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Genesect and the Legend Awakened 神速のゲノセクト ミュウツー覚醒 ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens

Premiere Japan July 13, 2013 United States October 19, 2013

Home video Japan December 18, 2013 United States December 3, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me Ending We're Coming Home

Japanese themes Opening 夏めく坂道 Ending 笑顔

Ratings United States ? Great Britain ? Ireland ? Canada ? Quebec ? Japan ? Germany ? Australia ? New Zealand ?

Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened (Japanese: 神速のゲノセクト ミュウツー覚醒 ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens) is the third and final Best Wishes series movie and the sixteenth Pokémon movie overall. It was released in Japan on July 13, 2013. It premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on October 19, 2013.

In addition to its Japanese DVD release on December 18, 2013, this film is included in a "Mewtwo Box" collection that includes The Battle of the Badge, Mewtwo Strikes Back, Mewtwo Returns, and Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening.

The movie features Genesect and Mewtwo in prominent roles. The "Genesect Army"—a group of five Genesect—appear in the film, led by a Shiny Genesect while the other four Genesect represent each of the four Drives; Mega Mewtwo Y is also featured, prior to its debut in Pokémon X and Y. All five Genesect made an appearance prior to the release of the film in Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry! during a flashback, while Mewtwo appeared in a special episode, serving as a prologue to the film.

In Japanese, Indonesian, and Filipino theaters, the movie was featured with the Pikachu short Eevee & Friends.

Other posters and logos

• Pikachu the Movie poster
  Pikachu the Movie poster
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  ExtremeSpeed Genesect teaser poster
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  Original ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens poster
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  Introducing Mega Mewtwo Y
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  DVD boxart featuring Mewtwo and Genesect
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  Genesect and the Legend Awakened teaser poster
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  The movie artwork
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  ExtremeSpeed Genesect teaser logo
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  ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens logo
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  Genesect and the Legend Awakened logo

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Blurb

When big trouble threatens the big city, it’s up to Ash, Pikachu, and their friends to stop it!

A vast Pokémon habitat amid the hustle and bustle of the big city seems like the perfect new home for a group of five Genesect. The arrival of these Mythical Pokémon quickly becomes a problem, though: their nest threatens the city’s power supply, and they keep attacking anyone who approaches it. On top of that, they’ve attracted the attention of the Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo, who sympathizes with them because its own origins also involve human tampering. The group’s leader, known as Red Genesect, doesn’t trust Mewtwo, and their confrontation quickly rages out of control! Can Ash and friends stop these two powerful Pokémon before they destroy the city?

Featured Pokémon

• Genesect
• Mewtwo

Characters

Human

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Eric
• Team Plasma Grunts (flashback)
• Mewtwo's creators (flashback)
• Eva
• Tanner
• Citizens
• Workers

Characters with cameo appearances in the credits

• N
• Trip
• Bianca
• Stephan
• Burgundy
• Georgia
• Cameron
• Chili
• Cress
• Lenora
• Burgh
• Elesa
• Clay
• Skyla
• Brycen
• Drayden
• Roxie
• Marlon
• Cheren
• Ingo
• Emmet
• Cynthia
• Professor Juniper
• Cedric Juniper
• Alder
• Don George

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Leavanny (Ash's)
• Excadrill (Iris's)
• Emolga (Iris's)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Crustle (Cilan's)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's)
• Genesect (×5; Genesect Army)
• Mewtwo (Best Wishes)
• Sableye
• Sewaddle (multiple)
• Dwebble (multiple)
• Purrloin
• Bellossom (multiple)
• Sawsbuck (Summer Form, multiple)
• Deerling (Summer Form, multiple)
• Persian
• Chansey
• Herdier
• Butterfree (multiple)
• Beautifly (multiple)
• Geodude (multiple)
• Graveler
• Golem (multiple)
• Kirlia
• Houndour
• Feraligatr
• Wooper (multiple)
• Surskit (multiple)
• Seismitoad
• Lotad (multiple)
• Eevee (Eva and Tanner's)
• Electabuzz (Pokémon Baccer's)
• Metang (Pokémon Baccer's)
• Gurdurr (Workers')
• Conkeldurr (Workers')
• Watchog (Workers')
• Mew (computer image)
• Houndoom
• Breloom (multiple)
• Parasect
• Shroomish (multiple)
• Wurmple
• Roserade
• Ralts
• Durant (multiple)
• Caterpie
• Paras
• Sentret
• Furret
• Ledyba
• Masquerain
• Aron
• Lairon
• Roselia
• Pidove
• Gigalith
• Woobat
• Swoobat
• Whimsicott
• Petilil
• Cinccino
• Ampharos
• Eevee
• Starly

Cast

Cast
Ash	Sarah Natochenny	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	サトシ	松本梨香
Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	ピカチュウ	大谷育江
Cilan	Jason Griffith	Dent	Mamoru Miyano	デント	宮野真守
Iris	Eileen Stevens	Iris	Aoi Yūki	アイリス	悠木碧
Axew	Kayzie Rogers	Kibago	Minami Tsuda	キバゴ	津田美波
Jessie	Michele Knotz	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	ムサシ	林原めぐみ
James	Carter Cathcart	Kojirō	Shin'ichirō Miki	コジロウ	三木眞一郎
Meowth	Carter Cathcart	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	ニャース	犬山イヌコ
Narration	Rodger Parsons	Narration	Unshō Ishizuka	ナレーション	石塚運昇
Special appearances by
Eric	Jake Paque	Eric	Takashi Yoshimura	エリック	吉村崇
Mewtwo	Miriam Pultro	Mewtwo	Reiko Takashima	ミュウツー	高島礼子
Red Genesect	Scottie Ray	Red Genesect	Kōichi Yamadera	赤いゲノセクト	山寺宏一
Genesect*	Samia Mounts	Genesect*	Sumire Morohoshi	ゲノセクト	諸星すみれ
Eevee	Kiyoe Yoshioka	Eievui	Kiyoe Yoshioka	イーブィ	吉岡聖恵
Geodude		Isitsubute	Kenta Tokui	イシツブテ	徳井健太
Sableye		Yamirami	Yūko Sanpei	ヤミラミ	三瓶由布子
Feraligatr		Ordile	Tsuguo Mogami	オーダイル	最上嗣生

Soundtrack

Main article: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens / Pikachu and Eevee Friends Music Collection

Events

Genesect distribution artwork

Pre-order distribution

In Japan, Mewtwo was distributed at Pokémon Center stores from June 15 to September 1, 2013 to players who pre-ordered tickets to see the film. The tickets are on sale from April 20 to July 12, 2013.

In Taiwan, it was distributed at select branches of Funbox from July 13 to August 15, 2013.

Movie distributions

Genesect was distributed at theaters which screened the movie across Japan. It was available from July 13 to September 30, 2013.

In Indonesia and the Philippines, a Mewtwo identical to the one distributed in Japan was distributed to Japanese and English language games. In Indonesia, it was distributed on November 2, 6, and 9, 2013 exclusively at the Blitzmegaplex in the Mall of Indonesia. In the Philippines, it will be distributed on November 16 and 17 at the SM Megamall in Manila.

Trivia

• The setting for this film is based on New York City, including Central Park. Director Kunihiko Yuyama has stated that this is due to his desire to create a contrast between the ancient Genesect and a setting that embraces technology and civilization.
  • Several places in the city also reference locations within New York City. For example, an area modeled after Times Square appears in a few scenes, and the Pokémon Center where Ash, Iris, Cilan and Eric eat is modeled on the famous restaurant Tavern on the Green.
• In the scene where Mewtwo and Red Genesect fly through a part of New Talk City patterned after Times Square, some of the video screens are playing a Pokémon Baccer match between the Jubilife Reds and Cianwood Greens, the two teams who were seen in the prologue of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
• This film marks the first time in which the final movie of an anime series doesn't feature a Pokémon from the following generation.
  • It does, however, feature a new form of evolution of an old Pokémon that can only be obtained starting in the following generation.
• This is the fifth consecutive film in which Ash and his friends do not meet Team Rocket. However, unlike the previous film, they have a speaking role.
• This is the first film since Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea to not feature Shōko Nakagawa as part of its cast. Instead, she appears in the Pikachu short attached to the film, PK25.
• This movie has the shortest time between its Japanese release and English debut, only three months.
• The English title of this movie was shown on Taiwanese theater billboards a month before it was officially confirmed.
• This is the only Best Wishes series movie to feature Pokémon from generations prior to Generation V other than Ash's Pikachu and Meowth.
• In addition to the United States, this movie aired on October 19, 2013 in the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, and France, as well as in Indonesia on November 2, 2013, and in the Philippines on November 13, 2013.
• This is the first movie to air in Indonesia on theaters, instead of being aired on TV.
• This is the first movie to be released on DVD in the US before its DVD release in Japan.
• To date, this is the only movie to not debut any new Pokémon or new forms of Pokémon, as Mega Mewtwo Y and Genesect debuted in Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening and Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!, respectively.
• In the credits, a reference to the original Mewtwo is made when the Mewtwo that appeared in this film is shown standing on top of a building overlooking a large city at night. This is the same scene that the original Mewtwo last appeared in at the end of Mewtwo Returns.
• A Red Genesect TCG card is included in the English DVD release of this film.
• This is the second time a Villainous team have appeared in a movie. The first time was in the Sixth Movie were Team Magma were seen in a flashback.
  • Similarly Both Team Magma and Team Plasma appear in a Flashback and have something to do with one of the Legendary Pokémon

Dub edits

• A full version of It's Always You and Me replaces Summerly Slope as the opening theme, and We're Coming Home replaces Smiling Face as the ending theme.

Errors

Ash's eyebrow drawn over his hair

• In a scene during the film's credits, Ash's eyebrow is drawn over his hair.
• In the initial Cartoon Network airing of this film, the opening song has an error in which the voices of the characters on screen can be heard over the song itself. This is corrected in the DVD release.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		神速的蓋諾賽克特 超夢覺醒
European French		Pokémon, le film : Genesect et l’éveil de la légende
German		Pokémon – Der Film: Genesect und die wiedererwachte Legende
Italian		Genesect e il risveglio della Leggenda
Korean		신의 속도 게노세크트 뮤츠의 각성
European Spanish		Genesect y el despertar de una leyenda

External links

• Japanese movie website
• Pokemon.co.jp movie website

See also

• Genesect and the Legend Awakened (manga)

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