Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2001)
AnimationFamilyActionAdventureDramaFantasy
The Team Rocket leader, Giovanni, has found Mewtwo in a remote area of the Johto region. As Giovanni tries to re-capture Mewtwo, Ash and his friends are kidnapped by Domino, a new Team Rocket member, while trying to rescue Pikachu from Jessie and James. The Clone Pokemon are also captured and are then used as bait for Mewtwo. The situation then becomes a battle between the wills of Mewtwo and Giovanni; and Mewtwo also tries to discover if it and the clones have a purpose in life, even though they are products of science.
Director:
Masamitsu Hidaka
Writer:
Takeshi Shudo
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Rica Matsumoto as Satoshi (voice) |
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Ikue Otani as Pikachu (voice) |
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Mayumi Izuka as Kasumi (voice) |
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Satomi Korogi as Togepy (voice) |
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Yuji Ueda as Takeshi (voice) |
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Megumi Hayashibara as Musashi (voice) |
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Shin-ichiro Miki as Kojiro (voice) |
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Inuko Inuyama as Nyarth (voice) |
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Masachika Ichimura as Mewtwo (voice) |
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Hirotaka Suzuoki as Sakaki (voice) |
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Kotono Mitsuishi as Domino (voice) |
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Chinami Nishimura as Junsar (voice) |
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Unsho Ishizuka as Narrator (voice) |
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Aya Hisakawa as Luna Carson (voice) |
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Yumi Touma as Luka Carson (voice) |
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Rikiya Koyama as Penicillina (voice) |
| Writing | Takeshi Shudo | Screenplay |
| Directing | Masamitsu Hidaka | Director |
| Production | Makiko Iwata | Producer |
| Directing | Yuji Asada | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kiyotaka Itani | Assistant Director |
| Production | Choji Yoshikawa | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Toshio Henmi | Editor |
| Sound | Masafumi Mima | Sound Director |
| Art | Katsuyoshi Kanemura | Art Direction |
| Production | Tsunekazu Ishihara | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Nobuyuki Wasaki | Production Manager |
| Art | Yuji Asada | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Koji Fukasawa | Assistant Director |
| Production | Takemoto Mori | Producer |
| Production | Shoji Ota | Production Manager |
| Production | Takayuki Yanagisawa | Producer |
| Art | Rena Yoshikawa | Concept Artist |
| Art | Masahiro Nakazawa | Other |
| Art | Kiyotaka Itani | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Shigeki Morimoto | Concept Artist |
| Art | Gakuji Nomoto | Other |
| Art | Ken Sugimori | Concept Artist |
| Art | Hironobu Yoshida | Concept Artist |
| Visual Effects | Masaaki Iwane | Animation Director |
| Art | Koji Fukasawa | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Hiroyuki Jinnai | Other |
| Art | Satoshi Ohta | Concept Artist |
| Art | Atsuko Nishida | Concept Artist |
| Art | Kunimi Kawamura | Other |
| Visual Effects | Sayuri Ichiishi | Animation Director |
| Art | Motofumi Fujiwara | Concept Artist |
| Visual Effects | Akihiro Tamagawa | Animation Director |
| Art | Muneo Saito | Concept Artist |
| Visual Effects | Sayuri Ichiishi | Character Designer |
| Camera | Takaya Mizutani | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Shinji Miyazaki | Original Music Composer |