For the Pokémon franchise's 20th movie in the series and to commemorate the anime's 20th anniversary, a remake, or more a retelling, of the original first Pokémon series has been made into a film. It was screened last week and released in Japan today.

 

 

Ash, Pikachu, Delia Ketchum, Professor Oak, Jessie, James, Meowth and Nurse Joy return. It is unknown yet if Brock and Misty will return or if they'll appear just in their respective gym leader roles. It has been confirmed that characters that had featured through the show's first 6 series will appear in cameo roles.

 

Gen IV Pokémon (Diamond & Pearl) feature with additional characters that will accompany Ash who were not present in the first series, as well as more of a prominence placed on the Pokémon Ho-Oh.

Edited March 1, 20205 yr by lewistgreen

I have been waiting for this for a long long long long long long time . Phoenix havent showed up or being mentioned since the first few ep. I am really glad they finally decided to make a movie about it. I hope phoenix wont appears just for 20 sec then wont see it again for the entire movie. :)

Looking forward to this in English, interesting to sort of redo I Choose You for the 20th anniversary!

English dubbed version is set for a limited theatrical release in the US on 5th and 6th November only.

 

Edited September 12, 20177 yr by lewistgreen

 

This is now getting a limited UK release on 5th and 6th November too! You can find your nearest cinema here.

A second film in this alternate continuity has been confirmed. It will be released in Japan on July 13th 2018.

 

I've just recently watched this first film and it's visually stunning and a great retelling of the Kanto story. I'm sort of glad it was completely different for the majority of the film but some of the interpretations of the Kanto era felt rushed (e.g. Butterfree leaving - but I still wanted to cry :lol:)

I love this film, it is incredible. It was so cute when Pikachu spoke!

Everyone's Story is the second film in the series and is set in The Orange Islands supposedly acting as a reboot of the series and Pokémon: The Movie 2000 with Lugia returning.

 

Japanese trailer

Edited April 21, 20187 yr by lewistgreen

Looks like Everyone's Story is coming for a limited English dub run again in late November. 24th is currently on the cards.

 

It's been renamed 'The Power Of Us'

 

Are they ever going to make a live action/CGI Pokémon film ?

Detective Pikachu is coming out in 2019

Full English trailer is here!

 

Looks like they're showing it 24th Nov and 1st Dec here in the UK at selected cinemas. My local one is pretty much booked up already!

Looks like this year we’re going to be getting a complete CGI reimagining of Mewtwo Strikes Back aka the first Pokemon film!

The word “Evolution” makes me think they’re gonna shove mega evolution in our faces yet again

For anyone yet to see it, I Choose You is now on Netflix in the UK

The Power Of Us will be out on DVD in the UK on February 18th

The teaser trailer for Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution looks really cool. I hope that they actually include Misty and Brock in this one

Japanese trailer has arrived and that to me looks like a complete remake of the first film!

 

Another trailer!