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Pokémon: The Movie 2000 arrived from Warner Bros. and Nintendo/4Kids at the height of Pokémania, following 1998's Pokémon: The First Movie into theaters as the franchise's second theatrical outing. Built around the Legendary Birds and the balance of the elements, it capitalized on a merchandising and television juggernaut that had reshaped children's entertainment almost overnight. For collectors of animation history, this film sits at the peak of that first great wave, a snapshot of a cultural phenomenon still gaining momentum rather than looking back on it.
This cell is simply marked Ash, the franchise's central trainer and the audience's constant point of view since the series began. As the human anchor of the story, Ash appears in nearly every important sequence, making any frame bearing his name a core piece of the film's visual record. A 35mm cell like this preserves a single physical moment from the actual theatrical print, a tangible link to the movie as it was projected in 2000, valued by collectors for that direct connection to the film's original run.
