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Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle Premieres in West in 2021
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franchise, will premiere in the West in 2021. The company began streaming an English trailer:
The company also announced that it will distribute codes for the film's mythical Pokémon Zarude via Pokémon Trainer Club emails to players of the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games. Players who sign up for Pokémon Trainer Club email notifications by November 20, will receive the code for Zarude on December 11.
The film will open on December 25 in Japan. delayed the film due to the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The new film's story is set in Okoya Forest, a Pokémon paradise protected by strict rules that forbid outsiders from setting foot inside. The film centers on Koko, a boy who was raised by Pokémon and also considers himself as one, treating the Mythical Pokémon Zarude as his father. Ash and Pikachu encounter Koko during an adventure. The film focuses on the theme of a "human raised by Pokémon," instead of the previous films' focus of the "bond between a human trainer and their Pokémon."
The film's cast includes (pictured below from left to right):
- Shōko Nakagawa as Karen, a female researcher
- Kankurō Nakamura as Zarude
- Moka Kamishiraishi as Koko
- Kōichi Yamadera as Professor Zed, a Biotope Company researcher of cutting-edge technology whom Satoshi (Ash) meets when he visit Okoya Forest
Masafumi Mima is the sound director.
Vocalist wrote the lyrics, wrote and arranged the music, and sang for the song "Show Window."
The film is the Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushū).
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, the 21st film in the franchise, opened in Japan in July 2018. Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution, the 22nd film in the Pokémon franchise, opened in Japan in July 2019.
Source: Press release
