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1998 · Japan

Pokémon: The First Movie

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 96 min
Age rating: G
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Violence: Moderate

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

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

clone
villain
revenge
cloning
based on video game
creator
search for meaning
researcher
research laboratory
adult as a child

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Yuji Ueda — Takeshi (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara — Musashi (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki — Kojirō (voice)
Inuko Inuyama — Nyarth (voice)
Ayako Shiraishi — Joy (voice)
Chinami Nishimura — Junsar (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki — Sakaki (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka — Narrator (voice)
Masachika Ichimura — Mewtwo (voice)
Koichi Yamadera — Mew (voice)
Toru Furuya — Sorao (voice)

Directed: Kunihiko Yuyama
Written: Takeshi Shudo

Production

Rating: 7.0 / 10 · 1,627 ratings
Studio: OLM, Shogakukan Production, TV Tokyo, Pikachu Project '98, Media Factory, Creatures

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

1998 · You’re here
Pokémon: The First Movie
Where it starts.
Pokémon the Movie 2000
1999

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.