Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Digimon: The Movie arrived in theaters in 2000 through Fox Kids and Toei Animation, stitching together three Japanese Digimon features into a single American release timed to ride the wave of monster-collecting franchises then dominating kids' entertainment. It served as many Western viewers' introduction to the DigiDestined and their partner creatures, and it remains a touchstone for a generation raised on Saturday morning imports. The film's uneven production history, patched together from disparate sources, only adds to its cult curiosity among animation collectors.
This cell carries the name Tai Kamiya, the series' central figure and de facto leader of the DigiDestined, a character whose goggles and determination made him an instant merchandising and fandom favorite. Paired here with Matt Ishida, his frequent rival and eventual ally, the two represent the franchise's core dynamic of camaraderie forged through conflict. Voiced respectively by Joshua Seth and Michael Reisz, both actors lend their performances a permanent place in this artifact, a physical fragment of animation history preserving a moment shared between the show's two most recognizable leads.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Digimon: The Movie (2000).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame visible 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 torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the lower edge beside the picture area, appearing as a two-track variable-area format; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge, indicating a hybrid optical/Dolby Digital soundtrack configuration.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to quote any text or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base shows a light blue-cyan tint consistent with a colour print stock; the dye image appears saturated with no obvious red shift or fading.
Projection history
No visible splices, cue marks, or heavy scratching are apparent; the surface appears consistent with a projected release print.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be the same or near-identical consecutive frames from a single shot, and the animated character style is consistent with the Digimon: The Movie (2000) release.
Era check
The hybrid Dolby Digital pixel-block track combined with a variable-area optical track and cyan-base colour stock is consistent with a theatrical 35mm 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 000063102
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
Tap to enlarge
