Title: Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution
Original Title: Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ Myuutsû no gyakushû Evolution
Year: 2019
Info
- Saga: Pokémon
- Country: Japan
- Length: 98 Minutes (1 hour 38 min)
- Genre: Animation Action Family
- Studios: OLM, Inc. Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
- Distributor: Versión Digital
- Age rating: PG (Parental guidance)
Release Dates
- UK: February 27 2020
- United States: February 27 2020
Plot
Ash and Pikachu, alongside their friends Brock and Misty, receive a mysterious invitation from the alleged best Pokemon trainer in the whole world, as they are good enough trainers to battle against him. They will live an amazing adventure while they travelled to get to the other side of the ocean and meet this trainer.
When they arrived, they find out that the person who call for them is actually the Legendary Pokemon Mewtwo and his waiting to confront them. This Pokemon was created by a dangerous experiment: many scientists made a clone from a fossil of the Legendary Pokemon Mew, breaking the laws of nature. They intended to use it as a weapon. When it founds out its origins, Mewtwo is determined to destroy the humans and he gets revenge on his creators. Ash and Pikachu must stop Mewtwo. All kinds of pokemons join them in this huge battle, even the Rocket Team and Meowth. But, will they be able to defeat themselves?
This 'Pokémon: The First movie' remake is directed by Motonori Sakakibara ('Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'), Tetsuo Yajima ('Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us') y Kunihiko Yuyama ('Pokémon: The First Movie'). 22 years after the original movie, 'Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution' premieres worldwide in Netflix February 27th 2020.
Videos
'Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution' Trailer
January 23 2020
Photos
Trivia
Rica Matsumoto
Japanese actor and singer Rica Matsumoto has played Ash, the main character of the 'Pokémon the Series', since 1997. She is also the singer of many of the theme songs for the series. Her fifth single, Mezase Pokémon Master, which album includes songs from the first season of 'Pokémon the Series', is the best-selling single ever released by a voice actor, having sold over 1 million copies in Japan.
Posthumous honors
The screenwriter for 'Pokémon. The First Movie' Takeshi Shudo receive posthumously the Life Achievement Award in the Tokyo Anime Award Festival in 2019.
Detective Pikachu
The film 'Detective Pikachu' with Ryan Reynolds presents a whole new world with pokémons, but it is also tied to 'Pokémon. The Fist Movie' because it shows the story behind Mewtwo. The screenwriter Benji Samit explained they did this as a way to not lose completely the connection with anime fans.
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