I Choose You! (manga)

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (Japanese: 劇場版ポケットモンスターキミにきめた！ Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!) is a manga of the movie of the same name. It is adapted by Ryo Takamisaki. It started serializing on July 2, 2017 in MangaONE, a Japanese manga smartphone app by Shogakukan. The English version will be both volumes in one, and will be released December 11, 2018

Logo of the manga

List of volumes

Cover		Shogakukan		VIZ Media
	Volume 1	ISBN 9784091424587	August 28, 2017	ISBN 978-1974703838	December 11, 2018
	Volume 2	ISBN 9784091425980	December 27, 2017	ISBN 978-1974703838	December 11, 2018

Differences between the anime and the manga

Ash and Cross first encounter each other at Professor Oak's laboratory.
Cross received his Charmander from Professor Oak.
With the exception of capturing Caterpie, the montage of Ash and Pikachu's journey before going to the Pokémon Center is skipped over entirely.
In the movie, Ash never meets Team Rocket. In the manga, he briefly sees them at the Pokémon Center, though he never encounters them again.
Verity and Sorrel are first seen when Ash encounters Entei instead of showing up at the Pokémon Center.
Verity's mother is never brought up.
Cross does not learn that Ash possesses the Rainbow Wing at the library.
The brief battle between Ash and Pikachu against Ho-Oh is not shown.

I Choose You! (manga)

List of volumes

Differences between the anime and the manga

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