemon going at it. Hopefully the next movie (Arceus and the Jewel of Life) will be good, because the one after that (Phantom Ruler: Zoroark) is supposedly pretty bad.
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Darkrai DeliversSep 30, 2008
By Young Forest
My 7-year-old son is a HUGE fan of Pokemon and I have to say I have come to admire the phenomenon as well. In spite of the general premise that the Pokemon are used to "battle' each other, which I was initially uncomfortable with, the stories of the TV show and this movie in particular tend to leave the children watching with a positive message. Darkrai is fighting to save the town he calls home while Ash, Brock, Dawn, and others mistakenly assume he is one of the bad guys. In the end they realize they were wrong about Darkrai and feel regret and a deep sense of loss at Darkrai's selfless sacrifice on their behalf. But, not to worry, the movie ends on a happy note. Let's just say the title says it all. Any Pokemon fan will love this movie and those coming to Pokemon for the first time will enjoy it just as much.
Great Buy!!Feb 04, 2012
By suzl51
I bought the "Pokemon Movie- The Rise of Darkrai" for my 10 year old nephew, as my sister in law couldn't find it anywhere in stores and he really wanted it. I went to Amazon.com, found it immediately and the price was great and my nephew loved the movie! I had several choices to pick from and ordered a new copy for him. The movie arrived very quickly and in perfect condition.
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