Pokémon: The First Movie
The Pokémon match of all time is here.
1998 | 85m | Japanese
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Kunihiko Yuyama |
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| Writer: | Takeshi Shudo, Satoshi Tajiri |
| Staring: |
| Determined to prove its superiority, a bio-engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokemon match like none before. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 18, 1998 |
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| Director: | Kunihiko Yuyama |
| Writer: | Takeshi Shudo, Satoshi Tajiri |
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Action |
| Keywords | clone, villain, revenge, cloning, based on video game, creator, search for meaning, researcher, research laboratory, adult as a child, anime, genetically modified organism, genetic experiment, adventure |
| Production Companies | TV Tokyo, Shogakukan Production, OLM, GAME FREAK, Media Factory, jeki, Shogakukan, Tomy, Nintendo, Creatures, Pikachu Project '98 |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $163,644,940
Budget: $30,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 09, 2025 Entered: Oct 09, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 | Kojirō (voice) |
| Inuko Inuyama | Nyarth (voice) |
| Ayako Shiraishi | Joy (voice) |
| Chinami Nishimura | Junsar (voice) |
| Hirotaka Suzuoki | Sakaki (voice) |
| Unsho Ishizuka | Narrator (voice) |
| Masachika Ichimura | Mewtwo (voice) |
| Koichi Yamadera | Mew (voice) |
| Toru Furuya | Sorao (voice) |
| Aiko Sato | Sweet (voice) |
| Wataru Takagi | Umio (voice) |
| Raymond Johnson | Raymond (voice) |
| Sachiko Kobayashi | Voyager (voice) |
| Yosuke Akimoto | Dr. Fuji (voice) |
| Shinobu Adachi | Dr. Fuji's Wife (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Kunihiko Yuyama | Storyboard Artist, Director |
| Kaori Kunii | Key Animation |
| Yuzo Sato | Key Animation |
| Masaya Fujimori | Key Animation, Animation Director |
| Masatsugu Takeda | Key Animation |
| Yoshiaki Yanagida | Animation Director |
| Hideaki Maniwa | Key Animation |
| Yoshihiro Osugi | Key Animation |
| Midori Nagaoka | Key Animation |
| Etsuhito Mori | Key Animation |
| Toshiharu Kumaoka | Key Animation |
| Masami Takebuchi | Key Animation |
| Yumi Chiba | Key Animation |
| Satomi Kitahara | Key Animation |
| Shinji Miyazaki | Music |
| Izumi Shimura | Key Animation, Animation Director |
| Fumiyo Kimura | Key Animation |
| Satoshi Kubo | Key Animation |
| Tomoko Takei | Key Animation |
| Masaaki Iwane | Key Animation |
| Eikichi Takahashi | Animation Director |
| Shunya Yamada | Animation Director |
| Koji Fukasawa | Key Animation |
| Junko Isaka | Key Animation |
| Masaru Fukumoto | Animation Director |
| Masao Suwa | Key Animation |
| Tetsuro Karai | Key Animation |
| Norihiro Matsubara | Animation Director |
| Hirokazu Tanaka | Music |
| Takeshi Shudo | Screenplay |
| Akiko Nakamura | Key Animation |
| Masao Nakata | Key Animation |
| Yuriko Chiba | Key Animation |
| Mamiko Nakanishi | Key Animation |
| Hiroko Kazui | Key Animation |
| Yoshihiro Nagamori | Key Animation |
| Hiromi Niioka | Key Animation |
| Satoru Iriyoshi | Key Animation |
| Tadaaki Miyata | Key Animation |
| Shoichi Masuo | Key Animation |
| Eiko Saito | Key Animation |
| Satoshi Tajiri | Original Story |
| Sayuri Ichiishi | Character Designer |
| Katsuichi Nakayama | Key Animation |
| Yasuhide Maruyama | Key Animation |
| Masahiro Sekiguchi | Key Animation |
| Katsuyuki Tamura | Key Animation |
| Yuji Mukoyama | Key Animation |
| Nori Nakamura | Key Animation |
| Kazumi Sato | Key Animation |
| Takuya Matsumoto | Key Animation |
| Kazuaki Mori | Key Animation |
| Tsunenaka Nozaki | Key Animation |
| Midori Yamakubo | Key Animation |
| Hiroshi Kawaguchi | Key Animation |
| Hisao Shirai | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Choji Yoshikawa | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 33 | 55 | 23 |
| 2024 | 5 | 32 | 42 | 23 |
| 2024 | 6 | 37 | 63 | 21 |
| 2024 | 7 | 38 | 58 | 22 |
| 2024 | 8 | 52 | 110 | 24 |
| 2024 | 9 | 30 | 48 | 24 |
| 2024 | 10 | 32 | 66 | 20 |
| 2024 | 11 | 36 | 86 | 24 |
| 2024 | 12 | 34 | 56 | 24 |
| 2025 | 1 | 33 | 38 | 26 |
| 2025 | 2 | 26 | 39 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 827 | 881 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 762 | 871 |