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.
Direction
Hidaka balances giant psychic battles with quiet clone introspection.
Score
That orchestral Mewtwo theme still hits different.
Writing
Actually asks 'what if god was a sad cat?' for children.
Director
Masamitsu Hidaka
Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi (voice)
Ikue Otani
Pikachu (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
Kasumi (voice)
Satomi Korogi
Togepy (voice)
Yuji Ueda
Takeshi (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kojiro (voice)
Inuko Inuyama
Nyarth (voice)
Masachika Ichimura
Mewtwo (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Sakaki (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi
Domino (voice)
Chinami Nishimura
Junsar (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Narrator (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Luna Carson (voice)
Yumi Touma
Luka Carson (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a direct-to-TV special in Japan, not a theatrical release, which explains the 63-minute runtime and lower budget animation.
The 'Ambertwo' backstory was cut from the first movie but referenced here, making this the closest we get to seeing Mewtwo's full tragic origin animated.
JP
