Pokémon The Movie 2017 Will Feature Ho-Oh, Pay Homage To 20th Anniversary

Each July, a new Pokémon movie premieres in Japan, usually showcasing a Mythical or Legendary Pokémon that hasn’t been seen before. The first information on these new Pokémon movies are released in December of the preceding year and in an episode of Oha Suta , the first trailer for Pokémon the Movie 2017 has been released.

According to Serebii, the 2017 Pokémon movie will be titled Pokémon - I Choose You and featured various landscapes including Pallet Town, the hometown of Ash and Pikachu. The trailer then showed Ash putting his hat on with Pikachu following him.

Check out the trailer for the upcoming Pokémon movie.

The interesting tidbits comes from the official poster, which shows Ash and Pikachu in what looks to be the Alola Region as they look to see the Johto Legendary, Ho-Oh, flying overhead.

Here’s Serebii’s tweet with a screengrab of the upcoming Pokémon poster.

The 2017 Pokémon Movie is the franchise’s 20th film and will likely celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise.

While there are some Legendary and Mythical Pokémon from the Alola Region the film could have spotlighted, the upcoming film will pay homage to the first episode of the Pokémon anime, when Ash and Pikachu saw Ho-Oh after the attack of the flock of Spearow.

Even the title of the film, Pokémon - I Choose You, was the title of the very first episode of the series.

Pokémon the Movie 2017 will premiere in Japan in July 2017.

So what do you think of the first batch of information for the new movie? Let us know in the comments section below.