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Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (special)

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Alternative title:
A Volta de Mewtwo (Portuguese)
De Terugkeer van Mewtwo (Dutch)
Mewtu kehrt zurück (German)
Mewtwo's Return (Japanese)
Mewtwo, Land that Meets the Eye (Japanese)
Mewtwon paluu 
Pocket Monster: Myuutsu! Ware wa Koko ni Ari (Japanese)
Pocket Monsters: Myuutsu! I Exist Here
Pokémon - Mewtwo Regresa (Spanish)
Pokémon - Mewtwo: El regreso (Spanish)
Pokémon - O Retorno de Mewtwo (Portuguese)
Pokemon: Powrót Metwo (Polish)
ポケットモンスター ミュウツー! 我ハココニ在リ (Japanese)
포켓몬스터 극장판 - 뮤츠! 나는 여기에 있다 (Korean)
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: The Team Rocket leader, Giovanni, has found Mewtwo in a remote area of the Johto region. As Giovanni tries to re-capture Mewtwo, Ash and his friends are kidnapped by Domino, a new Team Rocket member, while trying to rescue Pikachu from Jessie and James. The Clone Pokemon are also captured and are then used as bait for Mewtwo. The situation then becomes a battle between the wills of Mewtwo and Giovanni; and Mewtwo also tries to discover if it and the clones have a purpose in life, even though they are products of science.
User Ratings: 659 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (dub:10, sub:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1)
 Excellent: 45 votes (dub:32, sub:11, ?:1, others:1
1 Dutch dubbed
)
 Very good: 85 votes (dub:57, sub:18, ?:2, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:5
2 Spanish dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Swedish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Good: 158 votes (dub:92, sub:43, edit.dub:9, ?:4, raw:2, others:8
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Dutch dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Finnish dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Decent: 165 votes (dub:116, sub:32, edit.dub:9, ?:2, raw:1, others:5
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese edited dub
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 So-so: 70 votes (dub:45, sub:16, edit.dub:5, others:4
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Danish dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 Not really good: 41 votes (dub:25, sub:12, edit.dub:2, raw:1, ?:1)
 Weak: 38 votes (dub:21, sub:9, edit.dub:4, ?:2, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 hindi/urdu dubbed
)
 Bad: 17 votes (sub:6, dub:5, edit.dub:5, others:1
1 Norwegian dubbed
)
 Awful: 11 votes (dub:7, sub:2, edit.dub:2)
 Worst ever: 15 votes (dub:8, ?:3, sub:2, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 1946 users, rank: #606 (of 9535)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.061 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.0567, rank: #6985 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.044 (Decent), rank: #7001 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.06 / seen some: 4.62 / won't finish: 5.66)
Bayesian estimate: 6.074 (Decent), rank: #6259 (of 7243)
Running time: one hour
Vintage:
2000-12-30
2009-08-23 (Philippines, GMA Network)
Ending Theme:
"Boku no Best Friend e (My Best Friend)" by Hiromi Iawasaki
Trivia: We have 2
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DVD (Region 1)
    Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (Dub.DVD) 2001-12-04 (from $49.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masamitsu Hidaka
Screenplay: Takeshi Shudō
Original creator: Satoshi Tajiri
Character Design: Sayuri Ichiishi
Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Chief Animation Director: Sayuri Ichiishi
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Takaya Mizutani
Animation producer: Shukichi Kanda
Animation Supervisor: Yōichi Kotabe
Assistant producer: Tsuyoshi Fukuda
Associate producer: Choji Yoshikawa
Color design: Norimichi Yoshino
Color Key: Tatsue Ōzeki
Digital Manager: Kenji Otake
Editing: Toshio Henmi
Editing Assistant: Hiroaki Itabe
Executive Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
In-Between Check:
Fujika Enomoto
Noriaki Saito
Production Advancement:
Kenji Shirai
Takashi Inoue
Takehiko Ban
Production manager:
Nobuyuki Wasaki
Shouji Oota
Production Supervision: Tsunekazu Ishihara
Publicity: Namie Hashio (TV Tokyo)
Recording Assistant: Ryoko Nashimoto
Recording engineer: Nobuhei Hirano
Setting Manager: Tomoyasu Kametani
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo
Sound Production Desk: Akiko Nakamura
Special Effects: Noriyuki Ohta
Theme Song Performance: Hiromi Iawasaki (ED)
Video Editing:
Naoki Kanazawa
Ryo Naitou
Ikue Ōtani as Pikachu
Masachika Ichimura as Mewtwo
Mayumi Iizuka as Kasumi
Rica Matsumoto as Satoshi
Yūji Ueda as Takeshi

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Sakaki
Inuko Inuyama as Nyarth
Kotono Mitsuishi as Domino
Megumi Hayashibara as Musashi
Shinichirō Miki as Kojiro

Aya Hisakawa as Luna Carson
Chiyako Shibahara as Scientist
Mayumi Shintani as Copy Nyarth
Megumi Hayashibara as
Fusigidane
Pikatwo
Mika Kanai as Chikorita
Rica Matsumoto as Persian
Rikako Aikawa as Butterfree
Rikiya Koyama as Penishirina
Satomi Koorogi as Togepi
Shinichirō Miki as
Golbat
Hitodeman
Ishitsubute
Nyorozo
Unshō Ishizuka as
Iwaku
Kunugidama
Narrator
Yūji Ueda as Sonansu
Yumi Touma as Luka Carson
Japanese companies
Animation Production: OLM
Backgrounds: Studio Jack
CG Animation: OLM Digital
Clean-Up Animation: OLM Digital
Digital Composition: OLM Digital
In-Between Animation:
Anime World Osaka
Snow Light Staff
Music Assistance: TV Tokyo Music
Original Concept: Nintendo
Video Editing: Imagica
English cast
English staff
Translation: Paul Taylor
Producer: Kathy Borland

Adaptation: Michael Haigney
Associate producer: Denitsa Zahariev
Electronic Graphics:
Jennifer Obrotka
Ryan Kelly
Final Mix: Armen Mazlumian
Music Editing:
Joel Douek
Susan Shufro
Music producer: John Loeffler
Original Music Composition: Ralph Schuckett
Original Music Producer: Ralph Schuckett 
Post-Production Coordinator: Chris Guido
Production Accounting: Ray Sterling
Sound Supervision: Armen Mazlumian
Supervising Music Editor: Julian Schwartz
Dan Green as Mewtwo
Eric Stuart as Brock
Ikue Ōtani as Pikachu
Rachael Lillis as Misty
Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum

Addie Blaustein as Meowth
Ed Paul as Giovanni
Eric Stuart as James
Kerry Williams as Domino
Rachael Lillis as Jessie

Amy Birnbaum as Luna Carson
Eric Stuart as
Pineco
Squirtle
Mayumi Shintani as Copy Meowth
Megan Hollingshead as Luka Carson
Megumi Hayashibara as Pikatwo
Michael Haigney as
Blastoise
Geodude
Psyduck
Venusaur
Mika Kanai as Chikorita
Rachael Lillis as
Goldeen
Ninetales
Wigglytuff
Rica Matsumoto as Persian
Satomi Koorogi as Togepi
Scottie Ray as Cullen Calix
Shinichirō Miki as
Golbat
Staryu
Tara Jayne as
Bulbasaur
Vulpix 
Unshō Ishizuka as Onix
English companies
Audio Post Production: Taj Studios Inc.
Music: Rave Music
Production: 4Kids Entertainment
Voice Producer: Taj Studios Inc. 
French staff
French cast
Adaptation: François Asselin (Quebec)
Voice Direction: François Asselin (Quebec)
Benoît Marleau as Mewtwo (Quebec)
Kim Jalabert as Misty (Quebec)
Martin Watier as Brock (Quebec)
Sébastien Reding as Ash Ketchum (Quebec)

Antoine Durand as James (Quebec)
Christine Séguin as Jessie (Quebec)
Daniel Picard as Giovanni (Quebec)
François Sasseville as Meowth (Quebec)
French companies
Broadcaster: Teletoon (French Version)
Recording Studio: Covitec (Quebec)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Jose Luis Angulo (Spain dub)
Translation: Kenneth Post (Spain dub)
ADR Script: Jose Luis Angulo (Spain dub)

ADR Engineer: Alberto Ginés (Spain dub)
Mix Engineer: Antonio Esquivel (Spain dub)
Gabriel Gama as Brock
Gabriel Ramos as Ash Ketchum
Ikue Ōtani as Pikachu
Pilar González Aguado as Misty (Spain dub)
Rafael Alonso Naranjo Jr. as Ash Ketchum (Spain dub)
Sergio Sánchez as Brock (Spain dub)
Xochitl Ugarte as Misty

Ana Jiménez as Jessie (Spain dub)
Christine Byrd as Domino
Inmaculada Gallego as Luna Carson (Spain dub)
Juan Logar Jr. as Cullen Callix (Spain dub)
Luis Bajo as Mewtwo (Spain dub)
Luis Manuel Martín Díaz as James (Spain dub)
Mario Arenas as Meowth (Spain dub)
Rafael Azcárraga as Giovanni (Spain dub)
Sofía Galán as Dominó "Black Tulip" (Spain dub)

Alejandro Villeli as Giovanni
Carlos Hugo Hidalgo as Cullen Calix
Diana Perez as Jesse
Eduardo Del Hoyo as Narrator (Spain dub)
Enrique Mederos as Mewtwo
Gerardo Vazquez as Meowth
Jose Luis Angulo as Dr. Fuji (Spain dub; extras)
Liliana Barba as Luna Carson
Mercedes Cepeda as Luka Carson (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network L.A. (Latin America)
Cinema Golden Choice (Mexico)
Dubbing Studio: Tecnison (Spain dub)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Angela Wiederhut as Misty
Frank Muth as Mewtu
Marc Stachel as Rocko
Veronika Neugebauer as Ash Ketchum

Gerhard Acktun as Mauzi
Laura Maire as Domino
Matthias Klie as James
Scarlet Cavadenti as Jessie

Frank Schaff as Narrator
Philipp Brammer as Cullen Calix
Thomas Albus as Giovanni
German companies
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Translation: Hilde de Mildt

Voice Direction: Joop Pieëte
Christa Lips as Ash
Fred Meijer as Brock
Marlies Somers as Misty
Victor van Swaay as Mewtwo

Bram Bart as James
Hilde de Mildt as Jessie
Jan Nonhof as Meowth
Kiki Koster as Domino

Pepijn Gunneweg as Cullen Calix
Sander de Heer as Giovanni
Dutch companies
Dubbing: JPS Producties
Danish staff
Danish cast
(none)
Mathias Klenske as Ash Ketchum
Peter Holst-Beck as Brock

Ann Hjort as Jessie
Peter Zhelder as Meowth
Thomas Kirk as James
Danish companies
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Candice Arellano as Misty
Julius Figueroa as Brock
Klariz Magboo as Ash Ketchum

Hazel Hernan as Domino
Jefferson Utanes as James
Julius Figueroa as Meowth

Jefferson Utanes as Mewtwo
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: GMA Network
Dubbing: ALTA Productions
Polish staff
Polish cast
Hanna Kinder-Kiss as Ash Ketchum
Iwona Rulewicz as Misty
Marek Obertyn as Mewtwo
Marek Wlodarczyk as Brock

Adam Bauman as Giovanni

Anna Apostolakis as Bus Driver
Beata Jankowska-Tzimas as Luna Carson
Dorota Lanton as Jessie
Janusz Wituch as Cullen Callix
Jaroslaw Budnik as James
Mikołaj Klimek as Narrator
Polish companies
Distributor: Galapagos Films
Dubbing: Master Film
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Alfredo Rollo as Brock
Fábio Lucindo as Ash Ketchum
Guilherme Briggs as Mewtwo
Ikue Ōtani as Pikachu
Márcia Regina as Misty

Iara Riça as Domino
Isabel de Sá as Jesse
Márcio Araújo as James

Luís Feier Mota as Giovanni
Luiz Feier Motta as Giovanni
Peterson Adriano as Cullen Calix
Satomi Koorogi as Togepi
Sílvia Goiabeira as Luka Carson
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
HBO Latin America
SBT (Brazil)
Dubbing Studio: Delart

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