Pocket Monsters the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back! - The Kanzenban Edition

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7/8/1999
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While on a journey to become a Pokémon Master, Satoshi and his friends receive a special invitation. However, what they don't know is that this invitation is really a trap planned by Mewtwo! Satoshi and his friends cross the ocean during a terrific storm to reach the "Pokémon Castle" where they're greeted by Mewtwo, a Pokémon who claims to be both the world's strongest Pokémon and the world's strongest Pokémon Trainer! Mewtwo plans to capture everyone's Pokémon and use them to make superior Copies in a plan to get revenge against humans everywhere.

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  • JT94

    The Kanzenban Edition, is the original Japanese cut, with the inclusion of an extra ten minute prologue, and a variety of redrawn and re-animated scenes, including new CGI effects. This version, addressed as 'The Kanzenban' aired on July 8th 1999 and became the permanent replacement of the theatrical cut in physical releases and airings in Japan (the exact same issue that the Star Wars Special Editions did to the theatrical release).

    Compared to 'Pokemon The First Movie', the English dub - this is an entirely different film from start to finish. The ten minute prologue was cut out, the soundtrack was almost completely replaced and roughly 90% of the dialogue was rewritten to tell a different story, and sadly these dialogue changes we...

    March 15, 2025

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