Delia enters the lab to give Ash his clothes and his belongings to begin his journey. Pikachu is not so thrilled, however, and proceeds to shock him. Oak introduces Ash to the Pokémon and Ash is thrilled about Pikachu being his new Pokémon. That is when Ash suddenly spots a Pikachuwandering around the lab and chases after it. When he arrives, Professor Oak tells Ash that all of the starter Pokémon are taken, with the exception of one. Realizing that he overslept, Ash gets out of bed and rushes over to Professor Oak's Laboratory. The next morning, Ash's mother, Delia, wakes him up, letting him know that he’ll be late to receive a Pokémon from Professor Oak. Later that night, Ash is asleep, dreaming about training his Pokémon as he throws his alarm clock in his sleep. When they near their goal, the arrogant Cross-Charmander’s former Trainer-stands in their way! Can Ash and Pikachu defeat this powerful Trainer and reach Ho-Oh as they promised, or will their journey end here?Īsh Ketchum, a young boy from Pallet Town, is watching a battle between two Pokémon Trainers, Neesha and Corey, on television, preparing to start his journey the next day. Along the way, Ash catches an abandoned Charmander, raises a Pokémon from Caterpie to Butterfree and then releases it to follow its heart, and meets the mysterious Mythical Pokémon Marshadow. Trainers Verity and Sorrel join Ash on his journey. When Ash Ketchum oversleeps on his 10th birthday, he ends up with a stubborn Pikachu instead of the first partner Pokémon he wanted! But after a rocky start, Ash and Pikachu become close friends and true partners-and when they catch a rare glimpse of the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh in flight, they make plans to seek it out together, guided by the Rainbow Wing it leaves behind. A new trailer was released on April 8, 2017, officially revealing Marshadowto have a role in the film. The full trailer was later released on March 2, 2017. It was first revealed in a teaser trailer that aired on Oha Suta in Japan on December 15, 2016. It premiered on Disney XD on Novemas part of a marathon including Mounting an Electrifying Charge! and Alola, Kanto!. It was released in Japan on July 15, 2017, and received a limited release in North American, South American, and European theaters starting on November 5, 2017, in Australia and New Zealand starting on November 11, 2017, in Singapore starting on November 23, 2017, and in Malaysia starting on December 7, 2017. It premiered with Japanese vocals and French subtitles at Japan Expo on July 6, 2017. It is the first movie of this alternate continuity and is followed by M21. In a departure from the previous movies, this movie is a loose retelling of Ash's original journey through the Kanto region, in celebration of the Pokémon anime's 20th anniversary. Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (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.