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
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: VIZ VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: May 27, 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0014Z4OOI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,888 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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The 10th Pokémon movie introduces Dialga and Palkia, two Legendary Pokémon from the "Diamond" and "Pearl" versions of the game. Ash, Brock, Dawn, and Pikachu visit the town of Alamos, which is dominated by two lofty towers that represent space and time. Alamos has been plagued by nightmares and supernatural events that the arrogant Baron Alberto blames on Darkrai, a powerful and elusive Pokémon. Alice, a gentle musician whose grandmother discovered Darkrai, disagrees. Her professor friend Tonio proves the escalating problems are caused by a clash between Dialga and Palkia. Unless the humans find a way to end this battle, the space-time fabric will tear and Alamos will be thrown into another dimension. Ash and Pikachu save the day, with some help from Dawn and Alice. The Rise of Darkrai (2007) is most the elaborate Pokémon feature to date: the CG effects range from the graceful towers to fireworks and energy storms. The drawn characters and computer-generated special effects are better integrated than in the previous features. The results are sure to delight Pokémon fans. (Unrated, suitable for ages 6 and older: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon

Product 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?

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Customer Reviews

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best One Yet, March 19, 2008

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Brent Perrotti "witchboi" (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pokemon Movie - The Rise of Darkrai (DVD)

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 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I was surprised that there were no special features on this release, October 12, 2010

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Lesley Aeschliman (Enumclaw, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pokemon Movie - The Rise of Darkrai (DVD)

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 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I don't know why Darkrai is on the title, December 11, 2010

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David (Chino Hills, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pokemon Movie - The Rise of Darkrai (DVD)

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.