The next movie in the Pokémon franchise has now received a release date in Japan. Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution will hit Japanese theatres on 12th July 2019.
This film will be the third movie in the franchise's recent alternate continuity, following on from Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (which loosely followed the story of the anime's opening season) and this year's Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us. This new adventure appears to be a callback to the very first Pokémon film, Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back, which first released in Japan back in 1998.
Other than the teaser image above, we actually know very little about the movie itself. The film will be directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara, with screenplay by Takeshi Shudo, but no plot details, trailers, or the like have been released just yet. The previous two movies mentioned above also released in Japan in July, followed by November releases in North America and Europe - we'd therefore expect a November 2019 western release here, too.
Have you been enjoying the recent alternate Pokémon movies? Will you be heading to the cinema to watch this one? Tell us below.
[source serebii.net]
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I wish they would reboot the anime and dump Ash once and for all. The 20th season was the perfect opportunity to have him finally conquer the Pokémon League and start fresh with a new hero (and accompanying mascot) from season 21.
When watching the early films, they all started off really well, but then I realise how big a stain Ash is when he makes his entrance.
The last film was actually really very good. I hope the quality doesn't dip back to TV movie standards of previous years.
@InklingLegend : The Kangaskhan episode from season 1 will be better than Detective Pikachu.
Is the Power Of Us even out yet? This seems pretty good.
Saw Pokémon: The Power of Us limited run here in the US (DEC1st)
There were 9 of us in our group... and we all liked it. But the theater was almost empty. I thought more people would show up.
Hopefully they bring more. Seeing Detective Pikachu for sure
Most of the anime movies are actually really good definitely looking forward to watching this .
Man, this is weird. Never thought it needed a remake. But the animation quality is much improved lately. I hope it’s good. Looking forward to Detective Pikachu as well.
@MysticGengar : It's already out on Blu-ray in Australia. I've bought it, but I'm yet to watch it. It was also given a very limited theatrical release from late November to early December.
I have so much nostalgic attachment to the original films from my childhood that I just can't bring myself to watch a reboot like this. Pokemon the First Movie was one of the first films I ever saw in theaters! The theater I saw it at might not exist anymore, but I'll never forget it!
If they had gone with a new lead character instead, it would have worked so much better for me.
Why doesn't Mewtwo have any fur?
@Silly_G
Ok. If it gets a run on Disney XD I might check it out
@riChchestM should be animated the only live action planned at this time is detective pikachu I believe. They are just doing new animation for an alternate story of the origin in these new movies I believe.
@Silly_G
they should go for Red i liked those anime, more than ash. Ash kinda sucks
@MysticGengar it was and it's even on the legally debatabe sites at this point. Better then the main anime at any rate mostly chase that incarnation of ash isn't inept and dragged down by years of psudeo retcons
@Silly_G they won't do that because they think ash is akin to micky mouse.
Tbh I'd rather they just outright scrap the current anime and adapt the pokemon special/adventures manga or just make a second anime alongside the current one.
@Sanya_Claus becuase it's not supposed to, hell, the anime and game ones might even be part human like the adventures/special one
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