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"Watashi wa dare da?" — A Retrospective on Mewtwo Strikes Back
by InfiniteBakuphoon
The Birth of Mewtwo...
by InfiniteBakuphoon
The Birth of Mewtwo...
So, 2019 has been proclaimed "The Year of Mewtwo", in no small part because a remake of the very first Pokémon movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back, is scheduled to be released this summer. The 20th anniversary of said movie — July 18th, 1998 — has long since past, but there is another relevant anniversary to celebrate. This day twenty years ago, on February 12th, 1999, an audio CD package entitled Sound Picture Box — The Birth of Mewtwo (pictured above) was released exclusively in the series' native Japan, containing three notable items:
- A radio drama known as The Birth of Mewtwo, an expanded prologue to Mewtwo Strikes Back which explores themes and ideas that have rarely been explored in official Pokémon media before or since,
- A 64-page "storybook" containing illustrations related to the above radio drama,
- A comprehensive collection of music from the original Japanese score for Mewtwo Strikes Back, written by regular series composer Shinji Miyazaki.
A warning from here on out... if you haven't experienced Mewtwo Strikes Back, the radio drama The Birth of Mewtwo, or the animated prologue of the same name, please note that they will be discussed at length here, and that they will be spoiled here for you, if you care about that. Reader beware!
[A Retrospective on Mewtwo Strikes Back: Table of Contents]
Part 01: Maboroshi no Mew <The Mythical Mew> (02/12/2019)
Part 02: Inochi Aru Mono... Mewtwo no Ai <That Which Has Life... Mewtwo and Amber> (06/30/2019)
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