National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel was released in Japan in July 2016 by OLM, Inc. and distributed internationally through The Pokémon Company. The nineteenth entry in the theatrical Pokémon series, it marked the final film of the XY era before the franchise transitioned to Sun and Moon, giving it a quiet significance among collectors of the animated run.

This cell captures a tense moment pairing Gengar's looming dark presence in the foreground with Alva, the film's calculating antagonist, visible above against an open sky framed by the golden mechanical architecture central to the story. The composition reflects the film's recurring tension between natural Pokémon and engineered power.