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| Movies & Specials Guide | Mewtwo
Strikes Back Evolution
The first teaser for the film premiered after the end credits of the previous film, Pocket Monsters The Movie "Everyone's Story," started showing in Japan on July 13th, 2018. The pamphlet for Everyone's Story also included a brief advertisement (below) stating that a brand new movie will be coming in Summer 2019 (劇場版最新作2019年夏公開決定！).
This will be the second Pocket Monsters movie in a row to debut on a Friday instead of a Saturday.
The first poster for 2019's movie is an homage to the very first poster made for the original Mewtwo Strikes Back!
Movie 22 is simply referred to as "Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution"; the "Pocket Monsters the Movie" (or "Pokémon the Movie") bit that usually proceeds the film's title is nowhere to be seen in any of the promotional materials released so far.
This is the first full length Pocket Monsters movie for which the voices were recorded before the animation was completed. In Japanese animation the norm is to dub the voices in after the animation's finished, not before. Pokémon the movie XY "Pikachu and the Pokemon Band," released in 2015, was also scored beforehand.
While Shoko Nakagawa is indeed involved in the movie's ending theme this is the first movie since Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl The Movie "Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai" in which she does not voice any of the movie's characters.
It took a staff of over 1300 people about two and a half years to produce Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution.
Check out the full staff list, taken from the movie's end credits, here.
Gross-to-date: 2.7 billion yen (as of August 26th)
Total Number of Days in Theaters: TBA
Coming Soon
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(ミュウツーの逆襲 EVOLUTION)  |
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| Japanese Premiere Date | July 12th, 2019 |
| American Premiere Date | July 4th, 2019 (Japanese with English subtitles) February 27th, 2020 (English dub) |
| Runtime |
98
minutes |
| Opening Theme |
"Mezase Pokemon Master '98 (2019 Remaster)" (めざせポケモンマスター'98 (2019 Remaster)) Performed by Rika Matsumoto |
| Ending Theme |
"Together
with the Wind" (風といっしょに) Performed by Sachiko Kobayashi & Shoko Nakagawa |
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We're
telling the whole world... It's the greatest because it's the original.
"A pure heart and a strong desire to meet"...the mythical pokemon Mew is said to only appear before those adventurers who possess both. Researchers from all over the world have been chasing after that which is said to be the genesis of all pokemon until finally, one day, a scientist discovered a Mew fossil and dirtied his hands by crossing a line that even God is afraid to cross.
"What is this place...Who am I..."
A legendary pokemon was dragged into this world due to man's egotistical desire to create the strongest pokemon. That pokemon's name is Mewtwo. Without knowing the reason for its existence Mewtwo is subjected to experiment after experiment to make it the strongest weapon and, during all this, begins to plot against the humans who brought it into this world.
"And so to the humans who gave birth to me I will...strike back."
At long last, that perfect masterpiece will STRIKE BACK in full 3D-CG worldwide in Summer 2019.
Check out my review of the movie here!
"A pure heart and a strong desire to meet"...the mythical pokemon Mew is said to only appear before those adventurers who possess both. Researchers from all over the world have been chasing after that which is said to be the genesis of all pokemon until finally, one day, a scientist discovered a Mew fossil and dirtied his hands by crossing a line that even God is afraid to cross.
"What is this place...Who am I..."
A legendary pokemon was dragged into this world due to man's egotistical desire to create the strongest pokemon. That pokemon's name is Mewtwo. Without knowing the reason for its existence Mewtwo is subjected to experiment after experiment to make it the strongest weapon and, during all this, begins to plot against the humans who brought it into this world.
"And so to the humans who gave birth to me I will...strike back."
At long last, that perfect masterpiece will STRIKE BACK in full 3D-CG worldwide in Summer 2019.
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Check out my review of the movie here!
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The
cast of humans / pokemon for this movie are as follows:
More complete details about each character, as well as what their voice actors have to say about the roles, will be provided as they become available.
The ending theme for this film is Kaze to Issho ni (風といっしょに), or "Together with the Wind." It will be performed by Sachiko Kobayashi and Shoko Nakagawa.
View more information about the song here.
The Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Blu-ray & DVDs is scheduled to be released on December 18th, 2019.
Check here to see a detailed breakdown of each release.
As of this writing there are three CDs planned to be released to commemorate this film.
View detailed information about each CD release here.
A number of
Pokémon were made available
for audience members' Pocket
Monsters Let's Go! Pikachu & Let's Go! Eevee
games
as part of the movie's
promotion.
You can find out more about the various giveaways here.
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More complete details about each character, as well as what their voice actors have to say about the roles, will be provided as they become available.
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The ending theme for this film is Kaze to Issho ni (風といっしょに), or "Together with the Wind." It will be performed by Sachiko Kobayashi and Shoko Nakagawa.
View more information about the song here.
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The Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Blu-ray & DVDs is scheduled to be released on December 18th, 2019.
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Check here to see a detailed breakdown of each release.
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As of this writing there are three CDs planned to be released to commemorate this film.
View detailed information about each CD release here.
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You can find out more about the various giveaways here.
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| A collection of the various trailers, with translations, can be found here. | An illustration contest is currently being
held. Details can be found here. |
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| The world premiere of the movie took place
in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. on July 4th 2019. It is the
first time the Japanese verison of Pocket Monsters has been officially show in the U.S. in
the franchise's two decade history. A report on the event can be found here. |
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| See a collection of all the public comments made by the film's Japanese staff here! | The September 2019 issue of CGWORLD had a
10-page feature on the animation process for the film. Read more about
it here. |
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The first teaser for the film premiered after the end credits of the previous film, Pocket Monsters The Movie "Everyone's Story," started showing in Japan on July 13th, 2018. The pamphlet for Everyone's Story also included a brief advertisement (below) stating that a brand new movie will be coming in Summer 2019 (劇場版最新作2019年夏公開決定！).
This will be the second Pocket Monsters movie in a row to debut on a Friday instead of a Saturday.
The first poster for 2019's movie is an homage to the very first poster made for the original Mewtwo Strikes Back!
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Movie 22 is simply referred to as "Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution"; the "Pocket Monsters the Movie" (or "Pokémon the Movie") bit that usually proceeds the film's title is nowhere to be seen in any of the promotional materials released so far.
This is the first full length Pocket Monsters movie for which the voices were recorded before the animation was completed. In Japanese animation the norm is to dub the voices in after the animation's finished, not before. Pokémon the movie XY "Pikachu and the Pokemon Band," released in 2015, was also scored beforehand.
While Shoko Nakagawa is indeed involved in the movie's ending theme this is the first movie since Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl The Movie "Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai" in which she does not voice any of the movie's characters.
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It took a staff of over 1300 people about two and a half years to produce Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution.
Check out the full staff list, taken from the movie's end credits, here.
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| Voice
Cast |
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| Character |
Voice
Cast (1998 Original) |
Voice
Cast (2019 Remake) |
| Satoshi |
Rika
Matsumoto 松本梨香 |
Rika Matsumoto 松本梨香 |
| Pikachu | Ikue Ohtani 大谷育江 |
Ikue Ohtani 大谷育江 |
| Takeshi |
Yuuji
Ueda 上田祐司 |
Yuuji
Ueda うえだゆうじ |
| Kasumi |
Mayumi
Iizuka 飯塚雅弓 |
Mayumi Iizuka 飯塚雅弓 |
| Togepy |
Satomi Ko'orogi こおろぎさとみ |
Satomi Ko'orogi こおろぎさとみ |
| Zenigame |
Rikako
Aikawa 愛河里花子 |
Rikako
Aikawa 愛河里花子 |
| Musashi |
Megumi
Hayashibara 林原めぐみ |
Megumi
Hayashibara 林原めぐみ |
| Kojirou |
Shin-ichiro
Miki 三木眞一郎 |
Shin-ichiro
Miki 三木眞一郎 |
| Nyarth |
Inuko
Inuyama 犬山犬子 |
Inuko
Inuyama 犬山イヌコ |
| Joy |
Ayako
Shiraishi 白石文子 |
Chika
Fujimura 藤村知可 |
| Junsar |
Chinami Nishimura 西村ちなみ |
Chinami Nishimura 西村ちなみ |
| Sakaki |
Hirotaka
Suzu'oki 鈴置洋孝 |
Kenta
Miyake 三宅健太 |
| Sorao |
To'oru
Furuya 古谷 徹 |
Hiroshi
Kamiya 神谷浩史 |
| Umio |
Wataru
Takagi 高木 渉 |
Hiroyuki
Yoshino 吉野裕行 |
| Sweet |
Aiko Satou 佐藤藍子 |
Ayane
Sakura 佐倉綾音 |
| Professor |
Yousuke
Akimoto 秋元羊介 |
Minoru
Inaba 稲葉 実 |
| Researcher
A |
??? |
Kiyotaka
Furushima 古島清孝 |
| Researcher
B |
??? |
Masaya
Fukunishi 福西勝也 |
| Excavator |
??? |
Kenta
Okuma 大隈健太 |
| Trainer |
??? |
Shouhei
Komatsu 小松昌平 |
| Fushigibana |
Ryuuzaburou
Ootomo 大友龍三郎 |
Tsuguo
Mogami 最上嗣生 |
| Lizardontwo |
??? |
Ryouta
Iwasaki 岩崎諒太 |
| Nyartwo |
??? |
Misuzu
Togashi 富樫美鈴 |
| Narration |
Unshou Ishizuka 石塚運昇 |
Unshou Ishizuka 石塚運昇 |
| Special
Guest Voices |
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| Character |
Voice
Cast (1998 Original) |
Voice
Cast (2019 Remake) |
| Mewtwo | Masachika Ichimura 市村正親 |
Masachika Ichimura 市村正親 |
| Mew |
Kou'ichi Yamadera
山寺宏一 |
Kou'ichi Yamadera
山寺宏一
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| Pirate-Like
Trainer |
Raymond
Johnson レイモンド・ジョンソン |
Raymond
Johnson レイモンド・ジョンソン |
| Voyager |
Sachiko
Kobayashi 小林幸子 |
Sachiko
Kobayashi 小林幸子 |
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Gross-to-date: 2.7 billion yen (as of August 26th)
Total Number of Days in Theaters: TBA
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| Box Office Performance At a Glance |
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| Week | Rank |
Earnings To Date |
Viewer- ship |
Competition |
| Week One (July 12th - 14th, 2019) | ||||
| 1 |
2 |
553 million (7/13 - 7/14) |
454K (7/13 - 7/14) |
Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution claimed the number two spot on its opening weekend. Pixar's Toy Story 4 opened the same weekend earning 1.38 billion yen, more than twice that of the CG Mewtwo Strikes Back! remake, to claim the number one spot. The top three was rounded out by the live action Aladdin remake, now in its sixth week in theaters in Japan. |
| Week Two (July 20th -
21st, 2019) |
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| 2 | 3 | 1.2 billion |
200K |
The top
spot went to Weathering With You while Toy Story 4 and Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution fell
to 2nd and 3rd place respectively. |
| Week Three (July 27th -
28th, 2019) |
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| 3 | 7 | 1.7 billion |
TBA | The movie fell to 7th place in its third week as newcomers The Great War of Archimedes took the Number 3 spot, the annual Kamen Rider / Super Sentai double feature took the Number 4 spot, and the Japanese debut of The Secret Life of Pets 2 took the Number 5 spot. Number 6 went to Aladdin. |
| Week Four (August 3rd - 4th, 2019) | ||||
| 4 | 8 | 2 billion |
TBA | The movie dropped a spot in its fourth week with the arrivals of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and Dragon Quest Your Story. Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution's made about 2 billion yen in the box office by this point. |
| Week Five (August 10th - 11th, 2019) | ||||
| 5 | 9 | 2.3 billion |
1.94 million |
The Japanese version
of Disney's The Lion King remake and the
latest One Piece movie, One Piece The Movie "Stampede"
join the Top Ten this week.
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| Week Six (August 17th - 18th, 2019) | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 2.6 billion |
2.16 million |
The only new movie to join the Top Ten this week is the musical comedy Dance With Me. |
| Week Seven (August 24th - 25th, 2019) | ||||
| 7 | 10 | 2.7 billion |
TBA | Newcomer Ossan's Love The Movie "Love or Dead" debuted at the Number 3 spot. Other newcomes include the Japanese debut of the Elton John biopic Rocketman at Number 6 and the Ni no Kuni movie at Number 7. |
| Week Eight (August 31st - September 1st, 2019) | ||||
| 8 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Week Nine (September 7th - 8th, 2019) | ||||
| 9 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
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Coming Soon
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| How different is the English dub of this movie from the Japanese original? Click here to find out! | For literally the first time ever in the
franchise's history, the Japanese version is being made available to
fans in the U.S.! Read more about Netflix's presentation of the
Japanese version here. |
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| Tidbits from the Movie's Pamphlet | Official Site (Japanese) |
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