Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns
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.
First aired
August 17, 2001
Type
Movie
Characters
Cast
Crew
Masamitsu Hidaka
Director
Masaaki Iwane
Animation Director
Akihiro Tamagawa
Animation Director
Masafumi Mima
Sound Director
Choji Yoshikawa
Associate Producer
Makiko Iwata
Producer
Takemoto Mori
Producer
Takayuki Yanagisawa
Producer
Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Art Direction
Sayuri Ichiishi
Character Designer
Takaya Mizutani
Cinematography
Shigeki Morimoto
Concept Artist
Atsuko Nishida
Concept Artist
Satoshi Ohta
Concept Artist
Ken Sugimori
Concept Artist
Hironobu Yoshida
Concept Artist
Rena Yoshikawa
Concept Artist
Motofumi Fujiwara
Concept Artist
Muneo Saito
Concept Artist
Toshio Henmi
Editor
Shinji Miyazaki
Music
Gakuji Nomoto
Other
Kunimi Kawamura
Other
Masahiro Nakazawa
Other
Hiroyuki Jinnai
Other
Shoji Ota
Production Manager
Nobuyuki Wasaki
Production Manager