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{{search|the radio drama|the CD release|Sound Picture Box - The Birth of Mewtwo}}

(Japanese: '''{{tt|ミュウツーの誕生|Mewtwo no Tanjō}}''' ''The Birth of Mewtwo'') is a {{wp|radio drama}} written by [[Takeshi Shudō]] that was only released in Japan. It was originally broadcast on radio over the five Sundays leading up to the premiere of ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' in Japanese theaters, between June 7 and July 12, 1998. On February 12, 1999, [[Pikachu Records]] released the story and the ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' movie soundtrack on [[Sound Picture Box - The Birth of Mewtwo|a two-disc set]], with an accompanying book

It was adapted to an anime special that was added to the start of home video releases of ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' in Japanese. These added scenes were dubbed into English and released as a special feature titled ''[[The Uncut Story Of Mewtwo's Origin]]'' on the DVD of ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]''.

In the distant past, the [[Pokémon world|Earth]] was born. Now, the planet is populated by humans and mysterious creatures known as Pocket Monsters, or {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. As time passes, new species of Pokémon are discovered one after another, and they now number more than a hundred species. {{an|Giovanni}}, the boss of the evil organisation [[Team Rocket]], tells a story that begins with an audio tape of the [[cry]] of the [[Legendary Pokémon|mythical Pokémon]] {{p|Mew}} recorded on it.

Eighteen years since the last contact with the Mew search team headed by the female {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}} [[Miyamoto]], a fossilized Mew eyelash is found at an excavation site. Giovanni brings this fossil to [[Dr. Fuji]], a scientist who is studying Pokémon DNA on [[New Island]], and suggests that he try creating a copy of Mew. He says to Giovanni that he doesn't know if it will work the same way as creating a copy of a human, but Giovanni sneers. The truth is that Dr. Fuji studied DNA in order to create and live with Ambertwo, a copy of his daughter, {{an|Amber}}, who died young in an accident.

{{cast/h|Kanto}}

{{cast|Kanto|Madame Boss|none|Madame Boss|Hiromi Tsuru|ロケット団女ボス|鶴ひろみ|top=yes}}

{{cast|Kanto|Miyamoto|none|Miyamoto|Yumi Tōma|ミヤモト|冬馬由美}}

{{cast|Kanto|Mew (M01)|disp=Mew|none|Mew|Kōichi Yamadera|ミュウ|山寺宏一}}

{{cast|Kanto|The Birth of Mewtwo#Characters|disp=Announcer 1|none|Announcer 1|Kentarō Itō|アナウンサーA|伊藤健太郎}}

{{cast|Kanto|The Birth of Mewtwo#Characters|disp=Announcer 2|none|Announcer 2|Katsuyuki Konishi|アナウンサーB|小西克幸}}

{{cast|Kanto|The Birth of Mewtwo#Characters|disp=Announcer 3|none|Announcer 3|Saori Higashi|アナウンサーC|東さおり}}

{{cast|Kanto|The Birth of Mewtwo#Characters|disp=Trainer|none|Trainer|Saori Higashi|トレーナー|東さおり}}

{{cast|Kanto|Giovanni (anime)|disp=Giovanni|none|Sakaki|Hirotaka Suzuoki|サカキ|鈴置洋孝}}

{{cast|Kanto|Dr. Fuji|none|Dr. Fuji|Yōsuke Akimoto|フジ博士|秋元羊介|}}

{{cast|Kanto|Amber (anime)|disp=Amber|none|Ai-two|Kyoko Hikami|アイツー|氷上恭子}}

{{cast|Kanto|Mewtwo (anime)|disp=Young Mewtwo|none|Young Mewtwo|Fujiko Takimoto|ミュウツー(幼いころ)|瀧本富士子}}

{{cast|Kanto|The Birth of Mewtwo#Characters|disp=Investigator 1|none|Investigator 1|Shinpachi Tsuji|調査員A|辻親八}}

{{cast|Kanto|The Birth of Mewtwo#Characters|disp=Researcher 1|none|Researcher 1|Katsuyuki Konishi|研究員A|小西克幸}}

{{cast|Kanto|The Birth of Mewtwo#Characters|disp=Researcher 2|none|Researcher 2|Takuma Suzuki|研究員B|鈴木琢磨}}

{{cast|Kanto|Mewtwo (anime)|disp=Adult Mewtwo|none|Adult Mewtwo|Masachika Ichimura|ミュウツー|市村正親|bottom=yes}}