Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
FILM NOTES
Digimon: The Movie arrived in 2000 through Fox Kids and Toei Animation, stitching together three Japanese Digimon features into a single English-language release for American audiences. It rode the crest of the franchise's television popularity, giving young fans a theatrical extension of the digital world they knew from home viewing. The film leaned heavily on its climactic battle against the rogue program Diaboromon, a sequence that introduced Omnimon, the ultimate fusion of Agumon and Gabumon's evolved forms, to a wide audience. For a franchise built on partnership and transformation, the movie stood as a bridge between serialized television storytelling and big-screen spectacle.
This cell holds Tai Kamiya alongside Omnimon, pairing the series' central leader with the towering composite warrior born from his own partner's evolution. Tai has long been the figure collectors return to first, the original DigiDestined whose goggles and resolve anchor the franchise's identity. Placing him with Omnimon points to the movie's defining alliance, the bond between a human partner and the digital creature that exists because of him. A 35mm frame like this preserves a moment of that connection, a physical artifact from the reel that once carried Tai and his ultimate ally across theater screens.
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, cleanly punched with no visible tearing or distortion.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area on the left two frames; the third frame is partially cut off but the track appears to continue.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
Base appears neutral to very slightly cool; dye image shows strong, saturated colour with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks seen in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; the first two frames appear to be consecutive frames of the same shot, while the third frame is a different shot, consistent with a release print sequence.
Era check
The variable-area optical soundtrack, saturated colour dye image, and neutral safety base 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 000063103
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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