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Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2001)

Name: Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns
Director: Masamitsu Hidaka
Genre: Animation, Family, Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2001-08-17
Duration: 63 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Mayumi Izuka, Satomi Korogi, Yuji Ueda

An all-new Johto movie adventure!

63 min · Japan · Dir. Masamitsu Hidaka

Animation Family Action Adventure Drama Fantasy 2001 movies

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.