Japan Synopsis
ポケットモンスター ミュウツー! 我ハココニ在リ MEWTWO SAGA
“An all-new Johto movie adventure!”
The Team Rocket leader, Giovanni, has found Mewtwo in a remote area of the Johto region. As Giovanni tries to re-capture Mewtwo, Ash and his friends are kidnapped by Domino, a new Team Rocket member, while trying to rescue Pikachu from Jessie and James. The Clone Pokemon are also captured and are then used as bait for Mewtwo. The situation then becomes a battle between the wills of Mewtwo and Giovanni; and Mewtwo also tries to discover if it and the clones have a purpose in life, even though they are products of science.
Audience Engagement
357 audience reviews — more than 91% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (91th percentile) outruns trending popularity (57th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
2 sharedResident Evil: Death Island
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedJujutsu Kaisen 0
★ 8.2 · Japan
2 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedNeon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedYu-Gi-Oh! The Movie
★ 6.1 · Japan
2 sharedResident Evil: Vendetta
★ 6.9 · Japan
Animation + Family in Japan
177 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Family genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns itself).
The 2000–2002 Japan Window
Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns holds position #120 of 226 Japan films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns premiered alongside 79 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 79 other Japan films in 2001.
The 1362nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,714 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (41st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,775 of 2,532 (top 70%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Anime World Osaka, OLM, Shogakukan Production, Snow Light Staff, Studio Jack |
| Runtime | 1h 3m |
| Release Date | August 17, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0304564 |