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Pokémon: The First Movie

Pokémon: The First Movie

The Pokémon match of all time is here.

19986.91h 36m

Overview

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

Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
Written by Takeshi Shudo, Satoshi Tajiri
Produced by Choji Yoshikawa
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0MRevenue: $163.6M

Top Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto

Satoshi (voice)

Ikue Otani

Ikue Otani

Pikachu (voice)

Mayumi Izuka

Mayumi Izuka

Kasumi (voice)

Satomi Korogi

Satomi Korogi

Togepy (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda

Takeshi (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kojirō (voice)

Inuko Inuyama

Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (voice)

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Ayako Shiraishi

Joy (voice)

Chinami Nishimura

Chinami Nishimura

Junsar (voice)

Themes & Keywords

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About Pokémon: The First Movie

Pokémon: The First Movie is a animation, family, adventure, fantasy, action film released in 1998 exploring themes of clone, villain, revenge, cloning, based on video game, creator. Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, it stars Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Mayumi Izuka. Determined to prove its superiority, a bio-engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokemon match like none before.

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