New Pokemon Movie Just Erased Two Key Characters from Ashs Past. The newest Pokemon movie, Pokemon the Movie I Choose You, is a retelling of Ashs earliest adventures with Pikachu. But while the movie faithfully depicts several key moments from the early anime series, it does deviate in several major ways. When promotional artwork for the movie was released earlier this year, fans noticed that Misty and Brock had seemingly been replaced by two new characters named Souji and Makato. Fans feared that these characters were replacements for Brock and Misty in the new movie. Ash does spend most of the movie traveling alongside Souji and Makoto, all the while earning gym badges, capturing Pokemon, and searching for the Legendary Pokemon Ho Oh. Makoto even takes Mistys place in one of the most iconic scenes of the original anime when Ash and Pikachu fight off a flock of angry Spearow shortly after leaving Viridian City. Gary Oaks role in the movie is also limited to a split second cameo and no reference is made to their epic lifelong rivalry. Its not exactly clear why the movie producers chose to replace Brock and Misty with all new characters. While the cynical answer is merchandising both Makoto and Souji have partner Pokemon that are a lot more popular than any of Brock or Mistys Pokemon, the producers may have also wanted to make clear that this movie exists outside of the continuity of the show. Download Streaming Divx Movies The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare more. H-OspGeEdFU/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Movie Trailers Pokemon 3: The Movie ' title='Movie Trailers Pokemon 3: The Movie ' />Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney. With Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Jay Goede. Scientists genetically create a new Pokmon, Mewtwo, but. Synopsis. A liveaction film based on the popular Pokmon franchise. Plot details are unknown right now. Artwork is from the first Pokmon movie. As a reminder, none of the movies are considered canon except for possibly the first movie, so this doesnt affect the anime at all. Misty and Brock arent entirely absent from the movie. They, along with all of Ashs other companions through the years, appear in the closing credits of the film.