Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Kunihiko Yuyama

Writing Credits

Satoshi Tajiri
(creator)
Takeshi Shudô
(written by) (as Takeshi Shudo)
Takeshi Shudô
(writer) (as Takeshi Shudo)
Jun'ichi Masuda
(co-creator)
Ken Sugimori
(co-creator)

Cast

Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi
Ikue Ôtani
Pikachu
Mayumi Izuka
Kasumi
Yûji Ueda
Takeshi / Hitokagetwo (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô") (voice)
Satomi Kôrogi
Togepi / Zenigametwo (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô") (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Musashi / Pikachutwo (voice)
Shin'ichirô Miki
Kojirô / Charizard (Lizardon) / Staryu (Hitodeman) / Arcanine (Windie) / Charizardtwo (Copy Lizardon) (voice)
Inuko Inuyama
Nyarth
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Sakaki
Ayako Shiraishi
Joy
Chinami Nishimura
Junsar
Kôichi Yamadera
Mew
Yôsuke Akimoto
Doctor Fuji
Tôru Furuya
Sorao
Wataru Takagi
Umio
Raymond Johnson
Pirate trainer
Tesshô Genda
Kamex
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo
Fushigibana
Mitsuru Ogata
Kairyû
Rikako Aikawa
Zenigame / Seadra / Golduck (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
Scientist / Nidoking / Rhyhorn / Tauros (voice)
Chiyako Shibahara
Scientist / Meowthtwo (voice)
Unshô Ishizuka
Narrator / Gyarados / Iwark (Onix) / Kingler (voice)
Masachika Ichimura
Mewtwo
Sachiko Kobayashi
Voyager
Aiko Satô
Sweet
Shôtarô Morikubo
Young Mewtwo (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô")
Shinobu Adachi
Dr. Fuji's Wife (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô")
Kyôko Hikami
Itwo (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô")
Etsuko Kozakura
Fushigidanetwo (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô")
Shinpachi Tsuji
Investigator (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô")
Tomohisa Asô
Investigator (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô")
Hidenari Ugaki
Researcher (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô")
Takuma Suzuki
Researcher (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô")
Akio Suyama
Researcher (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô")
Veronica Taylor
Ash Ketchum / Female Scientist / Computer / Fuji's Wife (voice)
Jay Goede
Mewtwo / Dr. Fuji (voice) (as Philip Bartlett)
Rachael Lillis
Misty / Jessie / Wigglytuff (voice)
Eric Stuart
Brock / James / Squirtle / Weezing / Scyther / Hitmonlee / Tentacruel / Magneton / Male Scientist / Squirtletwo (voice)
Madeleine Blaustein
Raymond / Meowth / Alakazam (voice) (as Addie Blaustein)
Ted Lewis
Giovanni / Corey / Male Scientist (voice) (as Ed Paul)
James Carter Cathcart
Fergus
Michael Haigney
Psyduck / Venusaur / Nidoqueen / Blastoise / Dewgong / Venusaurtwo / Blastoisetwo / Raticate / Spearow / Charmandertwo (voice)
Kayzie Rogers
Vaporeon / Vileplume / Ninetales (voice)
Rodger Parsons
Narrator
Lee Quick
Officer Jenny
Lisa Ortiz
Miranda
Amy Birnbaum
Neesha
Megan Hollingshead
Nurse Joy
Eric Grossfeld
(voice)
Tara Sands
Bulbasaur / Bulbasaurtwo (voice) (as Tara Jayne)

Produced by

Toshihide Fukuda
executive producer
Norman J. Grossfeld
producer (English version)
Tomoyuki Igarashi
producer
Hiroshi Ishikawa
associate producer
Alfred Kahn
executive producer (English version) (as Alfred R. Kahn)
Shûkichi Kanda
animation producer: OLM
Takashi Kawaguchi
executive producer
Tsuneyoshi Kawai
executive producer
Hidefumi Kawamura
executive producer
Tetsu Kayama
associate producer
Takaaki Kii
associate producer
Masakazu Kubo
executive producer
Takashi Miura
associate producer
Kôichi Miyagawa
executive producer
Takemoto Mori
producer
Toshiaki Okuno
animation producer: OLM
Kathy Pilon
associate producer (English version) (as Kathy Borland)
Ken Sakamoto
executive producer
Kantarô Tomiyama
executive producer
Katsuhito Yamauchi
associate producer
Noriyuki Yoshida
associate producer
Chôji Yoshikawa
producer (as Choji Yoshikawa)

Music by

Manny Corallo
Udi Harpaz
Pat Irwin
John Loeffler
(English version)
Shinji Miyazaki
Ralph Schuckett
(English version)
Wayne Sharpe
composer (English version)
Hirokazu Tanaka

Cinematography by

Hisao Shirai

Editing by

Toshio Henmi
Yutaka Itô
(as Yutaka Ita)
John Loeffler

Art Direction by

Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Production Management

Paul C. Arianas
post-production supervisor (English version)
Larry Juris
production manager: TAJ Productions (English version)
Tsukasa Koitabashi
production manager
Gail Tilden
production supervisor (English version)
Shôji Ôta
production manager (as Shoji Ota)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Masamitsu Hidaka
unit director
Kiyotaka Isako
unit director (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô") (as Kiyotaka Itani) / unit director
Kazuya Murata
assistant unit director
Noriaki Saitô
assistant unit director
Atsushi Yano
assistant unit director

Art Department

John Alvin
poster artist
Motofumi Fujiwara
conceptual character artist
Shigeki Morimoto
conceptual character artist
Toshiko Nakajima
color designer
Atsuko Nishida
conceptual character artist
Shiho Ogawa
color designer
Hatsumi Okada
color designer
Ken Sugimori
conceptual character artist
Noriyuki Yoshino
color key (as Norimichi Yoshino)

Sound Department

Koji Fukushima
re-recording / sound
Satoshi Furukawa
foley
Nobuhira Hirano
sound mixer
Gil Hova
assistant sound editor
Daisuke Jinbo
supervising sound editor
Tooru Kadokura
mixing advisor
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
technical assistance: Continental Far East
Richard Q. King
supervising sound editor (as Richard King)
Masafumi Mima
sound director
Michiyoshi Minamisawa
sound producer
Mikio Mori
Dolby consultant: Continental Far East
Eiko Morikawa
foley
Akiko Nakamura
sound producer
Ryôko Nashimoto
adr editor
Noboru Nishio
digital optical recording
Mitsukuni Ozeki
recording
Herman Pieëte
adr mixer: Dutch version
Kenji Sakaizawa
technical assistance: Electori
Tetsuya Satake
foley
Masashi Satô
technical assistance: Fairlight Japan
Shinji Takano
recording

Special Effects by

Masayuki Nakajima
special effects
Noriyuki Ôta
special effects

Visual Effects by

Tsutomu Ishiki
digital animator: OLM Digital
Akio Kazumi
digital animator: OLM Digital
Masashi Kobayashi
digital animator: OLM Digital
Jun Kondô
digital animator: OLM Digital (as Jun Kondo)
Beirne Lowry
visual effects
Satoshi Mizuhata
digital animator: OLM Digital
Hiroya Yamamoto
digital animator: OLM Digital

Camera and Electrical Department

Masafumi Awakura
photography: Studio Cosmos
Naohisa Haijima
photography: Studio Cosmos
Kanae Hirano
photography: Studio Cosmos
Motoaki Ikegami
photography: Studio Cosmos
Shinji Ikegami
photography: Studio Cosmos
Katsunori Maehara
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hiroshi Noguchi
photography: Studio Cosmos
Takashi Shimada
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hiroki Shiozuka
photography: Studio Cosmos
Yûji Shirai
photography: Studio Cosmos (as Yuji Shirai)
Norikazu Yamaguchi
photography: Studio Cosmos
Shôji Yazawa
photography: Studio Cosmos (as Shouji Yazawa)
Tetsuo Ôfuji
photography: Studio Cosmos

Animation Department

Fumiaki Asano
animation director
Yumi Chiba
key animator
Yuriko Chiba
key animator
Yôji Egawa
inbetween artist
Fujika Enomoto
inbetween artist / inbetween checker
Masaya Fujimori
animation director / key animator
Kôji Fukasawa
key animator
Masaru Fukumoto
animation director (segment "Myûtsû no tanjô") / key animator
Naohisa Fukuoka
inbetween artist
Hiromi Funatsu
inbetween artist
Midori Gôya
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Tetsuo Hara
inbetween checker
Kazuo Harada
inbetween artist
Yûki Hase
cel painter: Anime World Osaka
Yoshinori Hashimoto
cel painter: Anime World Osaka
Kahori Hashimura
inbetween artist
Mai Hattori
cel checker
Yasuko Hino
key animator
Shûji Hirano
inbetween artist (as Shuuji Hirano)
Naoya Horikawa
key animator
Yumi Horiuchi
cel checker
Sayuri Ichiishi
character designer/chief animation director
Tsuyoshi Ichiki
key animator
Rieko Iida
inbetween artist
Asami Imamura
key animator
Yasuyuki Inaba
background artist: Studio Jack
Satoru Iriyoshi
key animator
Junko Isaka
key animator
Akiko Iwamoto
cel painter: Anime World Osaka
Masaaki Iwane
key animator
Yasumasa Kamei
inbetween artist
Ritsuko Kanazawa
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Tetsurô Karai
key animator
Yôko Kasama
inbetween artist (as Yoko Kasama)
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
key animator
Yasutoshi Kawai
background artist: Studio Jack
Hiroko Kazui
key animator
Jun Kiguchi
inbetween artist
Fumiyo Kimura
key animator
Satomi Kitahara
key animator
Yukiko Kiyokawa
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Atsuo Kobayashi
background artist: Studio Jack
Kiyomi Kohara
background artist: Studio Jack
Maki Kokubo
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Mika Koreeda
cel painter: Anime World Osaka
Tetsuya Koshizaki
key animator
Yôichi Kotabe
animation supervisor
Megumi Koyama
inbetween artist
Satoshi Kubo
key animator
Toshiharu Kumaoka
key animator
Kaori Kunii
key animator
Miki Kuribayashi
inbetween artist
Shôichi Kurokawa
inbetween artist
Nozomi Kôrogi
inbetween artist
Yukio Maekawa
inbetween artist
Yukihiro Makino
key animator
Hideaki Maniwa
key animator
Yasuhide Maruyama
key animator
Mayumi Masuda
cel checker
Shôichi Masuo
key animator
Norihiro Matsubara
animation director (as Tokuhiro Matsubara)
Takuya Matsumoto
key animator
Ayako Misono
inbetween artist
Tadaaki Miyata
key animator
Sanae Miyauchi
background artist: Studio Jack
Ryôji Miyazaki
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Yasuko Mizutani
cel checker
Takuji Mogi
inbetween artist
Etsuhito Mori
key animator
Yûji Mukoyama
key animator
Masatoshi Mutô
background artist: Studio Jack
Kazuaki Môri
key animator
Yukiko Nagahama
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Yoshihiro Nagamori
key animator
Midori Nagaoka
key animator
Minako Nagasawa
inbetween artist
Toshiko Nakajima
cel checker
Akiko Nakamura
key animator
Nori Nakamura
key animator
Mamiko Nakanishi
key animator
Masao Nakata
key animator
Yasuo Nakatsuka
inbetween artist
Katsuichi Nakayama
key animator
Hiromi Niioka
key animator
Miyuki Nishimura
inbetween artist
Tsunenaka Nozaki
key animator
Mayumi Oikawa
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Atsuko Okui
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Eiko Saitô
key animator
Kazuharu Saitô
inbetween artist (as Kazuharu Saito)
Noriaki Saitô
inbetween checker
Toshio Sakai
inbetween artist
Kazumi Satô
key animator
Yûko Satô
cel painter: Studio Peacock (as Yuko Sato)
Yûzô Satô
key animator
Hiroko Sawa
cel painter: Anime World Osaka
Masahiro Sekiguchi
key animator
Rika Shimata
cel checker
Izumi Shimura
animation director
Yurie Sudô
inbetween artist (as Yurie Sudou)
Ken Sugimori
character designer
Masao Suwa
key animator
Hitomi Suzuki
cel painter: Anime World Osaka
Yôko Suzuki
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Eikichi Takahashi
animation director
Hideo Takahashi
inbetween artist
Masami Takebuchi
key animator
Yûsaku Takeda
key animator
Tomoko Takei
key animator
Katsuyuki Tamura
key animator
Hisako Tanabe
inbetween artist
Yasumi Tanaka
inbetween artist
Mariko Tanazawa
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Eiko Tokuda
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Noriko Ueno
cel painter: Anime World Osaka
Takako Uetake
inbetween artist
Yûko Watabe
key animator
Junko Watanabe
inbetween artist
Toshiya Yamada
animation director
Midori Yamakubo
key animator
Miyabi Yamamoto
inbetween artist
Yasutaka Yamamoto
inbetween artist
Yoshiaki Yanagida
animation director
Ai Yoneda
cel painter: Anime World Osaka
Hiromi Yoshida
inbetween artist
Kôji Yoshida
inbetween artist
Kônosuke Yoshihara
inbetween artist
Norihiro Yoshikawa
background artist: Studio Jack
Makoto Yoshino
cel painter: Anime World Osaka
Chiharu Yoshiwara
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Noriko Ômura
cel painter: Studio Peacock
Yoshihiro Ôsugi
key animator (as Yoshihiro Oosugi)
Satoko Ôura
cel painter: Studio Peacock

Editorial Department

David Fisher
assistant sound editor
Hiroaki Hirabayashi
color timing
Masao Shibata
optical effects
Hideo Tsuji
digital film i/o
Bill Daly
post-production executive (uncredited)

Music Department

John R. Angier
composer: additional music: Mewtwo Strikes Back: English version (as John Angier)
Derek Brin
composer: additional music: English version
Manny Corallo
composer: additional music: English version
Louis Cortelezzi
composer: additional music: Mewtwo Strikes Back: English version
Benoit Grey
composer: additional music / midi programmer / orchestrator: English version
Deniz Hughes
composer: additional music: Mewtwo Strikes Back: English version
Franklin Jones III
music recordist
Greg Kalember
composer: additional music: Mewtwo Strikes Back: English version
Kevin Kliesch
composer: additional music: Mewtwo Strikes Back: English version / midi programmer
Martin Kloiber
score mixer: English version
Kenneth Lampl
composer: additional music: Mewtwo Strikes Back: English version
John Lissauer
composer: additional music: English version / midi programmer / orchestrator: English version
John Loeffler
composer: theme music: English version / music producer: English version
Jun'ichi Masuda
original song (as Junichi Masuda)
Christian Montalbano
composer: additional music: Mewtwo Strikes Back: English version
Mitsutoki Nakamura
recording mixer
Robert J. Ramirez
orchestrator: English version (as Bobby Ramirez)
Yûji Saitô
music producer (as Yuji Saito)
Ralph Schuckett
orchestrator: English version
Julian Schwartz
supervising music editor
Wayne Sharpe
composer: additional music: Mewtwo Strikes Back: English version
Talley Sherwood
score recordist
Susan Shufro
music editor
John Siegler
composer: theme music: English version
Takashi Yoshida
music producer

Additional Crew

Susumu Anzai
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Kaori Banma
setting advancement
Jason Bergenfeld
adr coordinator
Kazuharu Chiba
production committee: Shôgakukan
Toshitsugu Chida
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Chadbyrne R. Dickens
production assistant: English version
Yasutaka Fukumoto
production committee: Shôgakukan
Izumi Gomei
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc
Norman J. Grossfeld
adaptor: English
Chris Guido
production assistant: English version
Michael Haigney
adaptation (english version) / adaptor: English / adr director (english version)
Takashi Harada
production committee: TV Tokyo
Mitsuo Hayakawa
production committee: Shôgakukan
Masashi Hiramoto
production assistant
Narumi Hosaka
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc
Hiroshi Ikeda
production committee: Nintendo
Yoshiaki Ikeda
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc
Kenji Inaba
production committee: Nintendo
Tsunekazu Ishihara
production supervisor
Michiyo Itô
production committee: Media Factory
Tadahisa Itô
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Gaku Iwasa
production desk
Keisuke Iwata
production committee: TV Tokyo
Hiroyuki Jinnai
production committee: Creatures
Ryôsuke Kamata
advertising (as Ryosuke Kamata)
Akimitsu Kamino
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc
Naoko Kawakami
production committee: Game Freak Inc.
Kunimi Kawamura
production committee: Creatures
Naoto Kitamura
production assistant
Tomoko Kubota
advertising
Yôichi Machida
production committee: TV Tokyo
Kunie Maruyama
production committee: TV Tokyo
Takeshi Masumura
production committee: Media Factory
Satoshi Matsui
production committee: Shôgakukan
Yasuki Miki
production committee: Media Factory
Hizuki Misono
production committee: Game Freak Inc.
Takashi Mitsumori
production committee: Tomy
Kazuo Miura
production committee: Shôgakukan
Tôru Miyashita
production assistant
Katsuji Nagata
production committee: Media Factory
Mifumi Nomura
production committee: Tomy
Akiko Odawara
production committee: TV Tokyo
Atsushi Ogata
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc
Shirô Okuaki
production committee: Tomy
Kenji Okubo
production coordinator
Yôsuke Ozawa
production committee: Media Factory
Hiroshi Saitô
production committee: Shôgakukan Production
Yasushi Sakurai
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc
Yukinori Shigeno
production assistant
Yûko Shimamura
production committee: Shôgakukan Production (as Yuko Shimamura)
Ichirô Takase
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc
Hironao Takeda
production committee: Tomy
Paul Taylor
translator: English version
Miyuki Tomaru
production assistant
Yûsuke Tomoda
advertising producer
John Touhey
adaptor: English
Jun'ichirô Tsuchiya
production committee: Shôgakukan Production (as Junichiro Tsuchiya)
Hiroaki Tsuru
production committee: Media Factory
Ryô Usami
production committee: Shôgakukan
Hirofumi Yanagase
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc
Isao Yoneda
production committee: Nintendo
Masanori Yumiya
production committee: East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc
Katsumi Ôta
production committee: Shôgakukan (as Katsumi Ota)
Don LaFontaine
trailer voice over (uncredited)
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