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* This movie was released between [[BW133]] and [[BW134]] in Japan. However, it chronologically takes place no later than [[BW123]], as {{Ash}}'s official character bio for the movie claims he is still traveling through [[Unova]] at the time of the movie, indicating [[New Tork City]] is in the [[region]]. At this point in the {{pkmn|anime}}, Ash and {{ashfr}} had long since left Unova and are traveling through the [[Decolora Islands]]. | * This movie was released between [[BW133]] and [[BW134]] in Japan. However, it chronologically takes place no later than [[BW123]], as {{Ash}}'s official character bio for the movie claims he is still traveling through [[Unova]] at the time of the movie, indicating [[New Tork City]] is in the [[region]]. At this point in the {{pkmn|anime}}, Ash and {{ashfr}} had long since left Unova and are traveling through the [[Decolora Islands]]. | ||
* The setting for this | * The setting for this movie is based on {{wp|New York City}}, with {{wp|Central Park}} serving as the basis for [[Pokémon Hills]]. Director Kunihiko Yuyama wanted to create a contrast between the ancient {{p|Genesect}} and a setting that embraces technology and civilization. | ||
** Several other places in the city also reference locations within New York City. For example, an area modeled after {{wp|Times Square}} appears in a few scenes, and the [[Pokémon Center]] where Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Eric eat is modeled on the famous restaurant {{wp|Tavern on the Green}}. | ** Several other places in the city also reference locations within New York City. For example, an area modeled after {{wp|Times Square}} appears in a few scenes, and the [[Pokémon Center]] where Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Eric eat is modeled on the famous restaurant {{wp|Tavern on the Green}}. | ||
* When Mewtwo and the Red Genesect fly through a part of New Tork City patterned after Times Square, some of the video screens are playing a {{pkmn|Baccer World Cup|Pokémon Baccer}} match between the {{ci|Jubilife}} Reds and {{ci|Cianwood}} Greens, the two teams seen in the prologue of ''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]''. | * When Mewtwo and the Red Genesect fly through a part of New Tork City patterned after Times Square, some of the video screens are playing a {{pkmn|Baccer World Cup|Pokémon Baccer}} match between the {{ci|Jubilife}} Reds and {{ci|Cianwood}} Greens, the two teams seen in the prologue of ''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]''. | ||
* In the credits, a reference to the original Mewtwo is made when the Mewtwo in this | * In the credits, a reference to the original Mewtwo is made when the Mewtwo in this movie is shown standing on top of a building overlooking a large city at night. This is the same scene that the original Mewtwo last appeared in at the end of ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]''. | ||
* This | * This movie marks the first time that the final movie of an anime [[series]] features no Pokémon from the following generation. | ||
** It does, however, feature a new form of evolution of an {{p|Mewtwo|old Pokémon}} that can only be obtained starting in the following generation. | ** It does, however, feature a new form of evolution of an {{p|Mewtwo|old Pokémon}} that can only be obtained starting in the following generation. | ||
** In addition, it is the first movie to not debut any new Pokémon or new forms of Pokémon in the {{pkmn|anime}}, as Mega Mewtwo Y and Genesect debuted in ''[[SS026|Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening]]'' and ''[[BW119|Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!]]'', respectively. | ** In addition, it is the first movie to not debut any new Pokémon or new forms of Pokémon in the {{pkmn|anime}}, as Mega Mewtwo Y and Genesect debuted in ''[[SS026|Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening]]'' and ''[[BW119|Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!]]'', respectively. | ||
* This is the fifth consecutive | * This is the fifth consecutive movie in which {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} do not meet {{TRT}}. However, they are more prominently featured, attempting to capture Mewtwo and Genesect, as opposed to their brief, non-speaking cameos in the [[M15|previous movie]]. | ||
* This is the first | * This is the first movie since ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'' to not feature [[Shōko Nakagawa]] as part of its cast. Instead, she appears in the accompanying [[Pikachu short]], ''[[PK25|Eevee & Friends]]''. | ||
* This movie has the shortest time between its Japanese and English releases, at three months. | * This movie has the shortest time between its Japanese and English releases, at three months. | ||
* The English title of this movie was shown on Taiwanese theater billboards a month before it was officially confirmed. | * The English title of this movie was shown on Taiwanese theater billboards a month before it was officially confirmed. | ||
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* This is the first movie to be released on DVD in the US before Japan. | * This is the first movie to be released on DVD in the US before Japan. | ||
* This is the last movie until ''[[M21|The Power of Us]]'' to keep its Japanese soundtrack in the dub, a practice that started in the [[M04|fourth movie]]. | * This is the last movie until ''[[M21|The Power of Us]]'' to keep its Japanese soundtrack in the dub, a practice that started in the [[M04|fourth movie]]. | ||
* A Red Genesect [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG]] card is included in the English DVD release of this | * A Red Genesect [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG]] card is included in the English DVD release of this movie. | ||
* This movie features a total of six {{pkmn2|talking}} Pokémon, more than any previous movie, | * This movie features a total of six {{pkmn2|talking}} Pokémon, more than any previous movie. In the process, this number surpasses the record of five from [[M15|the previous movie]]. | ||
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