Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Digimon: The Movie arrived in 2000 as Fox's stitched-together compilation of three Toei-produced Japanese theatrical shorts, reworked with new dubbing and a Western pop soundtrack to capitalize on the Digimon franchise's rising popularity alongside its rival Pokemon. It marked one of the earlier attempts to bring serialized anime properties to American theaters, and it remains a touchstone for millennium-era kids' entertainment, bridging Saturday morning television with a theatrical release strategy still uncommon for the genre at the time.
This cell carries the name Kari Kamiya, one of the DigiDestined and a character prized by collectors for her gentle, hopeful presence within the group and her bond with Gatomon. As a 35mm cell bearing her name alone, it likely preserves a single frame from her appearance in the film, a quiet fragment of a larger animated sequence rather than a dialogue-heavy scene. Such cells are valued as tactile relics of hand-assisted animation from a period when digital and traditional techniques still overlapped in production.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Digimon: The Movie (2000).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced and cleanly punched with no visible torn or deformed holes.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a single-track analog stripe.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers clearly.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-cyan tint consistent with a color print stock; dye image reads as warm and saturated with no visible fading.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible across the frame area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate.
Picture
Positive color image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot and the animated style matches Digimon: The Movie (2000).
Era check
The single variable-area optical track, color print stock with cyan base tint, and perforation style are all consistent with a theatrical release print from the year 2000.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
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.
CROWN SERIAL 000063090
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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