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Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999)

★ 6.7 · 931 ratings on TMDB

One person can make all the difference.

Pokémon the Movie 2000 poster★ 6.7

When Lawrence III's scheme to capture the Legendary Pokémon Lugia upsets the balance of nature, it is up to Ash Ketchum and his friends to save the world.

DirectorKunihiko Yuyama
CastIkue Otani, Inuko Inuyama, Masami Toyoshima, Mayumi Izuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Rica Matsumoto
GenresAdventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
The emergence reading

In Pokémon the Movie 2000, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “pokemon world”. The story fights on E8/E14 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing environment, myth, faith.

↷ animalsJPenvironmentmythfaith
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E7climateglobal climate is regulated by the balance of three sentient legendary Pokémon; capture of one triggers worldwide storms (biology · universal)
Also inFilms about faithConsciousness hiding in animalsFilms that alter a rule of realityFilms that move consciousness off the human
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

mother! (2017)E8/E14 · rare rung · environmentNeon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)E8/E14 · rare rung · faithStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)E8/E14 · rare rung · environmentSharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)E8/E14 · rare rung · environmentMutant Chronicles (2008)E8/E14 · rare rung · environmentDon't Look Up (2021)E14 · rare rung · environment

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)E6/E10 · rare rung · environment, faithThe Keep (1983)E11/E13 · rare rung · faith, mythGodzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)E9/E10 · environment, myth

Also bends a rule of reality

Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.

The Hallow (2015)alters at E7 · same rung · looseThe Day After Tomorrow (2004)alters at E7 · same rung · looseMoana (2016)alters at E7 · same rung · rigorousNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)alters at E7 · same rung · rigorousMortal Engines (2018)alters at E7 · same rung · looseStrange World (2022)alters at E7 · same rung · loose

Also hides consciousness here

Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)consciousness in animals · ape uprisingIce Age: Collision Course (2016)consciousness in animals · prehistoric animal worldJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)consciousness in animals · dinosaur‑rescueThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)consciousness in animals · Narnian fantasy kingdomIce Age: The Meltdown (2006)consciousness in animals · mammoth valleyPrincess Mononoke (1997)consciousness in animals · forest‑industrial clash

Same subject, different mask

The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.

I, Frankenstein (2014)consciousness in monsters · faithLegion (2010)consciousness carried elsewhere · faithBloodRayne (2005)consciousness in monsters · faithThe Last Mimzy (2007)consciousness in machines · environmentWALL·E (2008)consciousness in machines · environmentThe Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)consciousness in aliens · environment

Same people

Shared director or cast.

Pokémon 4Ever (2001)dir. Kunihiko YuyamaPokémon: The First Movie (1998)dir. Kunihiko YuyamaPokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (2019)dir. Kunihiko YuyamaPokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2001)Ikue OtaniPaprika (2006)Megumi HayashibaraEvangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)Megumi Hayashibara