The first Pokémon film to be made in CGI.
Takeshi Shudo receives a posthumous credit for this film's screenplay.
The first poster for the film is similar to the original teaser poster for Mewtwo Strikes Back.
The first project in the Pokémon series to be a Netflix Exclusive in the United States.
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.