Pocket Monsters the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back! - The Kanzenban Edition (1999)

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Pocket Monsters the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back! - The Kanzenban Edition (1999)

07/08/1999 (JP) Animation 1h 25m

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While on a journey to become a Pokémon Master, Satoshi and his friends receive a special invitation. However, what they don't know is that this invitation is really a trap planned by Mewtwo! Satoshi and his friends cross the ocean during a terrific storm to reach the "Pokémon Castle" where they're greeted by Mewtwo, a Pokémon who claims to be both the world's strongest Pokémon and the world's strongest Pokémon Trainer! Mewtwo plans to capture everyone's Pokémon and use them to make superior Copies in a plan to get revenge against humans everywhere.

Kunihiko Yuyama

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Takeshi Shudo

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Rica Matsumoto

Satoshi (Voice)
Ikue Otani

Pikachu
Mayumi Izuka

Kasumi (Voice)
Yuji Ueda

Takeshi (Voice)
Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi (Voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki

Kojiro (Voice)
Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (Voice)
Masachika Ichimura

Mewtwo (Voice)
Satomi Korogi

Togepy (Voice)
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Written by JT94 on March 15, 2025

The Kanzenban Edition, is the original Japanese cut, with the inclusion of an extra ten minute prologue, and a variety of redrawn and re-animated scenes, including new CGI effects. This version, addressed as 'The Kanzenban' aired on July 8th 1999 and became the permanent replacement of the theatrical cut in physical releases and airings in Japan (the exact same issue that the Star Wars Special Editions did to the theatrical release).

Compared to 'Pokemon The First Movie', the English dub - this is an entirely different film from start to finish. The ten minute prologue was cut out, the s... read the rest.

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