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.

Films[]

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 dub film is 75-minutes long, not including the 20-minute short preceding the film titled Pikachu's Vacation, or the 10-minute prologue in the original Japanese release (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.

Synopsis

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 its own purposes. Ash then tries to find a way to stop Mewtwo's plot before it can be carried out.

Cast[]

Character	Original Name	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Ash Ketchum	Satoshi	Rika Matsumoto	Veronica Taylor
Pikachu		Ikue Ōtani
Misty	Kasumi	Mayumi Iizuka	Rachael Lillis
Togepi		Satomi Kōrogi
Brock	Takeshi	Yūji Ueda	Eric Stuart
Jessie	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	Rachael Lillis
James	Kojiro	Shinichirō Miki	Eric Stuart
Meowth	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	Maddie Blaustein
Nurse Joy	Joy	Ayako Shiraishi	Megan Hollingshead
Officer Jenny	Junsar	Chinami Nishimura	Lee Quick
Giovanni	Sakaki	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Ted Lewis
Dr. Fuji		Yōsuke Akimoto	Jay Goede
Mewtwo		Masachika Ichimura	Jay Goede
Raymond		Raymond Johnson	Maddie Blaustein
Neesha	Sweet	Aiko Satō	Amy Birnbaum
Fergus	Umio	Wataru Takagi	James Carter Cathcart
Corey	Sorao	Tōru Furuya	Ted Lewis
Miranda	Voyager	Sachiko Kobayashi	Lisa Ortiz
Narrator		Unshō Ishizuka	Rodger Parsons

Additional Voices[]

Maddie Blaustein - Alakazam
Norman J. Grossfeld - P.A. System
Michael 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[]

Distributor	Year	Region	Country
Warner Home Video	2000	NTSC	United States
	2000	1 NTSC
	2009*	1 NTSC
Viz Media	2016*	A DVB-T
	2021*	1 NTSC
	2021*	A DVB-T

*3-pack with Movies 2 & 3
*2-pack with Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You!

External Links[]

Pokémon: The First Movie (anime) at the Anime News Network
Pokémon: The First Movie at the Internet Movie Database

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.

Synopsis

A greedy collector, Lawrence III, wants to capture the legendary Pokemon, Lugia. But in order to do so, he must capture the Titans of Fire, Ice, and Lightning. The titans are powerful bird-like Pokemon, and if they are disturbed they will wage a war against each other which will ultimately result in earth's destruction. Ash, Misty, and Tracey get caught up in the situation when they end up being washed ashore onto Shamouti Island. Soon after, Ash meets a girl named Melody who sends him into a mission where he must collect the 3 Orbs which will quell the fighting, but first Ash must gain help from the Beast of the Sea, Lugia, if he's to succeed.