‘Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back’ CGI Remake Gets New Trailer and American Release for Netflix

Many longtime Pokémon fans are curious about the new CGI Animated remake of the original Pokémon: The First Movie. The film was originally released last year in Japan by Toho, however no word of an official American release has been announced until now. Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back- Evolution has been announced to be released in America on Netflix this February. Netflix even provided a new American trailer for the upcoming CGI Animated remake.

The trailer starts out very similarly to how the original film started, showcasing Ash Ketchum and his friends going on adventures and getting into Pokémon battles as usual. Things change when an mysterious Pokemon known as Mewtwo is on the lose and wants revenge on humanity. Ash and his friends are invited to face up against him in an epic Pokémon match. This trailer showcases many of the story elements found in the original film from Team Rocket exploring Mewtwo’s palace, Mew flying around, and various Pokémon fighting against clones, this time in CGI. The trailer even ends with Pikachu facing off against a clone of himself, alluding to one of the original film’s most iconic moments.

Unlike most of the other trailers shown for Evolution, this new trailer showcases a lot more plot and moments that were in the original film. Another major difference shown in this trailer is obviously the English voice acting. However, the voice acting in this version of the film is not done by the 4Kids actors from the original American dub of the film. No word has been said about the new voices for Ash and the other characters in this remake. While fans might be slightly disappointed that the film is not getting a theatrical release in America, they’ll be at least looking forward to the film’s US release, and on such an accessible platform.

Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes-Evolution is set to release on Netflix on February 27th, 2020.

Watch the Full Trailer Below:

 

Ryan Pineda: When it comes to film, animation, video games and other mediums, I can discuss for hours about how much on why certain films and animated media made me the person I am today. I adore the artistic merit that comes from a lot of pop-culture media and will definitely love to have a conversation about favorite movies any day! I have graduated in 2017 with a BA in Film and Television at the University of Arizona. Been passionate about writing about films due to always having an interesting outlook on the medium. Will always see a film and will definitely be sure to recommend it to someone that I know for a fact would love that movie. Not only that but will also give reasons for why I think that film did or did not work as a movie, and the same can go for other pieces of media like television, video games and especially animated projects.
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