Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
When Diancie a Pokémon said to create diamond travels to find Xerneas to help her make a heart diamond to save her home, Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie help her to be safe on the way from t... Read allWhen Diancie a Pokémon said to create diamond travels to find Xerneas to help her make a heart diamond to save her home, Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie help her to be safe on the way from thieves.When Diancie a Pokémon said to create diamond travels to find Xerneas to help her make a heart diamond to save her home, Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie help her to be safe on the way from thieves.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Pikachu
- (voice)
- (as Ikue Ohtani)
- Diancie
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Ash Ketchum
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Serena
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Haven Paschall)
- Clemont
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Michael Liscio Jr.)
- …
- Bonnie
- (English version)
- (voice)
- …
- Dace
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Merrick
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Dave Wills)
- Marilyn Flame
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Ninja Riot
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Argus Steel
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Pete Zarustica)
- Millis Steel
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Brittney Hamilton)
- Xerneas
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Astrid
- (English version)
- (voice)
- James
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Carter Cathcart)
- …
- Jessie
- (English version)
- (voice)
- Chespin
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Suzy Myers)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile other movies have featured in-person cameos of Pokémon Champions and Frontier Brains, this is the first film that features an in-person cameo of an Elite Four member.
- Quotes
Ash Ketchum: [sees Pikachu fall over] Pikachu!
[picks him up]
Ash Ketchum: Pikachu, tell me what's wrong.
[the group sees Pikachu start turning to stone and remembers when Yveltal fired at him]
Clemont: Back before...!
[Pikachu's body slowly turns to stone]
Pikachu: [looks up at Ash] Pika, pi.
[the rest of him turns to stone as he closes his eyes]
Ash Ketchum: [choked up] No, Pikachu. Come on, Pikachu. Pikachu. Come back, Pikachu!
[Bonnie starts crying before tearfully hugging Serena who starts crying as well while Clemont looks away in sadness]
Ash Ketchum: Pikachu. Pikachu!
[everyone stands in sad silence until the ground lights up with energy. Everyone looks over to see Xerneas standing nearby]
Serena: Xerneas...
[Pikachu suddenly glows with energy and turns back to normal]
Pikachu: Pika, pi.
Ash Ketchum: [tightly hugs him] Pikachu!
- ConnectionsFollowed by Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015)
- SoundtracksMega V (Mega Volt)
Performed by Yusuke Kamiji (as Yûsuke)
Lyrics by Yusuke Kamiji (as Yûsuke)
Music by Hirokazu Tanaka
Remix Arrangement by Mitsuki Shiokawa
Original Arrangement by Chokkaku
Courtesy of Sony Music Records
Ash Ketchum and his friends (Serena, Bonnie and Clemont) become Diancie's protectors after rescuing her from a multi-pronged abduction attempt in a remote European mountain town. The most enjoyable scenes come when they travel together and bond and have fun, including a trip on a cruise ship to a big city and a visit to a shopping mall where the girls (Serena and Bonnie) take Diancie to a clothing store and play dress-up. Soon after this, they enter Diancie's underground kingdom where they learn that the heart diamond that powers the place is losing power and only Diancie can restore it, but only after her powers are enhanced by the mystical deer god Xerneas in the forbidden All-Earth Forest nearby. (If Xerneas reminds you too much of the "shishigami" from PRINCESS MONONOKE, you're not alone.) However, lurking in the forest is a formidable Pokémon menace, Yveltal, a giant bird monster that is laying dormant in the "Cocoon of Destruction." Should it be awakened, all hell will break loose.
The action soon shifts to the forest and, as expected, the interventions of all the competing villains—Marilyn Flame, Ninja Riot, Argus Steel and Team Rocket—cause Yveltal to awaken and go berserk, shooting rays that turn everything they touch into stone. Only the intervention of Xerneas can save the day. It's all very spectacular, but doesn't make a lot of narrative sense. I wish there'd been more context provided and more proper build-up, as in last year's Pokémon movie, GENESECT AND THE LEGEND AWAKENED, which set up the antagonists' backstory in a timely and concise fashion. The existence of this massive, unexplored forest and underground Pokémon kingdom so close to a large metropolis is never explained. Couldn't the writers have established its existence in a more remote locale first? It may seem like a minor point to the child audience, but in past Pokémon movies they always took great care to establish the more exotic settings in a more satisfying way. A lot happens in the final 15-to-20 minutes, but it was never terribly suspenseful. Which is too bad, because Diancie herself is a genuinely interesting new Pokémon protagonist and is one that can talk, albeit telepathically. Her scenes with Ash & company and her socialization process after being underground all her life are the best parts of the film and make one wish the action elements had been streamlined a bit. It all got overly complicated with the heart diamond, Yveltal, the All-Earth Forest and everything. I like it when there's one strong antagonist and a conflict that directly impacts our heroes, as in last year's GENESECT film (which I've also reviewed on this site).
This movie is a spin-off of the newest season, "Pokémon the Series: XY," which is now running on Cartoon Network and which introduced Ash's newest set of traveling companions, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie. Serena is, to me, probably the most compatible female counterpart Ash has ever had. She admires and respects him and is always unfailingly supportive. She doesn't compete with him but has her own set of talents and specialties that she indulges in when the opportunities arise. He should keep her around. When they get older who knows? Clemont is a young scientific genius and Bonnie is his gregarious little sister, not the first little kid the series has had, but certainly the most endearing. They make a great team and I hope they're all featured in the next movie as well.
- BrianDanaCamp
- Nov 16, 2014
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Details
Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $28,595,105
- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix