Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

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Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

2017

1h 38m

Adventure

Fantasy

Anime

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Ash turns 10 years old and becomes a Pokémon trainer when Professor Oak gives him his first Pokémon.

Mike McCahill

Guardian

11/01/2017

2/5

One of Ash's contemporaries describes his encounter with this rainbow-hued bird as 'a priceless experience.' Two decades' worth of vanished, irretrievable pocket money would say otherwise.

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

08/12/2019

2/5

Some positive messages, but best for fans only.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Más Gamers

06/30/2019

2.5/5

A rushed and narratively inert summary of some episodes from the anime that made an impression on a whole generation. [Full review in Spanish]

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Gareth Evans

Starburst

02/02/2018

8/10

The movie is at its best when it is using the themes of its predecessor to tell its own story rather than the moments which essentially sell fans more of the same with a fresh coat of paint.

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Yip Wai Yee

The Straits Times (Singapore)

11/22/2017

2.5/5

Still, there are some improvements here from the original anime. Visually, the animation is lovely to look at, with the glittering rainbow-coloured feathers of the mystical Ho-Oh character especially mesmerising. If only the story is as compelling.

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Allegra Frank

Polygon

11/14/2017

The Pokmon anime has hardly adhered to the rules of the original games. But Pokmon: I Choose You! goes a step further, ending with a moment so bizarre that my entire theater howled in disbelief.

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Sebastian T

@RT92637413 Jun 9

It's fine, just fine. But as a pokemon fan, having incineroar in a region with Johto legendary and all of a sudden being in Kanto 10 seconds later proves to me this movie is a weird Mish mash of franchises

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Stephen C

@bob25009 05/14/2025

What a success in 1 hour, 36 minutes, and 46 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Dominic C

@RT92031402 05/08/2025

I mean, Piplup is my favorite Pokemon ever, so yeah

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Boc T

@RT59162597 06/15/2024

Better to think of it as a reboot of Ash's journey and not a remake, this did a good job to get younger kids into Pokemon. Definitely some things I didn't like, especially with Pikachu near the end, but the rest of the movie is fine.

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Idan Charles L

@Idanlevine 06/01/2024

Why does this exist, it's not canon and not that good tbh

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Liam D

@Mediawatcher2003 05/23/2024

This is a boring and lazy retread of the first episode in the anime but that includes a moment that is so bafflingly terrible that it’s actually insulting to Pokemon fans

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Kunihiko Yuyama

Director

Rica Matsumoto

Ash Ketchum

Ikue Ōtani

Pikachu

Unshô Ishizuka

Professor Samuel Oak

Megumi Hayashibara

Jessie

Shin'ichirô Miki

James

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Synopsis

Ash turns 10 years old and becomes a Pokémon trainer when Professor Oak gives him his first Pokémon.

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
Producer: Susumu Matsuyama, Satoshi Shimohira, Atsushi Chiku, Hidenaga Katakami, Dina Hawana
Screenwriter: Shoji Yonemura, Takeshi Shudo, Satoshi Tajiri
Production Co: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Novel Entertainment Productions, TV Tokyo, Pikachu Project '99, Shogakukan, Oriental Light and Magic
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 10, 2017
Runtime: 1h 38m