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Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) — Marquee

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Pokémon: The First Movie

The Pokémon match of all time is here.

1998 · 1h 36m · 7.0 on TMDB

G

Animation Family Adventure Fantasy Action

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

Cast

Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi (voice)
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
Kasumi (voice)
Satomi Korogi
Togepy (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda

Takeshi (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kojirō (voice)

Inuko Inuyama

Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (voice)

Ayako Shiraishi

Joy (voice)

Chinami Nishimura

Chinami Nishimura

Junsar (voice)

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Sakaki (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Unsho Ishizuka

Narrator (voice)

Production

OLM Shogakukan Production TV Tokyo Pikachu Project '98

Directed by

Kunihiko Yuyama

Where to watch

TubiFree

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Details›

Released: July 18, 1998
Budget: $30M
Box office: $164M

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