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Pokemon: I Choose You UK Cinema Release on November 5 and 6
posted on by Andrew Osmond
Anime UK News reports that the feature film Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! will be released in UK cinemas on November 5 and 6. The Showcase Cinema chain's is listing the film as playing at the following venues:
Bristol, Cinema de Lux; Bristol Avonmeads; Cardiff Nantgarw; Coventry, Cinema de Lux; Derby, Cinema de Lux; Dudley; Foresters Park; Glasgow; Leeds, Cinema de Lux; Leicester, Cinema de Lux; Liverpool; Manchester; Nottingham, Cinema de Lux; Paisley; Peterborough, Cinema de Lux; Reading, Cinema de Lux; Southampton, Cinema de Lux; Teeside; Walsall
There are also pages for the film at the Vue and Cineworld websites.
The film's plot tells the story of how Ash (Satoshi) and Pikachu came to know each other. Pikachu was not cooperative toward Ash, but Ash only wanted to be friends with Pikachu. On the day they set out from Pallet Town (Masara Town), both of them saw a Ho-oh flying and made a vow to someday go and meet it.
Satoshi Tajiri is credited with the original work. Pokémon movie director Kunihiko Yuyama directed the film.
"Pokémon! Kimi ni Kimeta!" is the title of the Pokémon anime's first episode from 1997.
