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| Movies & Specials Guide | Pocket
Monsters The Movie "I Choose You!"
Synopsis
Two
(released April 8th, 2017)
This is to all the Pokemon fans out there
This is the story of the first meeting and of the promise between those two.
The birth of the 20th anniversary movie starts here!
Pocket Monsters, or "Pokemon" for short.
These mysterious creatures hold many mysteries.
There are still a lot of things we don't know about how they live.
Even today, Pokemon Trainers continue traveling around, hoping to meet pokemon they've never seen before...
Satoshi, a boy who lives in Masara Town, is heading toward the morning of his 10th birthday which means he will be eligible to qualify to become a Pokemon Trainer. With his chest filled with the strong desire to see never-before-seen pokemon in a never-before-seen world, Satoshi was supposed to be able to receive a partner pokemon from Dr. Orchid's laboratory. But because he overslept, the only pokemon left for him was a Pikachu who isn't used to humans.
"Do you hate me? Well, I like you!" As the two butt heads, their friendship deepens, little by little. And on the day they set out on their journey, they look up at the legendary pokemon flying overhead, Houou, and make an oath on the rainbow-colored feather Satoshi held in his hand: "One day, the two of us will go out and meet it together."
And so that's how, in order to become the world's number one Pokemon Master, Satoshi and Pikachu begin their journey. Along the way they meet other Trainers named Makoto and Souji and hear legends about Houou. "Those who follow the path set out by the rainbow-colored feather to meet Houou will become the Rainbow Hero." Satoshi and the others are pointed to the place where Houou lives, Mt. Tensei, by a mysterious pokemon named Marshadow who had been following Satoshi without anyone noticing. However, a strong opponent appears before them! Will Satoshi and Pikachu be able to reach Houou? The adventure to become true partners in order to fulfill the oath they made to each other the day they set out is about to begin!
Synopsis One (released March 2nd, 2017)
Do you know how those two first met?
Even now, Satoshi and Pikachu are the best of partners. But their first meeting was actually the worst!
A bumbling Satoshi who wants to become friends with a Pikachu who won't listen to a word he says...can the two of them become real, honest-to-goodness partners?
On the day they set out from Masara Town, the two of them looked up at the Houou flying above them and made a vow: "One day, the two of us will go out and meet it together."
Guided by a shining rainbow-colored feather, Satoshi and Pikachu's adventure is about to begin!
For cast bios and
comments from the characters' voice actors click here.
Coming Soon!
The film was first announced on the December 15th, 2016 episode of Oha Suta.
When Japanese audiences were surveyed about their reasons for seeing the movie on its opening weekend, 56.2% said it was because "I like the TV series"; 52.9% because "I like the games"; 17.6% said "Because it shows how Satoshi and Pikachu met"; and 11.8% said "Because it tells the story of the first episode."
View detailed information about each home release here.
Gross-to-date: 1,700,000,000 yen as of August 1st, 2017
Number of Days in Theaters: TBA
A second manga adaptation is scheduled to be released on August 28th, 2017. This one is called Pocket Monsters The Movie "I Choose You!" (Part One) (劇場版ポケットモンスター キミにきめた!(上)) and was written by Ryu Takamisaki (鷹岬諒). This will not be Mr. Takamisaki's Pocket Monsters manga; he also did the manga adaptation of Pocket Monsters The Movie Diamond & Pearl "Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai" back in 2007.
 劇場版ポケットモンスターキミにきめた！
(Pocket Monsters The Movie "I Choose You!") "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" |
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Synopsis
Two
(released April 8th, 2017)This is to all the Pokemon fans out there
This is the story of the first meeting and of the promise between those two.
The birth of the 20th anniversary movie starts here!
Pocket Monsters, or "Pokemon" for short.
These mysterious creatures hold many mysteries.
There are still a lot of things we don't know about how they live.
Even today, Pokemon Trainers continue traveling around, hoping to meet pokemon they've never seen before...
Satoshi, a boy who lives in Masara Town, is heading toward the morning of his 10th birthday which means he will be eligible to qualify to become a Pokemon Trainer. With his chest filled with the strong desire to see never-before-seen pokemon in a never-before-seen world, Satoshi was supposed to be able to receive a partner pokemon from Dr. Orchid's laboratory. But because he overslept, the only pokemon left for him was a Pikachu who isn't used to humans.
"Do you hate me? Well, I like you!" As the two butt heads, their friendship deepens, little by little. And on the day they set out on their journey, they look up at the legendary pokemon flying overhead, Houou, and make an oath on the rainbow-colored feather Satoshi held in his hand: "One day, the two of us will go out and meet it together."
And so that's how, in order to become the world's number one Pokemon Master, Satoshi and Pikachu begin their journey. Along the way they meet other Trainers named Makoto and Souji and hear legends about Houou. "Those who follow the path set out by the rainbow-colored feather to meet Houou will become the Rainbow Hero." Satoshi and the others are pointed to the place where Houou lives, Mt. Tensei, by a mysterious pokemon named Marshadow who had been following Satoshi without anyone noticing. However, a strong opponent appears before them! Will Satoshi and Pikachu be able to reach Houou? The adventure to become true partners in order to fulfill the oath they made to each other the day they set out is about to begin!
Synopsis One (released March 2nd, 2017)
Do you know how those two first met?
Even now, Satoshi and Pikachu are the best of partners. But their first meeting was actually the worst!
A bumbling Satoshi who wants to become friends with a Pikachu who won't listen to a word he says...can the two of them become real, honest-to-goodness partners?
On the day they set out from Masara Town, the two of them looked up at the Houou flying above them and made a vow: "One day, the two of us will go out and meet it together."
Guided by a shining rainbow-colored feather, Satoshi and Pikachu's adventure is about to begin!
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| The pamphlet that went on sale with the theatrical release of the film has a number of cast interviews that you can read English translations of here! | Director's Commentary On July 12th, 2018 the 20th Pocket Monsters movie aired on TV-Tokyo while a live director's commentary was streaming on Twitter. What behind-the-scenes info was revealed? Click on the link above to find out! |
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The film was first announced on the December 15th, 2016 episode of Oha Suta.
When Japanese audiences were surveyed about their reasons for seeing the movie on its opening weekend, 56.2% said it was because "I like the TV series"; 52.9% because "I like the games"; 17.6% said "Because it shows how Satoshi and Pikachu met"; and 11.8% said "Because it tells the story of the first episode."
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| Japanese Premiere Date | July 15th, 2017 |
| American Premiere Date | November 5th, 2017 (theatrical) November 25th, 2017 (TV) |
| Runtime |
TBA |
| Opening
Theme |
Mezase
Pokemon Master - 20th Anniversary - めざせポケモンマスター -20th Anniversary- Performed by Rika Matsumoto |
| Ending Theme |
Oracion
Theme ~ Let's Walk Together ~ オラシオンのテーマ ～共に歩こう～ Performed by Asuka Hayashi |
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TBA
View detailed information about each home release here.
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Main Feature |
| Ending Credits |
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| Original
Story 原案 |
Satoshi
Tajiri (田尻智) |
| Executive Producer エグゼクティブプロデューサー |
Junya
Okamoto (岡本順哉) Toshio Miyahara (宮原俊雄) |
| Producer プロデューサー |
Satoshi
Shimodaira (下平聡士) Susumu Matsuyama (松山 進) Atsushi Chiku (知久 敦) Katakami Hidenaga (片上秀長) |
| Animation Producer アニメショーンプロデューサー |
Hiroyuki
Katou (加
藤浩幸) |
| Animation Coordinator アニメーションコーディネーター |
(折
方崇志) Chouji Yoshikawa (吉川兆二) |
| Assistant Producers アシスタントプロデューサー |
(坂
本鼓太郎) (海野千春) (大日向俊) (舘 愛美) (石本順也) |
| Desk デスク |
(村
上真麻) (宮下瑞穂) (波多邊万里子) |
| Assistant Director 副監督 |
Tetsuo
Yajima (矢
嶋哲生) |
| Screenplay 脚本
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Shouji Yonemura (米村正二) |
| Partial Screenplay 一部脚本 |
Takeshi
Shudou (首
藤剛志) |
| Storyboard 絵コンテ |
Kunihiko Yuyama (湯
山邦彦) Tetsuo Yajima (矢嶋哲生) Kohtaroh Tamura (タムラコータロー) Naohito Takahashi (高橋ナオヒト) Kouji Fukazawa (深沢幸司) Hiroaki Yoshikawa (吉川博明) Kiyotaka Matsuda (松田 清) |
| Animation Director 演出 |
Masakatsu Iijima (飯島正勝) Masatoshi Hakata (博多正寿) (大和田淳) Yuki Inaba (稲葉友紀) Hiroaki Yoshikawa (吉川博明) Kiyotaka Matsuda (松田 清) (鳥井聖美) Naohito Takahashi (高橋ナオヒト) Jouji Shimura (志村錠児) |
| Original Character Design キャラクター原案 |
Ken
Sugimori (杉
森 健) Shigeki Morimoto (森本茂樹) Hironobu Yoshida (吉田宏信) Motofumi Fujiwara （藤原基史） Atsuko Nishida (にしだあつこ) Muneo Saitou (斉藤むねお) Kanako Eo (江尾可奈子) Yuusuke Ohmura (大村祐介) GAME FREAK, Inc. |
| Character Draft キャラクター設定 |
Kenji
Matsushima (松島賢二) Kouji Nishino (西野弘二) Toshinobu Matsumiya (松宮稔展) |
| Cooperation 松宮稔展 |
GAME
FREAK inc. The Pokémon Company |
| Character Design キャラクターデザイン |
Sayuri
Ichi'ishi (一石小百合) Norihiro Matsubara (松原徳弘) |
| Property Design プロパティデザイン |
Barnstorm
Design Labo (バーンストーム・デザインラボ) Toshinari Tanaka (田中俊成) |
| Chief Animation Director 総作画監督 |
Sayuri
Ichi'ishi (一石小百合) Yasushi Nishiya (西谷泰史) |
| Sound Director 音響監督 |
Masafumi
Mima (三間雅文) |
| Music 音楽 |
Shinji Miyazaki (宮崎慎二) |
| Production 制作 |
Pikachu Project (ピカチュウプロジェクト) |
| Distribution 配給 |
Toho (東宝) |
| Director 監督 |
Kunihiko Yuyama (湯山邦彦) |
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Main Feature |
| Voice
Cast |
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| Satoshi | Rika
Matsumoto 松本梨香 |
Sarah Natochenny |
| Pikachu | Ikue Ohtani 大谷育江 |
Ikue Ohtani |
| Musashi |
Megumi
Hayashibara 林原めぐみ |
Michelle Knotz |
| Kojirou |
Shinichirou
Miki 三木眞一郎 |
Billy Beach |
| Nyarth |
Inuko
Inuyama 犬山イヌコ |
Billy Beach |
| Potchama |
Etsuko
Kozakura 小桜エツコ |
TBA |
| Caterpie |
愛河里花子 |
TBA |
| Purin |
Mika
Kanai かないみか |
TBA |
| Kabigon |
Kenta
Miyake 三宅健太 |
TBA |
| Lucario |
Kiyotaka
Furushima 古島清孝 |
TBA |
| Rentorar |
Kensuke
Satou 佐藤健輔 |
TBA |
| Laplace |
Chika
Fujimura 藤村知可 |
TBA |
| Eevee |
Kei
Shindou 真堂 圭 |
TBA |
| Lugalgan |
Kaito
Ishikawa 石川界人 |
TBA |
| Digda |
Fumiko
Takekuma 武隈史子 |
TBA |
| Announcer |
Yuuji
Ueda うえだゆうじ |
TBA |
| Hanako |
Masami
Toyoshima 豊島まさみ |
TBA |
| Erika |
Kyouko
Hikami 氷上恭子 |
TBA |
| Young
Souji |
Chinami
Nishimura 西村ちなみ |
TBA |
| Cross |
Ryouta
Osaka 逢坂良太 |
TBA |
| Narration |
Unshou Ishizuka 石塚運昇 |
Rodger Parsons |
| Special Guest Voices |
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| Souji | Kanata
Hongo 本郷奏多 |
TBA |
| Makoto |
Shiori
Satou 佐藤栞里 |
TBA |
| Marshadow | Kouichi
Yamadera 山寺宏一 |
TBA |
| Joy |
Shouko
Nakagawa 中川翔子 |
TBA |
| Bonjii | Arata
Furuta 古田新太 |
TBA |
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Gross-to-date: 1,700,000,000 yen as of August 1st, 2017
Number of Days in Theaters: TBA
| Week |
Rank |
Box
Office (yen) |
Competition |
Comments |
| One July 15th - 17th |
1 |
¥516,000,000
(two days) |
Pocket Monsters The Movie "I Choose You!" claimed the number one spot in its opening weekend, the first Pocket Monsters film since 2014's Pokémon the movie XY "The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie" to do so. Rouding out the Top Three was Gintama at Number 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell no Tales at Number 3. | Toho's
first week goal fro the film was to earn 400 million yen; it ended up
earning 516 million instead. The film
was
shown
across 362 screens nationwide and was seen by 436,000 people.
The
ratio of men to women was 63 to 37. The age
ranges were
as follows: 29.2% elementary school age, 27.7% those in their
20s, and 12.4% in their 30s. |
| Two July 22nd - 23rd |
4 |
¥258,000,000 |
The 20th Pocket Monsters film dropped to the number four spot in its second weekend. The Japanese debut of Despicable Me 3 took the top spot while GIntama and Pirates of the Carribean Dead Men Tell No Tales kept the number two and three spots, respectively. | The movie was seen by 212,000 people in
its second weekend. Eiga.com |
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A number of print adaptatons of the film
are being released.
A novelization of the film was released on July 13th, 2017. It is being written by Shouji Yonemura (米村正二), who also wrote the screenplay to the film, and Shima Mizuki (水稀 しま). Takeshi Shudo (首藤 剛志) also gets a writing credit despite the fact that he passed away back in 2010.
Manga related to the
film began being published in the May 2017 issue of CoroCoro
Comics. It
was drawn by Kemon Kawamoto (河本けもん). You can read more about
the manga
adaptation here. A graphic
novel release came out on July 15th, 2017.A novelization of the film was released on July 13th, 2017. It is being written by Shouji Yonemura (米村正二), who also wrote the screenplay to the film, and Shima Mizuki (水稀 しま). Takeshi Shudo (首藤 剛志) also gets a writing credit despite the fact that he passed away back in 2010.
A second manga adaptation is scheduled to be released on August 28th, 2017. This one is called Pocket Monsters The Movie "I Choose You!" (Part One) (劇場版ポケットモンスター キミにきめた!(上)) and was written by Ryu Takamisaki (鷹岬諒). This will not be Mr. Takamisaki's Pocket Monsters manga; he also did the manga adaptation of Pocket Monsters The Movie Diamond & Pearl "Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai" back in 2007.
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| Character
Bios - Humans |
Character
Bios - Pokemon |
| Tidbits from the Movie's Pamphlet | Official Site (Japanese) |
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