List of Pokémon Films & Specials

This is a list of films and specials for the original Pokémon anime series.

Pokémon films feature the main cast of the television series and precede the premiere of each season. All have been directed by Kunihiko Yuyama.

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Pokémon: The First Movie
Pokémon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back (ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲 Pocket Monsters Mewtwo no Gyakushū), is the first theatrical Pokémon movie. It premiered on July 18, 1998 in Japanese theaters. The film is 75-minutes long, not including the 20-minute short preceding the film titled Pikachu's Vacation, or the 10-minute prologue added to later Japanese releases (see below).

The English-language adaptation, produced by Nintendo and 4Kids Entertainment and licensed by Warner Bros., was released in North America on November 10, 1999.

Additional Voices

 * Maddie Blaustein - Alakazam
 * Eric Grossfeld - P.A. System
 * Michael J. Haigney - Psyducks, Weezing, Hitmonlee
 * Ted Lewis
 * Rachael Lillis - Vulpix, Vaporeon, Ninetales, Wigglypuff
 * Lisa Ortiz
 * Kayzie Rogers - Vileplume
 * Tara Sands - Bulbasaur
 * Eric Stuart - Squirtle, Scyther
 * Veronica Taylor

Video Releases
 * 3-pack with Movies 2 & 3 

 * 2-pack with Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You! 

Pokémon: The Movie 2000
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (劇場版ポケットモンスター 幻のポケモン ルギア爆誕 Maboroshi no Pokémon Rugia baku tan), is the second theatrical Pokémon movie. It premiered on July 17, 1999 in Japanese theaters, along with its respective animated short called Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

The English version was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and released in the United States by Warner Bros. on July 21, 2000.

Additional Voices

 * Norman Altman
 * John Corallo
 * Michael J. Haigney - Venusaur, Spearow, Weezing
 * Megan Hollingshead
 * Cassidy Kahn
 * Rachael Lillis - Goldeen, Venonat, Ninetale
 * Emily Niebo - Lawrence III's Computer
 * Kayzie Rogers - Mimey, Marill
 * Eric Stuart - Squirtle, Scyther, Blastoise
 * Veronica Taylor - Diglett

Video Releases
 * 3-pack with Movies 1 & 3 

Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unknown
Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unknown (結晶塔の帝王 ＥＮＴＥＩ Kesshōtō no Teiō ENTEI), is the third theatrical Pokémon movie. It premiered on July 8, 2000 in Japanese theaters. The Pokémon protagonists are the Unown and Entei.

The English version was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and released in the United States by Warner Bros. on April 6, 2001.

Additional Voices

 * Michael J. Haigney
 * Rachael Lillis - Vulpix, Goldeen
 * Kayzie Rogers - Wobbuffet, Mimey, Cyandaquil, Totodile, Flaaffy
 * Tara Sands - Bulbasaur, Teddisura, Cameraman

Video Releases
 * 3-pack with Movies 2 & 3 

Pokémon 4Ever
Pokémon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest (セレビィ時を超えた遭遇 Serebī Toki wo Koeta Sougū), is the fourth theatrical Pokémon movie. It premiered on July 7, 2001 in Japanese theaters. The animated short that precedes this movie is Pikachu's PikaBoo!.

The English adaption of the film was released on October 11, 2002 in the United States, produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by then Disney subsidiary Miramax Films, who would take over from Warner Bros. starting with this film.

Additional Voices

 * Michael J. Haigney - Croconaw, Spearow, Rattata, Raticate, Weezing, Parasect
 * Kayzie Rogers - Wobbuffet, Sneasel, Bellossom, Bellsprout
 * Tara Sands - Furret, Oddish, Teddiursa, Jumpluff
 * Eric Stuart - Charmeleon, Scizor, Scyther, Sandshrew, Stanler, Venomoth, Seaking, Paras

Video Releases
 * 4-pack with Movies 5-7 

Pokémon Heroes
Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias (水の都の護神 ラティアスとラティオス Mizu no Miyako no Mamorigami Ratiasu to Ratiosu), is the fifth theatrical Pokémon movie. It premiered on July 13, 2002 in Japanese theaters. The animated short that precedes this movie is Pikachu's PikaBoo!.

The English adaptation was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by Miramax Films (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company), and saw a limited release in the United States on May 16, 2003, before being released to video and DVD in January 2004.

Additional Voices

 * Wayne Grayson
 * Ted Lewis
 * Rachael Lillis
 * Lisa Ortiz
 * Rodger Parsons
 * Kayzie Rogers - Wobbuffet, Totodile, Corsola, Esepeon, Vaporeon
 * Tara Sands
 * Michael Sinterniklaas
 * Eric Stuart - Xatu, Politoed
 * Veronica Taylor
 * Kerry Williams

Video Releases
 * 4-pack with Movies 4, 6 & 7 

Pokémon: The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin
Pokémon: The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin (ミュウツーの誕生 Mewtwo no Tanjō) is a ten-minute anime short added to the beginning of Mewtwo Strikes Back in all television airings in Japan and in the Japanese home video releases from the third one onward, and it was first shown on TV Tokyo on July 8, 1999, while its first home video release was on VHS on November 12, 1999. This short increases the movie's length from 75 to 85 minutes.

Although the short was created to be later used in the United States, the North American theatrical version (November 10, 1999) removed the short due to it being too dark and morose for the film's American "G" rating. On March 21, 2000, Mewtwo Strikes Back was released on home video in the United States, and both the VHS and the DVD included the first two minutes of the short dubbed in English, with the VHS these scenes were added to the beginning of the movie while in the DVD they were included as an extra. The full English dub of the short was first found in a Japanese DVD of the movie released on June 23, 2000, which contained both Japanese and English audio tracks. It was later included in the Special Features of the international DVD of Mewtwo Returns, released on August 17, 2001 in Australia and on December 4, 2001 in the United States.

Additional Voices

 * Tara Sands
 * Eric Stuart
 * Veronica Taylor

Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns
Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (ミュウツー！我ハココニ在リ Myūtsū! Ware wa koko ni ari) is a special hour-long episode of the Pokémon anime series, and is a direct sequel to Pokémon: The First Movie. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 30, 2000.

It went direct-to-video in the United States on December 4, 2001.

Additional Voices

 * Ross Charap
 * James Carter Cathcart
 * Michael J. Haigney
 * Megan Hollingshead
 * Paul Liberti
 * Rachael Lillis
 * Michelle Linden
 * Jerry Lobozzo
 * Lisa Ortiz
 * Kayzie Rogers
 * Tara Sands
 * Joseph Shore
 * Eric Stuart
 * Stuart Zagnit