
Also known as ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲 | Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushuu | Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back
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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.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Note: Originally screened in theaters as 75 minutes, a "complete version" was broadcast on TV the following year shortly before the release of Pokémon the Movie 2000, adding a reconstructed storytelling of Ash and Pikachu's first meeting to its runtime making it 85 minutes.
The Origin of Mewtwo was originally not included with the theater release but every subsequent release has included it, so this entry includes it as well in its runtime. Pokemon Movie 01: Mewtwo no Gyakushuu won the Feature Film Award in the 3rd Animation Kobe Awards in 1998. The film chronologically takes place after episode 67 of Pokemon.

Kasumi
Main
Voice: Iizuka, Mayumi (Japanese)

Mew
Main
Voice: Yamadera, Kouichi (Japanese)

Mewtwo
Main
Voice: Morikubo, Shoutarou (Japanese)

Pikachu
Main
Voice: Ootani, Ikue (Japanese)

Satoshi
Main
Voice: Matsumoto, Rica (Japanese)

Takeshi
Main
Voice: Ueda, Yuuji (Japanese)

Arbo
Supporting

Butterfree
Supporting

Igarashi, Tomoyuki
Producer

Mori, Takemoto
Producer

Okuno, Toshiaki
Producer

Yoshikawa, Chouji
Producer

Yuyama, Kunihiko
Director, Storyboard

Mima, Masafumi
Sound Director
Openings
"Mezase Pokemon Master '98 (めざせポケモンマスター'98)" by Rica Matsumoto
Endings
''Kaze to Issho ni (風といっしょに)'' by Sachiko Kobayashi
English title
Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back
Romaji title
Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushuu
Japanese title
ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲
Synonyms
Gekijouban Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back, Pokémon Movie 1, Pokémon: The Origin of Mewtwo, Pokémon: The First Movie Kanzenban, Pokémon: The First Movie Complete Version, Pokemon Movie 01: Mewtwo no Gyakushuu
Main studio
OLM
Producers
TV Tokyo, Imagica, Shogakukan Productions
Licensors
4Kids Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures
Japanese title
ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲