M23

This article is about a movie from the Pokémon animated series 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.

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Pokémon movies

ココ Koko

Premiere Japan Winter 2020 United States N/A

Home video Japan N/A United States N/A

English themes Opening N/A Ending N/A

Japanese themes Opening N/A Ending N/A

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

(Japanese: 劇場版ポケットモンスター　ココ Pocket Monsters the Movie: Koko) is the twenty-third Pokémon movie overall. It was originally scheduled to be released in Japan on July 10, 2020, but was delayed to winter 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It was first hinted at in a teaser following M22 in Japan featuring Pikachu. It was first revealed in a teaser trailer that aired on Oha Suta in Japan on January 10, 2020. A full trailer was later released on February 28, 2020.

It is set in the alternate continuity established in I Choose You! and continued in The Power of Us.

Other posters and logos

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  Japanese teaser poster

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  Japanese poster

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  Second Japanese poster

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  Japanese logo

Featured Pokémon

• Zarude
• Celebi (Shiny)

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Zarude
• Greedent
• Gossifleur
• Cramorant

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Jessie
• James
• Koko
• Dr. Zed
• Karen

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Meowth)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Zarude (Dada, debut)
• Celebi (Shiny)
• Cutiefly
• Ribombee
• Cherubi
• Cherrim (Sunshine Forme)
• Seedot
• Flygon
• Vibrava
• Skwovet
• Greedent
• Morelull
• Shiinotic
• Stunky
• Dwebble
• Lotad
• Lombre
• Cottonee
• Whimsicott
• Foongus
• Amoonguss
• Caterpie
• Hoothoot
• Oddish
• Gossifleur
• Cramorant
• Combee
• Roggenrola
• Wooloo
• Drednaw

Cast

Cast
Ash		Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	サトシ	松本梨香
Pikachu		Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	ピカチュウ	大谷育江
Jessie		Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	ムサシ	林原めぐみ
James		Kojirō	Shin'ichirō Miki	コジロウ	三木眞一郎
Meowth		Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	ニャース	犬山イヌコ
Narration		Narration	Kenyu Horiuchi	ナレーション	堀内賢雄
Special appearances by
Zarude		Zarude	Nakamura Kankurō	ザルード	中村勘九郎
Koko		Koko	Moka Kamishiraishi	ココ	上白石萌歌
Dr. Zed		Dr. Zed	Kōichi Yamadera	ゼッド博士	山寺宏一
Karen		Karen	Shōko Nakagawa	カレン	中川翔子

Staff

Created by 原案	Satoshi Tajiri	田尻智
Director 監督	Tetsuo Yajima	矢嶋哲生
Screenwriter 脚本	Atsuhiro Tomioka Tetsuo Yajima	冨岡淳広 矢嶋哲生
Executive Producers エグゼクティブプロデューサー	Jun’ya Okamoto Hidenaga Katakami	岡本順哉 片上秀長
Producers プロデューサー	Satoshi Shimodaira Yuta Uchiyama Ayaka Sekiguchi Rui Kawaguchi	下平聡士 内山雄太 關口彩香 川口類
Animation Producer アニメーションプロデューサー	Hiroyuki Katō	加藤浩幸
Character Design キャラクターデザイン	Hirotaka Marufuji	丸藤広貴
Executive Animation Directors 総作画監督	Hirotaka Marufuji Yasushi Nishiya	丸藤広貴 西谷泰史
Sound Director 音響監督	Masafumi Mima	三間雅文
Animation Production アニメーション制作	OLM	OLM
Executive Production 製作	Pikachu Project	ピカチュウプロジェクト
Distribution 配給	Toho	東宝

Trivia

• This movie is directed by Tetsuo Yajima, who previously directed Pokémon the Series: XY and The Power of Us. He returns to the position after the previous movie was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara.
• The theme of Koko being raised as a Pokémon may act as a reference to the theme of Tarzan being raised as an ape in Tarzan of the Apes and the theme of Mowgli being raised as a wolf in The Jungle Book. It is also similar to The Kangaskhan Kid, where Tommy was also raised by Pokémon.
• This is the first movie to feature Kenyu Horiuchi as the narrator in the Japanese version.
• This is the first Pokémon movie to be delayed from its original release date in Japan, due to concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • As a result, it is the first, and so far only, movie to be released outside of the month of July in Japan.

External links

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

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