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Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys

2004 · 98 min

A bright, busy adventure with monster battles and a gentle lesson about facing fears, easy for kids to follow.

Directed by: Kunihiko Yuyama
Genres: Family, Adventure, Animation
Starring: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, KAORI

Tagline: Meet the mysterious Deoxys!
Overview: Deoxys, a Pokémon from outer space, terrorizes the high-tech city Ash Ketchum and his friends are visiting.

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Directed by: Kunihiko Yuyama
Genres: Family, Adventure, Animation
Starring: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, KAORI

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
survival
family
identity
healing
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	2
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: family, adventure, animation, fantasy
Directed by: Kunihiko Yuyama
Written by: Hideki Sonoda
Starring: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, KAORI, Yuji Ueda, Fushigi Yamada, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama
Cinematography: Takaya Mizutani
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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