I Choose You! continuity

Ash Ketchum and Pikachu in Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

The I Choose You! continuity is a Pokémon movie trilogy consisting of Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, and Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle, along with the special episode Distant Blue Sky!, features an alternate version of the characters and world from Pokémon the Series. As part of the Pokémon movies and anime specials, it is not considered directly part of the main anime, though it is closely related.

During the Pokémon Panel at San Diego Comic-Con in 2023, the trilogy is described as "the cinematic universe that Pokémon started with Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!.

Plot

As with the main series, the movie trilogy follows Ash Ketchum as the main character. His story begins very similar to the Ash of the anime proper, oversleeping on his tenth birthday and ending up with a stubborn Pikachu as his First partner Pokémon that goes on to be his best friend. After catching some of the same Pokémon as his main series counterpart, Ash's story takes a different path leading him to meet a variety of different people and Pokémon and have his own adventures.

Works

Poster	Name	Logo	Distributor	Info
	Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!		Toho	First work of the continuity. The retelling of the anime's first episode, Pokémon, I Choose You! Featured Pokémon are Ho-oh, Marshadow, Raikou, Entei and Suicune. First movie to release during the run of Pokémon the Series: Sun and Moon. Only movie in the trilogy to be directed by Kunihiko Yuyama.
	Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us		Toho and Wit Studio	Second work in the continuity. Featured Pokémon are Lugia and Zeraora. Unlike the other movies, the film is not be directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, instead the film is directed by Tetsuo Yajima.
	Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle		Toho and Netflix	Third work in the continuity. Two featured Pokémon are Zarude and Shiny Celebi. Released during the run of Pokémon Journeys: The Series. Originally released July 10, 2020, was delayed to late 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
	Distant Blue Sky!		OLM, Inc.	A special episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series. Fourth work in the continuity. In the United States, the special is part of Pokémon To Be a Pokémon Master, serving as the 12th episode of the miniseries.

External links

• I Choose You! trilogy at Bulbapedia, the Pokémon wiki.

Nintendo-related movie adaptations
Mario	Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! (1986; JP; video) • Super Mario Bros. (1993) • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) • Untitled Super Mario Bros. film (2026)
Pokémon	Pokémon film series (I Choose You! continuity)
Other series	Animal Crossing: The Movie (Animal Crossing; 2006; JP) • Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins (Star Fox, 2016) • Untitled The Legend of Zelda film (The Legend of Zelda; TBA)
Compiled	Donkey Kong Country: The Legend of the Crystal Coconut (1999; video) • Kirby: Fright to the Finish (2005; video/TV)
Miscellaneous	The Wizard (1989) • Super Hornio Brothers (1993) • Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Pixels (2015) • 8-Bit Christmas (2021)