An illustration contest to coincide with the release of Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution was launched in early 2019. Details about the contest are below.

The General Idea

The general idea is that you take one of the templates seen on the left side below, draw fanart around it like the examples on the right, and then send them in. There are three different "themes" for this year's contest.

The first theme is an image of Mewtwo in a battle pose.


This theme is associated with the following magazines:

Pokemon Fan	CoroCoro Comics
Youchien ("Preschool")	CoroCoro Ichiban!
Shogakukan Kids	Shonen Sunday
TV-kun (aka "Terebi-kun")	CoroCoro Aniki

The second theme is an image of a playful Mew.


This theme is associated with the following magazines:

Shougaku Ichi-Nensei	Ciao
Pucchi Gumi

The third one is a free style and can be entered in Sunday Web Every in collaboration with pixiv.


A gallery of submissions for this third theme can be found on the pixiv page for this contest.

The Prizes

Those whose drawings are selected have a chance of winning some great prizes:

Grand Prize
Number of Winners: 12 winners (one for each of the publications listed above) altogether.

The first part of this prize is that your winning art will be featured during Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution. In past years this meant either showing the art during or after the film's end credits.

Winners will also receive a copy of either Pocket Monsters Let's Go! Pikachu or Pocket Monsters Let's Go! Eevee for the Nintendo Switch as well as a Monster Ball Plus


The prizes come couresty of Pokemon.

Runner-up
Number of winners:  60
Runners-up will receive a special Mewtwo & Mew "MonColle" figure


The prizes come coutresy of Takara Tomy.

How to Enter

Essentially there are two ways to obtain an entry form.

For the first option, participants will need to purchase one of the 11 magazines listed above and draw their art on the postcard inserted in each one. Participants will then need to fill in their name, mailing address, telephone number, gender, age, and the name of a parent / guardian and send it in.

The second way is to download the entry form, print it out, draw their art, provide the same name / address / etc. information as above, paste it to the back of a postcard you've bought yourself, and then send it in.

Pokemon Fan On Sale February 28th	Youchien On Sale February 28th (April 2019 Issue)	TV-kun On Sale February 28th (April 2019 Issue)
Shougaku Ichi-Nensei On Sale February 28th (April 2019 Issue)	Pucchi Gumi On Sale March 1st (April 2019 Issue)	Ciao On Sale March 1st (April 2019 Issue)
CoroCoro Comics On Sale March 15th (April 2019 Issue)	CoroCoro Aniki On Sale March 15th (Spring 2019 Issue)	Weekly Shonen Sunday On Sale March 20th
CoroCoro Ichiban! On Sale March 20th (May 2019 Issue)	Shogakukan Kids

And now for the fine print. All the winning entries will become the sole property of The Pokémon Company, including all rights granted by Articles 27 and 28 of the Japanese Copyright Law. Additionally, creators agree to forfeit all rights to their winning entries. Submitted entries will not be returned to their creators.

Announcement of Prizes

The 12 grand prize winners' names and entries will be revealed during the film Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution. The runners-up will be announced in each respective magazine as well as the movie's official website.

Judges
Tsunekazu Ishihara (石原恒和), Kunihiko Yuyama (湯山邦彦), Ken Sugimori (杉森建), Masakazu Kubo (久保雅一), Junya Okamoto (岡本順哉), Katakami Hidenaga (片上秀長), The Toho Advertising Manager (東宝宣伝部長), and the Editors-in-Chief of each magazine (各誌編集長 (順不同、敬称略))