Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior facts for kids

Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior
Japanese Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kunihiko Yuyama
Produced by	Mikihiko Fukazawa Takemoto Mori Junya Okamoto Choji Yoshikawa
Screenplay by	Hideki Sonoda
Starring	see below
Music by	Shinji Miyazaki
Cinematography	Takaya Mizutani
Editing by	Toshio Henmi
Studio	OLM, Inc. OLM Digital
Distributed by	Toho
Release date(s)	July 19, 2008 (2008-07-19) (Japan)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Money made	¥4.8 billion

Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior is an exciting animated adventure movie from Japan, released in 2008. It was made by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho. The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Hideki Sonoda.

This movie is the 11th animated film in the Pokémon series. It was created by Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda, and Ken Sugimori. It's a direct follow-up to Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007).

In this film, a scientist named Zero wants to control the special powers of Giratina. Giratina is a powerful Pokémon that lives in a different dimension. Zero wants to use Giratina's powers to rule its world. Meanwhile, Ash Ketchum, Dawn, and Brock are helping a cute, flower-carrying Pokémon called Shaymin. Shaymin is being chased by Giratina. Our heroes must help Shaymin get to a special flower garden to meet other Shaymin.

The movie first came out in Japan on July 19, 2008. Another movie, Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life, came out in 2009. The main song for this movie is "One" by Crystal Kay.

What Happens in the Movie

The Reverse World and Giratina

Five years before the main story, a smart researcher named Newton Graceland studied the Reverse World. This world is like a mirror image of our own. Newton built a machine to use the powers of Giratina. Giratina is the ruler of the Reverse World. Newton wanted to travel easily between the two worlds. However, he stopped his project when he learned it would hurt Giratina. Newton deleted his plans, but his assistant, Zero, remembered them.

Later, something strange happened. Time and space, which should never mix, crashed into each other. This caused Dialga, who controls time, and Palkia, who controls space, to fight. They both thought the other had invaded their territory. Their big battle messed up the Reverse World with pollution. This made Giratina very angry.

Giratina grabbed Dialga and pulled it into the Reverse World. A small, hedgehog-like Pokémon called Shaymin, which carries flowers, got caught on Dialga's back. Shaymin was scared and used its powers to escape back to the real world. Dialga followed Shaymin. Before leaving, Dialga trapped Giratina in a time loop. This stopped Giratina from coming into the real world for a while.

Ash, Shaymin, and the Adventure

Shaymin soon met Ash Ketchum, Dawn, and Brock. They agreed to help Shaymin. Shaymin needed to go to the Flower Garden in the mountains. There, it and other Shaymin could perform a special process called flower bearing. This would help them grow a new garden.

Suddenly, a portal to the Reverse World opened. It pulled Shaymin, Ash, and Dawn inside. In the Reverse World, Ash and Dawn saw Giratina. Luckily, Newton rescued them. Giratina wanted to use Shaymin's power to return to the real world. Newton quickly sent Shaymin, Ash, and Dawn back to their world.

Zero also wanted Shaymin's power. He attacked the kids with his Pokémon: Magnemite, Magneton, and Magnezone. Ash and his friends escaped onto a train. On the train, Shaymin touched a Gracidea flower. It changed into its Sky Forme, looking like a deer and able to fly! Ash, Dawn, and Brock then got on a ferry to the Flower Garden. But they were pulled into the Reverse World again, with Zero and his Pokémon right behind them.

Giratina attacked the group after Shaymin teased it. When night came, Shaymin changed back to its normal form. Zero captured Shaymin. He forced it to open a portal for Giratina to return to the real world, freeing it from the time loop. Shaymin panicked, opening another portal. This portal sent Ash and his friends to the Flower Garden in the real world.

Saving the Worlds

Giratina returned to the real world, but Zero captured it. Zero used Newton's machine to steal Giratina's powers. He planned to become the ruler of the Reverse World. Newton managed to shut down the machine, releasing Giratina. However, Zero had already taken all of Giratina's powers. Giratina collapsed from being so tired. Shaymin used its healing powers to help Giratina recover.

Zero escaped back to the Reverse World. He started causing damage that affected the real world. A huge glacier on the mountain began to move towards the Flower Garden. The powerful Pokémon Regigigas woke up. Along with a group of Mamoswine, Regigigas helped slow down the moving glacier.

In the Reverse World, Shaymin opened a portal. It pulled Zero back to the real world. Zero's ship crashed into the glacier. Dawn's Buneary and Swinub used their ice moves to freeze the ship. This made Zero lose all the data he had stolen about Giratina's abilities. Giratina then fixed the damage Zero had caused. It gave Ash a ride back to the real world. After that, Giratina left to find Dialga. Shaymin and the other Shaymin performed their flower bearing ritual. Then, they migrated to a new place.

During the end credits, Newton rescued Zero. They made up, and Zero was arrested. Ash, Dawn, and Brock sent bouquets of flowers to their families to show their thanks.

Who's in the Movie

Main Voice Cast

Character	Japanese Voice	English Voice
Ash	Rica Matsumoto	Sarah Natochenny
Dawn	Megumi Toyoguchi	Emily Bauer
Brock	Yuji Ueda	Bill Rogers
Newton Graceland	Koichi Yamadera	Marc Thompson
Zero	Shido Nakamura	Chris Kromer
James	Shinichiro Miki	Billy Beach
Jessie	Megumi Hayashibara	Michele Knotz
Layla	Akina Minami	Amy Palant
Magnezone	Golgo Matsumoto	Bill Rogers
Meowth	Inuko Inuyama	Billy Beach
Mousse	Red Yoshida	Tom Wayland
Pikachu	Ikue Otani
Shaymin	Vanilla Yamazaki	Amy Palant
Regigigas	Tomomichi Nishimura
Infi	Shoko Nakagawa	Bella Hudson
Narrator	Unsho Ishizuka	Rodger Parsons

See also

In Spanish: Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior para niños