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The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations of the new entry follows:

Playback the XY&Z #013: The Rocket Gang

This year's Pokémon movie is the final chapter in the XY&Z series.
Many battles have been fought with the Kalos region as its setting,
so let us do a playback of those emotions and those battles!!



First broadcast February 11th, 2016:
"The Explosive Land's Wrath! Operation: Capture Zygarde!!"
A lifeform that looks just like Squishy appears before the Rocket Gang!?
And it's a clash! The Rocket Gang VS the Flare Gang!!
Even though they were defeated, they showed the pride of their evil organization!!

The next episode of "Pocket Monsters XY&Z", where Gekkouga will be playing an active role as well, is
"The Flare Gang Attacks! The Zygarde at the Prism Tower!!", airing Thursday August 25th



Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=3010
The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations of the new entry follows:

Playback the XY&Z #012: Gekkouga

This year's Pokémon movie is the final chapter in the XY&Z series.
Many battles have been fought with the Kalos region as its setting,
so let us do a playback of those emotions and those battles!!



First broadcast May 26th, 2016:
"The Winding Woods... The Dawn of Evolution!"
Satoshi feels lost at what to do after his consecutive losses against Shota and Urup!
Chasing after Satoshi, who disappeared into the forest all by himself, Gekkouga disappears as well.
And in the middle of a snowstorm, the two of them find the answer. At long last, the power of Satoshi Gekkouga is perfected!!

The next episode of "Pocket Monsters XY&Z", where Gekkouga will be playing an active role as well, is
"Kalos League Victory! Satoshi's Ultimate Match!!", airing Thursday August 18th



Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=3000
The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow:

Presenting the highlights of the movie "Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna"! A Special Video Showcase!

A Special "Throw Your Voice in the Mailbox" Pokémon the movie XY&Z ver. Music Video



9 Highlights Recommended by the Guest Voice Actors

A Refreshing Feeling That Will Blow You Away! Somegoro Ichikawa Talks About What Makes Volcanion so Fascinating


The Wavering Heart of a Young Boy! Shoko Nakagawa Talks About the Young Prince Racel


Devoted to Evil! Koichi Yamadera Talks About the Villain Jarvis


It's Worth Seeing for Adults as Well! Mayu Matsuoka Talks About the Movie's Highlights


In the End, It's All About Emotions! It's a Story About Bonds! Somegoro Ichikawa Talks About What Makes Pokémon Movies so Fascinating


The Key to it All is the Soul Heart! Abareru-kun Talks About the Movie's Highlights


Pokémon Movies Depict Heart and Soul!! Shoko Nakagawa Talks About the Movie's Highlights


It's a Pokémon That's a Face! Abareru-kun Talks About His Passionate Performance as Onigohri


Make Sure to Go See It In the Theater! Shoko Nakagawa Talks About Parents and Children Watching Pokémon Movies Together


Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/highlight/
The official Pokémon movie website has updated. Translations follow:

GO to the movies! A "Search for Pokémon" Quiz Campaign

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If you go see the movie and answer the quiz,
you can enter a lottery and win merchandise for "Pokémon Go" which is currently the talk of the town!
And if you retweet the campaign on Twitter, you get an extra chance to win!


Entry deadline: Wednesday August 31st, 11:59PM

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Out of those who send in the answer for the quiz,
100 winners will receive a
Pokémon GO Plus!


Extra chance: Out of those who retweet this on Twitter,
an additional 10 will win one as well!

There will be 110 winners in total!

Pokémon GO Plus is planned for release September 2016.
*prizes will be shipped out after the release date

For further information on "Pokémon GO Plus", go here

THE QUESTION:
Which Pokémon that appear in this summer's Pokémon movie "Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna" can you catch in the popular Smartphone app "Pokémon GO"?
Give your answer in the form of Pokémon names!


A total of 20 Pokémon appear!
Send in your answer via the entry form on this page, and out of those who list 10 or more correct answers, 100 winners will be chosen via lottery to receive a "Pokémon GO Plus"!

And there's more! Out of those who follow the official movie Twitter account, 10 winners will also be chosen via lottery to receive a "Pokémon GO Plus" out of those who retweet the tweet in question.

How to enter:

Chance 1: Answer the quiz and send in your application
The entry form can be found here

Chance 2: Retweet us on Twitter!
First of all, follow the official Pokémon movie Twitter.
Then, retweet the tweet below. Out of those that retweet it, 10 winners will be chosen via lottery to receie a "Pokémon GO Plus"!

Click here to follow @pokemon_movie
Click here to retweet



Entry deadline:

Wednesday August 31st, 11:59PM

About entries and winner announcements:

About the question:
The Pokémon asked about are those that appear in the feature film "Pokémon the movie XY&Z: Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna" (including the announcement of next year's movie).
However, this does not include the scene shown right before the movie begins.

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About entries:
Automated submissions made via programs etc. may make you ineligible for the lottery.
If we receive your entry via a Twitter retweet, note that you will be ineligible for the lottery if you have your posts' privacy setting set to ON.

About announcements of winners:
*We will not respond to individual inquiries about winners.
*You will not be able to transfer or sell your status as winner.
*One person can only win once.

If we receive your entry:
Winners will be notified once prizes are ready to be shipped.

If we receive your Twitter retweet entry:
Out of those who enter via a Twitter retweet, only the winners will be notified about them winning via a direct message.

Note that if you're not following "@pokemon_movie" at this point, you will be disqualified as a winner since we will be unable to send you a direct message.

Once you have received the winner announcement direct message, please contact us with the required contact information, prize shipping address, etc by the given deadline.
If you do not contact us within 7 days, you will be disqualified as a winner.

Winners will not be contacted via other means.
We will also not respond to individual inquiries about winners.

We do not assume responsibility for failure to enter this campaign or for information leaks or other damages to the applicant or third parties caused by defects or bugs in the services proved by Twitter or defects in the services provided by the communication device or telecom operator utilized by the applicant.

We do not assume responsibility for the content of tweets made on Twitter by applicants nor for any trouble between applicants or third parties caused by this content, including the content of tweets concerning this campaign.

The correct answers to the quiz will be announced on this page in early September.

For further information on "Pokémon GO", see the official "Pokémon Go" website
To download "Pokémon GO", go here:
Download via the App Store
Get via Google Play

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Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/eiga-go/
The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations of the new entry follows:

Event Report #21: A Report from the "The Pikachu Song" Release Commemoration Event at Yokohama World Porters!

The "Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???" event has been held in the Yokahama Minato Mirai area since Sunday August 7th!!
And in the middle of this Pikachu Outbreak, a release commemoration event for "The Pikachu Song" was held at Yokohama World Porters!

The song's lyricist and composer Tomohisa Sako was there on the stage, as was Pikachu!



"The Pikachu theme song "The Pikachu Song" which is sung entirely by Pikachu, is complete!!"

Sako is also the executive producer of the "Pocket Monsters XY&Z" character song project. We interviewed him about the untold stories of "The Pikachu Song"'s production!

Q: What kind of image did you compose "The Pikachu Song" in?

It all started with me wanting to make a song that was being happily sung by a group of Pikachu. I was thinking really hard about the lyrics, imagining what I would sing about if I was a Pikachu...
But since they're Pikachu, they actually just sing "Pika" and "Chu" all throughout the entire song (laughs)

But when you listen to the song, you mysteriously enough actually realize what the Pikachu are saying. I'd like you to first listen to the song without looking at the lyrics and just let your imagination wander.
Since the Pikachu are singing so happily, this is a song that makes you really happy from listening to it!


Pikachu then debuted the new song "The Pikachu Song"!



Sako sung together with it!



And so did everyone in the room!



They even got the microphone for a bit!



The atmosphere was amazing as the entire audience joined in on the fun and merrily sung along with "The Pikachu Song", which is really easy to sing!

Lots of events are held at Yokohama World Porters between Sunday August 7th and Sunday August 14th, including the excursion rally "Search with the Help of Hints! Where is Satoshi's Pikachu?" and the reopening of Aeon Cinema Minato Mirai's on-site café "Cafe 35mm" as "Volcanion and Magearna Café"! In addition, a special venue set up next to the front gate to the second floor promenade area hosts daily Pikachu Hula Dance Shows!

The "Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???" event is being held in the Yokohama Minato Mirai area right now as well! Enjoy Pokémon a whole 120% in Yokohama!
For more information, check out this news entry

The digital distribution of "The Pikachu Song", the first ever Pikachu theme song, sung entirely by Pikachu, has started!
For further information, go to the Official Anime TV Series "Pocket Monsters XY&Z" Character Song Project Website!

The blockbuster "Pokémon the movie XY&Z: Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna" is currently screening in theaters!
Summer means Pokémon! Go to the theater for a heatburst of emotions!

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=2978
The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations of the new entry follows:

Event Report #20: Mayu Matsuoka Appears at the Pikachu Outbreak-chu! Opening Commemoration Parade in Order to Commemorate the Blockbuster's Premiere!!



The "Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???" event started up in the Yokahama Minato Mirai area today, Sunday August 7th!!

And incredibly, Mayu Matsuoka, who plays Princess Chymia in the movie "Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna", made a surprise appearance at the huge parade of Pikachu that was held to commemorate the start of the event!!

While roughly 5000 spectators were attentively watching the parade, Matsuoka appeared accompanied by 50 Pikachu! The entire audience were thrilled at this surprise!!
And as they were watching Matsuoka march down the street while dancing to the songs alongside the Pikachu, some children started dancing along as well!

And as Matsuoka was parading together with all these Pikachu, she screamed out
"I'm surrounded by Pikachu!! This is paradise!!",
completely intoxicated with excitement over how overly cute the Pikachu are!

After the parade ended, Matsuoka gave the following comment:

A comment from Mayu Matsuoka:

While we were standing by, the Pikachu made me play a shoving game with them!
But before the game could even start, three energetic Pikachu fell on top of me and crushed me. I'll definitely not experience that again!

Everyone that were watching the parade from the roadside were in really high spirits, and hearing shouts of "I watched the movie!" and even children shouting "Mayu-chan!" as I was walking past them made me really happy!
This turned into a parade so cheerful the excitement will even reach the athletes currently over in Rio!!
There are Pikachu no matter where I turn... Truly, this place is paradise on Earth (laughs)

And while this is also partially because people everywhere enjoy Pokémon, the fact that so many foreigners came here today once again made me realize that the whole world truly loves Pikachu.

Finally, I'd like to once again offer my gratitude for getting to play in a Pokémon movie, getting to co-star with Yamadera again, and even getting to meet Satoshi... all these things that were like a dream to me.


This parade that painted all of Yokohama in bright, cheery Pikachu colors right in the middle of summer vacation truly was a great success!

The blockbuster "Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna", which is passionately moving people all across the country, is currently screening in theaters all over Japan!
Summer means Pokémon! Make sure to go watch it in the theater!

Theaters screening the Pokémon movie
The Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=2949
The official Pokémon movie blog has updated. We have added a section collecting every single blog entry for easy browsing. Translations of the new entry follows:

Playback the XY&Z #011: Fiarrow

This year's Pokémon movie is the final chapter in the XY&Z series.
Many battles have been fought with the Kalos region as its setting,
so let us do a playback of those emotions and those battles!!



First broadcast October 22nd, 2015:
"Double Battle at the Hyakkoku Gym! Gojika's Future Sight!!"
Gojika is a gym leader who specializes in combo attacks from her two Nyaonix!
Satoshi counters with the duo of Fiarrow and Gekogashira, which distinctive characteristic is its speed.
The duo beautifully avoids the incoming attacks with swift and skillfull movements!

The next episode of "Pocket Monsters XY&Z", where Fiarrow will be playing an active role as well, is
"The Finals! Satoshi VS Alan!!", airing Thursday August 11th



Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/pokemovie_ch/?p=2938
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Events That Will Make You Enjoy the "Pikachu Outbreak-chu" Even More Will Be Held in Yokohama World Porters



Events that will make you further enjoy Yokohama, which is in a state of excitement over "Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???", will be held in Yokohama World Porters!

Event 1: Between Sunday August 7th and Sunday August 14th, Aeon Cinema Minato Mirai on the 5th Floor of World Porters will be Pokémon movie-themed! The theater café "Cafe 35mm" will reopen as the "Volcanion and Magearna Café"! When you order specific drinks there, you'll receive a drinking coaster with a Volcanion and Magearna design together with your drink!
*The café is open to everyone. Please ask café staff about the drinks.
*A limited number of coasters are available. Distribution of them will end once supplies run out.

Event 2: Pikachu will be at Aeon Cinema Sunday the 7th, Thursday the 11th, Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th!

Event 3: We will also hold the excursion rally "Search with the Help of Hints! Where is Satoshi's Pikachu?"! People (1000 a day, by order of arrival) will gather 3 hints from around the premise and search for Satoshi's Pikachu, which has gotten mixed into the outbreak of Pikachu! Those who successfully find it will receive a "Satoshi's Pikachu Paper Fan"!


Left: The Satoshi's Pikachu paper fan. Right: The Volcanion and Magearna design coaster


Enjoy Yokohama in its state of excitement over the Pikachu Outbreak-chu an entire 120%! Go visit Yokohama World Porters!

For further information, please see these pages:
The Yokohama World Porters website
The Aeon Cinema Minato Mirai homepage
The official "Pikachu Outbreak-chu: This Time You'll Get Wet???" site

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=2384
The official English title for the 19th Pokémon movie has been announced as Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel. A trailer was released to promote the upcoming English dub version of the movie which should be released later in 2016. To coincide with the movies release, Volcanion will be distributed at participating GameStop stores in the United States in October 2016 via a serial code card to players of Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, Pokémon X, or Pokémon Y. This Volcanion distribution is similar to the one released earlier in 2016 in Japan.

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Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel English Trailer


Story

In this latest cinematic adventure, Ash meets the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion when it crashes down from the sky, creating a cloud of dust—and a mysterious force binds the two of them together! Volcanion despises humans and tries to get away, but it’s forced to drag Ash along as it continues its rescue mission. They arrive in a city of cogs and gears, where a corrupt minister has stolen the ultimate invention: the Artificial Pokémon Magearna, created 500 years ago. He plans to use its mysterious power to take control of this mechanical kingdom! Can Ash and Volcanion work together to rescue Magearna? One of the greatest battles in Pokémon history is about to unfold!

Source: http://xy11.pokemontcgxy.com/en-us/animation/

Volcanion Event Pokémon Distribution

This October, visit participating GameStop stores to pick up a code card to receive the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion in your Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, Pokémon X, or Pokémon Y game. The Steam Pokémon is the first Fire- and Water-type Pokémon, and it arrives at Lv. 70 with four powerful moves. Code cards will be available at GameStop stores this October.

Level: 70
Ability: Water Absorb
Type: Fire/Water
Moves: Steam Eruption, Overheat, Hydro Pump, Mist
Held Item: Assault Vest
Ball: Precious Ball
Ribbon: Wish Ribbon

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Source: http://xy11.pokemontcgxy.com/en-us/volcanion/
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The "Pokémon the movie XY&Z: Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna Music Collection" is Currently on Sale



Here is the original soundtrack to "Pokémon the movie XY&Z: Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna"! The heatbursts of the battles and the emotional moments that brought tears to your eyes get reborn as high quality sound!! This is the first time an original Pokémon soundtrack is available in Blu-specCD2 format!

The soundtrack also comes with "an original Pikachu drink coaster & character stickers" as a limited first print extra!
*These limited editions of the soundtrack will be available as long as supplies last, and will then be replaced with the standard edition.

The soundtrack is currently on sale with a retail price of 2700 yen (tax included)!

For further informtion, see this page on the Sony Music Shop

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=2376