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List of <i>Pokémon</i> films

List of Pokémon films

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Pokémon is a media franchise created by video game designer Satoshi Tajiri that centers on fictional creatures called Pokémon. As of 2020, there have been 23 animated films and one live action film. The first nineteen animated films are based on the anime television series of the same name, with the original film being remade into the 22nd. The 20th, 21st and 23rd animated films are set in an alternate continuity to the anime. The films are produced by the animation studios OLM, Production I.G, Xebec, and Wit Studio, and distributed in Japan by Toho, with various studios distributing the films in North America. They were directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Tetsuo Yajima, and written by Takeshi Shudo, Hideki Sonoda, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Shōji Yonemura, Eiji Umehara, and Aya Takaha. The first Pokémon animated film, Pokémon: The First Movie, was released in Japan in 1998, which was remade into Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution. A live-action film, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, was produced by American studio Legendary Entertainment, directed by Rob Letterman, and written by Letterman and Nicole Perlman.[1] It is distributed in Japan by Toho, and outside of Japan and China by Warner Bros.[2] It was released on May 10, 2019.[3]

Pokémon anime films release timeline
1998Pokémon: The First Movie
1999Pokémon the Movie 2000
2000Pokémon 3: The Movie
2001Pokémon 4Ever
2002Pokémon Heroes
2003Pokémon: Jirachi, Wish Maker
2004Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
2005Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
2006Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
2007Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
2008Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
2009Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
2010Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions
2011Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom
Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram
2012Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice
2013Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
2014Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
2015Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
2016Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
2017Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!
2018Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
2019Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back — Evolution
2020Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle
Pokémon live action films release timeline
2019Detective Pikachu

The films star the Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum and his electric mouse partner Pikachu. Detective Pikachu film is based on the 2016 video game Detective Pikachu and stars Ryan Reynolds as the motion capture role of Detective Pikachu,[4] with Justice Smith and Kathryn Newton as the lead human roles.[5]

There are also two animated television specials that were broadcast on TV Tokyo featuring Ash and Ash's Pikachu and ten short animated films. Warner Bros. licensed the first three animated films in North America, and Miramax Films licensed the following four films. From the eighth film onwards, licensing has been handled by The Pokémon Company International themselves, with various distributors handling the releases, such as Viz Media in North America.

The 23rd and most recent animated film, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle, was originally set for release in Japanese theaters on July 10, 2020, but delayed to December 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was released on October 8, 2021, in the United States.[6][7]

Feature anime films

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Feature live-action films

The launch of the mobile game Pokémon Go in 2016 reignited mainstream interest back into the Pokémon franchise in the Western market since its initial peak in the early 2000s; various Hollywood film companies approached The Pokémon Company to gain film rights. Eventually, Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment struck a deal to produce a live-action adaptation of the 2016 video game Detective Pikachu called Pokémon Detective Pikachu, the first official live-action Pokémon film. In January 2019, ahead of film's release, Legendary has begun development on a sequel to Pokémon Detective Pikachu.[15]

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Television films

These television films, which run longer than the normal half-hour and are not usually separated into more than one episode in either the original or the dub, are often considered TV Pokémon movies, not counting towards the running total. They never appear in theaters, but are instead broadcast on the same networks that the regular anime is broadcast for their premieres. Though they may air around the same time as other episodes of the anime, usually in the anime's normal timeslot, they are not assigned episode numbers.

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Short films

Pikachu shorts are anime short films that are commonly shown at the start of animated theatrical films based on Pokémon, but have also been expanded to fulfill other purposes. There are 27 Pikachu short movies.

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Home media

Region 2 (Japan)

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Box office performance

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Notes

  1. In Black—Victini and Reshiram.
  2. In White—Victini and Zekrom.
  3. The movie was originally scheduled to be released on July 10, 2020, but the release was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. Pokémon 4Ever:
    • United States and Canada – $1,727,447[27]
    • Netherlands – $79,642[28]
  5. South Korea – ₩531,113,700[32] ($445,711)[33]
  6. South Korea – ₩1,019,141,600[32] ($1,067,399)[36]
  7. South Korea – ₩2,276,651,793[32] ($2,054,198)
  8. South Korea:
    • White – ₩2,383,792,000[40] ($2,150,870)
    • Black – $3,694,705[41]
  9. South Korea – ₩2,090,012,500[44] ($1,984,891)
  10. Hoopa and the Clash of Ages overseas box office:
    • South Korea – ₩2,156,275,800[32] ($1,906,256)
    • Australia – US$26,829[48]
    • Taipei (Taiwan) – US$9,200[49]
  11. Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel overseas box office:
    • China – $3,857,383[51]
    • South Korea – ₩2,148,082,300[52] ($1,851,103)
    • Hong Kong – HK$1.26 million[53] (US$161,679)
  12. I Choose You overseas box office:
    • United States and Canada – $2,401,722[56]
    • Taipei (Taiwan) – NT$11 million[57] (US$393,814)
    • Italy & Mexico – $364,906[58]
    • Other territories – $4,761,257[59]
  13. The Power of Us overseas box office:
    • United States and Canada – $789,170[63]
    • Hong Kong – HK$2.49 million[64] (US$320,463)
    • Taipei (Taiwan) – NT$10 million[65] (US$358,012)
    • Other territories – $2,422,947[66]
  14. Detective Pikachu ticket sales:
    • China – 18,209,492[77]
    • Europe – 12,026,023[78]
    • Mexico – 4,500,000[79]
    • South Korea – 686,809[80]

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