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OFFICIAL FILM AUTHENTICATION BY CROWN GRADING
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Film cell NFV-000000068 Tap to enlarge
MOVIEPokemon 4Ever
SCENEWild Pokemon
FILM FORMAT35MM
YEAR2001
CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000000068
Film Record Public record
Directed by
Kunihiko Yuyama
Studio
OLM, Inc. · 75 min
Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.

FILM NOTES

Pokémon 4Ever arrived in 2001 as the third theatrical feature built from the phenomenon, produced by OLM and distributed in the West by Miramax and 4Kids Entertainment. It marked a turning point for the franchise, weaving in Celebi and the Iron Masked Marauder while carrying forward the Ash and Pikachu partnership that had already made Pokémon a global cinema draw. For collectors, these early films sit at the foundation of Pokémon's crossover into mainstream family entertainment, and film cells from this period are prized as physical relics of that first wave.

This cell is simply marked Wild Pokemon, a phrase that points to the untamed creatures populating the forest and countryside settings central to the story's ecological themes. Such a designation suggests a general nature or background cell rather than a principal character moment, the kind of frame used to establish setting and atmosphere before the narrative folds in its named leads. For collectors, these anonymous wild Pokémon cells hold appeal precisely because they capture the wider world of the film, the untouched backdrop against which the story's central conflicts and friendships unfold.

This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
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