/a/ - Aryanime

For those of you who unaware about this, when the movie was first licensed to WB as part of a distribution deal (one year after its original Japanese release) after its success on the anime series, the Japanese producers and writers said during its interview that the Warner executives gave a big hassle over the script (meaning that they hate it) because it does not distinguish enough between good vs evil, the film's lack of a distinct villian (Mewtwo) and there could be fears it might fail the box office due to its audiences wouldn't know who to identify or to cheer on. Because of this, Warner Bros decided to call the executives at 4kids to rewrite the script and cut the Mewtwo origins scene down (probably due to the dark nature elements that was originally added to the Japanese version) in order to make Mewtwo more villainy and to receive a "G" rating instead of PG. This decision, which both WB and 4kids has made, did not suit very well amongs Japanese executives, American fans and especially film critics because of its rough editing, adding too many pop music into one film (I mean sure, these were marketed for the kids), the plot being rewritten into something else and especially the message. That's how far this goes when it comes to the term of studio distributors and trying rewrite history into a different approach.