| Pokemon Movie - The Rise of Darkrai | 
| Actors: Sarah Natochenny, Emily Jenness, Bill Rogers, Michele Knotz, Jimmy Zoppi (a.k.a Billy Beach)
Studio: VIZ VIDEO
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $10.99
You Save: $8.99 (45%)
Buy New/Used from $10.70
Avg. Customer Rating:   (13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1012
Format: Animated, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 90 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DPMRD
UPC: 782009238966
EAN: 0782009238966
ASIN: B0014Z4OOI
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Company LIED that this would have Japanese audio. June 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I ordered this before the release for my kids. They are bilingual Japanese and were expecting it to be in Japanese as the company promised. Now that the video has been released the ad has been changed to say English only. What a scam. Would it have been so hard to include both an English and a Japanese audio track like with all the Miyazaki movies? Now I have to return it and buy it here in Japan, (where it costs twice as much). What a waste of time. Thanks, Viz.
 Movie is fun...but no extras whatsoever. May 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was disappointed with the DVD (I have bought every pokemon movie so far for my 8-year old son)
Usually, this dvds come loaded with extras, as short movies, more content, etc. but in this case ONLY THE MOVIE...not even Japanese Language (I like the original voices).
 From A Collector May 30, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm an avid DVD collector who loves collecting series. I got "The Rise of Darkrai" because one of the series I collect is Pokemon. Both the movies and the series (in order up to Orange Islands now). This DVD is welcome being that it is a movie. There is no special features. I am entirely grateful for it. However, I dislike the fact that I'm forced to sit through a Mystery Dungeon preview every time I put the disc in. I can't skip it. No fast forward, no rewind, no chapter ahead, nothing, you have to sit through it. Kinda cruel considering there are no special features. It makes me think they release this DVD just to market Mystery Dungeon.
EDIT: I think it's funny that during the end credits when they are giving the music credits, they spell Darkrai wrong.
 Just another Slop-Job Released by PokemonUSA May 28, 2008
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
PokemonUSA (the company that dubs the Pokemon anime into English) never really cared about the franchise and THIS DVD release seriously shows it.
The original Japanese version included a song by the singer/actress Sarah Brightman. Instead of, you know, putting effort to retain the rights to use the original song in the USA version, they just opted to hire some two-bit singer to perform some adopted version. The DVD also contains NO extras/special features of any kind! They just plopped the movie on there and thats it! The packaging itself is even pretty lousey - 1 insert with ads on it and a rushed cover insert. And to top it all off, the movie is only available English dubbed (of course, like the rest of the series). I do not see why they cannot release this series in it's original Japanese form with faithful subtitles. PokemonUSA just trys to market the Pokemon series for younger kids, but there is A LOT of older kids and adults who enjoy playing/watching Pokemon (when Pokemon 1st came to America, who is the ones who first got into it and kept it strongly going? Gee whiz, they're adults now!). And besides, every kid knows that Pokemon is from Japan and has access to the internet where they can see what was changed for the English release. Its not like releasing the series in Japanese with Eng subs would traumatize them.
If you like the dubbed version, I still wouldn't touch this DVD because of the half-fast job they did with it. Only if you can find it cheaper. This movie was already shown on TV before it was on DVD, so I don't see the point in charging that much for it, espcially since most fans probably already saw it and/or recorded it off the TV.
It's ok, but VIZ and PUSA still need to work harder May 27, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
There is some good news and some bad news with this DVD. First off, it's a 1.85:1 Widescreen presentation, video is nice and clear. Comes with a 5.1 Dolby Digital (if I recall correctly) track as well as normal stereo. English and Spanish subtitles. That's the good news. Ok, on to the bad news. For the folks looking for the Japanese audio track, DO NOT PURCHASE as it doesn't have one. Kinda disappointing. There are also no special features on the disc, none at all. Is a preview of Movie 11, or a commentary track to much to ask for. Seriously, the only real reason I bought this is because I love Pokemon so much. The widescreen is a plus, but the lack of special features, commentary, and a japanese audio track kinda defeats the purpose of it being on DVD. I'm still hoping for the day when VIZ and PUSA (Pokemon USA Inc. for those you don't know) announce/release remastered special editions of all the movies and an uncut (that means all the banned episode included too lol), remastered version of the show. Seriously it's time they started treating this series with some love. I know Pokemon is still marketed mainly towards kids, but what about us 20-somethings that watched this show from the very beginning. Anyway hope this review helped and sorry it kinda turned into a mini rant. :D
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