Like the two previous Pokémon features, this is an hour-long main story preceded by a shorter tale. The 22-minute short, "Pikachu and Pichu," features Pikachu's adventures with the electro-charged Pichu brothers, which could be his younger and much naughtier cousins. The trio caper on high ledges and flagpoles, play with other Pokémon and have a run-in with a bad dog that turns out not to be so bad after all. The considerably more ambitious main event, subtitled "Spell of the Unknown," mixes and matches elements lifted from
Sleeping Beauty, the "It's a Good Life" episode of
Twilight Zone, and J.G. Ballard's
The Crystal World to surprisi...
Released:
2000
Rated:
G
Length:
90 mins