Pokemon Crystal: Raikou, the Legend of Thunder! (2001) [N/A]

Release Date:
December 30, 2001

Original Title:
ポケットモンスタークリスタル・ライコウ 雷の伝説

Alternate Titles:
Il Leggendario Pokémon Tuono
Pocket Monsters Crystal: Raikou Ikazuchi no Densetsu
Pokémon - A Lenda do Trovão
Pokémon Chronicles - The Legend of Thunder
Pokémon Crystal: Raikou - Legend of Thunder
Pokémon Movie 04.5: The Legend of Thunder
Pokémon Movie 04½: The Legend of Thunder
Pokémon: A Lenda do Trovão!
Pokémon: Die Legende des Donners
Pokémon: La légende du tonnerre
Pokémon: ¡La leyenda del trueno!
Pokémoni: Legenda Groma
The Legend of Thunder
ไรโคตำนานแห่งสายฟ้า
宝可梦 雷公 雷的传说
宠物小精灵 水晶特别篇 雷皇传说
雷公 雷的傳說

Genres:
Animation

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 69

Kenta, a Pokemon master in the making, meets up with his childhood friend, Marina, at a Pokemon Center, to see how their skills have developed. Their battle is interrupted by a thunderstorm and the arrival of Bashou and Buson, two Rocket-dan members using the Crystal System (which attracts Electric-type Pokemon). Their ultimate goal is to, under the guidance of professor Shiranui, bring Pokemon back to Sakaki. Kenta and Marina stumble upon this plan, and they try to stop it, but things get more difficult when the legendary Pokemon Raikou is captured.

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3D Modeller:
Akio Kazumi

Animation:
Shukichi Kanda

Animation Director:
Norihiro Matsubara
Sayuri Ichiishi
Yuko Inoue

Animation Supervisor:
Yōichi Kotabe

Art Direction:
Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Associate Producer:
Choji Yoshikawa

Background Designer:
Katsumi Takao

Character Designer:
Norihiro Matsubara
Sayuri Ichiishi

Color Designer:
Norimichi Yoshino

Creator:
Satoshi Tajiri

Director:
Masamitsu Hidaka
Kunihiko Yuyama

Director of Photography:
Takaya Mizutani

Mechanical Designer:
Norihiro Matsubara
Masayuki Gotou

Music:
Shinji Miyazaki

Producer:
Makiko Iwata
Takemoto Mori

Producer's Assistant:
Takeshi Fukuda

Screenplay:
Atsuhiro Tomioka

Sound Director:
Masafumi Mima

Storyboard Artist:
Kojin Ochi
Hatsuki Tsuji

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