Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution

2019 98 min ★ 6.7 Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Family

After accepting an invitation from a mysterious trainer, Ash, Misty and Brock meet Mewtwo, an artificially created Pokémon who wants to do battle.

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Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Satoshi (voice)

Ikue Otani

Pikachu (voice)

Mayumi Izuka

Kasumi (voice)

Satomi Korogi

Togepi (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Takeshi (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Musashi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kojiro (voice)

Inuko Inuyama

Nyarth (voice)

Chika Fujimura

Joy (voice)

Chinami Nishimura

Junsar (voice)

Details

Director

Motonori Sakakibara

Tagline

"The legend returns..."

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Revenue

$26,654,184

Production

OLM, The Pokémon Company, Shogakukan, TV Tokyo, jeki, TOHO, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Pikachu Project, TakaraTomy, Sprite Animation Studios

Reviews

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Gorkycreator

April 22, 2026

★ 3/10

If you saw the original movie a long time ago, you'll probably watch this and think, "Huh, it wasn't as good as I remembered." But then if you go watch the original, you'll realize this remake suffers in comparison because they sanitized a lot and changed more than you think. The biggest shift from the original is cutting Mewtwo's backstory. Originally, the scientist who cloned Mewtwo had a dec...