Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution
	Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	ミュウツーの逆襲 Evolution
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Myūtsū no Gyakushū Eboryūshon
Directed by	Kunihiko Yuyama; Motonori Sakakibara;
Written by	Takeshi Shudo
Based on	Pokémon; by Satoshi Tajiri
Produced by	Satoshi Shimodaira; Ayaka Sekiguchi; Yosuke Nagafuchi;
Starring	see below
Edited by	Ayako Miura
Music by	Shinji Miyazaki
Production; companies	OLM, Inc.; OLM Digital; Sprite Animation Studios;
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	July 4, 2019 (Anime Expo); July 12, 2019 (Japan);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥2.98 billion ($27 million)

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution is a 2019 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara. It is the twenty-second film of the Pokémon anime series and a CGI remake of Pokémon: The First Movie (1998). The film was animated by OLM, Inc., OLM Digital, and Sprite Animation Studios. At the same time, the events of the film take place during Pokémon: Indigo League. It was released in Japan on July 12, 2019, and on Netflix worldwide on February 27, 2020.