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Nov
Released at the apex of the first wave of Pokémania in 2000, the second Pokémon feature film put an exclamation point on a worldwide phenomenon. By the time Pokémon the Movie 2000 arrived to North American theaters in July of…well, 2000, Pokémon was already the biggest game in town. From the 1998 release of the video games Blue and Red to the ongoing run of the anime, to the successful launch of its trading card game, the Pokémon franchise didn’t need to sweeten the pot to get kids to show up en masse for the opening weekend of the second…