Myutsuu: Ware Wa Kokoni Ari! Part III

MEWTWO! HERE I AM! Part III

The Pocket Monster New Year Special aired in Japan on New Year's eve, 2001 and marked the first theatrical character carry-over. Earlier special's had been in the vein of the Pikachu mini-movies ( Pikachuu No Fuyuu Yasumi, etc), and a later special featured characters from the Crystal game. Several different 'names' have been floating the internet for the Mewtwo special, including:

The English edition is entitled Mewtwo Returns and was released on December fourth, 2001. Our English-Language Review is also available. Below is a summary written while viewing the raw Japanese edition.


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Special Features
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Professor Oak pops up with a large screen. On it are the faces of many Japanese children looking at a large poster with a picture of Celebi on it. Some adults come out on stage and sits at the desk in front of the poster. Oak tells us these are the voices of the television show characters. He shows the women who are Satoshi and Kasumi posing with pikachu, and shows us ads for the new movies Celebi: a Timeless Encounter and Pikachu’s Exciting Hide-and-Seek!. The song OK! starts, and the red-headed woman who voices Satoshi pops up grinning she bows and greets us. She says she likes the pokémon Myutsuu and that it is fun to be the voice of Satoshi in the new movie. She waves goodbye. Another voice actor pops up, a man (I do not know who he voices) he yells and waves excitedly, also saying what fun it is. He says he likes pocketto monster Celebi very much. (actually, he may be Bisashu). He disappears and a much calmer young man pops up, speaking about the Celebi movie. (he sounds a little like Mewtwo, but I’m not sure) he is in turn replaced by a young woman in a frilly shirt (Kasumi’s voice, I think) she says Pokemon is way cool and to be sure to see Celebi. Another young woman appears and bows. She tells us about the movie and her experience. She disappears too. An older man shows up speaking calmly about Celebi: a timeless encounter. They all disappear and professor oak tells us to be sure to see the movie.

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actual movie trailer starts

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Satoshi and friends come running out of the woods. A young boy turns around. Satoshi and the boy sit in a tree looking at a Pokemon zipping past the moon. A tiny green sprite like creature dips its toes into the water of a calm pool. Satoshi and the boy are held aloft be the green sprite's powers.
A clip of Mewtwo appears.
“More powerful than Mewtwo!” intones the narrator.
a clip of Lugia appears
“Rarer than Lugia!” exclaims the narrator.
An image of Entei and Mii shows itself
“More graceful than Entei!” the narrator finishes
the camera pans through the tree to close in on Celebi’s eyes. The title flashes across the screen.

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End movie trailer

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Specialised ending theme starts

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The ending theme used is one called Boku no Best Friend meaning ‘our best friend’. It is used throughout the G/S season, but this version is redone with images of Satoshi, Pikachu and Mewtwo instead of only Satoshi and Pikachu. This is one of my favourite parts, and it’s a gentle, sweet song. The words may be different for this version than the normal one.

preview for the next episode starts. It seems to be about a girl who has a lot of Pichu, and the trouble they cause. I think it’s called ‘the Naughty Pichu Brothers!’

the last image of Mewtwo on top of the flag pole ends the show.

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