Pokémon 4Ever

Pokémon 4Ever
Japanese theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji劇場版ポケットモンスター セレビィ 時を越えた遭遇(であい)
Literal meaningPocket Monsters the Movie: Celebi - A Timeless Encounter
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGekijōban Poketto Monsutā Serebyi Toki o Koeta Deai
Directed byKunihiko Yuyama
Screenplay byHideki Sonoda
Based onPokémon
by Satoshi Tajiri
Produced by
  • Yukako Matsusako
  • Takemoto Mori
  • Choji Yoshikawa
Starring
CinematographyHisao Shirai
Edited byToshio Henmi
Music byShinji Miyazaki
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • July 7, 2001 (2001-07-07) (Japan)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$40.8 million

Pokémon 4Ever is a 2001 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and based on the television series Pokémon. The fourth official Pokémon film, it was released in Japan on July 7, 2001. The film was directed in Japan by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Hideki Sonoda. It stars the regular television cast of Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Mayumi Iizuka, Yūji Ueda, Megumi Hayashibara and Shin-ichiro Miki. The events of the film take place during Pokémon: Johto League Champions.

The English adaptation of the film was released on October 11, 2002, in the United States, produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by then-Disney subsidiary Miramax Films, which would take over from Warner Bros. starting with this film. The English dub was directed by Jim Malone, and written by Norman J. Grossfeld. The English adaptation stars the regular television cast: Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Rachael Lillis and Maddie Blaustein.