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 adaptation 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 release combines both parts of the Japanese release into one volume and was released on December 11, 2018.

Logo of the manga

Chapters

English title Japanese title Japanese title
(translated)
Volume
PICY01 Chapter 1 第1話 Chapter 1 Volume 1
(Shogakukan)
Volume 1
(VIZ Media)
PICY02 Chapter 2 第2話 Chapter 2
PICY03 Chapter 3 第3話 Chapter 3
PICY04 Chapter 4 第4話 Chapter 4
PICY05 Chapter 5 第5話 Chapter 5
PICY06 Chapter 6 第6話 Chapter 6
PICY07 Chapter 7 第7話 Chapter 7
PICY08 Chapter 8 第8話 Chapter 8 Volume 2
(Shogakukan)
PICY09 Chapter 9 第9話 Chapter 9
PICY10 Chapter 10 第10話 Chapter 10
PICY11 Chapter 11 第11話 Chapter 11
PICY12 Chapter 12 第12話 Chapter 12
PICY13 Chapter 13 第13話 Chapter 13
PICY14 Chapter 14 第14話 Chapter 14
PICY15 Final Chapter 第15話 Chapter 15

List of volumes

Cover Shogakukan VIZ Media Shogakukan Asia
Volume 1 Volume 1 Volume 1 Volume 1 ISBN 9784091424587 August 28, 2017 ISBN 9781974703838 December 11, 2018 ISBN 9789811403507 May 24, 2019
Volume 2 Volume 2 Volume 2 ISBN 9784091425980 December 27, 2017 ISBN 9789811403514

Differences between the movie 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.
  • Agatha's cameo appearance as Ash's teacher in the nightmare sequence is omitted.
  • The brief battle between Ash and Pikachu against Ho-Oh is not shown.

Translation edits

Errors

  • In the English version, Sorrel erroneously refers to Ash's Charmeleon as Charmander during its battle with Cross's Incineroar.

Related articles

I Choose You!
Characters Ash KetchumBonjiCrossMother and daughterSorrelVerity
Ash's PikachuHo-OhMarshadow
Locations Pallet TownMount Tensei
Other Rainbow Wing
Soundtrack and score SoundtrackPokémon Movie Music Collection
Adaptations MangaRemix
TCG Ash's Pikachu promos (Partner, Original, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola) • Shining Ho-OhHo-Oh GX
Shining LegendsHo-Oh-GX Special Jumbo Card Pack
Deck case & sleevesMarshadow & Ho-Oh deck caseBurning Shadows PortfoliosI Choose You! accessories
Event distributions Pokémon Festa Verity's PiplupSorrel's LucarioPocket Monsters the Movie PokémonPokémon Rally 2017 Pokémon
Mount Tensei Ho-Oh (Japanese, Korean)
Mount Tensei Marshadow (Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean) • Asian Mount Tensei Marshadow (Japanese, American, PAL)
Ash's Pikachu (Japanese, Korean) • Hong Kong Ash's Pikachu (Japanese, Taiwanese, PAL)
Taiwanese Ash's Pikachu (Japanese, Taiwanese, PAL) • Singapore Ash's Pikachu (Japanese, American)
QR Code Partner Cap Pikachu
Ga-Olé disks (Partner Cap Pikachu)
Related animation Trilogy (I Choose You!The Power of UsSecrets of the Jungle)
Movie manga adaptations
M01M02M03M04M05M06M07
M08M08 short (Yoshino Emiko)M08 short (Miho Asada)M09M09 shortM10M11M12
M13M14M15M16M17M18M19M20 (1)M20 (2)M21M22M23


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