Pokémon 4: The Movie (2002) Pokémon 4Ever (original title)

Directors:

Jim Malone
Kunihiko Yuyama

Writer:

Hideki Sonoda

Release Date:

25 October 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family

Tagline:

Best friends. Better heroes.

Plot:

Ash must stop a hunter who forces the legendary Pokémon Celebi to help him destroy a forest.

Plot Keywords:

Pokémon | Sequel | Based On Video Game | Time Travel | Fourth Part

Cast

Veronica Taylor	...	Ash Ketchum / Oltoa (voice: English version)
Rachael Lillis	...	Misty / Jessie (voice: English version)
Eric Stuart	...	Brock / James / Charmeleon / Scizor / Stantler / Sandshrew (voice: English version)
Madeleine Blaustein	...	Meowth / Pokémon hunter (voice: English version)
Ikue Ôtani	...	Pikachu (voice)
Satomi Koorogi	...	Togepi (voice)
Tara Sands	...	Sammy / Sneasle / Furret / Teddiursa / Jumpluff (voice: English version) (as Tara Jayne)
Dan Green	...	The Iron Masked Marauder (voice: English version)
Kazuko Sugiyama	...	Celebi (voice)
Masahiko Tanaka	...	Suicune (voice)
Kerry Williams	...	Young Oltoa (voice: English version)
Kayzie Rogers	...	Wobbuffet / Bellsprout (voice: English version)
Marc Thompson	...	Man (voice: English version)
Roxanne Beck	...	Diana (voice: English version)
Amy Birnbaum	...	Dundee (voice: English version)
Ted Lewis	...	Weezing (voice: English version) (as Ed Paul)
Stuart Zagnit	...	Prof. Oak (voice: English version) (as Stan Hart)
Rodger Parsons	...	Narrator (voice: English version) (as Ken Gates)
Roger Kay	...	Scyther / Croconaw / Rattata (voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hisao Egawa	...	Ursaring (voice)
Mika Kanai	...	Bayleef (voice)
Tomoyuki Kôno	...	Houndoom (voice)

Directed by
Jim Malone
Kunihiko Yuyama

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hideki Sonoda

Produced by
Kathryn A. Borland	....	producer: adaptation
Norman J. Grossfeld	....	executive producer
Alfred Kahn	....	executive producer
Takashi Kawaguchi	....	executive producer
Masakazu Kubo	....	executive producer
Yukako Matsusako	....	producer
Takemoto Mori	....	producer
Choji Yoshikawa	....	producer

Original Music by
Shinji Miyazaki

Cinematography by
Hisao Shirai

Film Editing by
Yumiko Fuse
Toshio Henmi
Yutaka Henmi
Yutaka Ita
Yukiko Nojiri

Art Direction by
Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Katsumi Takao

Production Management
Tsunekazu Ishihara	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Kunihiko Yuyama	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Shawn Conrad	....	adr recordist
Dan Fulton	....	assistant sound editors
Go Ichinose	....	sound recording mixer
Junichi Masuda	....	sound recording mixer
Armen Mazlumian	....	adr engineer
Masafumi Mima	....	sound recording producer
Michiyoshi Minamisawa	....	sound recording producer
Jyuji Nakamura	....	sound recording mixer
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr editor
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr recordist
Takeshi Nishina	....	sound recording producer
Noboru Nishio	....	digital optical recordist
Ahmad Shirazi	....	supervising sound editor (as Maddy Shirazi)
Eric Strausser	....	assistant sound editors

Visual Effects by
Makoto Shibata	....	optical effects
Masao Shibata	....	optical effects

Animation Department
Masaru Fukumoto	....	animation director
Sayuri Ichiishi	....	animation director
Yûji Ikeda	....	animation director
Chisato Ikehira	....	animation director
Yuko Inoue	....	animation director
Keisuke Iwata	....	animation producer
Shûkichi Kanda	....	animation producer
Yukari Kobayashi	....	animator
Yôichi Kotabe	....	animation supervisor
Tokuhiro Matsubara	....	animation director
Toshiaki Okuno	....	animation producer
Akihiro Tamagawa	....	animation director

Editorial Department
Keith Croket	....	assistant film editor
Hiroaki Hirabayashi	....	color timer
Cathy Rait	....	color timer

Music Department
John Carbonara	....	music editor
Milton Nelson	....	composer: additional music
Susan Shufro	....	music editor
John Siegler	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Michael Haigney	....	adaptor: English
Bruce Loeb	....	marketing supervisor

Thanks
David Brooks	....	thanks
Stuart Ford	....	thanks (as Stuart A. Ford)
Sean McPhillips	....	thanks
Andrew Robbins	....	thanks
Bob Weinstein	....	thanks
Harvey Weinstein	....	thanks

Production Companies

• 4 Kids Entertainment
• Kids' WB
• Nintendo
• Pikachu Project 2002
• Pokémon USA

Distributors

• Cinergia (200?) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (2002) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• RCV Film Distribution (2003) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2003) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Jetix (2007) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (rental)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (retail)
• StudioCanal (2012) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Betelgeuse Productions LLC (digital effects)

Other Companies

• Jay Film Company  editing
• Mega Playground  consultation

Also Known As:

"Pokémon 4Ever" - Japan (original title)
"Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest" - USA (video title)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:G | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-7

Company:

4 Kids Entertainment

Trivia:

One idea for the film originally had Raikou, a counterpart to Suicune, appear instead. Suicune was added when it was determined the film would involve a lake.

Quotes:

Misty:Ash climbs just like a Mankey.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (2004)

Soundtrack:

Born to Be A Winner

Another good Pokemon film

Out of these Pokemon films (which are in order of best to least for me): Pokemon The First Movie, Pokemon 4Ever, Pokemon Heroes, Pokemon 200 and Pokemon: Entei and the Unknown, this is probably the one most concerning the environment, arguably the most beautiful and the most calming one. Whether these are good points for you or not, "Pokemon 4Ever," still has entertained many.

As well as the three points covered above, this pokemon film includes good humour and good CGI (as well as anime). The time travelling theme of the film is represented in a good way and Team Rocket (the comic reliefs/rubbish baddies) end up with quite good gags and end up being more main characters than sidekicks.

The flaws are, as always, the rather unnecessary violence and action and the baddie is pretty uninteresting, even more so than a few Pokemon film baddies.

A strange pokemon is being tracked down by a pokemon hunter in a forest. A young boy tries to save the pokemon and it takes him somewhere...

Meanwhile, Ash, Brock and Misty are entering a large forest...

Curious? Watch the rest...

Good for all Pokemon fans and "American" anime movie fans, enjoy "Pokemon 4Ever"! :-)