Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Digimon: The Movie arrived in American theaters in 2000 through Fox Kids and Saban, stitching together three Japanese Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 features into a single English language release. It rode the crest of the franchise's peak popularity in the West, when the show's toys, cards, and Saturday morning presence made it a fixture of turn of the millennium youth culture. For fans who grew up alongside the series, this release stands as a snapshot of that era's television to film pipeline, when kids' properties routinely got theatrical treatment to capitalize on merchandising momentum.
This cell preserves Agumon and Tentomon together, two of the original Digidestined partners whose pairing recalls the core friendships anchoring the franchise. Agumon, Tai's partner, remains one of the most recognizable Digimon designs, while Tentomon, partnered with Izzy, represents the series' steady, analytical energy. A strip pairing these two speaks to the ensemble dynamic that defined the movie's appeal, and collectors seek such cells for the direct link they offer to beloved character pairings from the show's foundational year.
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 each edge, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no visible tearing or deformation.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical soundtrack track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a single-track variable-area format; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge, indicating a hybrid optical/Dolby Digital soundtrack configuration.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to quote text.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-cyan tint consistent with a modern safety base stock; dye image reads warm-amber with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible running through the frame area, consistent with evidence of a projected print.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the animated characters visible are consistent with the Digimon franchise as recorded.
Era check
The hybrid variable-area optical plus Dolby Digital inter-perforation data block soundtrack configuration is consistent with a theatrical release print from the late 1990s to early 2000s, matching the 2000 release date of the film on record.
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 000063100
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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