A man hell-bent on controlling the Reverse World, no matter what the consequences. A Pokémon really angry and ready for a fight, and Ash and his pals caught up in the middle. It’s another great Pokémon movie!

The 11th Pokémon movie has never made it out on DVD in the UK, but we picked up a copy from Amazon, where you can buy the American version, as long as you have a multi-region DVD player to play it on. So, sit back and enjoy the movie with Pokémon World…

Little Shaymin is quietly enjoying a sip of water when it witnesses Dialga being sucked into the Reverse World by a giant Giratina. The force picks up Shaymin and takes the little Pokémon through the vortex into the Reverse World too, and it barely hangs on to Giratina while the new Legendary Pokémon battle. All of this is observed by a guy called Zero from the safety of a hovering spaceship. Shaymin doesn’t like the look of this new place and, using a Seed Flare move, the Pokémon tears a hole in the Reverse World and escapes back to the real world. Dialga attacks Giratina with a laser, trapping the Pokémon in a time loop and allowing Dialga to escape too.

Meanwhile, in a small seaside town, Ash and his friends Dawn and Brock and sitting down to lunch when they spy a little Shaymin who appears to be ill. They quickly rush it off to the nearest Pokémon Center and once recovered, Shaymin talks to them telepathically.

Shaymin wants to return to its flower field home where it can lead a simple life, but just as the team are listening intently, Team Rocket barge in and capture the Gratitude Pokémon. At that same moment, a mirror portal into the Reverse World opens up and sucks Shaymin, Team Rocket and then Ash and his friends in, but strangely leaves Brock behind!

Down in the Reverse World, Ash and Dawn meet Newton Graceland, a scientist who has been studying the Pokémon in this alternate world and who witnessed the battle between Giratina and Dialga. Newton used to have an assistant to help him in his studies – he was called Zero… Newton helps Ash and his party to escape before the Reverse World is filled with a toxic, purple smoke from the Legendary Pokémon battle. The smoke just serves to infuriate Giratina more, and while Ash and Dawn get out in time, Team Rocket get stuck behind with Newton!

Out of the frying pan and into the fire, as they say. When they get back to the real world, Ash and his friends are attacked by Zero from his ship. He sends out wave after wave of Magnemite, Megnezone and Megneton Pokémon, and the heroes have to fend off the attacks while looking for an escape route. They quickly board a passing train to make a getaway. On board the train, Shaymin goes exploring and discovers some Gracidea flowers; these blooms cause the Pokémon to transform into a Sky Forme Shaymin.

Just as Ash thinks he can relax, Zero’s Pokémon invade the train too! The team of heroes and Pokémon have to get off the train, and it’s not long before we see them on board a boat instead. The boat is en route to Shaymin’s home when a giant portal opens up in the water, sucking everyone in this time, including Brock and Zero! Shaymin, in its Sky Forme, thinks it’s time to do battle with the pesky Giratina itself, but it’s not long before the Sky Forme wears off and Shaymin is back to its cuddly Land Forme. Ash, Dawn and Brock manage to bump into Newton again, and he helps them hide from the Pokémon battles going on around them. Zero appears and reveals to them all that he has plans to rule the Reverse World. Zero then forces Shaymin to use its Seed Flare again to rip a hole and allow return passage to the real world.

Giratina takes the opportunity of a hole into the real world to smash through the time loop and escape, only to be caught by Zero. Everyone is dismayed when Newton explains that if Zero carries out his plan to rule the Reverse World, it will surely kill off Giratina for good. Not wanting any Pokémon to end its days this way, Ash and the troupe, along with Shaymin back in its Sky Forme, head for Zero’s spaceship to put a stop to his plans. Newton knows the technology that Zero is using and sets about deactivating Zero’s device. Dawn and Ash use the Pokémon battling skills to fend off another Megnemite, Megnezone and Megneton invasion. Eventually Newton manages to release Giratina, but the ship is on a crash course!

Giratina escapes from the ship in time, only to plop into the water exhausted. Shaymin restores the mighty Pokémon’s powers by transferring its own, while Zero is still causing trouble by using Giratina’s former powers from the Reverse World! Zero’s actions awaken a new danger, though – Regigigas comes to the rescue of Ash and his team as they struggle with an unstable glacier. Then they all set about stopping Zero for good.

Will the team manage to put a stop to Zero’s dastardly plans, and will Shaymin get to migrate with its Pokémon family? Only watching the full DVD will answer those questions – it’s well worth seeking out.

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Who’s Who in the Movie…

While the movie stars all the regular Pokémon characters like Ash, Dawn and Brock, there are some new faces in Giratina & The Sky Warrior that you won’t have come across before. First up is Zero! This guy, dressed in his spacesuit, is an old pupil of scientist Newton Graceland, and he has now turned evil and has set out to rule the Reverse World, relentlessly chasing Giratina to make this come true. The problem is that his plans risk the destruction of the real world! Newton is a bit of an eccentric chap who guides Ash and his pals when they enter the Reverse World themselves. He is accompanied by his Shieldon Pokémon, and Newton knows the importance of the relationship between the Reverse World and our own world. The lo

vely young lady is called Infi, but this is no ordinary woman – Infi is in fact the artificial intelligence inside Zero’s computer, on board his ship. That explains the strange sci-fi clothing then! Of course, the Pokémon that is the main star of the movie is not new to regular Pokémon World readers, but this movie did mark the revealing of just how powerful this Pokémon was, and explained a lot about the Reverse (or Distortion) World where Giratina comes from. Both the Origin and Altered Forme of Giratina make an appearance in the movie – Giratina is angry at Palkia and Dialga.