Introduction
Serebii, a Legendary Pokémon known for its ability to traverse time, is hunted by an unnamed Pokémon poacher seeking to capture it. Yukinari, a young Pokémon trainer who enjoys drawing portraits of Pokémon, tries to protect Serebii after it stumbles upon him; but in the middle of its escape, both vanish without a trace.
Forty years later, ambitious Pokémon trainer Satoshi hopes to sight rare Pokémon around his local area. White, a boat driver, takes Satoshi to his village. Satoshi is accompanied by his three closest friends: Takeshi, a former gym leader training to be a great Pokémon breeder; Kasumi, a young girl wanting to become a skilled Water-type trainer; and Pikachu, Satoshi's Pokémon partner and first comrade.
Meanwhile, Yukinari and Serebii reappear in Satoshi's present time and run into his group. Masked Lord Vicious, the strongest executive staff member of Team Rocket, desires to capture Serebii. Using the Dark Ball, a variant of Monster Ball that corrupts the Pokémon caught within and draws out their maximum power, Vicious can transform innocent Pokémon into powerful and frightening obstacles—including Serebii itself! Placed in a tough position, Satoshi, Yukinari, and their friends must work together to defeat Vicious and save Serebii and themselves.
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Audience reviews
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_Bubassotto_
The Celebi Movie.
This film introduces us to Celebi, one of the most interesting legendary Pokémon in the franchise precisely because of its abilities. Besides having a strong connection to nature and being able to manipulate plants, Celebi is also capable of moving objects, exerting forces of attraction and repulsion, and, most importantly, traveling through time. This ability opens up a huge range of possibilities for the Pokémon universe, especially since the franchise had already begun to play with more absurd concepts in previous films. Now, in addition to having different dimensions and realities, we also have time travel.
And this makes Celebi an absurdly powerful Pokémon. To make a somewhat absurd comparison, it possesses some abilities reminiscent of Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen com…
Read at the sourceProudElitist
The Urutoraman/Super Sentai/Kamen Rider syndrome of mediocre movies taken out from a nearly flawless main show strikes again with this fourth pocket monsters movie, which pales in comparison to the near masterpiece that is the main show (no, it's not because of nostalgia that is so) simply because there's not much else going on here vs. the continuos barrage of interesting and engaging stuff going on in the main offering, including the less action-oriented episodes. Particularly in the first half of this movie nothing really happens except our heroes getting to know the main pokemon of this movie (and Mami Koyama voicing her third character from this IP if you're a fan of hers, OFC) and then the main villain appears, he enslaves the pokemon, the pokemon is freed, the main villain is defeat…
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Watching "Pokemon 4Ever" transports me back to a simpler time when the world of Pokemon felt boundless and full of possibilities. The movie captures the childhood of wonder and adventure.The story follows Ash, Pikachu, and friends as they travel through time to protect the mythical Pokémon Celebi from a villainous hunter. The themes of friendship, courage, and the timeless battle between good and evil. Celebi's ability to traverse time adds the little spice that was needed to get the plot going.
In conclusion, "Pokémon 4Ever" is more than just a movie; it's a nostalgic trip that rekindles the joy and excitement of being a kid growing up with the games and movies. This might not be everyones opinion but idgaf this is a masterpiece.
Read at the sourcektulu007
I've reviewed quite a few Pokemon related anime as well as the games themselves. This time around we're looking at the fourth film from 2001. So, this was during the time of the best game generation, 2. Let's have a look.
Story:
We open with Celebi being chased by two counters, Houndoom and Scyther. Surprisingly for the anime, the type advantage seems to actually matter and Celebi seems to be in trouble. Until a young boy, Yukinari, comes to the rescue and the two go forty years into the future to escape. We enter the present day with Satoshi, Kasumi & Takeshi taking a ferry to explore deeper into the Johto region. They go to a treetop village in search of interesting Pokemon and they just so happen to see a bright light and find the young boy from the past. The group then has to conten…
Read at the sourcePokeFan2112
A BIG step down from the first three, but still generally enjoyable overall.
The main problem was that the generic "guy tries to capture Pokemon" story was nowhere near as interesting as the stories of the first three. Though halfway through, with Celebi being possessed, things did get real, and it got interesting from that point.
And aside from the weak story, it was great. Sam and Ash's friendship was really cute, and there was a lot of nice, cute bonding moments. The animation was beautiful, and there was a number of drop-dead gorgeous scenes. Celebi was very cute, and there was some good humor especially from Team Rocket.
But once again, what secured it's grade was the direction. Things really pick up halfway through, and it keeps getting better and better until the climactic scen…
Read at the sourceDuckielover151
Of the original Pokémon movies (meaning gens 1&2) Heroes is the one I never remember and 4Ever is the one I've never been able to get into. Like, the first three movies were all deep and moving in some way. This one was just dark and sad. I'm not sure that there was any real message it was pushing. Kind of just a generic villain looking to abuse Pokémon for his own gain.
Celebi annoys me. I'm sure that plays a big part. And something about the way the movie looks makes it hard for me to stay focused and pay attention. Visually, it's very dark. Like, the animated equivalent of filming every scene of a live-action movie on a cloudy day. Even the 'bright' scenes have this muted look to them.
But for some reason, I remember watching this one over and over as a kid. The time travel element…
Read at the sourcePahatar
Pokemon 4Ever: The Emerge of Broken CGI.
See?! Even I could easily give this movie a much better title, and I'm so high on sugar right now, that you don't even know! I know, that I'm not supposed to have such a high expectations towards this movie, since the first three movies were awesome to me - if humbly flawed, to some degree - but this... Argh! This is not a good time, to be called a pokemon fan, spoiled by the awesomenes of Mewtwo, Entei and Lugia! To be honest, I'm not sure, what to call this movie. Technically, this should be rated as a bad anime, but I can't really call this a shitpie-level bad, so... Yeah. Let's call this movie, with its real name. Pokemon 4Ever: The Fanservice - because, seriously... there's not much else, what this movie can really offer, even for a fans of th…
Read at the sourceChaotic_beauty
Pokemon 4EVER is not only the worst English Pokemon title, but also the worst movie among the original five. Shallow in every way, there's not much good you can say about this movie. Frankly, the only positive constant throughout the movie is the gorgeous art. In a few of its quiet moments you really feel like you've been transported into a heavenly forest. There's also a single fun sequence consisting of a fight with a pokemon trainer and the ensuing battle against time, as Ash runs to an already departing ferry. If that sounds like very little, that's because it is.
On a more critical side of things, the cringeworthy introduction of the main antagonist is hard to watch. As his terrible (in both dub and sub) evil laugh spreads throughout the forest, your brain hurts - how did he invent p…
Read at the sourceHollowNightWolf
quite honestly, i know the pokemon movies have been getting some eh reviews but i personally think they are pretty good.i understand that they aren't directly related to the shows but that's okay in my book really, this one is no different. the story does remind me of princess mononoke but i rather liked the nature feel of the whole thing. i enjoyed the art, a new yet familiar design to how i remember pokemon to be. i liked all the voice acting and characters..well lets just say i got a surprise with one of them. i enjoyed the use of the original group and i would say this movie is pretty good for anyone who is a pokemon fan and has some free time.
Read at the sourceAgnes_2
Wow! I guess I'm the only one who literally didn't find this enthusing. I have not seen much of Pokemon so I don't know if the story's kept interesting, the characters in-character or the art being changed, but let me review.
Story: The plot takes place in a forest, much like movies like Princess Mononoke or Castle in the Sky. But these kids find this monster who happens to be a time traveler. But then they run into this vicious guy who tries to make the monster turn from good to bad and it's up to the team to turn him back into a good monster.
The art is alright, I guess. There were some computer-generated animated scenes, but I guess it's pretty decent. Not the best out there though, could've been better. Can't say anything about the sound, but from what I remember, it's pretty much ke…
Read at the sourceLuru86
This movie is good, but not the best Pokémon film out there.
The art is beautiful, and even the computer-generated parts blend in without problems. The sound are the usual, and fit the film very well.
The plot takes its time, but no matter how deep and touching it tries to be, all that's really accomplished is a good attempt to connect emotionally with the characters. That is where the movie fails most.
For a change, it is nice to see there is someone in Team Rocket that gets the job done. And yet, like in all children's stories, the evil must not win. The good will prevail. No matter how strong and impressive the opposition, how desperate the situation, there is no way the good guys will lose.
Maybe I'm a bit old for this film and those alike it, but it also weakens the general struct…
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