Pokmon: The Movie 2000 originally released in Japan as Pocket Monsters the Movie: Revelation - Lugia ( Gekijban Poketto Monsut Maboroshi no Pokemon Rugia Bakutan? lit. "The Phantom Pokmon Lugias Explosive Birth") is a 2000 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the second Pokmon feature-length film complementing the Orange Islands saga of the series and featuring several new Pokmon including Lugia and Slowking. This is the only Pokmon movie to date that does not include one of the main characters Brock who temporarily left during the season on which the film is based. However he does make a cameo appearance trying to protect the Pokmon in Professor Oaks lab.Pokmon: The Movie 2000 has two parts: the feature presentation and a 20-minute short. The film is set during the Orange Islands saga where Ash Misty and Tracy enter Shamouti Island. While there they discover the three legendary Pokmon Moltres Zapdos and Articuno. When a collector named Lawrence III attempts to steal the three Pokmon and Lugia attempts to stop him the fate between Ash Lawrence III and Lugia is at stake.The film was released in Japanese theaters on July 17 1999. The English version produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. in association with Nintendo was later released in the United States on July 21 2000. Pokmon: The Movie 2000 earned less at the box office than its predecessor Pokmon: The First Movie despite increased promotion and better critical reception.   ... >>