Pokemon The First Movie (1999)

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G | 1 hr 30 mins | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Animated | Released: 11/10/1999 |Box Office Total: $85.7M

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Synopsis:

Ash Ketchum is on a mission to become the world''s greatest Pokemon trainer. Although he''s successfully captured many of the 151 types of electrically charged Pokemons, each possessing its own unique powers, his greatest challenge lies ahead of him. Can he and his friends Misty, Brock and Pikachu conquer the all-powerful Mewtwo, a bio-engineered Pokemon who plans to rule the galaxy with his own strain of super-charged Pokemons?

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/10/1999

Director	Credit
Kunihiko Yuyama	Director
Michael Haigney	Director
Cast	Credit
Veronica Taylor	of Ash Ketchum
Jimmy Zoppi
Michael Haigney
Philip Bartlett	of Mewtwo
Rachael Lillis	of Togepei
Kayzie Rogers
Ken Gates
Rachael Lillis	of Misty Williams
Rachael Lillis	of Jessie of Team Rocket
Lee Quick
Lisa Ortiz
Rachael Lillis	of Others
Amy Birnbaum
Eric Stuart	of Others
Eric Stuart	of James Morgan of Team Rocket
Megan Hollingshead
Eric Grossfeld
Eric Stuart	of Brock Harrison
Addie Blaustein	of Meowth of Team Rocket
Tara Jayne
Ikue Ohtani	Voice of Pikachu
Production Credits	Credit
Kathy Borland	Associate Producer
Alfred R. Kahn	Executive Producer
Norman J. Grossfeld	Producer
Choji Yoshikawa	Producer
Masakazu Kubo	Executive Producer
Takashi Miura	Associate Producer
Takashi Kawaguchi	Executive Producer
Hiroshi Ishikawa	Associate Producer
Tomoyuki Igarashi	Producer
Takemoto Mori	Producer
Katsuhito Yamauchi	Associate Producer
Tetsu Kayama	Associate Producer
Takaaki Kii	Associate Producer
Noriyuki Yoshida	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Pikachu Project '98	Production Company
4 Kids Productions	Production Company
Kids WB!	Production Company
Shogakukan Production Company Ltd	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
Writer	Credit
Takeshi Shudo	Screenplay
Satoshi Tajiri	Characters as Source Material
Norman J. Grossfeld	Screenplay
Michael Haigney	Screenplay
John Touhey	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Ken Sugimori	Art Department - conceptual character artist
Lorraine Campo	Production Designer - mac designer
Kunihiko Yuyama	Storyboard Artist
Kazu Yokota	Storyboard Artist
Shigeki Morimoto	Art Department - conceptual character artist
Motofumi Fujiwara	Art Department - conceptual character artist
Atsuko Nishida	Art Department - conceptual character artist
Casting	Credit
Jim Malone	Casting - 4Kids casting coordinator
4 Kids Productions	Casting Agency Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Hisao Shirai	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
WBI	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Ralph Schuckett	Music
Angela	Song Performer
Benoit Grey	Music Arranger - orchestration 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Julian Schwartz	Music Editor - music editor 'Mewtwo strikes back'
John Loeffler	Music Producer
John Siegler	Theme Music - Pokemon theme
Susan Shufro	Music Editor - music editor 'Mewtwo strikes back'
John Loeffler	Music
Kevin Kliesch	Music Arranger - orchestration 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Colleen Fitzpatrick (Vitamin C)	Song Performer
Ralph Schuckett	Music Arranger - orchestration 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Christina Aguilera	Song Performer
John Lissauer	Music
Bobby Ramirez	Music Arranger - orchestration 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Manny Corallo	Music
Emma Bunton (Baby Spice)	Song Performer
The Midnight Sons	Song Performer
Benoit Grey	Music - music 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Kevin Kliesch	Music - music 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Blessed Union of Souls	Song Performer
M2M	Song Performer
John Angier	Music - music 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Deniz Hughes	Music - music 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Wayne Sharpe	Music - music 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Louis Cortelezzi	Music - music 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Christian Montalbano	Music - music 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Kenneth Lampl	Music - music 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Greg Kalember	Music - music 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Eleanor Matera	Music - music production coordinator 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Martin Kloiber	Music - music mixer 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Production Management	Credit
Masamitsu Hidaka	Assistant Director
Tsunekazu Ishihara	Production Supervisor
Larry Juris	Production Manager - production management
Kiyotaka Isako	Assistant Director
Shoji Ota	Production Manager
Tsukasa Koitabashi	Production Manager
Kazuya Murata	Assistant Director
Yatsushi Yano	Assistant Director
Noriaki Saito	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Akiko Nakamura	Sound - sound recording producer
Tetsuya Satake	Foley Artist
Koji Fukasawa	Rerecording Mixer - sound re-recording mixer
Daisuke Jinbo	Sound Effects - sound effects supervisor
Gary Chester	Sound Mixer - recorder/mixer 'Piakachu's vacation'
Jason Bergenfeld	ADR - ADR coordinator
Michiyoshi Minamisawa	Sound - sound recording producer
Masafumi Mima	Sound - sound recording director
Toru Kadohura	Sound - sound mixing advisor
Shinji Takano	Sound - sound recording mixer
Mitsukuni Ozeki	Sound - sound recording mixer
Jyuji Nakamura	Sound - sound recording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Hideo Tsuji	Visual Effects - digital film printing/opticals
Noriyuki Ota	Special Effects - special effects animator
Noriaki Saito	Animator
Tokuhiro Matsubara	Animation Director
Beirne Lowry	Main Title Design - main title animation 'Mewtwo strikes back'
Yoichi Kotabe	Animation Supervisor
Asano Fumiaki	Animation Director
Toshiaki Okuno	Animator - animation producer
Miguel Oldenburg	Main Title Design - main title animation/film retouching 'Pokemon's Vacation'
Masayuki Nakajima	Special Effects - special effects animator
Mikio Mori	Visual Effects - dolby digital recording artist
Masaya Fujimori	Animation Director
Shukichi Kanda	Animator - animation producer
Masaru Fukumoto	Animation Director
Sayuri Ichiishi	Animator
Masaaki Iwane	Animator - key animator
Toshiya Yamada	Animation Director
Yoshiaki Yanagida	Animation Director
Katsuichi Nakayama	Animator - key animator
Eikichi Takahashi	Animation Director
Toshiharu Kumaoka	Animator - key animator
Masaru Fukumoto	Animator - key animator
Izumi Shimura	Animation Director
Mamiko Nakanishi	Animator - key animator
Yuzo Sato	Animator - key animator
Satoru Iriyoshi	Animator - key animator
Kazumi Sato	Animator - key animator
Eiko Saito	Animator - key animator
Etsuhito Mori	Animator - key animator
Tadaaki Miyata	Animator - key animator
Yukihiro Makino	Animator - key animator
Hideaki Maniwa	Animator - key animator
Satomi Kitahara	Animator - key animator
Masao Nakata	Animator - key animator
Hiromi Niioka	Animator - key animator
Hiroko Kazui	Animator - key animator
Taiei Maruyama	Animator - key animator
Shoichi Masuo	Animator - key animator
Yusaku Takeda	Animator - key animator
Takuya Matsumoto	Animator - key animator
Mami Imamura	Animator - key animator
Tamura Katsuyki	Animator - key animator
Koji Fukasawa	Animator - key animator
Fumiyo Kimura	Animator - key animator
Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Animator - key animator
Nobuhiro Osugi	Animator - key animator
Yugi Mukoyama	Animator - key animator
Tetsuya Koshizaki	Animator - key animator
Kazuaki Mouri	Animator - key animator
Kaori Kunii	Animator - key animator
Naoya Horikawa	Animator - key animator
Masaya Fujimori	Animator - key animator
Go Ichiki	Animator - key animator
Hajime Nakamura	Animator - key animator
Yumi Chiba	Animator - key animator
Tetsuro Kaku	Animator - key animator
Yoshitaka Nagamori	Animator - key animator
Masao Suwa	Animator - key animator
Masahiro Sekiguchi	Animator - key animator
Akiko Nakamura	Animator - key animator
Tomoko Takei	Animator - key animator