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FILM NOTES
Digimon: The Movie arrived in 2000 as Fox's stitched-together reworking of three Japanese Digimon Adventure theatrical shorts, edited and dubbed for American audiences riding high on the franchise's late-nineties boom. Released by Fox Kids in the wake of Pokemon's cinematic success, it introduced a wider domestic audience to the DigiDestined and their partner Digimon, cementing the property's foothold in the US market and giving a generation of young viewers their first big-screen encounter with the series.
This cell brings together Tai Kamiya, the series' central leader and the boy most associated with courage and the drive of the whole DigiDestined team, alongside Izzy Izumi, the group's resident technology expert and problem solver. Pairing these two figures speaks to the film's reliance on their partnership, Tai's instinct paired with Izzy's analysis, a dynamic fans return to often. A frame preserving them together holds value as a marker of their screen relationship rather than any single isolated character study.
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; spacing appears even and the punched edges appear clean with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the lower edge, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block pattern visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge, consistent with a dual-format optical/digital track layout.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to quote text accurately.
Base & colour
The base shows a light blue tint along the top edge strip; the image dyes appear neutral with no visible red shift or fading.
Projection history
No splices, cue marks, or prominent scratches are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the animated character style is consistent with the Digimon: The Movie (2000) release.
Era check
The combination of a blue-tinted base stock, variable-area optical track, and Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks is 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 000063091
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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