Pokemon The First Movie Mew Card

Price History And Graded Cards

Ancient Mews fundamentals as a collectible are reflected in its range of prices, putting it into a category of its own. The common moniker of Older, Rarer, Minter, Better applies here. Lets run through it together. Its two decades old older than some people who want to collect it. Its rare rarer than mainline set cards of its time. ONLY the first week of the movie being in theaters was the card given out. After that, you received a Moltres Articuno or Zapdos card when you bought a ticket.

That brings us to our favorite term, minter. Ancient Mew was handed out sealed with sealed copies fetching a premium even in 2000. Today, that premium has gone up to $45+ for a sealed copy, with raw copies having a market price of ~$20 in lightly played condition or better.

• PSA 8 : ~$80
• PSA 9 : ~$150
• PSA 10 : $250+

Graded Japanese print run Ancient Mew cards will almost always fetch an additional premium over international releases, as errors or banned cards are popular among collectors.

Japanese Cosmos Ancient Mew

With nearly twice the number of graded cards, compared to the two previous print runs, its no surprise that PSA 9s sell for much less.

At approximately £90-£100 theyre in the same ballpark as the UK/US version.

Surprisingly I wasnt able to find a recently sold PSA 10, but because theres such an even distribution of 9s and 10s in the PSA population report, Id probably only value these at about £400-500.

Pokmon Game Movie Ancient Mew

Despite having such a large PSA population report, the demand for our version of Ancient Mew is pretty decent!

I personally feel theres a lot of nostalgic value built in to these prices, but heres some examples of recently sold Ancient Mews:

PSA 9s tend to go for just under £100

Heres a PSA 10 that sold for £345

So what above the Japanese versions

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Ancient Mew In The Movie

In the second Pokemon movie to hit theaters, Pokemon Movie 2000, Ashes encounters Lugia, as well as the Legendary bird trio Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. Mew was fully featured in the first movie with Mewtwo, but this time around Mew showed up in a different form. In the second movie, Lawrence III can be seen in possession of an Ancient Mew card!

Lawrence is the movies villain, planning a power grab with legendary Pokemon at the crux of it. The movie takes place in The Orange Islands, a tropical island chain south of Ashs home region of Kanto. The Legendary Bird Trio, Lugia, and others are really the stars of the movie, with the Ancient Mew card being a homage connecting the second movie to the real-life card game.

Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Screenings Will Offer Ancient Mew Card Reprints

When I was a kid, Ancient Mew was the Pokemon card to have. It wasnât the most powerful by any stretch, but for kids around the world it was the holy grail of Pokemon merch.

The card, which is a sexy, shiny thing adorned with ancient runic language and a âstone carvingâ of Mew was a limited edition print originally given away in the first week of screenings for Pokemon The Movie 2000 , nearly 20 years ago.

I actually had an Ancient Mew back in the day, and for some reason traded it for five random shiny cards with a friend at school. I immediately realised Iâd made a mistake, but the kid said no swap backs, so it was a done deal. I stay up some nights thinking about how badly I screwed up.

Thankfully, itâs looking like I might have a chance to rectify past sins, as reprints of the Ancient Mew card will be given out at screenings of Pokemon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution. While this is currently only confirmed for Japanese screenings of the movie, Iâm convinced/hopeful that the promotion will be made available around the world, as it was originally.

Promotional cards are often handed out at Pokemon premieres. Most recently, those who saw Detective Pikachu received special cards based on the ârealisticâ Pokemon that appeared in the live-action flick.

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Pokmon The First Movie

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It was released in movie theaters in Japan on July 18, 1998. The English version, produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. in association with Nintendo Co. Ltd., was later released in the United States on November 12, 1999. And it has received negative reviews from film critics, but was a commercial success, and was more liked with fans despite the negative reception from critics.

Pokémon: The First Movie has two parts: the feature presentation and a 20-minute short. In the United States, this film was rated G by the MPAA.

A 64-page art book has also been released. A remake of this movie was announced to be released on July 12, 2019.

Pokmon Ancient Mew Movie Promo And Mew #1 Southern Islands Promo Set Rare Hologram Trading Cards Cgc Graded

During the opening credits of the original Pokémon series the second Pokémon you see is Mew right after you see it’s genetically made clone Mewtwo! Mew is the Pokémon that’s front and center on these 2 promo cards. The first card was given out with the purchase of a movie ticket for Pokémon: The Movie 2000, Ancient Mew graded by CGC Near Mint+ 7.5. The second card is Mew from the Southern Islands Set and is a reverse holo graded CGC NM/Mint+ 8.5. Not listed on the SMR Price Guide.

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Ancient Mew 2019 Japanese Promo

This print of Ancient Mew was given out only in Japan, with the 2019 premiere of Pokemon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution. This was the remake of the original movie. Remake the movie, reprint the card. In all was it is similar to the 2000 international release, apart from updated copyrights. Understandably as Japan is the home of Pokemon, only Japanese theaters received the cards to hand out.

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Pokmon: The First Movie

Pokémon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back is a 1998 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, the chief director of the Pokémon television series. It is the first theatrical release in the Pokémon franchise.

It was first released in Japan on July 18, 1998. On July 8, 1999, a Complete Version of the film aired on Japanese television. In addition to an added prologue, the updated version included new animation and CGI graphics. The English-language adaptation, produced by Nintendo and 4Kids Entertainment and licensed by Warner Bros. Pictures, was released in North America on November 12, 1999. The events of the film take place during the first season of Pokémon: Indigo League.

The film primarily consists of three segments: Pikachu’s Vacation, a 21-minute feature focusing on the series mascot Pikachu Origin of Mewtwo, the 10-minute prologue added to the Complete Version of the film and Mewtwo Strikes Back, the main 75-minute film feature. Overseas, the prologue can only be seen as a bonus short in DVD versions of Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns.

The Japanese version of Pokémon: The First Movie won the Animation Kobe for Theatrical Film Award, but the English version won two out of five of its Stinkers Awards nominations .

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How Many Ancient Mew Varieties Are There

Across the UK, US and other participating countries Ancient Mew cards were given away during the week of the films release. There is one version of this particular Ancient Mew variety.

However!

Incredibly, there are 5 different Japanese print runs of Ancient Mew!

The first one is famous because the word Nintendo was misspelled as Nintedo in the copyright text at the bottom of the card. Not so much quality control in those days!

Interestingly, they corrected the spelling for the second print run, but because it only ran for a short window, the corrected version is actually much rarer and more valuable.

We then had a third print run where the holofoil design was changed to a cosmos effect, from the speckle effect seen in the previous two.

Then to mark the 20th anniversary of the card in 2019, a fourth print was included in special Mewtwo Strikes Back pamphlets.

And finally, South Korea got the fifth print when the film was released there in 2020.

Ancient Mew Pokemon Card Guide: Origins Errors & More

The early 2000s were one of the Pokemon TCGs golden eras, especially when you consider the promotional cards given out at events.

The Ancient Mew card is a miscellaneous non-BlackStar, non-numbered promotional card obtained by attending the Pokemon Movie 2000: Power of One.

But dont let the miscellaneous designation deceive you, there is a reason that an eBay search returns thousands for sale and thousands of completed purchases. Lets start at the beginning.

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The Many Print Runs Of Ancient Mew

As with most Pokemon products, the Ancient Mew card was released in Japan one year before its International release. Japan released it in 1999, it hit international shores in 2000, and saw a reprint in 2019. Between 1999 and 2019, it had five different printing runs, seeing the holofoil pattern change, typos corrected, and more.

These variants include:

• Ancient Mew
• Ancient Mew 2019 Japanese Promo
• Ancient Mew 2020 Korean Promo

Keep reading below to learn how you can identify each one of these Ancient Mew versions.

Pokemon Mewtwo First Movie Promo Card #3

Mewtwo 1st Movie Promo Black Star. These cards are non-foil with a small “Promo” stamp below the artwork AND a gold foil “Kids WB Presents Pokemon The First Movie” stamp on the upper right corner of the artwork. These cards have numbers instead of rarity symbols in the lower right corner of the card: Electabuzz = “2”, Mewtwo = “3”, Pikachu = “4”, Dragonite = “5” These cards were initially released as a promotional campaign accompanying the “Mewtwo Strikes Back” movie release in the United States in November 1999.Don’t be late for one of the biggest hits!Mewtwo 1st Movie Promo: $7.99 each

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Mewtwo Movie Screenings Will Offer Reprints Of Ancient Mew Pokemon Card

Allow me to take you on a journey. A journey through time. Back to the good ol days of 2000, when the only film you needed to see was Pokemon The First Movie.

The first ever feature-length Pokemon adventure probably left you in floods of tears, and if youre anything like me, it was a seminal part of your childhood.

Things got even better after leaving the movie, because if you saw it in the first week of release, chances are you got yourself a free Pokemon card of Ancient Mew.

These shiny and unique-looking cards were the prize of most peoples card collections , but not everyone was lucky enough to get one for themselves.

However, if you missed your chance back in the day, youre in luck, because its just been announced that reprints of the Ancient Mew card of your dreams will be given out in celebration of the upcoming Mewtwo movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution.

Right now, the Ancient Mews have only been confirmed for release in Japan, but heres hoping the rest of the world will get a second chance at owning one too!

If it never happens, theres always eBay, where Ancient Mew cards are selling for around the $10 mark.

Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution is a CG remake of the classic Pokemon The First Movie, and it looks sweet AF.

2019 is basically the year of Pokemon, thank to Mewtwo Strikes Back, Detective Pikachu and the highly-anticipated new Pokemon RPGS, Sword and Shield, which are due out later this year.

Check out the upcoming Mewtwo movie in the trailer below.

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Pokmon: Mewtwo Strikes Backevolution

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes BackEvolution is a 2019 Japanesecomputer-animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara. The film is the 22nd installment in the Pokémon film series and a CGI remake of the first film. The film was animated by OLM, OLM Digital, and Sprite Animation Studios.

In Japan, it was released on July 12, 2019, by Toho. A preview was shown in Los Angeles, California on July 4, 2019, and the film was released worldwide on Netflix on Pokémon Day on February 27, 2020.

Japanese 20th Anniversary Ancient Mew

Of course with this being a relatively modern card, and the ongoing backlog at PSA, its harder to accurately judge the value for this card.

Quite simply, if an influx of these cards get graded as PSA work their way through, the value goes down as supply goes up.

But lets take a look at some recent sold prices anyway!

Here we have a PSA 9 going for £87 and a PSA 10 for £185.

Usually youd expect the PSA 10 value to be much higher than the 9, but because so many of these cards grade a 10 its undermined the value of it.

In this scenario I would never recommend buying the PSA 9 over the 10!Unless you just want the card for your collection and dont care too much about values!

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The Two Different Holofoil Patterns Of Ancient Mew

There are two different holofoil patterns that you may find on an Ancient Mew the Speckle Holofoil and the Costmos Holofoil.

The Speckle Holofoil is a very dense pattern, lacking orbs or swirls. Its found only on some Japanese Ancient Mew cards. The Cosmos Holofoil was first introduced in Base Set 2, and remained in use until the Call of Legends set in 2011. It is less dense than the Speckle pattern, and features orbs and swirls to help diffentiante the two. Now that the holofoil is addressed, lets examine the print runs themselves.

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So Which Ancient Mew Card Should You Buy

• If you can get your hands on the corrected version, that is the rarest.
• People also love error cards, so I also think the nintedo version is a great card to own
• I think there might be value to be had in the Korean variant
• Im on the fence about the cosmos variant awesome alternative holofoil design but too easy to grade a 10 for that added bit of rarity
• Id probably avoid the UK/US version as the pop report is too high
• Id avoid the 2019 Mewtwo Strikes Back version as its too easy to grade in a 10 to get any value from it

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