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Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (Japanese: ミュウと波導の勇者ルカリオ Mew to Hadō no Yūsha Lucario lit. Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero: Lucario) is the eighth Pokémon movie. It was released in theatres in Japan on July 16, 2005, followed by the Japanese DVD release on December 22 2005. A Spring 2006 release in the United States has been announced.

This movie contains the record for the most legendary Pokémon appearing, including Mew, Lucario, Regirock, Regice, and Registeel. The appearance of Ho-Oh is debated, since the Ho-Oh seen in the movie was actually Mew in disguise.

Plot

Ash arrives at an island town called Rota where a festival is being held to celebrate Aaron, an ancient hero who averted a war that was about to begin outside of the Tree of the World's Beginning. At the festival, Ash competes in a tournament to become the 'Aura Guardian' for the occasion. As part of the celebration, Ash is granted Aaron's staff, which contains his Pokémon companion, Lucario, whom Aaron had sealed before stopping the war. However Pikachu is taken away by Mew when an adventurer named Kid attempts to put a tracker on the legendary Pokémon. Naturally Ash, with the help of Lucario, follows Mew to the Tree of World's Beginning in order to rescue Pikachu.

Cast

Box office performance

The general screening of Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero: Lucario ran for 6 weeks from July 16 to August 26, 2005. Source:

#July 16 - 17: 2nd overall, 1st domestic #July 23 - 24: 2nd overall, 1st domestic #July 30 - 31: 2nd overall, 1st domestic #August 6 - 7: 3rd overall, 2nd domestic #August 13 - 14: 3rd overall, 2nd domestic #August 20 - 21: 4th overall, 2nd domestic #August 27 - 28: 7th overall, 4th domestic

Since premiering on July 16 2005 the eighth Pokémon movie, Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero: Lucario, has officially made 4.11 billion yen (approx. US$36 million) in box office sales. This number was tallied from box office receipts from the premiere to Sept. 25. Approximately 3,930,000 viewers saw the movie during its run.

The final box office tally is 98.3 percent of the sales of last year, but with the last three movies all consistently passing the 4 billion yen mark, it is considered a market success. The slight market loss is attributed to stiff competition at the box office from other anime films running at the same time.

Wave Guidance

Hadou (波導) or literally Wave Guidance is the type of energy that Aaron and Lucario are sensitive to. In defensive aspects, Wave Guidance allows a level of clairvoyance. In offensive aspects, Lucario can create powerful, but small energy spheres. Aaron is not seen in the movie displaying any offensive capabilties with Wave Guidance. Wave Guidance also appears to be connected to the Tree of Origin.

According to the Japanese phamplet, every object in the world exhibits some ocsillation. Wave Guidance is supposedly a manipulation of this ocsillation.

In some cases, Wave Guidance makes allusions to certain Chakra abilities in Naruto. Namely Neji's clairvoyance ability and Naruto's Rasengan.

Trivia

The background for this movie was based on visits by Kunihiko Yuyama to Bavaria, Germany. Neuschwanstein Castle and Linderhof Palace were used as the basis of the movie's setting.
Diane and Butler, from Jirachi Wishmaker
, can be seen in the end credits sequence with Kid Summers at Forina.
Puffy AmiYumi performs the end song of the movie, "Hajimari no Uta"

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