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Secrets of the Jungle ココ Koko

Premiere Japan December 25, 2020 United States October 8, 2021

Home video Japan July 14, 2021 United States N/A

English themes Opening Always Safe Ending No Matter What

Japanese themes Opening ココ Ending ただいまとおかえり

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

Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (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 it was delayed to December 25, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was released worldwide outside of Japan, China, and Korea on October 8, 2021 on Netflix.

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. The first English teaser trailer was revealed on November 13, 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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  Third Japanese poster

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  Fourth Japanese poster

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  Japanese logo

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  English logo

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  Alternate English logo

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  Key visual by Shinomiya Yoshitoshi

Plot

In the Forest of Okoya, Koko is a feral child who has been raised as a Pokémon by the Mythical Pokémon Zarude. Koko has grown up never doubting that he is a Pokémon even though he can't really use any sort of moves. Ash Ketchum and Pikachu meet Koko and help him protect the Great Tree from the crooked scientist Dr. Zed.

Featured Pokémon

• Zarude
• Celebi (Shiny)

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Zarude (regular and Dada)
• Gossifleur
• Eldegoss
• Cramorant (regular, Gulping, and Gorging)
• Arrokuda
• Flapple
• Falinks
• Rillaboom
• Inteleon
• Dubwool
• Boltund
• Blipbug
• Dottler
• Impidimp
• Thievul
• Stunfisk (Galarian)
• Perrserker
• Hattrem
• Alcremie

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Jessie
• James
• Delia
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Koko
• Dr. Zed
• Sharon
• Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum (photo; flashback)
• Milyfa Town mayor
• Scientists
• Rita (cameo)
• Phil (cameo)
• Mother and daughter

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Meowth)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Ariados (Dr. Zed's; ×4)
• Wooloo (Mayor's)
• Dubwool (Mayor's)
• Munna (Trainer's)
• Cinderace (Trainer's)
• Cinccino (Trainer's)
• Alakazam (Trainer's)
• Hitmontop (Trainer's)
• Hitmonlee (Trainer's)
• Machamp (Trainer's)
• Tyrogue (Trainer's)
• Lickitung (Trainer's)
• Jigglypuff (Trainer's)
• Marill (Trainer's)
• Zweilous (Trainer's)
• Azumarill (Trainer's)
• Poliwag (Trainer's)
• Klink (Trainer's)
• Klang (Trainer's)
• Krabby (Trainer's)
• Ferrothorn (Trainer's)
• Mime Jr. (Trainer's)
• Luxio (Trainer's)
• Sneasel (Trainer's)
• Ralts (Trainer's)
• Poliwhirl (Trainer's)
• Vulpix (Trainer's)
• Rockruff (Trainer's)
• Machop (Trainer's)
• Dreepy (Trainer's)
• Perrserker (Trainer's)
• Thievul (Trainer's)
• Stunfisk (Trainer's, Galarian)
• Golurk (Trainer's)
• Zarude (Dada; debut)
• Celebi (Shiny)
• Zarude (multiple)
• Cutiefly
• Ribombee
• Cherubi
• Cherrim (Sunshine Form)
• Seedot
• Flygon
• Vibrava
• Skwovet
• Greedent
• Morelull
• Shiinotic
• Stunky
• Dwebble
• Flapple
• Lotad
• Lombre
• Cottonee
• Whimsicott
• Foongus
• Amoonguss
• Caterpie
• Hoothoot
• Oddish
• Gossifleur
• Cramorant (Gulping and Gorging Form)
• Combee
• Roggenrola
• Drednaw
• Pidove
• Drifloon
• Boldore
• Falinks
• Rillaboom
• Inteleon
• Ninjask
• Vileplume
• Exeggutor
• Ludicolo
• Exeggcute
• Heracross
• Rufflet
• Boltund
• Blipbug
• Dottler
• Impidimp
• Eldegoss

Cast

Cast
Ash	Sarah Natochenny	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	サトシ	松本梨香
Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	ピカチュウ	大谷育江
Jessie	Michele Knotz	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	ムサシ	林原めぐみ
James	Carter Cathcart	Kojirō	Shin-ichiro Miki	コジロウ	三木眞一郎
Meowth	Carter Cathcart	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	ニャース	犬山イヌコ
Delia	Sarah Natochenny	Hanako	Masami Toyoshima	ハナコ	豊島まさみ
Narration	Rodger Parsons	Narration	Kenyu Horiuchi	ナレーション	堀内賢雄
Special appearances by
Zarude	Edward Bosco	Zarude	Nakamura Kankurō	ザルード	中村勘九郎
Elder Zarude	Kellen Goff	Elder Zarude	Hiroshi Naka	長老ザルード	中博史
Alpha Zarude		Leader Zarude	Kenjiro Tsuda	リーダー・ザルード	津田健次郎
Sub-Alpha Zarude	Major Attaway	Sub-Leader Zarude	KENN	サブリーダー・ザルード	KENN
Koko	Kimlinh Tran	Koko	Moka Kamishiraishi	ココ	上白石萌歌
Doctor Zed	Billy Kametz	Dr. Zed	Kōichi Yamadera	ゼッド博士	山寺宏一
Sharon	Michelle Ruff	Karen	Shōko Nakagawa	カレン	中川翔子
Dr. Chrom Molybdenum		Dr. Chrom Molybden	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	クロム・モリブデン博士	川島得愛
Dr. Phossa Molybdenum		Dr. Rin Molybden	Arisa Sekine	リン・モリブデン博士	関根有咲
Mayor		Mayor	Kenichi Ogata	町長	緒方賢一

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
Music 音楽	Taiiku Okazaki Shinji Miyazaki	岡崎体育 宮崎慎二
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

Soundtrack

Main article: Koko Theme Song Collection

Main article: Koko Music Collection

Main article: Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (single)

Manga adaptations

Main article: Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle—Another Beginning

Trivia

• This movie was released between JN049 and JN050 in Japan.
• This movie is directed by Tetsuo Yajima, who had previously directed Pokémon the Series: XY and the movie 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:
  • Be dubbed by Iyuno-SDI Group.
  • Feature Kenyu Horiuchi as the narrator in the Japanese version.
  • Not feature a Legendary Pokémon.
  • Be delayed from its original release date in Japan, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • As a result, it is the first such movie to be released outside of the month of July in Japan.
• This movie marks the first time Ash mentions his father, the previous two references having come from Delia.
• Had this movie been released on its intended date, it would have marked the anime debuts of Cinderace and Greedent.
• Several photographs of scenery from this movie, including the Milyfa Town Pokémon Center, the Great Tree and the Biotope Company building, appear on the wall of Professor Mirror's laboratory in New Pokémon Snap. These are described in the game as "landscape photographs taken by Rita" that are from an unclear region other than Lental. Accordingly, Rita and Phil make cameo appearances in this movie, taking photographs in Milyfa Town.
• This movie introduces the least number of Legendary and/or Mythical Pokémon out of all the movies, with only one, if the Spell of the Unown: Entei is not included, where the only Legendary Pokémon was fabricated by the Unown.
• This movie is unusual in that while all the Zarude are seen speaking English, it is not through telepathy or them learning to speak but rather their speech being translated for the audience's benefit when in each other's, Koko's or the company of the other jungle Pokémon. As a result, in scenes in which other humans besides Koko (who also has his basic speech translated) meet the Zarude, they are shown to be like other Pokémon and can only say their name.
• Koko is seen using Jungle Healing during the climax of the movie, making this the first instance of a human using a Pokémon move in the anime.
• In Pokémon Masters EX, Jessie, James, and Meowth are transported to Pasio by the same Shiny Celebi that appears in this movie.
• In the credits for the Song of Zarude in the English dub, Mason Lieberman's name is misspelled as "Mason Leiberman."

Errors

• During the rainfall in the Forest of Okoya near the end of the movie, wild Cherrim can be seen in their Sunshine Forms despite the sun not being out.

In other languages

Language		Title
Arabic		بوكيمون الفيلم: أسرار الأدغال
Chinese	Cantonese	寶可夢：皮卡丘與可可的冒險 * 劇場版寶可夢：叢林探秘 *
	Mandarin	寶可夢：皮卡丘與可可的冒險 * 宝可梦：皮卡丘和可可的冒险 * 劇場版精靈寶可夢：可可 / 剧场版宝可梦 可可 *
Croatian		Pokemoni: Film - Tajne džungle
Czech		Pokémon film: Tajemství džungle
Danish		Pokémon-filmen: Junglens hemmeligheder
Dutch		Pokémon de film: Geheimen van de jungle
Finnish		Pokémon-elokuva: Viidakon salaisuudet
European French		Pokémon, le film : Les secrets de la jungle
German		Pokémon – Der Film: Geheimnisse des Dschungels
Greek		Pokémon - Η Ταινία: Τα Μυστικά της Ζούγκλας
Hebrew		פוקמון הסרט: סודות הג'ונגל
Hindi		पोकेमॉन द मूवी: जंगल के राज़
Hungarian		Pokémon: A dzsungel titkai
Indonesian		Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle
Italian		Pokémon I segreti della giungla
Korean		극장판 포켓몬스터 「정글의 아이, 코코」
Malaysian		Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle
Norwegian		Pokémonfilmen: Jungelens hemmeligheter
Polish		Film Pokémon: Sekrety Dżungli
Portuguese	Brazil	Pokémon, o filme: Segredos da selva
	Portugal	Pokémon, o filme: Segredos da selva
Romanian		Pokémon – Filmul: Secretele junglei
Russian		Покемон-фильм: Секреты джунглей
Spanish	Latin America	La película Pokémon: Los secretos de la selva
	Spain	La película Pokémon: Los secretos de la selva
Swedish		Pokémon – Filmen: Djungelns hemligheter
Thai		โปเกมอน เดอะ มูฟวี่: ความลับของป่าลึก
Turkish		Pokémon Filmi: Ormanın Sırları
Ukrainian		Покемон. Фільм: Секрети Джунглів
Vietnamese		Pokémon – phim điện ảnh: Bí mật rừng rậm

External links

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

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