Pokemon 3: The Movie
Brief Synopsis
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A young girl named Molly becomes orphaned and inherits a large property with a tower. A strange pokemon named Unown comes to Molly and helps to overcome her grief by wrapping the tower with a crystal for every one of Molly's wishes. When Molly wishes for a mother, Unown kidnaps Ash Ketchum's mother
Cast & Crew
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Kunihiko Yuyama
Director
Rika Matsumoto
Masayumi Izuka
Megumi Hashibara
Philip Bartlett
Ken Gates
Film Details
Also Known As
Pocket Monsters Kesshoto No Teio, Pokemon 3, Pokemon 3 The Movie: Spell of the Unown, Pokemon 3: Spell of the Unown, Pokemon III, Pokemon: Kesshoto No Teio, Poketto Monsutaa: Kesshoto No Teio, Pokémon 3: El hechizo de los Unown
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Sequel
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Duart Film And Video; Kino International; Olm Inc
Distribution Company
WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTION (WBPD); Sam Film; Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy; Toho Company Ltd.; Videocine; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution; Warner Bros. Pictures International
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 13m
Synopsis
A young girl named Molly becomes orphaned and inherits a large property with a tower. A strange pokemon named Unown comes to Molly and helps to overcome her grief by wrapping the tower with a crystal for every one of Molly's wishes. When Molly wishes for a mother, Unown kidnaps Ash Ketchum's mother and brings her to the tower. The tower then becomes an world of illusory happiness that lulls people into passive complacency. It is Ash's mission to save his mother and free everyone involved from the spell of the tower.
Cast
Rika Matsumoto
Masayumi Izuka
Megumi Hashibara
Philip Bartlett
Ken Gates
Eric Grossfeld
Michael Haigney
Megan Hollingshead
Tara Jayne
Lisa Ortiz
Ed Paul
Lee Quick
Kayzie Rogers
Jimmy Zoppi
Ikue Ohtani
Veronica Taylor
Voice Of Ash Ketchum; Voice Of Mrs Delia Ketchum (English Language Version)
Rachael Lillis
Voice Of Jesse (English Language Version), Voice Of Misty
Eric Stuart
Voice Of Brock; Voice Of James (English Language Version)
Addie Blaustein
Voice Of Meowth (English Language Version)
Amy Birnbaum
Voice (English Language Version)
Dan Green
Voice (English Language Version)
Stan Hart
Voice Of Professor Oak (English Language Version)
Crew
Mineko Abe
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Fumie Anno
Computer Graphics Support (Japan)
Kosuke Arakawa
Composite/Effects (Japan)
Mikako Araki
Animator (Japan)
Tomoe Aratani
Key Animator (Japan)
Koji Aritomi
Assistant Director (Japan), Assistant Director
Masafumi Awakura
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Minoru Baba
Production Collaboration ("In Association With")
Kathy Borland
Associate Producer (English Language Version)
Michael Carpenter
Mac Designer/3-D Modelling (4kids-English Language Version)
Yoshiko Chatani
Composite/Effects (Japan)
Kazuharu Chiba
Prodcution Collaboration ("In Association With")
Yuri Chigira
Key Animator (Japan)
Kumiko Dei
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Hirya Doga
Animator (Japan)
Koito Dozono
Animator (Japan)
Mitsuhisa Ebisumoto
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Seiko Endouji
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Jay Film
Editor (English Language Version)
Motofumi Fujiwara
Conceptual Character Artist
Koji Fukazawa
Key Animator (Japan)
Toshihide Fukuda
Production Executive
Masaru Fukumoto
Character Designer (Japan)
Yasutaka Fukumoto
Production Collaboration ("In Association With")
Akari Fukunaga
Animator (Japan)
Toshiyuki Fukushima
Composite/Effects (Japan)
Hiroshi Furuhashi
Computer Graphics Support (Japan)
Kaori Furukawa
Animator (Japan)
Kouichi Gonda
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Masayuki Goto
Animation Design Support (Japan)
Norman J. Grossfeld
Screenplay Adaptation (English Language Version)
Norman J. Grossfeld
Producer (English Language Version)
Gus Guido
Post-Production Coordinator (4kids-English Language Version)
Michael Haigney
Screenplay Adaptation (English Language Version)
Naohisa Haijima
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Masayo Hanaoka
Animator (Japan)
Hiroshi Haraguchi
Animator (Japan)
Yumiko Hashi
Animator (Japan)
Mitsuo Hayakawa
Production Collaboration ("In Association With")
Kaoru Hayashida
Animator (Japan)
Toshio Henmi
Editor
Masamitsu Hidaka
Assistant Director (Japan)
Isako Higashino
Animator (Japan)
Takefumi Hiramatsu
Animator (Japan)
Takayuki Hirata
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Shinji Hirotsu
Computer Graphics Production (Japan)
Toshikazu Hisano
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Hironobu Horikoshi
Composite/Effects (Japan)
Sayuri Ichiishi
Animation Director (Japan)
Sayuri Ichiishi
Character Designer
Kazumi Ikeda
Character Designer (Japan)
Shinsuke Ikeda
Composite/Effects (Japan)
Shoko Ikeda
Key Animator (Japan)
Yuji Ikeda
Key Animator (Japan)
Motoaki Ikegami
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Shinji Ikegami
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Chisato Ikehara
Key Animator (Japan)
Koya Imumura
Computer Graphics Support (Japan)
Yuko Inoue
Key Animator (Japan)
Ken Iokawa
Computer Graphics Support (Japan)
Satoru Iriyoshi
Key Animator (Japan)
Tsunekazu Ishihara
Production Supervisor
Kunitoshi Ishii
Animator (Japan)
Hiroshi Ishikawa
Associate Producer (Japan)
Takaaki Ishikawa
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Nobushige Ishita
Animator (Japan)
Atsushi Itakaki
Animator (Japan)
Yoshiyuki Ito
Character Designer (Japan)
Yutaka Ito
Editor
Haruka Iwamoto
Computer Graphics Support (Japan)
Masaaki Iwane
Key Animator (Japan)
Yusuke Izumiyama
Composite/Effects (Japan)
Hiroyuki Jinnai
Other
Larry Juris
Production Management (English Language Version)
Hisashi Kagawa
Chief Animator
Hisashi Kagawa
Character Designer (Japan)
Alfred R. Kahn
Executive Producer (English Language Version)
Daisuke Kamei
Animator (Japan)
Shukichi Kanda
Animation Producer
Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Production Designer
Masaru Karube
Computer Graphics Support (Japan)
Yoko Kasama
Animator (Japan)
Yoshitaka Kato
Key Animator (Japan)
Takashi Kawaguchi
Executive Producer
Takao Kawahara
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Tsuneyoshi Kawai
Production Executive
Kunimi Kawamura
Other
Akio Kazumi
Computer Graphics Direction (Japan)
Jun Kiguchi
Animator (Japan)
Takaaki Kii
Associate Producer (Japan)
Shunya Kimura
Composite/Effects (Japan)
Richard King
Supervising Sound Editor (English Language Version)
Takaaki Kise
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Tomiko Kisuke
Animator (Japan)
Noriyuki Kitanohara
Key Animator (Japan)
Masashi Kobayashi
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Toru Kobayashi
Composite/Effects (Japan)
Doga Kobo
Animation Support (Japan)
Tsukasa Koitabashi
Production Manager (Japan)
Inaho Komori
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Megumi Kondo
Computer Graphics Direction (Japan)
Hiroshi Konno
Key Animator (Japan)
Kazuhisa Kosuge
Key Animator (Japan)
Yoichi Kotabe
Animation Supervisor
Tomohiro Koyama
Key Animator (Japan)
Masakazu Kubo
Executive Producer
Shinya Kudo
Animator (Japan)
Yosuke Kudo
Animator (Japan)
Miki Kuribayashi
Animator (Japan)
Tomoyo Kurita
Animator (Japan)
Beirne Lowry
Designer/Inferno Artist (English Language Version)
Katsunori Maehara
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Daisuke Makino
Animator (Japan)
Syuji Maruyama
Animator (Japan)
Shoichi Masuo
Key Animator (Japan)
Tokuhiro Matsubara
Character Designer
Tokuhiro Matsubara
Animation Director (Japan) (Japan)
Tsukasa Matsuda
Animator (Japan)
Satoshi Matsui
Production Collaboration ("In Association With")
Akinori Matsumoto
Production Collaboration ("In Association With")
Yukako Matsusako
Producer
Katia Milani
Associate Producer (English Language Version)
Ayako Misono
Animator (Japan)
Koichi Miyagawa
Production Executive
Tadaaki Miyata
Key Animator (Japan)
Daisuke Miyazaki
Animator (Japan)
Akira Mizubata
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Hiromichi Mizuno
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Takaya Mizutani
Computer Graphics Direction (Japan)
Sumika Momo
Animator (Japan)
Kim Moore
Other
Etsuhito Mori
Key Animator (Japan)
Sachika Mori
Key Animator (Japan)
Takemoto Mori
Producer
Fumiko Morimoto
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Shigeki Morimoto
Conceptual Character Artist
Akemi Morita
Animator (Japan)
Dr Movie
Animator (Japan)
Takashi Mukoda
Key Animator (Japan)
Kayoko Murakama
Computer Graphics Support (Japan)
Hisao Muramatsu
Key Animator (Japan)
Kazuya Murata
Assistant Director (Japan), Assistant Director
Noriyuki Nagai
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Keiko Nagamine
Animator (Japan)
Akemi Nagao
Colorist (Japan)
Aya Nagumo
Animator (Japan)
Yuko Nakajima
Composite/Effects (Japan)
Juji Nakamura
Sound
Takayki Nakamura
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Mamiko Nakanishi
Key Animator (Japan)
Emi Nakano
Animator (Japan)
Masao Nakata
Key Animator (Japan)
Toshihiro Nakazawa
Computer Graphics Production (Japan)
Keisuke Nakmura
Computer Graphics Direction (Japan)
Ken Namikawa
Associate Producer (Japan)
Mitsuru Nasukawa
Key Animator (Japan)
Manami Natsumeda
Animator (Japan)
Mark Neumann
3-D Animator (4kids-English Language Version)
Hiromi Niioka
Key Animator (Japan)
Takeshi Nimomiya
Animator (Japan)
Atsuko Nishida
Conceptual Character Artist
Terumi Nishii
Key Animator (Japan)
Toru Nishimaya
Computer Graphics Support (Japan)
Yukiyo Nishimura
Animator (Japan)
Yoshihiro Nishinaka
Animation Design Support (Japan)
Kiminori Nishio
Key Animator (Japan)
Tomohiro Nishiyama
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Hiroshi Noguchi
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Tomomi Noguchi
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Gakuji Nomoto
Other
Masayoshi Obata
Supervisor
Satoshi Odagiri
Computer Graphics Direction (Japan)
Satoshi Ohta
Conceptual Character Artist
Kazuko Okada
Animator (Japan)
Naoko Okazaki
Animator (Japan)
Akinori Okumura
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Toshiaki Okuno
Animation Producer
Yuko Origasa
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Katsumi Ota
Production Collaboration ("In Association With")
Shoji Ota
Production Manager (Japan)
Kenji Otake
Computer Graphics Production Manager (Japan)
Tetsu Oto
Animation Camera Shooting Staff (Japan)
Mafune Ryoko
Animator (Japan)
Eiko Saito
Key Animator (Japan)
Miyuki Saito
Animator (Japan)
Muneo Saito
Conceptual Character Artist
Yuki Saito
Animator (Japan)
Misako Saka
Computer Graphics Producer (Japan)
Ken Sakamoto
Production Executive
Shuji Sakamoto
Key Animator (Japan)
Akiko Sasaki
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Atsuko Sasaki
Key Animator (Japan)
Hisako Sato
Animator (Japan)
Makao Sato
3-D Cgi/Effects (Japan)
Masayuki Sato
Character Designer (Japan)
Mitsuhiro Sato
Computer Graphics Support (Japan)
Miyuki Sato
Color Keys (Japan)
Nobumasa Sawabe
Associate Producer (Japan)
Ralph Schuckett
Music
Ralph Schuckett
Other
Film Details
Also Known As
Pocket Monsters Kesshoto No Teio, Pokemon 3, Pokemon 3 The Movie: Spell of the Unown, Pokemon 3: Spell of the Unown, Pokemon III, Pokemon: Kesshoto No Teio, Poketto Monsutaa: Kesshoto No Teio, Pokémon 3: El hechizo de los Unown
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Sequel
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Duart Film And Video; Kino International; Olm Inc
Distribution Company
WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTION (WBPD); Sam Film; Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy; Toho Company Ltd.; Videocine; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution; Warner Bros. Pictures International
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 13m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring April 6, 2001
Released theatrically in the United States with the animated short "Pikachu the Movie 2001: Pikachu and Pichu" (Japan/USA/2000).
Released in United States Spring April 6, 2001
