Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, the 21st film in the franchise, opened in Japan in July 2018.
Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution, the 22nd film in the Pokémon franchise, opened in Japan on July 12.
The film will be the first all-new anime film in the franchise in two years, since the most recent films in the franchise include Pokémon Detective Pikachu (a live-action film) and Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution (a 3D CG remake of the 1998 film Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushū).
The film’s title is a reference to Pokemon: The First Movie, which opened in Japan in 1998 with the Japanese title Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushū.