Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998).
“Gekijô-ban poketto monsutâ – Myûtsû no gyakushû”
Animation, Action, Adventure
Pokémon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back is Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, the chief director of the Pokémon television series. It is the first theatrical release in the Pokémon franchise. It was first released in Japan on July 18, 1998. On July 8, 1999, a Complete Version of the film aired on Japanese television.
The Pokémon of Ash Ketchum, Misty, and Brock are sent to spend a day at a theme park built for Pokémon. Pikachu, Togepi, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle cross paths with a group of bullies consisting of a Raichu, Cubone, Marill, and a Snubbull. The two groups compete against each other in sports, but it leads to Ash’s Charizard getting its head stuck in a pipe. Pikachu, his friends, and the bullies work together and successfully free Charizard and rebuild the park, spending the rest of the day playing before parting ways when their trainers return.
Directors: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney
Writers: Satoshi Tajiri, Takeshi Shudo, Norman J. Grossfeld, Michael Haigney, John Touhey
Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Jay Goede, Madeleine Blaustein, Ikue Ôtani, Ted Lewis, James Carter Cathcart
►Cast:
Veronica Taylor | ► | Ash Ketchum / Female Scientist / Computer / Fuji’s Wife (voice) |
Jay Goede | ► | Mewtwo / Dr. Fuji (voice) |
Rachael Lillis | ► | Misty / Jessie / Wigglytuff (voice) |
Eric Stuart | ► | Brock / James / Squirtle / Weezing / Scyther / Hitmonlee / Tentacruel / Magneton / Male Scientist / Squirtletwo (voice) |
Madeleine Blaustein | ► | Raymond / Meowth / Alakazam (voice) |
Ikue Ôtani | ► | Pikachu (voice) |
Ted Lewis | ► | Giovanni / Corey / Male Scientist (voice) |
James Carter Cathcart | ► | Fergus (voice) |
Michael Haigney | ► | Psyduck / Venusaur / Nidoqueen / Blastoise / Dewgong / Venusaurtwo / Blastoisetwo / Raticate / Spearow / Charmandertwo (voice) |
Kayzie Rogers | ► | Vaporeon / Vileplume / Ninetales (voice) |
Rodger Parsons | ► | Narrator (voice) |
Hirotaka Suzuoki | ► | Sakaki (voice) |
Lee Quick | ► | Officer Jenny (voice) |
Ayako Shiraishi | ► | Joi (voice) |
Chinami Nishimura | ► | Junsar (voice) |
Lisa Ortiz | ► | Neesha / Miranda / Female Scientist (voice) |
Amy Birnbaum | ► | Trainers (voice) |
Sachiko Kobayashi | ► | Voyager (voice) |
Megan Hollingshead | ► | Nurse Joy (voice) |
Aiko Satô | ► | Sweet (voice) |
Yôsuke Akimoto | ► | Doctor (voice) |
Eric Grossfeld | ► | Man on Intercom (voice) |
Tôru Furuya | ► | Sorao (voice) |
Tara Sands | ► | Bulbasaur / Vulpix / Bulbasaurtwo (voice) |
Wataru Takagi | ► | Umio (voice) |
Raymond Johnson | ► | Raymond (voice) |
Tesshô Genda | ► | Kamex (voice) |
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo | ► | Fushigibana (voice) |
Michiru Ogata | ► | Kairyû (voice) |
Shinobu Adachi | ► | Dr. Fuji’s Wife (voice) |
Megumi Hayashibara | ► | Musashi / Pikachutwo (voice) |
Kyôko Hikami | ► | Ai (voice) |
Masachika Ichimura | ► | Mewtwo (voice) |
Inuko Inuyama | ► | Nyarth (voice) |
Mayumi Izuka | ► | Kasumi (voice) |
Etsuko Kozakura | ► | Fushigidanetwo (voice) |
Rica Matsumoto | ► | Satoshi (voice) |
Yûji Ueda | ► | Takeshi (voice) |
Rikako Aikawa | ► | Seadra / Golduck (voice) |
Unshô Ishizuka | ► | Narrator / Gyarados / Onix / Kingler (voice) |
Katsuyuki Konishi | ► | Nidoking / Rhyhorn / Tauros (voice) |
Satomi Kôrogi | ► | Togepi (voice) |
Shin’ichirô Miki | ► | Charizard / Staryu / Arcanine / Charizardtwo (voice) |
Chiyako Shibahara | ► | Meowthtwo (voice) |
Kerry Williams | ► | Amber (voice) |
Kôichi Yamadera | ► | Mew (voice) |