MS012: Pokémon - Arceus and the Jewel of Life

(Japanese: アルセウス 超克の時空へ Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime) is the third Diamond & Pearl series movie and the twelfth Pokémon Pokémon movie overall. It is the last movie in the trilogy that started with The Rise of Darkrai and continued with Giratina and the Sky Warrior. It will premiere in Japan on July 18, 2009, coincidentally the 11th anniversary of the premiere of the first movie.

The movie was confirmed in Japanese cinemas in July 2008 at the end of the credits of its predecessor, Giratina and the Sky Warrior, with a teaser that showed Giratina, Dialga and Palkia ready to battle over ruins that resemble Spear Pillar. The same teaser was featured in the credits of the one-hour special of DP096 and DP097. The teaser can be seen on the Japanese website of the movie.

The movie director and producers went to Greece in August 2008 to use the country as a basis for the movie's fictitious setting. One of the locations they visited was Metéora.

A new trailer aired on December 4, 2008, which included a mysterious Pokémon hidden behind a question mark graphic. A week later, on December 11, 2008, a leaked photo from the December 15 (January) issue of CoroCoro revealed the Pokémon was a notched-ear Pichu. This leak also revealed the movie's title. The next day, the official movie website opened, and Pokemon.co.jp confirmed the notch-eared Pichu is female and is fond of Grepa Berries.

A calendar released at the end of December, 2008 featured the Pokémon from the three movies of the trilogy, with emphasis on certain letters in the Pokémon's names: Shaymin, giRatina, rEgigigas, pikaChu, gizamimi pichU, pAlkia, diAlga, daRkrai. When taken alone, the large red letters can be reorganized to spell ARCEUS, the last Pokémon in the National Dex as of Generation IV, and the star of the movie, as its creations, the dragon trio, are doing battle.

Also set to appear in the movie are the Johto starter Pokémon: Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile. Their roles are not known as of yet, but they have been shown alongside the notched-ear Pichu and opposite of Heatran.

Featured Pokémon Dialga

Palkia

Giratina

Heatran

Arceus

Pichu

Chikorita

Cyndaquil

Tododile

Cast

Ash Ketchum  Satoshi  Rica Matsumoto  サトシ  松本梨香

Pikachu Ikue Ohtani  Pikachu  Ikue Ohtani  ピカチュウ  大谷育江

Brock  Takeshi  Yūji Ueda  タケシ  うえだ　ゆうじ

Dawn  Hikari  Megumi Toyoguchi  ヒカリ  豊口めぐみ

Piplup  Pochama  Etsuko Kozakura  ポッチャマ  小桜エツ子 Jessie  Musashi  Megumi Hayashibara  ムサシ  林原めぐみ

James  Kojirō  Shin'ichirō Miki  コジロウ  三木眞一郎

Meowth  Nyarth  Inuko Inuyama  ニャース  犬山イヌコ

Narration  Narration  Unshō Ishizuka  ナレーション  石塚運昇

Special appearances by 特別出演

Damos Masahiro Takashima  ダモス  髙嶋政宏

Sheena Kii Kitano  シーナ  北乃きい Kevin  ケビン

Gishin Koichi Yamadera  ギシン  山寺宏一

Arceus  Arceus  Akihiro Miwa  アルセウス  美輪明宏