MS011: Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior

Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior
Information
Staff credits	絵(え)コンテ (Storyboard) Hideki Sonoda 製作者(せいさくしゃ) (Producer(s) Choji Yoshikawa Tomoyuki Igarashi Takemoto Mori Mikihiko Fukazawa 演出(えんしゅつ) (Director(s)) Kunihiko Yuyama
Studio	OLM, inc.
Distributed by	Toho Company Ltd.
Licensed by	Viz Media The Pokémon Company International
Budget	Unknown
In other countries
Japan	Release date July 19, 2008 Rating G Home video release December 19, 2008
Japan	Release date July 19, 2008 Rating G Home video release December 19, 2008
Anglosphere	Title Pokémon Release date(s) February 13, 2009 Rating(s)  Unknown Unknown Home video release(s) March 31, 2009 Notes ^ a: signifies that it only applies to the US, UK, CA, AU, NZ and SG
Anglosphere	Title Pokémon Release date(s) February 13, 2009 Rating(s)  Unknown Unknown Home video release(s) March 31, 2009 Notes ^ a: signifies that it only applies to the US, UK, CA, AU, NZ and SG

Giratina and the Sky Warrior (Japanese: ギラティナと氷空の花束 シェイミ, Hepburn: Giratina and the Frozen Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin) is the 11th Pokémon movie, and the second movie in the Diamond and Pearl series' time period. It premiered on July 19, 2008, in Japan and on February 13, 2009, in United States on Cartoon Network at 7:00 p.m.

It stars the Pokémon Shaymin, Giratina, Regigigas and Dialga. Other significant Pokémon include Magnezone, Magneton, and Magnemite belonging to the main antagonist, Zero and his robot Infi. Zero aims to use Giratina's power over the Reverse World to rule it, however, he needs the Shaymin that Ash, Dawn and Brock have befriended to open a portal from Giratina to escape. Zero wants to destroy the Real World because it pollutes the Reverse World.

Plot

The film begins with Shaymin by an oasis as Dialga appears. It drinks from the water before being attacked by Giratina from the Reverse World, in Another Form. Giratina comes through a portal, grabbing Dialga and dragging it into the Reverse World. Shaymin gets caught in a whirlwind and is sucked through the portal, too. Dialga and Giratina fight, while Shaymin tries to survive - unnoticed by the giants - the battle. An adventurous-looking man with a Shieldon watches the battle from afar, spotting Shaymin. There are also glimpses of a computer simulation observing the battle, on the ship of Zero. Zero is this film's villain, who seems to be watching Giratina with the aim of capturing it.

As the battle progresses, Shaymin absorbs a dark gas and then explodes. The explosion causes a portal back to the real world to form, sucking Shaymin through. Dialga escapes through the portal, but it closes before Giratina can get through. Giratina keeps hitting the same spot over and over, in what the computer calls a "time loop". Dialga flies off and is not seen again in the film. Shaymin is thrown into a river and goes out of control down a huge mountain to a small seaside town. We find Ash, Brock and Dawn in town, with their Pokémon, enjoying Brock's cooking once more. Ash is scolded for not washing his hands before eating. As everyone is preoccupied with the Pokémon eating, a grey Shaymin starts eating "hot cakes" from the table. Piplup attacks Shaymin, causing a barbecue to be knocked over in the chaos. Shaymin absorbs the smoke and then explodes as before. Dawn saves Shaymin from being attacked by all the angry Pokémon, washing it under a tap. It's revealed that Shaymin can talk telepathically and it talks of "ACHI" ("that place"), which irritates Ash as he can't understand. Shaymin teases Ash a lot about being stupid, but befriends Dawn.

They take Shaymin to a Pokémon Center where Brock hits on Nurse Joy until his Croagunk punches him and drags him away. Shaymin says it'll lead them to "ACHI", sitting on Ash's head and making him move where it wants to go as he complains. Team Rocket watches in the Pokémon Center and decides to try to steal Shaymin. In a garden full of strange isometric and rectangular statues, the sides of some start to ripple and Giratina appears briefly. Team Rocket picks up Shaymin and runs off, but they are then sucked into a statue, which has become a portal to the Reverse World. Everyone except Brock is sucked through, where Ash, Dawn, Pikachu and Piplup battle Giratina while rescuing Shaymin. Running from Giratina, they bump into the man who watched the earlier battle, who introduces himself as Newton Graceland, a "genius scientist". Ash and Dawn comment on him introducing himself as a "genius scientist" and Shaymin mocks him. He leads them to a portal back to the real world while explaining that Palkia's and Dialga's battle caused a black smoke to fill the Reverse World. This infuriated Giratina, explaining its attack on Dialga in the beginning of the film. Ash, Dawn, Pikachu, Piplup and Shaymin return to the garden where Brock is waiting. Team Rocket appears too late and are left behind with Newton in the Reverse World.

Back in the garden, Ash and Dawn attempt to explain about the Reverse World and Giratina, but are stopped by appearance of the Magnemite and Magneton. Zero comes down on a hover board, with Magnezone as his sidekick. They disable the Magnemite long enough for them to flee into the streets of the town, chased by Zero's Magnemite, Magneton and Magnezone. Escaping onto a train leaving town, they talk with people on the train and Shaymin transforms into Sky Form when exposed to some flowers. It is explained that Shaymin transforms when exposed to special flowers found at the top of the mountain where all the Shaymin live. It is decided to help Shaymin return home. The train is attacked by Zero's Pokémon, who are fought off by Pikachu, Piplup and Shaymin. Magnezone smashes the side of the train, but is repelled just before the train enters a tunnel, leaving all Zero's Pokémon to smash into the side of a hill.

On a boat, the group is going up a river to reach Shaymin's garden. They play around and Shaymin teases Ash more until Zero appears again. A portal opens in the water, sucking Shaymin and the others in and Zero and his Pokémon follow. Ash, Dawn and Brock battle Zero's Pokémon and find Newton who leads them to a cave. Giratina and Shaymin battle until Shaymin's Sky Form transformation wears off. It's saved by Pikachu on Staravia, who rejoin with the group. Shaymin causes another explosion by absorbing the dark gas, allowing them to escape, and Giratina and Zero follow. With everyone in the real world, a gigantic airship appears in the valley which Zero flies to with his Pokémon. Giratina changes to its normal form and sits on the bank of a river. A gun from Zero's ship shoots Giratina, who flies up to attack the ship, but is caught in a giant trap that begins sucking Giratina's energy away.

Everyone except Brock boards a hover board and flies up to the ship, where they battle Zero's Pokémon, and Newton enters the ship to disable the computer. It is revealed in a flashback that Zero used to be Newton's pupil, studying the Reverse World, until he became obsessed with Giratina's power and decided to catch and take its power. Newton disables the computer and the trap, freeing Giratina who collapses unconscious inside the trap, but also accidentally turns off the ship's engines. The trap falls apart, dropping Giratina into the river, and the ship begins to come down. Everyone escapes on the hover board, except Zero who stays on his ship. Just before the ship crashes, a smaller ship separates from it. The larger ship crashes into the forest as Pokémon flee from it. Giratina climbs out of the water, then drops down and seems to be dead. It starts to breathe gently, though, so everyone and all the Pokémon from the forest gather around. Shaymin heals Giratina just before Zero reappears in his small ship. Giratina chases Zero through a portal to the Reverse World where Zero smashes towers of ice. In the real world, this disturbs a glacier on the mountain, which begins to slide down the mountain, toward the town. As Giratina and Zero fight, everyone tries to think of a way to stop the glacier from destroying the town. The disturbance uncovers Regigigas' temple, awaking it and causing it to come out and stop the glacier, joined by a herd of Mamoswine.

Shaymin turns into its Sky Form and creates a portal, allowing Ash into the Reverse World, where Giratina is being defeated by Zero. Team Rocket watches, admitting they would like to help, but can't think how they could. Ash jumps on the ship and tries to persuade Zero to stop. He refuses, closing up his shields as a dark cloud covers everyone. Ash covers his face to protect himself as Shaymin absorbs it all. The explosion opens a portal back to the real world, sucking the ship through. Zero refuses to let the ship return, however, until Giratina fires a ball of energy which shoots it through. Team Rocket and everyone are sucked through the portal, leaving the Reverse World, with enough time to allow Giratina to leave. Zero's ship crashes down next to Regigigas before it is covered in ice by Piplup and other Pokémon with Ice Beam. Everyone rejoices stopping the glacier, then find the Shaymin garden nearby. It is full of other Shaymin who change form at will. Shaymin says goodbye, admitting it really likes Ash, and leaves with tears in its eyes. All the Shaymin turn into Sky Form and fly away. Giratina is seen flying off too, to continue its attack on Dialga.

In the closing credits sequence, Zero's ship is recovered and he is arrested by Officer Jenny and helped out of his ship by Newton. Ash, Dawn and Brock leave the town to continue their Pokémon Journey with their parents receiving a bouque of Gracadeia from their children.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Team Rocket
• Nurse Joy
• Johanna
• Layla
• Moose
• Taka
• Kako
• Ogin
• Shun
• Newton Graceland
• Zero
• Infi
• Brendan
• Lucas
• Delia Ketchum
• Johanna
• Lola
• Flint

Pokémon

• Giratina
• Shaymin
• Dialga
• Regigigas
• Magnezone
• Snover
• Luxio
• Magmortar
• Aggron
• Eevee
• Vaporeon
• Steelix
• Onix
• Absol
• Espeon

Trivia

• Several sound effects from the Godzilla franchise were used in this movie:
  • Giratina has Mothra's chirps, screeches, & cries, as well as King Ghidorah's 1991 roar, which was a modified version of Rodan's.
  • Zero's ship has Megaguirus' screech.
• This is the only Pokémon movie to be distributed by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in North America. Strangely, the Universal Pictures logo does not appear on the Region 1 DVD, only showing the Pikachu the Movie logo, probably due to the rights being held by Viz Media. However, this did not stop the 2013 Universal Pictures logo from appearing on some international Blu-ray prints of selected Pokémon movies, such as Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages and Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
  • Ironically, the live-action movie Pokémon: Detective Pikachu was originally going to be distributed by Universal outside of Japan until Warner Bros. took over the distribution rights only 10 months before the films release.
• This is so far the only Pokémon movie to have a long release gap between Japan and South Korea, with the South Korean dub being released on June 1st 2022, 13 years, 10 months, and 13 days since the Japanese release.

Mistakes

• When Pikachu is battling against Electivire, Electivire gets affected by Pikachu's Thunderbolt despite having the Motor Drive Ability, as Hidden Abilities weren't yet introduced.
• When Ash and Dawn are pulled into the Reverse World for the first time, Piplup's arms are the same color as its head and "cape".
• When Piplup attempts to use Bubble Beam on Giratina, Shaymin's flowers are a dark purple (the color they become when Shaymin absorbs pollution).
• When Shaymin is about to approach Meowth, a few frames show its front paw has three toes instead of two.
• During a scene in the Reverse World when Shaymin is in its Sky Forme, it uses its Land Forme's voice.
• When the last Magneton leaves the train to escape out the window, it uses the voice of a Magnemite.
• When Giratina uses Will-O-Wisp in one scene, Pikachu jumps off the edge of a cliff to dodge, though he is back on the ledge in the next scene.
• Giratina got hit by Aura Sphere despite the attack having no effect on Ghost types.
• In the Polish dub, when Giratina was healed by Shaymin, Brock's line is absent.
• The English promotional image prior to the US DVD release has Giratina's face missing a line from its eye to its nose.

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