Product Details

• Actors: Unshô Ishizuka, Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ootani, Megumi Hayashibara, Mayumi Iizuka
• Directors: Kunihiko Yuyama, Masamitsu Hidaka
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Viz Media
• VHS Release Date: May 14, 1999
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305375100
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,053 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Pokémon Master-in-training Ash Ketchum experiences further ups and downs, with Misty teasing him and the practical Brock advising him. "Mystery at the Lighthouse" recalls Ray Bradbury's short story "The Fog Horn." The single, forlorn specimen of a huge seagoing Pokémon comes to a lonely lighthouse seeking companionship, but the villains of Team Rocket drive off the unique creature before "Pokémon scholar" Bill can study it. Moving on to Vermilion City, Ash wins a Thunder Badge in a match against the local champion, whose no-holds-barred tactics have sent more than a dozen Pokémon to the hospital. Ash and Pikachu prove that speed, agility, and friendship can overcome brute strength. At their evil boss's bidding, Team Rocket lures a crowd of Trainers onto the St. Anne ocean liner as part of a plot to seize their Pokémon. Ash leads a counterattack that defeats the bad guys, but the episode ends on an unusually ominous note, with Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu trapped in the sinking ship. Even more ominous for parents is Bill's statement that there may be no limit to the number of Pokémon beyond the known 151. --Charles Solomon

Product Description

When Pokemon evolve, they are almost always stronger than before, and for Ash to win a ThunderBadge, Pikachu must defeat its evolved form, Raichu! It's a clash of lightning and pride! Later, Ash, Misty and Brock embark on a pleasure cruise aboard the St. Anne accompanied by other Pokemon and their trainers, but something seems wrong. Can the Cruise be a Team Rocket plot?!

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Poke triumph!, March 4, 2001

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Laura G. Carter "Castlebreaker" (Reidsville, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pokemon - Thunder Shock (Vol. 5) (DVD)

The episode "Battle Aboard the St. Anne" has really made me wonder about James ... I think he needs therapy. Then again, he wouldn't be half as funny as he is if he were well-adjusted.

And of course, for you Pikachu fans, he and Raichu mix it up in "Electric Shock Showdown", the best episode on this DVD. Lt. Surge isn't letting our little yellow guy win easily, but as usual Pika's brains (not Ash's) save the day. (In this one, James and Jesse get weird again with their "Pika cheer". Disturbing yet funny. Maybe these two just didn't get enough love when they were children.)

The third episode, "Mystery At the Lighthouse", is eery and delightfully chilling.

This DVD belongs in every Poke fan's collection!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars some of the best of Pokemon, July 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pokemon - Thunder Shock (Vol. 5) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

think Pokemon is cool? of course you do. well Electric Shock Showdown and Battle Aboard the St. Anne are some of the best. for true pokemon fans it was very exciting to see Pikachu vs. Raichu. Team Rocket begins to worry after the first match that pikachu lost, that Pikachu wasn't as valuable as they thought and should persue other villainess deeds, but in the end with an ability not known to Raichu, Pikachu, the underdog, comes out on top again. When Team Rocket henchmen try to capture a ship load of pokemon trainers' pokemon, the trainers join forces putting charmander with charmander and geodude with geodude to force Rocket off the ship but then a storm results in the evacuation and capsizing of the ship Ash must find and get back his first captured pokemon, butterfree, and James to get back a Majikarp he squanderd his and Jesse's money on,however the ship sinks with him and his friends trapped in side...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This video is a great video.I like where pikachubattlesSurge, July 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pokemon - Thunder Shock (Vol. 5) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great video.It has episodes Mystery at the lighthouse,Electric Shock Showdown and battle aboard the St.Anne.It is very interesting where Pikachu battles Raichu. (Iv'e got both on my gameboy both on experience level 71.)