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Pokémon: The First Movie

Name: Pokémon: The First Movie
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
Genre: Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Released: 1998
Rating: 7
Cast: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Mayumi Izuka, Satomi Korogi, Yuji Ueda

Determined to prove its superiority, a bio-engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokémon match like none before.

1998 · Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama · 96 min · Animation · Family · Adventure · Fantasy · Action · 26 frames

Tagline

Who is the strongest Pokémon?

Crew

Screenplay: Takeshi Shudo
Cinematography: Hisao Shirai
Edited by: Toshio Henmi, Hiroshi Ito
Produced by: Choji Yoshikawa

Cast

Rica Matsumoto as Satoshi (voice)
Ikue Otani as Pikachu (voice)
Mayumi Izuka as Kasumi (voice)
Satomi Korogi as Togepy (voice)
Yuji Ueda as Takeshi (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara as Musashi (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki as Kojirō (voice)
Inuko Inuyama as Nyarth (voice)
Ayako Shiraishi as Joy (voice)
Chinami Nishimura as Junsar (voice)

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: OLM, Shogakukan Production, TV Tokyo, Pikachu Project '98
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $163,644,940
Themes: clone, villain, revenge, cloning, based on video game, creator, search for meaning, researcher, existentialism, research laboratory

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Pokémon Heroes — 2002
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys — 2004
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew — 2005
Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker — 2003
Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel — 2016
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! — 2017
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior — 2008

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