<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> Japanese </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> ¥ 3.31 billion (JP) US $37,139,794 (World) </Td> </Tr> <P> Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is a 2017 Japanese animated adventure film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, written by Shōji Yonemura, and produced by OLM . Released as the twentieth Pokémon movie, the first film in the Sun and Moon generation and the first reboot film in the anime film series . It sets up an alternate continuity to the main series and acts as a loose retelling of the original Kanto League saga of the series / show and the 1st Pokémon film, released to commemorate the anime's twentieth anniversary . It premiered at Japan Expo in France on July 6, 2017 and was released in Japan on July 15, 2017 . The Pokémon Company International and Fathom Events released the film on a limited theatrical run in the rest of the world on November 5, 2017, and this was followed by television airings on Disney XD in the United States on November 25, 2017, on CITV in the UK on December 8, 2017, 9Go! in Australia on December 10, 2017 and on Gulli in France on December 25, 2017 . </P> <P> Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep . He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab, but is told that the three starter Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander) have already been taken by Trainers who were on time . However, Oak reveals that he has one more Pokémon, an Electric - type named Pikachu . Despite its volatile and feisty personality, as well as its refusal to get inside a Poké Ball, Ash happily takes Pikachu for his journey . </P>

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