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Pokémon: The First Movie
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Pokémon: The First Movie
Movie Info
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Director -
Kunihiko Yuyama -
Producer -
Norman J. Grossfeld , Tomoyuki Igarashi , Takemoto Mori , Choji Yoshikawa -
Screenwriter -
Takeshi Shudo -
Distributor -
Warner Bros. Pictures -
Production Co -
OLM, Inc. , JR Kikaku , 4 Kids Entertainment , East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc , Tomy , Pikachu Project , Nintendo Co. Ltd. , Shogakukan Production , TV Tokyo , Media Factory , GAME FREAK , Creatures -
Rating -
G -
Genre -
Kids & Family , Adventure , Fantasy , Action , Anime -
Original Language -
Japanese -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Nov 10, 1999, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Dec 21, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$85.7M -
Runtime -
1h 35m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , DTS , SDDS , Dolby Digital
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