#the rise of darkrai

[jadeazora]

I actually like beta Alice more than her final design. She's really cute.

Also Marcus and his fucking massive forehead and no eyebrows. They did him a favor hiding it underneath that crown in the finalized movie design.

[slugghee]

redrew my favoritest scene...

small ramble under the cut

IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL IN THE DAPPLED SUNLIGHT LIKE. This is such a gentle image of it. The way Darkrai rises from the shadows all menacingly or whatever but then the sun comes out and the sunbeams fall upon it like they do the rest of the garden makes it clear that Darkrai is a harmonious part of the natural world. That one 10 second scene does such a good job at characterizing the pokemon as a whole. it's such a powerful yet still subtle example of visual storytelling ...

Also here's a version without the sunlight (not sure if i like it more or less)

[crimfckeyt]

ghuhuhuuuu bwaaaa

[sincerely-sofie]

Saw this tag from @i-never-forgot on this post (brace yourselves before clicking the link) and boy oh boy, do I ever have a story for you guys!

Bonus meme below.

[gaydiation-poisoning]

Did my yearly rewatch of The Rise of Darkrai last night and I want to explode

[calcisart]

[image id: a pen on paper drawing of darkrai and alicia from "the rise of darkrai" drawn in an attempt to replicate the artstyle of "the girl from the other side". darkrai and alicia look at each other as alicia holds one of darkrai's claws with her hand. the entire drawing is black and white. end id]

[supergirlytreiner]

Poketober Day 18: Dark Type

The bringer of nightmares is making their rounds again...

[titles-and-pretense]

When I was younger, I fell in love with the 10th Pokemon movie, The Rise of Darkrai. Me being a depressed, lonely, undiagnosed autistic teenager. And that kickstarted my love for Darkrai and its innate ability to cause the ones around it nightmares.

It is very shy, and this ability helps it stay undiscovered and safe. But it also makes others distrustful and wary around it. In the movie, a young girl finds Darkrai injured in a garden, being attacked by other Pokemon. We don't know how it got injured (it is far too powerful to have been hurt by the other Pokemon there) or why it was here, but the girl, Alicia, immediately takes care of Darkrai and tells him that it can forever stay in the garden, because the garden is meant for all Pokemon.

She plays Darkrai and the others a song on her flute and they calm down. The others are able to rest under the tree where she plays, as Darkrai watches from the shadows that it sinks into, so as not to give them nightmares. That song is later played by Alicia's granddaughter and is used to save the town from raging legendaries.

Darkrai stays loyal to Alicia and her descendants since. Just how I stayed loyal to the first person (apart from perhaps my father) who saw me as I was and loved me for it.

The towers that are in this movie, which are equipped with hundreds of tuned bells, which are later used to play the song to the raging legendaries, are inspired by Antonio Gaudi's famous Sagrada Familia. Ever since I watched that movie, I have wanted to visit it, because it looks magical to me. And finally, this week, we are going to Barcelona for a weekend and my dream will come true.

In preparation, I watched The Rise of Darkrai another time. It is a cute little movie, very simple children's story. Darkrai is still a stunning-looking Pokemon - I certainly am proud of it being my favourite. I even wrote fanfics about it back in the day.

But the music carries the movie.

The song is called Oracíon (Prayer). If you're reading this, do look it up, it is beautiful.

I hope I get to hum it, next week, in the place where it belongs. And think of lonely Darkrai, who was fortunate to find the one person who would see it as a friend. Just how I was fortunate.

[fuckyeahpokemonmovies]

Dialga VS. Palkia VS. Darkrai/The Rise of Darkrai ending + credits

"I Will Be With You (Where the Lost Ones Go)" by Sarah Brightman and Chris Thompson

[alltheoutsinfreeeee]

Hey, don't cry. Oracion from the Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai Soundtrack, okay?

[the-carrotella]

I know that your alberto posts are about to be one year old (sorry, I'm brain rotting on this guy rn 🙇) but is there any way I could see the trailer you talked about on this post? the whole thing about him being the villain is so interesting to me

Hi! Of course! Always a pleasure to meet another Alberto fan :) Here it is!

[crimfckeyt]

dude my 3 year pokemon hyperfix from elementary came back it's so over. anyway dni if you think darkrai is evil this guy shaped my entire being as a 3rd grader i am number one darkrai fan

[sincerely-sofie]

I mean. From a narrative impact standpoint, she’s not wrong. But she’s also nine.

(for anyone curious, we were watching The Rise of Darkrai.)

[gaydiation-poisoning]

Motherfucker I've been sitting here wondering why on earth they'd bring back Darkrai and Dialga and Palkia at the same time, such a deliberate reference to the 10th movie but I couldn't imagine what would prompt it.

It literally JUST hit me that OH RIGHT

WE'RE IN FUCKING BARCELONA