# Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2001)

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**Original title**: *ポケットモンスター ミュウツー! 我ハココニ在リ MEWTWO SAGA*
**Runtime**: 63 min
**Genres**: Animation, Family, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Masamitsu Hidaka
**Written by**: Takeshi Shudo
**Starring**: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Mayumi Izuka, Satomi Korogi, Yuji Ueda, Megumi Hayashibara

> *An all-new Johto movie adventure!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Some cloned Pokémon need a reason to exist, somehow forgetting the first rule of villainy is never to kidnap the help. Ash and crew get caught in Giovanni’s attempt to reclaim Mewtwo, only to learn the cyborg psychic prefers existential debates over smashing cities. A family film that forgets it’s animating kaiju soul-searching.

**Mood tags**: cozy

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