The
copy of Pokemon: The First Movie we got actually came with two
titles on it.
The first
was Pikachu's Vacation, an episode exploring the behavioral patterns
of pokemon when in a state of total relaxation (that means no
trainers, just pokemon going around a park by themselves), the
next was the actual movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back.
Pikachu's
Vacation While many may see Pikachu's Vacation as just a cute
extra to be included with the Mewtwo Strikes Back, it does serve
as a good refresher for trainers who haven't been seeing their
share of battle recently. There are so many pokemon in
the episode and the transitions showcase some pokemon as well.
Pikachu's Vacation starts off with a synthetic sounding voice
introducing the vacation facility, and how it is to be used by
Pokedex to observe pokemon.
Pikachu, as
well as Ash's other pokemon form their own 
little
group, mostly centered on keeping the baby pokemon happy. Later,
Raichu's group comes along and when Pikachu's group has to ask
them to be quiet, competition engages. Eventually, Raichu and
Pikachu go off running around the whole park, enraging a Charizard
in the process by stepping on his tail. By some mad twist of fate,
the Charizard's head gets stuck in a pipe, and the pokemon have
to band in order to help the Charizard.
Mewtwo
Strikes Back Mewtwo Strikes Back is unlike most other pokemon
series in its seriousness. Considering
that the target audience for pokemon are kids, the initial theme
offering (the meaning of life) as well as some of the issues associated
with it (genetic engineering) are rather dark… And don't argue
that it's anime, we all know the Japanese don't always target
their anime for younger audiences, but this one is apparently
so.
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