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Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution (2019)

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution poster
Original title
ミュウツーの逆襲 EVOLUTION
Directed by
Kunihiko Yuyama
Genre
action film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 569 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cloned Pokémon named Mewtwo questions its own existence and challenges human trainers. Ash and his friends try to stop Mewtwo while a battle brews between cloned and real Pokémon.

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What happens

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution is a 2019 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara. It is the twenty-second film of the Pokémon anime series and a CGI remake of Pokémon: The First Movie (1998). The film was animated by OLM, Inc., OLM Digital, and Sprite Animation Studios. At the same time, the events of the film take place during Pokémon: Indigo League. It was released in Japan on July 12, 2019, and on Netflix worldwide on February 27, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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