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Summary
The Team Rocket leader, Giovanni, has found Mewtwo in a remote area of the Johto region.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 32
IMDb6.4
Letterboxd · 11 K ratings3.2/5
Audience score60%
Running time
1 h 3 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 animated movies, −26 min on the typical 89
typical 8963Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2001
August 17, 2001
25 years ago
Genres
AnimationFamilyActionAdventureDramaFantasyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
- GUnited States
Yes: it's rated G in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-Provoking
and 13 more16 people
- Rica MatsumotoSatoshi (voice)
- Ikue OtaniPikachu (voice)
- Mayumi IzukaKasumi (voice)
- Satomi KorogiTogepy (voice)
- Yuji UedaTakeshi (voice)
- Megumi HayashibaraMusashi (voice)
- Shin-ichiro MikiKojiro (voice)
- Inuko InuyamaNyarth (voice)
Masachika IchimuraMewtwo (voice)
Hirotaka SuzuokiSakaki (voice)
Kotono MitsuishiDomino (voice)
Chinami NishimuraJunsar (voice)
Unsho IshizukaNarrator (voice)
Aya HisakawaLuna Carson (voice)
Yumi ToumaLuka Carson (voice)
Rikiya KoyamaPenicillina (voice)
Directing · 4
- Masamitsu Hidaka Director
- Koji Fukasawa Assistant Director, Storyboard Artist
- Yuji Asada Assistant Director, Storyboard Artist
- Kiyotaka Itani Assistant Director, Storyboard Artist
Writing · 1
- Takeshi Shudo Screenplay
Production · 7
- Takemoto Mori Producer
- Makiko Iwata Producer
- Takayuki Yanagisawa Producer
- Tsunekazu Ishihara Production Supervisor
- Choji Yoshikawa Associate Producer
- Nobuyuki Wasaki Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Takaya Mizutani Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Toshio Henmi Editor
Sound · 2
- Shinji Miyazaki Original Music Composer
- Masafumi Mima Sound Director
Art · 13
- Katsuyoshi Kanemura Art Direction
- Ken Sugimori Concept Artist
- Kunimi Kawamura Other
- Muneo Saito Concept Artist
- Hiroyuki Jinnai Other
- Gakuji Nomoto Other
Visual Effects · 3
- Sayuri Ichiishi Animation Director, Character Designer
- Akihiro Tamagawa Animation Director
- Masaaki Iwane Animation Director
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