Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)
劇場版ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲
The Pokémon match of all time is here.
Pokémon: The First Movie rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.3/10· 50K votes
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Metacritic35%
TMDb6.956/10· 2K votesWith 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.3/10 on IMDb and 35/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Pokémon: The First Movie
Determined to prove its superiority, a bio-engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokemon match like none before.
Cast of Pokémon: The First Movie
Rica Matsumoto
as Satoshi (voice)
Ikue Otani
as Pikachu (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
as Kasumi (voice)
Satomi Korogi
as Togepy (voice)
Yuji Ueda
as Takeshi (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
as Musashi (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
as Kojirō (voice)
Inuko Inuyama
as Nyarth (voice)
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Ayako Shiraishi
as Joy (voice)
Chinami Nishimura
as Junsar (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
as Sakaki (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
as Narrator (voice)
Pokémon: The First Movie facts
- Original title
- 劇場版ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $163.6M
- Collection
- Pokémon Collection
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Animation and adventure elements deliver energetic family entertainment
- •Anime adaptation creates unique visual style for young audiences
- •Video game franchise provides familiar characters and world
What the audience disliked
- •Low critical reception reveals shallow clone mythology narrative
- •Cloning concept receives underdeveloped treatment throughout
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