“Satoshi protects Latias and Latios from thieves seeking Soul Dew in Altomare's Pokémon Water Race.”
Pokémon Heroes
ポケットモンスター 水の都の護神 ラティアスとラティオス
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Synopsis
Satoshi protects Latias and Latios from thieves seeking Soul Dew in Altomare's Pokémon Water Race.
As they continue their journey through the Johto region, Satoshi and his friends visit Altomare, an island city that hosts an annual racing event called the Pokémon Water Race. While Takeshi and Kasumi are enjoying themselves, strange things seem to be happening to Satoshi—he somehow loses the water race, sees some women attack a girl with their Pokémon, and despite them saving her, the girl later denies ever seeing Satoshi and Pikachu before! Fortunately for Satoshi, his confusion clears up as he learns that the girl he and Pikachu saved earlier was actually a Pokémon named Latias, who likes to disguise herself as her human friend, Kanon. Latias and another Pokémon, Latios, are known as the Eon Pokémon, as they inhabit and guard Altomare along with a mystical blue sphere called the Soul Dew. An ancient legend of Altomare is highly connected to the Eon Pokémon and the Soul Dew, and is well known among the locals—as well as among Latias' earlier assailants, the thief sisters Zanner and Lyon. As the thieves attempt to capture both the Eon Pokémon and the Soul Dew, Satoshi is forced to act in order to stop them from bringing disaster to Altomare.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 14 sampled reviews
What 14 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.26 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 2.21
Running avg · Mar 2010 → Feb 2025
- 10 “Loved the tightly written story, beautiful art, and memorable music; the familiar classic characters made it feel like home. While I still favor the older Pokémon plots, this was the final film...”
- 8 “POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT (Summary & thought: Good movie): I think this is a pretty good one, although the ending is kind of expected. I like this pair of legendary pokemons and I personally like...”
- 8 “The animation is absolutely outstanding, potentially the best in the entire series, with every scene looking lovely and Alto Mare's atmosphere captured beautifully. While the story starts off...”
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- Format 1 × 74′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 14m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2002 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-1020 catalog
Produced by
- Shogakukan Productions Producer
Licensed by
- 4Kids Entertainment Licensor
- Miramax Films Licensor