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Pokemon: The First Movie

Pokemon: The First Movie

Alternative Titles

English: Pokemon: The First Movie
Synonyms: Gekijouban Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushuu, Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back, Pokemon Movie 1, Pokemon: The Origin of Mewtwo, Pokemon: The First Movie Kanzenban, Pokemon: The First Movie Complete Version
Japanese: ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲

Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 18, 1998
Duration: 1 hr. 25 min.
Rating: PG - Children
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.431 (scored by 28397 users)
Ranked: #15312
Popularity: #251
Members: 39,239
Favorites: 53
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action adventure comedy shounen

Synopsis

A team of scientists use the DNA of a rare Pokemon, Mew, to create the world's strongest Pokemon, Mewtwo. Not wanting to be used as an experiment, Mewtwo uses its psychic powers in a violent rage to destroy the scientists who created it. Mewtwo then tries to learn how to focus his powers with the aid of Giovanni, the man who funded the scientists' operations, but discovers that it is being used again. So Mewtwo decides to find its own purpose in life, and carry out its revenge on humans by destroying life on earth by using a deadly storm. Ash Ketchum and a group of other Pokemon Trainers are summoned by Mewtwo to have a battle with it, but they soon discover that they're only being invited so Mewtwo can clone their Pokemon for it's own purposes. Ash then tries to find a way to stop Mewtwo's plot before it can be carried out.

(Source: ANN)

Related Anime

Adaptation: Pokémon: Mewtwo no Gyakushuu
Parent story: Pokemon
Sequel: Pokemon: The Movie 2000, Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns
Side story: Pokemon: Pikachu's Summer Vacation

Characters & Voice Actors

Satoshi
Satoshi
Main
Matsumoto, Rika
Japanese
Matsumoto, Rika
Taylor, Veronica
English
Taylor, Veronica
...
Kasumi
Kasumi
Main
Iizuka, Mayumi
Japanese
Iizuka, Mayumi
Lillis, Rachael
English
Lillis, Rachael
...
Takeshi
Takeshi
Main
Ueda, Yuji
Japanese
Ueda, Yuji
Stuart, Eric
English
Stuart, Eric
...
Pikachu
Pikachu
Main
Ootani, Ikue
Japanese
Ootani, Ikue

Staff

Yuyama, Kunihiko
Director
Mima, Masafumi
Sound Director
Shudou, Takeshi
Storyboard
Watanabe, Cher
Theme Song Arrangement



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Sep 20, 2010
ryuutora
This was my favorite movie as a child, and it always made me sad to watch it every time, so watching it again having gone through the self-discovery of adolescence made me realize why it was so impacting.

The reason why Ash is always able to win is because he's friends with his Pokémon. The whole series is an allegory on how you're supposed to treat your fellow man, using the relationship between Pokémon and their trainers as a parallel for the relationship between human beings.

Mewtwo's hatred for mankind stems from their lack of compassion - he was basically used. He was given life, and then read more
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Apr 5, 2012
Chaotic_beauty
I've watched the Japanese version of the movie and that is the puropse of this review. I bet we all watched the 4kids dubbed version as kids and that's the point. I don't want to make this into a 4kids hate article, but damn, they tried hard to do everything wrong.
They've cut out 15 minutes of the movie, removed part of Mewtwo's monologue simply because he mentioned god and distorted the message movie was trying to give. Let's not even mention how Mewtwo isn't portraited as the bad guy in the Japanese version, he's given reasonable motives and backstory. Mew has as well been subjected read more
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Recommendations

Both feature a very cute character: Pikachu and Reborn!
same thing, but movie

Opening Theme

"Mezase Pokemon Master '98" by Rica Matsumoto

Ending Theme

''Kaze to Issho ni'' by Sachiko Kobayashi

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What a movie!
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11-19-11, 4:05 PM

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