Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)

07/15/2017 (JP) • 1h 38m

Family, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

Overview

Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab, but is told that the three starter List of Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander) have already been taken by Trainers who were on time. However, Oak reveals that he has one more Pokémon, an Electric-type named Pikachu. Despite its volatile and feisty personality, as well as its refusal to get inside a Poké Ball, Ash happily takes Pikachu for his journey.

Top Billed Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Satoshi (voice)

Ikue Otani

Pikachu (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kojiro (voice)

Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Dr. Okido / Narrator (voice)

Masami Toyoshima

Hanako (voice)

Shoko Nakagawa

Joy (voice)

Kanata Hongo

Souji (voice)


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Part of the Pokémon (Alternate Continuity) Collection

Includes Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

$37,552,144.00

Keywords

travel

based on video game

reboot

adventurer

anime

alternate universe

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