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Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle Anime Film Gets Theatrical Screening in India on October 20

franchise, will get one-day theatrical screenings across 10 Indian cities on October 20. The film will get screenings in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune.

released the film in India in October 2021 and describes the film:

Koko grows up in the jungle with a solitary Zarude. When he meets Ash and Pikachu, he discovers the human world — and a plot threatening his home!

The film opened in December 2020 in Japan. delayed the film due to the spread of COVID-19.

The 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 Japanese guest cast includes:

• 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 visits Okoya Forest

Masafumi Mima was the sound director.

wrote the lyrics, wrote and arranged the music, and sang for the song "Show Window."

Source: The Pokémon Company's Indian Instagram