Pokmon Zoroark Master of Illusions, originally released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Diamond amp Pearl the Movie Phantom Ruler Zoroark , Gekijban Poketto Monsut Daiyamondo ando Pru Genei no Hasha Zoroku? , is a Pokmon anime film, the thirteenth in the meta series franchise history and the fourth in the Diamond amp Pearl series arc. It was released in Japan on July 10, 2010. The movies fictitious setting is based on various locations in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Public Broadcastings country, and Belgium. Among the locations they visited and that have been used as inspiration for the movie were the Magere Brug, Amstel River, Kinderdijk, and Brussels, the city of Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroeporganisatie and RadioTlvision belge de la Communaut franaise. The films theme song in Japan was Ice Cream Syndrome by Sukima Switch.
The teaser trailer for the film showed HoOh and Lugia in a battle. In early 2010, information regarding the fifth generation of the Pokmon video game series began to appear. A new Pokmon was announced in February on both Pokmon Sunday and the March 2010 issue of CoroCoro Comic stated to be a central Pokmon to the plot of the film. On February 15, 2010, this character was revealed to be the new Darktype Pokmon Zoroark , Zoroku? , which evolves from another Pokmon named Zorua , Zoroa? , both of which will appear in the film.As a promotion for this movie, in Japan everyone who preordered their tickets to the movie got to download a special alternatecolored version of Raikou, Entei, and Suicune, which, when traded over to the upcoming Pokmon Black and White games activated an in game encounter with a special Zoroark that uses its Illusion ability to transform into the legendary Pokmon with a type advantage to the transferred one. In addition, people who attend a theatrical presentation of the film in Japan will be able to download a special Celebi to their video game, which when transferred to Black or White will activate an encounter with a special Zorua. In North America, this promotion was being implemented through GameStop stores, with each Pokmon given a staggered release. In Europe and North America, the Crown Beasts were downloadable over the Nintendo WiFi Connection, also in a staggered set of releases. The distribution method of Europes event Celebi has not fully been revealed, although in Norway it has been confirmed to be downloadable at Spaceworld stores starting on February 14. Celebi was made available in the US during the Pokmon Black Version amp White Version Tour when it began on February 5, 2011 and US Gamestop stores from February 21, 2011 to March 6, 2011. ........
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