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This article is about a movie from the Pokémon anime that has not yet aired anywhere in the world. As such, it is a reflection of what is currently known about the movie, rather than coverage of the movie as a whole.

キミにきめた！ I Choose You!

Premiere Japan July 15, 2017 United States N/A

Home video Japan N/A United States N/A

English themes Opening N/A Ending N/A

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター -20th Anniversary- Ending オラシオンのテーマ　～共に歩こう～

Ratings United States ? Great Britain ? Ireland ? Canada ? Quebec ? Japan ? Germany ? Australia ? New Zealand ?

(Japanese: 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!; officially known as Pokémon the Movie 20: I choose you! in Japan) is the twentieth Pokémon movie overall. It will premiere with Japanese vocals and French subtitles at Japan Expo on July 6, 2017, and will be released in Japan on July 15, 2017.

It was first revealed in a teaser trailer that aired on Oha Suta in Japan on December 15, 2016. The full trailer was later released on March 2, 2017. A new trailer was released on April 8, 2017, officially revealing Marshadow to have a role in the film.

Other posters and logos

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  Teaser poster

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  Japanese logo

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  Pokémon the Movie 20: I choose you! logo

Blurb

Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town, is 10 years old today, which means he’s now old enough to become a Pokémon Trainer. Ash dreams big about the adventures he will experience after receiving his first Pokémon from Professor Oak... Yet, on the morning of his birthday, he sleeps in and is late at the Professor’s laboratory. Unfortunately, almost all the Pokémon are already gone. The only one left is Pikachu, and he doesn’t seem to like Ash much. ("You don’t like me?" Ash asks. "I like you a lot!") But the bond between the two will get stronger and stronger, and, on the first day of their journey, they see the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh fly over them and they find one of its feathers. Then Ash and Pikachu promise each other: "Someday, we will set on a journey to find this Pokémon!"

In their journey to achieve Ash’s dream of becoming a Pokémon Master, he meets other Trainers, Souji and Makoto, and Ash hears for the first time about Ho-Oh’s legend: "The rainbow feather will show you the way to Ho-Oh, and the one to follow it will become the Hero of the Legend." Followed closely by the Mythical Pokémon Marshadow, Ash goes to Mount Tensei to fight his powerful rival. Will Ash and Pikachu reach the top of the mountain and honor the promise they made when starting their journey? The adventure only begins!

Plot

Featured Pokémon

• Ho-Oh
• Marshadow

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Nurse Joy
• Souji
• Makoto
• Bonjī
• Cross

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's; new)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Metapod (Ash's; new; evolves)
• Butterfree (Ash's; newly evolved)
• Charmander (Ash's; new; evolves)
• Charizard (Ash's; newly evolved)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Lucario (Souji's)
• Piplup (Makoto's)
• Incineroar (Cross's)
• Lycanroc (Cross's; Midnight Form)
• Ho-Oh (anime)
• Spearow (multiple)
• Weedle
• Kakuna (×4)
• Scyther
• Paras
• Weepinbell
• Venomoth
• Abra
• Gastly
• Haunter
• Grimer
• Aerodactyl
• Gyarados
• Luxray
• Marshadow
• Raikou
• Entei
• Suicune

Cast

Soundtrack

Events

Original Cap Pikachu and the Pikashunium Z

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

Cap Pikachu, Pikashunium Z to be available in Japan

CoroCoro revealed that the special distribution for the movie is Pikachu in a cap, which will be distributed to those who pre-book tickets to the film. There are six variants for this special Pikachu, each based on one of the various anime series Ash was in. Regardless of variant, it will come with a serial code that will unlock the special Pikashunium Z, which allows Pikachu to perform the exclusive 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt Z-Move. In order:

• Original Cap Pikachu is distributed between April 15 and May 1;
• Hoenn Cap Pikachu is distributed between May 3 and May 15;
• Sinnoh Cap Pikachu is distributed between May 17 and May 29;
• Unova Cap Pikachu is distributed between May 31 and June 12;
• Kalos Cap Pikachu is distributed between June 14 and June 26;
• Alola Cap Pikachu is distributed between June 28 and July 17;

In addition, the Pikachu in a cap variants will be redistributed at a later date post-film release. Specifically:

• Original Cap Pikachu is distributed between July 19 and July 31;
• Hoenn Cap Pikachu is distributed between August 2 and August 14;
• Sinnoh Cap Pikachu is distributed between August 16 and August 28;
• Unova Cap Pikachu is distributed between August 30 and September 11;
• Kalos Cap Pikachu is distributed between September 13 and September 25;
• Alola Cap Pikachu is distributed between September 27 and October 9;

The player can only redeem a pre-ticket code booklet once, but the codes themselves can be redeemed as many times as needed.

In addition, the same day the second trailer for the movie came out, it revealed that Marshadow will be a distributable Pokémon. CoroCoro also revealed that it will also distribute a special Ho-Oh for the movie.

Manga adaptations

Main article: Get Fired Up, Marshadow!

Main article: Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You! (one-shot)

Main article: Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You! (manga)

A short promotion manga was included with the May 2017 issue of CoroCoro. Another tie-in manga called Get Fired Up, Marshadow! was included with the July 2017 issue of CoroCoro, this manga takes place before Marshadow meets Ash and his friends in the movie.

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Pokémon, le film : Je te choisis ! *
Korean		극장판 포켓몬스터「너로 정했다!」

External links

• Japanese movie website
• Pokemon.co.jp movie website

This movie article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.