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Email this page to a friend   Go To:  Actors Directors Writers Producers Camera, Film & Tape Editors Casting Executives Production Management Art Department Sound Music Visual Effects & Animation Other Crew Worldwide Distributors Other Companies Actors Jimmy Zoppi Michael Haigney Kayzie Rogers (II) Ken Gates Lee Quick Lisa Ortiz (II) Amy Birnbaum Megan Hollingshead (II) Eric Grossfeld Tara Jayne (II) Ikue Ohtani Voice of Pikachu Veronica Taylor Voice of of Ash Ketchum Philip Bartlett Voice of of Mewtwo Rachael Lillis Voice of of Jessie of Team Rocket/ Voice of of Misty Williams/ Voice of of Others/ Voice of of Togepei Eric Stuart (II) Voice of of Brock Harrison/ Voice of of James Morgan of Team Rocket/ Voice of of Others Addie Blaustein Voice of of Meowth of Team Rocket Ted Lewis Ikue Ootani Eric Stuart Ikue Ootani Rachel Lillis Back to Top Directors Kunihiko Yuyama Director Michael Haigney Director (English language version) Back to Top Writers Satoshi Tajiri Characters as Source Material Takeshi Shudo screenplay Norman J. Grossfeld screenplay (English language version) Michael Haigney screenplay John Touhey screenplay (English language version) Back to Top Producers Alfred R. Kahn Executive Producer Masakazu Kubo (II) Executive Producer Takashi Kawaguchi Executive Producer Norman J. Grossfeld Producer Choji Yoshikawa Producer Tomoyuki Igarashi Producer Takemoto Mori Producer Kathy Borland Associate Producer Takashi Miura Associate Producer (Japan) Hiroshi Ishikawa (II) Associate Producer (Japan) Katsuhito Yamauchi Associate Producer (Japan) Tetsu Kayama Associate Producer (Japan) Takaaki Kii Associate Producer (Japan) Noriyuki Yoshida Associate Producer (Japan) Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape Hisao Shirai (II) Director of Photography Back to Top Editors Toshio Henmi Editor Yutaka Ito Editor Jay Film Editor Yutaka Ita Editor Back to Top Casting Jim Malone (II) 4Kids casting coordinator Back to Top Executives Tsuneyoshi Kawai Production Executive Kantaro Tomiyama Production Executive Ken Sakamoto Production Executive Koichi Miyagawa Production Executive Toshihide Fukuda Production Executive Hidefumi Kawamura Production Executive Back to Top Production Management Tsunekazu Ishihara Production Supervisor Larry Juris production management Shoji Ota Production Manager (Japan) Tsukasa Koitabashi Production Manager (Japan) Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant Director (Japan) Kiyotaka Isako Assistant Director (Japan) Kazuya Murata Assistant Director (Japan) Yatsushi Yano Assistant Director (Japan) Noriaki Saito Assistant Director (Japan) Back to Top Art Department Ken Sugimori conceptual character artist Shigeki Morimoto conceptual character artist Motofumi Fujiwara conceptual character artist Atsuko Nishida conceptual character artist Kunihiko Yuyama Storyboard Artist (Japan) Kazu Yokota Storyboard Artist (Japan) Lorraine Campo mac designer Back to Top Sound Koji Fukasawa sound re-recording mixer Jason Bergenfeld ADR coordinator (4Kids) Tetsuya Satake Foley Artist Gary Chester recorder/mixer 'Piakachu's vacation' Daisuke Jinbo sound effects supervisor Akiko Nakamura sound recording producer Michiyoshi Minamisawa sound recording producer Masafumi Mima sound recording director Toru Kadohura sound mixing advisor Shinji Takano sound recording mixer Mitsukuni Ozeki sound recording mixer Jyuji Nakamura sound recording mixer (Japan) Back to Top Music Ralph Schuckett Music John Loeffler Music John Loeffler Music Producer (4Kids) John Siegler Pokemon theme John Lissauer (II) additional Music Manny Corallo additional Music Benoit Grey additional music 'Mewtwo strikes back' Benoit Grey orchestration 'Mewtwo strikes back' Kevin Kliesch additional music 'Mewtwo strikes back' Kevin Kliesch orchestration 'Mewtwo strikes back' John Angier additional music 'Mewtwo strikes back' Deniz Hughes additional music 'Mewtwo strikes back' Wayne Sharpe (II) additional music 'Mewtwo strikes back' Louis Cortelezzi additional music 'Mewtwo strikes back' Christian Montalbano additional music 'Mewtwo strikes back' Kenneth Lampl additional music 'Mewtwo strikes back' Greg Kalember additional music 'Mewtwo strikes back' Ralph Schuckett orchestration 'Mewtwo strikes back' Bobby Ramirez orchestration 'Mewtwo strikes back' Eleanor Matera music production coordinator 'Mewtwo strikes back' Martin Kloiber music mixer 'Mewtwo strikes back' Angela (II) Song Performer ("Catch Me If You Can") Colleen Fitzpatrick Song Performer ("Vacation") Christina Aguilera Song Performer ("We're a Miracle") Emma Bunton Song Performer ("Free Up Your Mind") The Midnight Sons Song Performer ("If Only Tears Could Bring You Back") Blessed Union of Souls Song Performer ("Brother My Brother") M2M Song Performer ("Don't Say You Love Me") Julian Schwartz supervising music editor 'Mewtwo strikes back' Susan Shufro music editor 'Mewtwo strikes back' Nick Lachey Song Performer Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Noriaki Saito Animator Toshiaki Okuno animation producer Shukichi Kanda animation producer Sayuri Ichiishi chief Animator Yoichi Kotabe Animation Supervisor Tokuhiro Matsubara Animation Director Asano Fumiaki Animation Director Masaya Fujimori Animation Director Masaru Fukumoto Animation Director Toshiya Yamada Animation Director Yoshiaki Yanagida Animation Director Eikichi Takahashi Animation Director Izumi Shimura Animation Director Masaaki Iwane key animator Katsuichi Nakayama key animator Toshiharu Kumaoka key animator Masaru Fukumoto key animator Mamiko Nakanishi key animator Yuzo Sato (II) key animator Satoru Iriyoshi key animator Kazumi Sato key animator Eiko Saito key animator Etsuhito Mori key animator Tadaaki Miyata key animator Yukihiro Makino key animator Hideaki Maniwa key animator Satomi Kitahara key animator Masao Nakata key animator Hiromi Niioka key animator Hiroko Kazui key animator Taiei Maruyama key animator Shoichi Masuo (II) key animator Yusaku Takeda key animator Takuya Matsumoto key animator Mami Imamura key animator Tamura Katsuyki key animator Koji Fukasawa key animator Fumiyo Kimura key animator Hiroshi Kawaguchi (II) key animator Nobuhiro Osugi key animator Yugi Mukoyama key animator Tetsuya Koshizaki key animator Kazuaki Mouri key animator Kaori Kunii key animator Naoya Horikawa key animator Masaya Fujimori key animator Go Ichiki key animator Hajime Nakamura key animator Yumi Chiba key animator Tetsuro Kaku key animator Yoshitaka Nagamori key animator Masao Suwa key animator Masahiro Sekiguchi key animator Akiko Nakamura key animator Tomoko Takei key animator Masami Takebuchi key animator Doga Kobo key animator Midori Yamakubo key animator Hironaka Nozaki key animator Satoshi Kubo key animator Yuko Watanabe key animator Midori Nagaoka key animator Neiko Hino key animator Junko Isaka key animator Fujika Enomoto Animator Yukio Maekawa Animator Ayako Misono Animator Yoko Kasama Animator Shuji Hirano Animator Takako Uetake Animator Junko Watanabe Animator Jun Kiguchi Animator Hiromi Funatsu Animator Nozumi Koro Animator Mitsuharu Yoshida Animator Eriko Iida Animator Konosuke Yoshihara Animator Miki Kuribayashi Animator Yurie Sudo Animator Yasumi Tanaka Animator Minako Nagasawa Animator Kahori Hashimura Animator Yoji Egawa Animator Masashi Yamamoto Animator Yasumasa Kamei Animator Shoichi Kurokawa Animator Kazuharu Tumafuji Animator Kazuo Harada Animator Takuji Mogi Animator Hiromi Yoshida Animator Toshio Sakai Animator Yasuo Nakatsuka Animator Emi Koyama Animator Miyuki Nishimura Animator Hideo Takahashi Animator Naohisa Fukuoka Animator Yasutaka Yamamoto Animator Hisako Tanabe Animator Kyongkang Doga Animator Tatsuya Soma animation design support (Japan) Masayuki Nakajima visual effects animator 'Piakachu's vacation' Akio Kazumi digital animation Hiroya Yamamoto digital animation Tsutomu Ishiki digital animation Nayoya Shigematsu digital animation Akira Mizubata digital animation Megumi Kondao digital animation Masashi Kobayashi digital animation Beirne Lowry main title animation 'Mewtwo strikes back' Dani Portillo main title animation 'Mewtwo strikes back' Miguel Oldenburg main title animation/film retouching 'Pokemon's Vacation' Hideo Tsuji digital film printing/opticals Mikio Mori dolby digital recording artist Noriyuki Ota special effects animator Masayuki Nakajima special effects animator Back to Top Other Crew Michael Haigney voice director (English language version) John Loeffler Other ("Pokemon" theme) Gail Tilden project supervision Kenji Okubo project coordinator Kaori Harima Japan coordinator Sanae Miyauchi background Yasutashi Kawai background Norihiro Yoshikawa background Toshio Kobayashi background Yasuyuki Inaba background Masatoshi Muto background Kiyomi Kobara background Masao Shibata optical effects John Lissauer (II) Midi programming 'Mewtwo strikes back' John Lissauer (II) orcestration 'Mewtwo strikes back' Benoit Grey MIDI programming 'Mewtwo strikes back' Kevin Kliesch MIDI programming 'Mewtwo strikes back' Talley Sherwood score recorder 'Mewtwo strikes back' Noburo Nishino recording/opticals Billy Crawford (II) Other ("Pokemon" theme) Back to Top Worldwide Distributors Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Video Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution Theatrical Distributor Back to Top Other Companies 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. music producer Taj Productions production management Studio Cosmos animation camera shooting staff Cinesite (Europe) Ltd. digital scans OLM Inc production animation (Japan)) TV Tokyo Entertainment production animation (Japan)) Media Factory Inc production animation (Japan)) Nintendo production animation (Japan)) Tomy Co Ltd production animation (Japan)) Creatures Inc production animation (Japan)) Game Freak Inc production animation (Japan)) East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc production animation (Japan)) Samtec animator Oh Production animator Oh Production animator 'Pukachu's vacation' Doga Kobo animator and animator 'Pukachu's vacation' Kyoto Animation animator Studio Deen animator Zero Pictures (Japan) animator Wonbat Studio animator Ajiado animator Junglegym animator Jec E animator Nakamura Production animator Studio Musashi animator Studio Musashi animator 'Puakachu's vacation' Lightbox animator Studio Jack background Kobayashi Production background Studio Aqua background Bunsei Doga background Cineric Inc optical effects Digital Film Group, Inc. dolby digital recording artist OLM Inc Digital Animation Shogakukan Production Company Production Animation (Japan) Warner Bros. Pictures International Distribution Sales (international sales/ France/ United Kingdom) 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. Casting Agency Back to Top