Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom, originally released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie: Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram (劇場版ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ ビクティニと白き英雄 レシラム, Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Besuto Uisshu Bikutini to Shiroki Eiyū Reshiramu) and Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie: Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom (劇場版ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ ビクティニと黒き英雄 ゼクロム, Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Besuto Uisshu Bikutini to Kuroki Eiyū Zekuromu), respectively, are the two versions of the fourteenth film in the Pokémon anime series. They were released on July 16, 2011 in Japan. The movies feature Victini the Victory Pokémon, as revealed during a preview shown at the end of the last movie Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions, as well as the Vast White/White Yang Pokémon Reshiram and the Deep Black/Black Yin Pokémon Zekrom. A subsequent trailer for the films prominently features Zekrom and Victini. Up until February 14, 2011, only the version featuring Zekrom was being promoted. On February 15, 2011, it was announced that a second film featuring Reshiram would be released simultaneously in theaters with the Zekrom film. The plots of both films are similar up until Reshiram and Zekrom enter the story of each film. Both films combine comedy, drama, action, and fantasy. They also act like the Yin-Yang. This is the first Production I.G's animation production not to airing Adult Swim's Toonami block in the United States, due to rated TV-Y7-FV (which would later production of animation aimed at children and families on SIGNAL.MD (a subsidiary of IG Port) in October 2014).
The two sides of Every Little Thing's double A-side single "Sora/Koe" (宙 -そら-/響 -こえ-, lit. "Air/Voice") serve as the ending songs for the two films; "Sora" is the theme for the Zekrom version and "Koe" is the theme for the Reshiram version.
Pokémon The Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom received a limited theatrical release in America by the digital cinema developer and distributor, Cinedigm, on December 3 and 4, 2011, making it the first Pokémon film to be screened in American theatres since Pokémon Heroes. Any person that attended on the day of the movie was to receive a free limited edition Pokémon gift pack containing instructions on how to obtain Victini, a PokéDex 3D card of Victini, a limited edition, super sized Victini TCG Card, a Pokémon the Movie: White sticker, and a Pokémon Black and White bonus manga sampler. Some theaters did not receive the packages and audience members had to request the pack online afterwards. The film was not released in theaters in Canada, because Cinedigm only does American showings of films. Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram aired on Disney XD in the UK and Cartoon Network in the USA in 2011. Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom aired on Cartoon Network on February 11, 2012. A two-disc DVD set was released in the US on April 3, 2012. The movies were released in the UK by Universal on April 9, 2012.Synopsis
The two films follow a similar plot with some major and minor changes, notably the Pokémon that appear, Reshiram and Zekrom swapping roles. In the opening scenes, a man named Damon approaches a remote village with the intention of revitalising the land of the People of the Vale. A natural disaster occurs, but Damon summons either Reshiram or Zekrom to save the villages.
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