Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle

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Pokémon the Movie:
Secrets of the Jungle
File:Pokémon Movie 23 Japan Poster.jpg
Japanese theatrical release poster with the original release date
Directed by Tetsuo Yajima
Screenplay by Tetsuo Yajima
Atsuhiro Tomioka[1]
Based on Pokémon
by Satoshi Tajiri
Starring see below
Music by Taiiku Okazaki
Shinji Miyazaki
Shota Kageyama
Rei Ishizuka
Kenta Higashioji
Production
company
OLM, Inc.
OLM Digital
Distributed by Toho
Release dates
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  • December 25, 2020 (2020-12-25) (Japan)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office $23.6 million

Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle[lower-alpha 1] is a 2020 Japanese anime film based on Satoshi Tajiri's Pokémon media franchise and produced by OLM. It is the twenty-third and most recent film in the Pokémon universe, covering Generation VIII. The film returns to the series’ traditional 2D art style rather than using the CGI animation used in Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution. It features the new Generation VIII Mythical Pokémon Zarude and a shiny Celebi.[2]

In Japan, the film was released on December 25, 2020, by Toho.[3] The original release date of July 10, 2020, was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.[4][5][6] The film released worldwide (excluding Japan, Korea, and China) on Netflix on October 8, 2021.[7]

For a limited time, if players of Pokémon Sword and Shield preordered tickets for this film's premiere, they would get the Mythical Pokémon Zarude in its "Dada" form and a Shiny Celebi. This is the final Pokémon film to date.

Plot

In the Forest of Okoya, the Mythical Pokémon Zarude finds an infant boy in a cradle washed up on a riverbank. Unable to leave the child on his own, Zarude adopts him as a son, giving him the name "Koko". Zarude leaves his tribe, which inhabits a Great Tree deep in the jungle where humans are forbidden to venture, to raise Koko who grows up as a feral child.

Ten years later, Ash Ketchum and Pikachu visit the Forest of Okoya from nearby Milyfa Town. While attempting to capture a wild Cramorant, Ash and Pikachu encounter a research team from the Biotope Company, a scientific organization studying the jungle. Team Rocket, covertly following them, look up information on the Biotope Company and its leader Dr. Zed, and decide to infiltrate the group.

Later, Ash sees Koko go over a waterfall, after he got knocked out from a pipe while swinging on a vine with a wild Skwovet, and retrieves him from the water, bringing him to Milyfa Town's Pokémon Center for treatment. When Koko awakens, he becomes alarmed and escapes the building, having never seen other humans before. Discovering that Koko believes himself to be a Pokémon, Ash and Pikachu spend time with him in the town, helping him to learn about humans for the first time.

Ash, Pikachu and Koko later encounter Zarude, who is forced to admit the truth about Koko's heritage. Zarude brings them to an abandoned laboratory he found shortly after adopting Koko, where he shows them a photograph he found of an infant Koko with his human parents. Zarude then leaves, returning to the Great Tree alone.

Discovering a wallet from Biotope Company, Ash brings Koko to their headquarters, where they meet with Dr. Zed. He reveals that Koko's parents are Chrom and Phossa Molybden, a pair of scientists who led the organization in researching the healing springs, and that Koko's real name is Al Molybden. However, Chrom and Phossa were killed in a car accident ten years ago, which was presumed to have killed Al as well. Dr. Zed scans Koko's pendant and discovers partially corrupted data on it that reveals an image of the Great Tree. Distraught over the news of his parents' fate, Koko flees to the Great Tree as well.

As soon as he reaches the Great Tree, Koko discovers a tracking chip planted on him by Dr. Zed. Zed arrives with his research team, which Team Rocket have infiltrated, along with a giant, spider-like tank. Koko and Ash try to stop Zed's actions, but he restrains them using his Ariados and throws them into the back of one of his trucks. He then fires missiles at the Great Tree, blasting open holes from which the spring water gushes forth. Ash, Pikachu and Koko escape with unwitting help from Team Rocket as they wrestle with the Cramorant from earlier and confront Dr. Zed, who suffers a psychotic breakdown and admits that, when Chrom and Phossa Molybden discovered the Great Tree's location but refused to continue researching it out of respect for the Zarude tribe, he killed the couple by running them off a road and stealing their supply of the spring water before leaving them to die in the explosion of their wrecked car. Before they perished, Chrom and Phossa sent the infant Al down the river with a drive containing the rest of their research, leading to Zarude finding him.

Dr. Zed seizes control of the tank from his henchmen, and Ash, Pikachu and Koko try to fight him to no avail. Zarude's tribe arrives, having been convinced to help save the jungle by Zarude who raised Koko. Koko's father figure also brings a group of wild Pokémon, who previously disliked his tribe due to their selfish behavior, to assist. Zarude is injured in the battle and nearly succumbs, but Koko manages to harness the power of the jungle as if he were indeed a Pokémon, healing him. With all their combined forces, they manage to break the tank's power source, disabling it. Zed attempts to escape, but is captured by Koko.

In the aftermath, the humans and Pokémon work together to restore the damage done to the jungle. Dr. Zed is arrested for his crimes and is loaded into a police van by Officer Jenny, based on evidence leaked by Team Rocket. Koko decides to leave to explore the human world and become the bridge between humans and Pokémon, taking the photograph of his parents along with him. As he and Ash leave the Forest of Okoya, they see Zarude turn the healing springs into a geyser to send Koko off. Cheered up by this, Koko goes forth into his future, embracing his dual identity as a Zarude and a human. At the Great Tree, Zarude who raised Koko sees a Shiny Celebi, which observes Zarude now living in harmony with the other Pokémon.

Voice cast

Character Japanese voice actor English dub actor
Ash Ketchum Rika Matsumoto Sarah Natochenny
Pikachu
Ikue Ōtani
Jessie Megumi Hayashibara Michele Knotz
James Shin'ichiro Miki
James Carter Cathcart
Meowth Inuko Inuyama
Wobbuffet Yuji Ueda Erica Schroeder
Narrator Kenyu Horiuchi Rodger Parsons
Delia Ketchum Masami Toyoshima Sarah Natochenny
Zarude Nakamura Kankurō VI Edward Bosco
Koko / Al Molybden Moka Kamishiraishi Kimlinh Tran
Dr. Zed Kōichi Yamadera Billy Kametz
Sharon Shoko Nakagawa Michelle Ruff

Music

Pokémon the Movie: Koko Music Collection (Japanese: 「劇場版ポケットモンスター　ココ」ミュージックコレクション) is the official soundtrack of the movie that was released in Japan on December 23, 2020. Koko by Beverly is the Japanese opening theme for the movie. Pokémon the Movie: Koko Theme Song Collection (Japanese: 「劇場版ポケットモンスター　ココ」テーマソング集), the album for the opening theme was also released on December 23, 2020.[8]

The movie has 6 theme songs, all written by Taiiku Okazaki; this is the first time that a Pokémon movie had multiple theme songs all written by the same artist:[9]

  • The Rule Song
  • Koko
  • Show Window
  • The Hum of the Forest
  • Strange and Wonderful Creatures
  • I'm Home and Welcome Back

Release

Theatrical run

The film was released on December 25, 2020, in Japan.[3] The original release date of July 10, 2020, was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6]

Streaming

The film was released worldwide on Netflix on October 8, 2021.

Box office

In Japan, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle grossed ¥2.02 billion ($Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". million) as of June 2021.[10] Overseas, the film's September 2021 releases in China and South Korea grossed $5,045,865,[11] for a worldwide total of $23,575,865.

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally released in Japan as Pocket Monsters the Movie: Coco (劇場版ポケットモンスター ココ Gekijō-ban Pokettomonsutā Koko?)

References

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External links

Movie # Japanese title English title Released Featured Pokémon
1 Mewtwo Strikes Back
(ミュウツーの逆襲 Myūtsū no Gyakushū?)		 Mewtwo Strikes Back July 18, 1998 Mewtwo, Mew
2 Revelation Lugia
(幻のポケモン ルギア爆誕 Maboroshi no Pokemon Rugia Bakutan?,
Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth)		 The Power of One July 17, 1999 Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Lugia
3 Lord of the 'UNKNOWN' Tower: Entei
(結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI Kesshōtō no Teiō ENTEI?,
Emperor of The Crystal Tower: ENTEI)		 Spell of the Unown July 8, 2000 Entei, Unown
4 Celebi: A Timeless Encounter
(セレビィ 時を超えた遭遇（であい） Serebyi Toki o Koeta Deai?,
Celebi: The Meeting that Traversed Time)		 Celebi: Voice of the Forest July 7, 2001 Suicune, Celebi
5 The Guardians of Altomare
(水の都の護神 ラティアスとラティオス Mizu no Miyako no Mamorigami Ratiasu to Ratiosu?,
Guardian Gods of the Capital of Water: Latias and Latios)		 Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias July 13, 2002 Latias, Latios
6 Wishing Star of the Seven Nights
(七夜の願い星 ジラーチ Nanayo no Negaiboshi Jirāchi?,
Wishing Star of the Seven Nights: Jirachi)		 Jirachi Wish Maker July 19, 2003 Groudon, Jirachi
7 Deoxys The Visitor
(裂空の訪問者 デオキシス Rekkū no Hōmonsha Deokishisu?,
Visitor from the Sky-Splitting: Deoxys)		 Destiny Deoxys July 17, 2004 Rayquaza, Deoxys
8 Mew and the Wave Hero
(ミュウと波導（はどう）の勇者 ルカリオ Myū to Hadō no Yūsha Rukario?,
Mew and the Aura Hero: Lucario)		 Lucario and the Mystery of Mew July 16, 2005 Mew, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Lucario
9 The Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea
(ポケモンレンジャーと蒼海（うみ）の王子 マナフィ Pokemon Renjā to Umi no Ōji Manafi?,
The Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy)		 Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea July 15, 2006 Kyogre, Manaphy
10 Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai
(ディアルガVSパルキアVSダークライ Diaruga Tai Parukia Tai Dākurai?)		 The Rise of Darkrai July 14, 2007 Dialga, Palkia, Darkrai
11 Giratina and the Bouquet of the Frozen Sky: Shaymin
(ギラティナと氷空（そら）の花束 シェイミ Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Sheimi?)		 Giratina and the Sky Warrior July 19, 2008 Regigigas, Giratina, Shaymin, Dialga
12 Arceus: To Conquering Space-Time
(アルセウス 超克の時空へ Aruseusu Chōkoku no Jikū e?)		 Arceus and the Jewel of Life July 18, 2009 Heatran, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus
13 Phantom Ruler: Zoroark
(幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク Gen'ei no Hasha Zoroāku?)		 Zoroark: Master of Illusions July 10, 2010 Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Celebi, Zorua, Zoroark
14 Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom
(ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム Bikutini to Kuroki Eiyū Zekuromu?)[1]		 White: Victini and Zekrom July 16, 2011 Victini, Zekrom, Reshiram
Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram
(ビクティニと白き英雄 レシラム Bikutini to Shiroki Eiyū Reshiramu?)		 Black: Victini and Reshiram July 16, 2011 Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom
15 Kyurem vs. the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo
(キュレムVS聖剣士 ケルディオ Kyuremu tai Seikenshi Kerudio?)		 Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice July 14, 2012 Kyurem, Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Keldeo
16 ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens
(神速のゲノセクト ミュウツー覚醒 Shinsoku no Genosekuto: Myūtsū Kakusei?)		 Genesect and the Legend Awakened July 13, 2013 Mewtwo, Genesect
17 Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
(破壊の繭とディアンシー Hakai no Mayu to Dianshī?)		 July 19, 2014 Xerneas, Yveltal, Diancie
18 The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa
(光輪の超魔神 フーパ Ring no chōmajin Hoopa?)		 Hoopa and the Clash of Ages July 18, 2015 Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Hoopa
19 Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna (ボルケニオンと機巧のマギアナ Volcanion to karakuri no Magiana?) N/A July 16, 2016 Volcanion, Magearna
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