Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle

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 film in the Pokémon universe, the third film in the Alternate Timeline series and the first film in the Generation VIII series. 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. 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 in Japan.[4][5][6] The film is scheduled to release in the United States in 2021.[7]

Pokémon the Movie:
Secrets of the Jungle
Japanese Theatrical release poster with the original release date
Japanese劇場版ポケットモンスター ココ
HepburnGekijō-ban Pokettomonsutā Koko
LiterallyPocket Monsters the Movie: Coco
Directed byTetsuo Yajima
Screenplay byTetsuo Yajima
Atsuhiro Tomioka[1]
Based onPokémon
by Satoshi Tajiri
StarringRika Matsumoto
Ikue Otani
Music byTaiiku Okazaki
Shinji Miyazaki
Shota Kageyama
Rei Ishizuka
Kenta Higashioji
Production
company
OLM, Inc.
OLM Digital
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • December 25, 2020 (2020-12-25)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥1.4 billion[2]

Cast
Character Japanese voice actor
Satoshi/Ash Ketchum Rika Matsumoto
Pikachu Ikue Otani
Musashi/Jessie Megumi Hayashibara
Kojiro/James Shin'ichiro Miki
Nyarth/Meowth Inuko Inuyama
Sonans/Wobbuffet Yuji Ueda
Narrator Kenyu Horiuchi
Hanako/Delia Ketchum Masami Toyoshima
Zarude Nakamura Kankurō VI
Koko Moka Kamishiraishi
Dr. Zed Kōichi Yamadera

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 Christmas Day, 2020 in Japan.[3] The original release date of July 10, 2020, was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo.[4][5][6]

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
  1. Harding, Daryl. "Pokémon the Movie: Coco Anime Film Announced for July 10 in Wild New Trailer". Crunchyroll News. Crunchyroll News. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. Komatsu, Mikikazu (27 January 2021). "Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer Mugen Train Takes the No.1 Spot for 14th Time in Total". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. "Japanese Theatrical Release of Pokemon the Movie: Coco Scheduled for December". Siliconera. August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  4. "Pokemon the Movie Coco debut trailer - Nintendo Everything". nintendoeverything.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  5. "23rd Pokémon Film Delayed Due to COVID-19". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  6. "23rd Pokémon Film Rescheduled to This Winter". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  7. "The Mythical Pokémon Zarude!". zarude.pokemon.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  8. "ポケモン映画公式サイト「劇場版ポケットモンスター ココ」". 「劇場版ポケットモンスター ココ」12月25日（金）公開. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  9. "Pocket Monsters the Movie Coco Theme Song Collection". PocketMonsters.net - News and Information on Pokémon and Pocket Monsters. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
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