Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel

Pokémon the Movie:
Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel

Theatrical release poster
Japanese ポケモン・ザ・ムービーXY&Z ボルケニオンと機巧のマギアナ
Hepburn Pokemon Za Mūbī XY&Z borukenion to karakuri no magiana
Literally Pokémon the Movie XY&Z: Volcanion and the Exquisite Magearna
Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
Produced by Takemoto Mori
Choji Yoshikawa
Yukio Kawasaki
Junya Okamoto
Koichi Kawase
Kenichi Arai
Satoshi Shimohira
Susumu Matsuyama
Screenplay by Atsuhiro Tomioka
Based on

Pokémon: XY&Z
by

Starring
Narrated by Unshō Ishizuka
Music by Shinji Miyazaki
Production
company
Distributed by Toho
Release dates
  • July 16, 2016 (2016-07-16) (Japan)
Running time
 92 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office $20.2 million[1]
¥2.07 billion

Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, known in Japan as Pokémon the Movie XY&Z: Volcanion and the Exquisite Magearna (ポケモン・ザ・ムービーXY&Z ボルケニオンと機巧のマギアナ Pokemon Za Mūbī XY&Z borukenion to karakuri no magiana) is a 2016 Japanese anime film produced by OLM, the third and final movie in the Pokémon: XY series, and the nineteenth Pokémon movie overall. This film is written by Atsuhiro Tomioka with Kunihiko Yuyama as the director.[2] It was released in Japan on July 16, 2016. It is scheduled for release in some North American and European territories later this year.[3] The movie debuts in the US on Disney XD on December 5, 2016.[4] The movie premiered in the UK on CITV on November 19, 2016.[5]

Plot

On his way to becoming a Pokémon Master, Ash Ketchum and his companions continue on with their journey. But suddenly, a large mass enveloped in white smoke descends from the sky and lands in front of the group. Surrounding the area with white smoke, is a powerful Mythical Pokémon called Volcanion. Coming from the remote Nebel Plateau, Volcanion lives with Pokémon harmed by humans, and thus holds great distaste towards them. Ignoring the concerns of Ash and his friends, Volcanion immediately tries to leave, but a mysterious force binds Volcanion and Ash to each other. Finding themselves unable to separate, Ash is dragged along as Volcanion continues on its mission. In a city where large cogs and gears run continuously, a corrupt councillor of the Azoth Kingdom has obtained the ultimate invention: the Artificial Pokémon Magearna. Magearna was created 500 years ago and since lost, until the councillor found and kidnapped it from the Nebel Plateau. The councillor plans to use Magearna's mysterious power of its "Soul Heart" to take control of the mechanical kingdom. Now forced to work with each other, Ash and Volcanion must save Magearna from the corrupt councillor before he takes control of the Azoth Kingdom.

Cast

Character Voice Actor (Japanese) Voice Actor (English)
Satoshi (Ash Ketchum) Rica Matsumoto Sarah Natochenny
Pikachu Ikue Ōtani
Serena Mayuki Makiguchi Haven Burton-Paschall
Citron (Clemont) Yūki Kaji Michael Liscio Jr.
Eureka (Bonnie) Mariya Ise Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld
Musashi (Jessie) Megumi Hayashibara Michele Knotz
Kojirō (James) Shin-ichiro Miki Jimmy Zoppi
Nyarth (Meowth) Inuko Inuyama
Narrator Unshō Ishizuka Rodger Parsons

Guest characters:

Production

A teaser of the film was first revealed after the screening of Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages in Japan. Its temporarily title and featured Pokémon was later revealed in the January issue of CoroCoro Comic on December 15, 2015, temporarily titled Pokémon the Movie XY&Z. In the March Issue of CoroCoro Comic, the 7th Generation Pokémon Magearna was revealed and announced as another one of its stars.[6] As part of promotions for the film, The Pokémon Company hosted a general election for fans to vote which of the 720 Pokémon is their favorite, which ran from April 16 to May 8, 2016.[7]

Music

The movie's ending song is titled "Post ni koe o nageirete" (ポストに声を投げ入れて Posuto ni koe o nageirete, lit.Mailing out My Voice) by YUKI.[8][9]

Box office

This film ranked 4th on Japanese box office grossing ¥323,901,600 ($3.09 million) in its first weekend on 366 screens with 289,971 admissions. On its third day of release (Marine day) it grossed a total of ¥475,547,600 ($4.6 million) and with a total of 430,987 admissions. This film grossed second lowest in the opening weekend in its film franchise.

References

  1. ↑ "Pokémon movie ends in theatres after tenth weekend". Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Director and writter of Pokémon movie 19". Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel releasing in English later this year". Nintendo Everything. August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Pokémon Moves to Disney XD with a Big Movie Debut". Pokemon.com. November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Watch the Debut of the New Pokémon Movie". Pokemon.com/UK. November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ "New Pokémon Magiana revealed in corocoro comic of March 2016". Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/14/the-pokmon-company-stages-pokmon-general-election-720
  8. ↑ http://natalie.mu/eiga/news/182623
  9. ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-07/yuki-performs-theme-song-for-2016-pokemon-film/.100750

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