<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the live-action </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Detective Pikachu</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> movie looms, another Pokemon movie is preparing for release this year, an animated follow-up to 2017’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://bagogames.com/pokemon-movie-17-english-trailer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!</a>. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The movie, currently titled </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pokemon the Movie: 2018 </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(so original!), is currently a bit of a mystery. Outside of a quick 20-second teaser showing off Ash, and a new, currently unnamed female character, we have little info. However, the studio behind the series, OLM, recently gave us some new insight into the movie. Apparently, in a similar vein to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pokemon: The Movie 2000, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">2018’s movie will prominently feature the legendary Pokemon Lugia.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_135347" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-135347" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-135347" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/18015555/pokemon-filme-2018-lugia-poster.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="600" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-135347" class="wp-caption-text">CoroCoro</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">February’s issue of the Japanese magazine <em>CoroCoro</em> revealed that, according to </span><a href="https://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serebii</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Lugia will be taking part in the movie in some way. The magazine also teased that next month’s issue will feature more Lugia news, and to watch out for more of the legendary Pokemon during 2018.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While a bit cryptic, we now know for sure that this movie will feature Lugia in some capacity. It seems probable that this new movie could be a retelling of the 2000 movie in the new continuity established with the 2017 film (why can’t these movies all just have names?), but whether or not that is the case remains to be seen. However, <em>CoroCoro</em> should be revealing some new info next month, and with the movie’s July release date coming soon, all will be revealed soon enough. Hold tight Pokemon fans, you&#8217;ve got two new movies and a Switch title in your future, the future certainly looks bright.</span></p>

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Pokemon the Movie: 2018 will feature the Legenday Pokemon Lugia

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