Pokémon 4Ever
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| Kanji | 劇場版ポケットモンスター セレビィ 時を越えた遭遇 | ||||
| Literal meaning | Pocket Monsters the Movie: Celebi - A Timeless Encounter | ||||
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| Directed by | Kunihiko Yuyama | ||||
| Screenplay by | Hideki Sonoda | ||||
| Based on | Pokémon by Satoshi Tajiri | ||||
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| Cinematography | Hisao Shirai | ||||
| Edited by | Toshio Henmi | ||||
| Music by | Shinji Miyazaki | ||||
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| Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 75 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
| 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 Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Mayumi Iizuka, Yūji Ueda, Satomi Kōrogi, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama, Unshō Ishizuka, Shirō Sano, Takashi Fujii, and Anne Suzuki.
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.