The DVD release dates for the Pokémon Zoroark: Master of Illusions have now been announced for North America, the United Kingdom and Denmark. The DVD and Blu-ray of this movie were released last month in Australia but now other regions of the world will be able to purchase it. This movie also aired today on TV Tokyo in place of the weekly Pocket Monsters Best Wishes episode. Below is the press release for the UK Edition of the DVD which will be released on August 29th, 2011. The North American DVD will be released on September 20th, 2011 and will be one of the last regions in the world to get this movie on DVD even though it was announced at the beginning of the year at the American International Toy Fair 2011.

Press Release UK Edition

BRAND NEW POKÉMON FILM FEATURING TWO PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN POKÉMON FROM Unova region – Zorua and Zoroark

LIMITED EDITION VERSION FEATURES BONUS POKÉMON TCG CARD

Fans of Pokémon in all its forms - video games, TCG and animation – will be delighted with the release of this brand new feature length Pokémon adventure, released on DVD on 29th August 2011.

“Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions” features new Pokémon Zorua, and Zoroark from the Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video games that smashed the UK Games chart on its recent release. It’s an action-packed adventure featuring a city under attack, a mysterious Time Ripple and the powerful Pokémon Zoroark.

An exclusive limited edition DVD will include a bonus Pokémon TCG card featuring the Mythical Pokémon Celebi.

SYNOPSIS:

As Ash & his friends journey to Crown City to join the crowds watching the Pokémon Baccer World Cup, mysterious forces are in motion that could bring untold misfortune to them all! What secrets does Zorua, a Pokémon they befriend along the way, hide? Why is the powerful Zoroark rampaging through the city, and what does the appearance of the Legendary Pokémon Raikou, Entei, & Suicune mean? What has brought Celebi back to the city at this precise moment in time, for the first time in 20 years? And what will happen when the paths of all of them come together in one time and place?

Pre-Order Region 2 English DVD (United Kingdom): http://www.amazon.co.uk

For a list of DVD & Blu-ray's that this movie will be available on, check out our DVD/Bluray database that has listing from around the world.

I'm quite surprise to see France actually got the DVD before both US and UK, which is rather strange, because as ar as the anime/movies are concerned, the localisation is always done from the American version (and not the Japanese one), with all the edits and cuts that goes with it.

Actually a lot of countries got the DVD before the US and UK. The movie is already out on DVD in Australia, France, Italy, Germany, Japan. It's quite disappointing how bad the distribution for Pokemon DVD's are in North America now, not to mention Blu-ray.