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Pokémon: The First Movie

Pokémon: The First Movie

The Pokémon match of all time is here.

Part of Pokémon Collection

1998•1h 36m•6.9/10
AnimationFamilyAdventureFantasyAction

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.9/10(2K)

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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Production

OLM, Shogakukan Production, TV Tokyo, Pikachu Project '98, Media Factory, Creatures, Nintendo, GAME FREAK, jeki, Shogakukan, Tomy

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

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)

Ayako Shiraishi

Joy (voice)

Chinami Nishimura

Chinami Nishimura

Junsar (voice)

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Sakaki (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Unsho Ishizuka

Narrator (voice)

Masachika Ichimura

Masachika Ichimura

Mewtwo (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Mew (voice)

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Sorao (voice)

Aiko Sato

Aiko Sato

Sweet (voice)

Wataru Takagi

Wataru Takagi

Umio (voice)

Raymond Johnson

Raymond (voice)

Sachiko Kobayashi

Sachiko Kobayashi

Voyager (voice)

Yosuke Akimoto

Yosuke Akimoto

Dr. Fuji (voice)

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