Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Digimon: The Movie arrived in 2000 as Fox Kids' theatrical bid to capitalize on the Digimon Adventure franchise's television momentum, stitching together three Japanese Digimon films with new English dubbing and a Fox Kids marketing push aimed at squeezing extra life from the toy and card craze of the era. It stands as a curious artifact of the late-90s monster-collecting boom, released alongside Pokemon's dominant theatrical run, and remains a touchstone for millennial collectors who grew up with both properties competing for playground loyalty and Saturday morning attention.
This cell preserves the opening title card, the frame where the picture announces itself before any character or story unfolds. Title card cells are prized by collectors precisely because they mark that threshold moment, the handoff from studio logo to feature presentation, carrying the weight of anticipation that a theatrical release promised in 2000. For Digimon collectors, this piece anchors a physical connection to the film's original 35mm theatrical run, a tangible remnant from the print itself rather than a promotional reproduction.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Digimon: The Movie (2000).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no torn or deformed perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, consistent with a standard optical mono or stereo release print.
Edge print
Edge print reads mirrored as photographed; decoded it reads: KODAK 2000 SI 02 K 0 25 0
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-cyan tint typical of safety acetate or polyester stock; the dye image reads as a warm, saturated positive with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are apparent in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to show the same title-card composition, consistent with a title sequence hold or repeated frame from Digimon: The Movie (2000).
Era check
The Kodak edge code, variable-area optical soundtrack, and polyester-base stock are all consistent with a year-2000 theatrical release print.
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 000063095
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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