The first Pokémon film to be made in CGI.
Takeshi Shudô receives a posthumous credit for this film's screenplay, having written the screenplay for the original version of the film.
The first poster for the film is similar to the original teaser poster for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998).
This is the first Pokemon film to feature Misty and Brock in main roles since Pokémon Heroes (2002) and Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010), respectively.