Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)

About This Movie

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is a 2017 family and animation film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. Its leading cast includes Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani and Megumi Hayashibara. It runs for 1 hour 38 minutes. It belongs to the Pokémon (Alternate Continuity) Collection. Its original language is Japanese.

Synopsis

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 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.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Official Trailer

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! Full Theatrical Trailer · plays from YouTube

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)
• Shoko Nakagawa Joy (voice)
• Kanata Hongo Souji (voice)
• Shiori Sato Makoto (voice)
• Arata Furuta Bonji (voice)
• Ryota Osaka Cross (voice)
• Kyoko Hikami Erika (voice)
• Koichi Yamadera Marshadow (voice)
• Yuji Ueda Announcer
• Rikako Aikawa Caterpie
• Chika Fujimura Lapras
• Kiyotaka Furushima Lucario
• Kaito Ishikawa Lycanroc