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Sonic Pokémon: The Movie, released in Japan as Sonic Pocket Monsters: The Movie (ソニックポケットモンスター・ザ・ムービー, Sonikku Poketto Monsutā Za Mūbī), is a 2044 American-Japanese adventure film directed by Sam Thomas, who directed other acclaimed and successful animated films like Sam & Sanji, Thomas, Franklin and the Magic Turtle Railway and Little Bear: The Movie. It is the first theatrical installment in the Sonic Pokémon trilogy. The film was produced by SamArts and distributed by GKIDS.

The film was also later titled as Sonic Pokémon: The Beginning Movie: The Adventure Begins for its 2063 1-month theatrical re-release after Sonic Pokémon: The Indigo Movie: I Choose You!, but later return to it’s original title after some criticism with the fans of the first movie.

Based on the best-selling 25 western manga series written by the same director, Sam Thomas and illustrated by Ryo Takamisaki, It was adapted from the first volume, The Adventure Begins. The title of the first volume would later be for the 2063 re-release of the film.

Sonic Pokémon: The Movie was released in theaters in the United States on April 4, 2044 and then was release in Japan on July 15, 2044, with mixed to positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success at the box office with $236 million domestically and $652.1 million worldwide. The film received four Oscar nominations, with Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Animated Feature.

The film will later launched the Sonic Pokémon franchise with a series of movies, a anime release 6 months after the film which last for 3 decades, two sequels—Sonic Pokémon: The Indigo Movie: I Choose You (2060) and Sonic Pokémon: The Johto Movie: Gold & Silver (2066)—both of which also garnered massive commercial success and critical acclaim, and a upcoming american Netflix series entitled, Sonic Pokémon: The Samarts Series, slated for a 2070 release on Netflix.