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Pokémon: The First Movie

“Who is the strongest Pokémon?”

19981h 36mAnimation · Family · Adventure

Released

July 18, 1998

7.0

TMDB Score

70% match · 1,640 votes

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About the Movie

Pokémon: The First Movie poster

AnimationFamilyAdventureFantasyAction

Synopsis

Determined to prove its superiority, a bio-engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokémon match like none before.

DirectorKunihiko Yuyama

Released: July 18, 1998
Runtime: 1h 36m
Status: Released
Original language: Japanese
Budget: $30.0M
Box office: $163.6M
Studios: OLM, Shogakukan Production, TV Tokyo

Top Billed Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Satoshi (voice)

Ikue Otani

Pikachu (voice)

Mayumi Izuka

Kasumi (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Takeshi (voice)

Satomi Korogi

Togepi (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kojiro (voice)

Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (voice)

AS

Ayako Shiraishi

Johi (voice)

Chinami Nishimura

Junsar (voice)

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Sakaki (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Narrator (voice)

Masachika Ichimura

Mewtwo (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Mew (voice)

Toru Furuya

Sorao (voice)

Aiko Sato

Sweet (voice)

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