Crystal Jewels the Movie: Empire Tower

Crystal Jewels the Movie: Empire Tower, also known in Japan as Crystal Jewels the Movie: Empire Tower (クリスタルジュエルの映画:エンパイアタワー Kurisutarujueru No Eiga: Enpaia Tawā) is the 1997 feature film of the franchise. It is the fifth installment of the Crystal Jewels film series, and it takes place around the fiftt season of the anime series. The feature film have released in Japan in February 21, 1997, and it is released between the episodes, Origin of the Night (Episode 290) and Companion of the Ocean (Episode 291) around the Japanese order. This is also the first film of the 3 Farko Arc saga.

he English dub by Saban Entertainment was released in March 12, 1998 in the United States, 1 year and 19 days after the original Japanese release. It have also released between Chase of Next Year (Episode 292) and Scared At the Storm (Episode 293) around the English order. It aired on TBS on September 10, 1997 in Japan, and it have finally aired in the North American channel, YellTV by the time of the release. In Southeast Asia, the film was titled under Crystal Jewels: Fifth Amendment Power, and was released there in  August 13, 2008.

Plot
In the beginning of the movie, the scene first shows Cytree coming to the rescue to his other Crystal Monsters. However, captured by Yell, the evil scientist who lives around the further and darker Farko region, catches Cytree and uses him to get into his own way. So Cytree, an innocent Crystal Monster, seems to be trapped by the forces of the tower and was forced by Yell to get all the Crystal Ball before his heart is broken. Kouchu Misako, Shauna Genga, and Sakuro Himensho receives a message to go to the Empire Tower, A sizable gate with colossal wooden doors, a draw bridge and strong defenses guards the only easy way across the river and it's the only way in, if you can make it that is, to help Cytree, but they have to look for the Gold Key to do so. Kouchu and his friends were in a quest to look for a key, but the adventure seems to be more difficult than they have expected when they are already spotted by Yell. Yell have kicked all of them out of his tower with each attempt of the Crystal Brawlers. Meanwhile, the Furious Five and the Marukas pretends to be researchers also to get to Cytree as well.

With the Crystal Brawlers suddenly exhausted, they have another plan to get against Yell. Therefore, Mouselette, Plantmore, Ninecoat, and Mooselette have successfully freed Cytree from the electric cage, however, they are suppose to protect Cytree from getting caught in order for the plan to be fully successful. The Crystal Brawlers have tried to hide Cytree by disguising him as some other Crystal Monster, however, that plan have became unsuccessful when the other Crystal Monsters sent by the Furious Five captures Cytree, with Kouchu and his friends following them again. Kouchu and his friends must help a Crystal Monster from the forces from the tower. When the Crystal Monsters have already delivered Cytree to the tower, Yell finally drains its power. Kouchu and his friends reaches the top of the tower when they found they Gold Key that they wee looking for. Then a evil scientist Yell, have revealed that he caught Cytree ordered by Devil J. So, Kouchu and his friends, and the Furious Five tries to stop Yell from stealing Cytree's powers and he is finally defeated. With Cytree's help, he uses his aura, and his blast power to kill Yell and save the other Crystal Monsters. Kouchu and his friends took Cytree back home to his family and as the world is again in good peace.

Yell
Yell (イェラー Iera) is the antagonist of this movie. His plan is to use Cytree to destroy the Crystal World by making Cytree deliver the Crystal Balls to him.

Music
The English opening for the music is the Spinning Top theme. The English ending for the music is "Kings of Our Freedom".

OP ED
 * The First Season (初めての季節 Hajimete no kisetsu)
 * Akiya Kyuso
 * Nagano Mitsuharu
 * Ueno Kazutoshi
 * Himi Katzumi
 * Courage by Measures (対策による勇気 Taisaku ni yoru yūki)
 * Taketa Daisetsu
 * Mizusawa Tetsuya
 * Akiya Kyuso
 * Nagano Mitsuharu

Production
The production of this movie have started between August and September 1996 around the first monthly publications of the manga.

Box office
It is also the 18th highest grossing film in the Japanese box, and yet the 24th highest in the United States of the Crystal Jewels franchise.

Release
The movie was remastered in high definition and aired on TBS seven months later after it's original release, and now it is available for some home releases. The movie was released on DVD by September 10, 1997, and is available for home releases. The movie was also released in March 12, 1998 in DVD for home releases for the United States. The movie was remastered for high definition and was shown on YellTV, JunkCable, ToonerBOMB, and AnimeCable.

Manga adaptation
The manga version of the movie titled Crystal Jewels: '''Defeat Yell! Rescue Cytree!' (クリスタルジュエル：エールを倒せ！ レスキューサイト！Kurisutarujueru: Ēru O Taose! Resukyūsaito!'') was released in BangBang Comics magazine before this movie was released. It is also a side story manga that will be adapted in the film. The manga version of this movie with five parts released in September 1996 through January 1997.