Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
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| Kanji | 劇場版ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ 神速のゲノセクト ミュウツー覚醒 | ||||
| Literal meaning | Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens | ||||
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| Directed by | Kunihiko Yuyama | ||||
| Screenplay by | Hideki Sonoda | ||||
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| Starring | see below | ||||
| Cinematography | Tatsumi Yukiwaki | ||||
| Edited by | Toshio Henmi | ||||
| Music by | Shinji Miyazaki | ||||
Production companies | OLM, Inc. OLM Digital | ||||
| Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 72 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
| Box office | $32.3 million | ||||
Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened is a 2013 Japanese animated film produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho. The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Hideki Sonoda. Its the 16th animated film in the Pokémon franchise created by Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori and the third and final film in the Black & White series.
The film follows a conflict involving a group of Genesect and a single Mewtwo, both human-engineered species of a fictional class of animals called Pokémon, and the wild Pokémon inhabitants of a nature park the Genesect forcibly try to take over to make their new home.
The film premiered in Japan on July 13, 2013.