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Pokemon: The First Movie

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[ sequel of Pokémon (TV) ]

Related anime:
    Pikachu's Summer Vacation (movie)
    Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back! (manga) (1998-07, adaptation)
    Pokemon 2000 - The Movie (1999-07-17, sequel)
      Pikachu's Rescue Adventure (movie)
      Pokemon 3 - The Movie (sequel)
        Pikachu and Pichu (movie)
        Pokemon 4Ever (movie) (sequel)
          Pikachu's PikaBoo (OAV)
          Pokemon Heroes - Latias & Latios (movie) (sequel)
            Camp Pikachu (OAV)
    Pokemon - Mewtwo Returns (special) (2000-12-30, sequel)

Alternative title:
Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back
Pocket Monsters: Myuutsuu no Gyakushuu (Japanese)
Pokemon : Mew vs. Mewtwo (French)
Pokémon De Film: Mewtwo tegen Mew (Dutch)
Pokemon Filmen: Mewtwo slår tillbaka (Swedish)
Pokemon the Movie: Mew vs. Mewtwo
Pokémon, O Filme: Mewtwo Contra-Ataca (Portuguese)
Pokemon: Film Pierwszy (Polish)
Pokémon: La Película (Spanish)
Pokemon: Mewtwon vastaisku
ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲 (Japanese)
神奇寶貝 超夢の逆襲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Age rating: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
Plot Summary: 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.
User Ratings: 1366 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 45 votes (dub:28, sub:10, edit.dub:3, Spa.dub:1, raw:1, Por.dub:1, ?:1)
 Excellent: 94 votes (dub:62, sub:18, edit.dub:6, Por.dub:3, ?:2, raw:1, Swe.dub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Very good: 160 votes (dub:102, sub:26, edit.dub:12, Spa.dub:6, raw:4, ?:3, Spa.sub:2, Fre.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Por.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Dut.dub:1)
 Good: 323 votes (dub:193, sub:70, edit.dub:28, ?:7, Spa.dub:7, Por.dub:5, Ger.dub:4, raw:3, Spa.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Swe.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 285 votes (dub:183, sub:54, edit.dub:27, Spa.dub:5, Dut.dub:5, ?:3, Por.dub:2, Fre.dub:2, raw:1, Ita.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 134 votes (dub:80, sub:26, edit.dub:15, ?:6, Spa.dub:2, Ger.dub:2, Dut.dub:1, Por.dub:1, Swe.dub:1)
 Not really good: 102 votes (dub:56, sub:24, edit.dub:13, Swe.dub:3, Spa.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Dut.dub:1, Dan.dub:1, Por.edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 92 votes (dub:50, sub:23, edit.dub:11, ?:4, Por.sub:2, Ger.dub:1, Swe.dub:1)
 Bad: 61 votes (dub:39, sub:12, edit.dub:3, Ger.dub:2, Swe.dub:2, ?:2, Spa.dub:1)
 Awful: 40 votes (dub:27, sub:9, edit.dub:2, ?:1, Por.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 30 votes (dub:17, sub:7, edit.dub:2, Ger.dub:2, Pol.dub:1, Swe.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3015 users, rank: #171
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.903 (Decent-.09), std. dev.: 2.2543, rank: #3345
Weighted mean: 5.859 (Decent-.14), rank: #3338 (seen all: 5.88 / seen some: 4.74 / won't finish: 0.41)
Bayesian estimate: 5.871 (Decent-.12), rank: #2870
Running time: 96 minutes
Production cost: ¥300,000,000
Vintage:
1998
2007-03-02 (Cartoon Network Latin America)
Premiere date:
1998-07-18 (Japan)
1999-11-10 (United States)
1999-12-25 (Mexico)
2000-03-19 (Portugal)
Opening Theme:
"Mezase Pokemon Master '98" by Rica Matsumoto
"Natsu Yasumi Fan Club" by Pokemon Kids
"Pokemon Theme" by Billy Crawford
"Vacation" by Vitamin C
Ending Theme:
"(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind" by Emma Bunton
"Don't Say You Love Me" by M2M
"If Only Tears Could Bring You Back" by Midnight Sons
"Kaze to Issho ni" by Sachiko Kobayashi
"We're A Miracle" by Christina Aguilera
Trivia: We have 5
Comment:
The movie was accompanied by the short "Pikachu's Summer Vacation" (Pikachuu no Natsuyasumi)
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    Pokemon: The First Movie DVD

DVD
    Pokemon The First Three Movies (DVD) 2009-04-07 (from $14.51)
    Pokemon: The First Movie (DVD) 2000-03-21 (from $3.94)
    Pokemon: The First Movie [Mini] (DVD) 2005-04-26
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
Original story: Satoshi Tajiri
Character Design: Sayuri Ichiishi
Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Chief Animation Director: Sayuri Ichiishi
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
ADR Editor: Ryoko Nashimoto
Advertising Producer: Yusuke Tomoda
Animation producer:
Shukichi Kanda (OLM)
Toshiaki Okuno
Animation Supervisor: Yôichi Kotabe
Assistant Unit Director:
Atsushi Yano
Noriaki Saito
Background Art:
Atsuo Kobayashi (Studio Jack)
Kiyomi Kohara (Studio Jack)
Masatoshi Muto (Studio Jack)
Norihiro Yoshikawa (Studio Jack)
Sanae Miyauchi (Studio Jack)
Yasutoshi Kawai (Studio Jack)
Yasuyuki Inaba (Studio Jack)
Character Designer; Chief Animator: Sayuri Ichiishi
Color Coordination: Norimichi Yoshino
Digital Film I/O: Hideo Tsuji
Digital Optical Recording: Noboru Nishio
Dolby Film Consultant: Mikio Mori (Continental Far East)
Editing: Yu Ito
Film Development:
Hiroaki Hirabayashi (timing)
Hiroo Shibata (optical)
Finish Animation:
Ai Yoneda (Anime World Osaka)
Akiko Iwamoto (Anime World Osaka)
Atsuko Okui (Peacock)
Chiharu Yoshihara (Peacock)
Hiroko Sawa (Anime World Osaka)
Hitomi Suzuki (Anime World Osaka)
Maki Kokubo (Peacock)
Makoto Yoshino (Anime World Osaka)
Mariko Tanazawa (Peacock)
Mayumi Oikawa (Peacock)
Midori Gōya (Peacock)
Mika Koreeda (Anime World Osaka)
Noriko Omura (Peacock)
Noriko Ueno (Anime World Osaka)
Ritsuko Kanazawa (Peacock)
Ryoji Miyazaki (Peacock)
Satoko Ōura (Peacock)
Yoko Suzuki (Peacock)
Yoshinori Hashimoto (Anime World Osaka)
Yuki Hase (Anime World Osaka)
Yukiko Kiyokawa (Peacock)
Yukiko Nagahama (Peacock)
Yuuko Satou (Peacock)
Mixing Advisor: Tooru Kadokura
Original Music: Junichi Masuda
Production Desk: Gaku Iwasa
Re-recording: Koji Fukushima
Recording Mix: Juji Nakamura
Scene Planning Assistant: Kazuya Murata
Setting Advancement: Kaori Banma
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo
Sound Mixing: Nobuhei Hirano
Supervision: Tsunekazu Ishihara
Technical Assistant:
Kenji Sakaizawa (Electori)
Masashi Sato (Fair Light Japan)
Tsutomu Kawahigashi (Continental Far East)
Theme Song Performance:
Rica Matsumoto (OP)
Sachiko Kobayashi (ED)
 
Ikue Ohtani as Pikachu
Mayumi Iizuka as Kasumi
Rica Matsumoto as Satoshi
Shinichiro Miki as Kojirou

Ichimura Masachiko as Myuutsu (adult)
Inuko Inuyama as Nyarth
Satomi Koorogi as Togepi
Yousuke Akimoto as Dr. Fuji
Yuji Ueda as Takeshi

Aiko Satou as Sweet
Katsuyuki Konishi as Scientist
Megumi Hayashibara as
Fushigidane
Pikatwo
Mika Kanai as
Mariru
Purin
Mitsuru Ogata as Kairyu
Raymond Johnson as Pirate Trainer
Rikako Aikawa as
Koduck
Rokon
Zenigame
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Fushigibana
Shinichiro Miki as Lizardon
Tesshô Genda as Kamex
Tohru Furuya as Sorao
Unshou Ishizuka as Narrator
Urara Takano as Raichu

Japanese companies 
Animation Production: OLM Digital
Development: Imagica
Editing: Jay Film
Executive Production: Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
Photography: Studio Cosmos
Sound Production: Half H.P Studio
Titles: Maki Pro
English staff 
English cast 
ADR Director: Michael Haigney
Translation: Paul Taylor
Executive producer: Alfred R. Kahn
Additional Music Composer: John Lissaeur
ADR Coordination: Jason Bergenfeld
ADR Engineer: David Novack
ADR Recording: Matthew Fleeca
Assistant Film Editor: Kent Blocher
Assistant Sound Editor:
David Fisher
Gil Hova
Associate producer: Kathy Borland
Casting Coordination: Jim Malone
Dialogue Editing: Rick Freeman
Mac Designer: Lorraine Campo
Main Title Animation:
Beirne Lowry
Dani Portillo
Music Editing: Susan Shufro
Music Production: John Loeffler
Optical Cameraman: Ramon Ferra
Optical Supervisor: Simon Lund
Original Music Composition:
John Engineer Loeffler
Ralph Shuckett
Post-Production Supervision: Paul C. Arianos
Production Assistant:
Chadbyrne R. Okkens
Chris Golda
Production manager: Larry Juris
Project Coordination: Kenji Okubo
Project Supervision: Gail Tilden
Re-Recording Mixing: Peter Waggoner
Score Mixing: Martin Kleiber
Score Recording: Tally Sherwood
Supervising Music Editor: Julian Schwartz
Supervising Sound Editor: Richard Q. King
Theme Song Performance:
Billy Crawford (OP)
Christina Aguilera (ED)
Emma Bunton (ED)
M2M (ED)
Midnight Sons (ED)
Vitamin C (OP)
 
Eric Stuart as Brock
Ikue Ohtani as Pikachu
Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum

Addie Blaustein as Meowth
Amy Birnbaum as Wigglytuff Trainer
Ed Paul as Corey
Eric Stuart as James
Rachael Lillis as Jessie

Eric Stuart as
Charizard
PokeDex
Squirtle
Jimmy Zoppi as Fergus
Kayzie Rogers as Marril
Lisa Ortiz as Neesha
Megan Hollingshead as
Nurse Joy
Officer Jenny
Michael Haigney as
Old Shore Wharf P.A. Announcer
Psyduck
Rachael Lillis as
Bulbasaur
Jigglypuff
Wigglytuff
Satomi Koorogi as Togepi
Shinichiro Miki as Charizard
Tara Jayne as
Bulbasaur
Oddish
Vulpix
Ted Lewis as Giovanni
Urara Takano as Raichu

English companies 

Digital Effects: Betelgeuse Productions
Digital Scans: Cinesite
Recording Studio: Taj Studios Inc.
Soundtrack:
Atlantic Records
Koch Records (Original Score)
Titles: Cineric Inc.
French cast 
French staff 
ADR Director: Gilbert Lachance (Quebec)

Directeur de Plateau: Jean-Daniel Nicodème
Benoît Marleau as Mewtwo (Quebec)
Fanny Roy as ondine
Kim Jalabert as Misty (Quebec)
Martin Watier as Brock (Quebec)
Sebastien-François Redding as Ash Ketchum (Quebec)

Alain Sauvage as Professeur Oak (Quebec)
Antoine Durand as James (Quebec)
Christine Séguin as Jessie (Quebec)

Catherine Conet as Jessie
David Manet as James
Guylaine Gibert as Officier Jenny
Julie Burroughs as Joy (Quebec)
Laurent Chauvet as Pierre
Lydia Cherton as Infirmiere Joelle
French companies 
Broadcaster: Teletoon (Canada) (French Version)
DVD Distribution: Warner Bros. (France)
Recording Studio: Covitec (Quebec)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
Dubbing Director: Jose Luis Angulo (Spain dub)
Translation: Kenneth Post (Spain dub)

ADR Recording: Antonio Esquivel (Spain dub)
Room Technician: Jorge Lerner (Spain dub)
 
Adolfo Moreno as Ash (Spain dub)
Gabriel Gama as Brock
Gabriel Ramos as Ash Ketchum
Ikue Ohtani as Pikachu
Javier Balas as Brock (Spain dub)
Miriam Valencia as Misty (Spain dub)

Amparo Valencia as Jesse (Spain dub)
Diana Perez as Jessie
Iván Jara as James (Spain dub)
José Escobosa as Meowth (Spain dub)
Luis Bajo as Mewtwo (Spain dub)
Ruperto Ares as Giovanni (Spain dub)

Adelaida López as Neesha (Spain dub)
Eduardo Del Hoyo as Narrator (Spain dub)
Enrique Mederos as Mewtwo
Gerardo Vazquez as Meowth
Jesús Alberto Pinillos as Gary (Spain dub)
Juan Logar Jr. as Fergus (Spain dub)
María Antonia Rodríguez as Miranda (Spain dub)
Pablo Sevilla as Raymond (Spain dub)
Pilar Martín as Joy (Spain dub)
Roberto Encinas as
Dr. Fuji (Spain dub)
Professor Oak (Spain dub)
Valle Acebrón as Officer Mara (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network L.A.
Red TV (Chile)
Televisa Canal 5 (México)
Distributor: Warner Bros. (México)
Dubbing Studio:
Audiomaster 3000 S.A. de C.V. México (Latin America)
Tecnison, S.A. (Madrid, Spain)

Italian staff 
(none)
Italian cast 
Italian companies 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 
Hubertus von Lerchenfeld as Wasser-Pokémon-Trainer
German companies 
(none)

Dutch cast 
Dutch staff 
Fred Meijer as Brock

Bram Bart as James
Jan Nonhof as Meowth

Edna Kalb as agent Jenny
Jeroen Keers as Narrator
Mandy Huydts as zuster Joye

Dutch companies 

Danish staff 
(none)
Danish cast 
Lulu Jacobsen as Misty Williams
Mathias Klenske as Ash Ketchum
Peter Holst-Beck as Brock Harrison

Soeren Spanning as Mewtwo
Danish companies 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish cast 
(none)
 
Hanna Kinder-Kiss as Ash Ketchum
Marek Obertyn as Mewtwo

Adam Bauman as Giovanni
Anna Apostolakis as Miranda
Anna Bielanska as Officer Jenny
Cezary Kwiecinski as
Fergus
Sorao
Dorota Lanton as Jessie
Krystyna Kozanecka as Ash's Mother
Malgorzata Maslanka as Nurse Joy
Mieczyslaw Moranski as Professor Oak
Mikolaj Klimek as Narrator
Miroslaw Wieprzewski as
Meowth
Nyarth
Polish companies 
Distributor: Galapagos Films
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 
Dubbing Director: Carlos Freixo (Portugal)
 
Alfredo Rollo as Brock
Carlos Freixo as Mewtwo (Portugal)
Fábio Lucindo as Ash Ketchum
Ikue Ohtani as Pikachu
Maria João Luís as Ash (Portugal)

Helena Montez as
Misty (Portugal)
Nurse Joy (Portugal)
Paulo Oom as Dr. Fuji (Portugal)
Peter Michael as
Brock (Portugal)
James (Portugal)
Rui LuísBrás as
Giovanni (Portugal)
Meowth (Portugal)
Teresa Madruga as
Jessie (Portugal)
Officer Jenny (Portugal)

André Maia as Corey (Portugal)
Fátima Noya as Enfermeira Joy
Isabel Ribas as Neesha (Portugal)
Luís Feier Mota as Giovanni
Luísa Salgueiro as Boija (Portugal)
Paulo B as
Narrator (Portugal)
Prof. Oak (Portugal)
Paulo Oom as Fergus (Portugal)
Raquel Marinho as Policial Jenny
Rodrigo Andreatto as Venusaur's Trainer
Portuguese companies 
Dubbing Studio:
Delart (Brazil)
Matinha (Portugal)
Swedish staff 
Swedish cast 
(none)
 
Andreas Nilsson as
James
Pokedex
Anna Book as Misty
Annelie Berg as Jessie
Hans Wahlgren as Professor Oak
Johan Hedenberg as Geovanni
Linus Wahlgren as Meuwth
Mattias Knave as Brook
Stephan Karlsen as Mewtwo
Swedish companies 
(none)

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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