Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Digimon: The Movie arrived in 2000 as Fox's stateside recut of three Japanese Digimon theatrical shorts, stitched together with new dubbing and a Wilson Phillips needle drop to capitalize on the franchise's television popularity. Distributed under Fox Kids and Fox Family, it served as many American viewers' introduction to the third act of the story, the internet-set showdown that had originally played in Japan as Bokura no War Game. The film holds a place in franchise history as a rare theatrical crossover between a hit anime property and English-language mass release, aimed squarely at the Saturday morning audience of its day.
This cell isolates Diaboromon, the self-replicating computer virus antagonist whose arc anchors the movie's back half. Collectors seek him out as the franchise's first true internet-born threat, a villain built from code rather than folklore, which made him a memorable departure from earlier Digimon adversaries. A cell bearing only his name suggests a solo reel segment, likely drawn from his sequence of the film rather than a group composite, prized by collectors focused on antagonist-centric 35mm pulls from early 2000s animation.
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 throughout the visible strip.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the lower edge beside the picture, appearing as a dual bilateral waveform; a separate band consistent with a Dolby Digital data block area is also visible between the perforations on the lower edge.
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 estar or acetate safety stock; the dye image reads as warm orange and deep blue-purple tones with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible splices, cue marks, or heavy scratching are apparent; the image area appears clean.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the animated content is consistent with the animated feature listed on record.
Era check
The combination of a dual bilateral variable-area optical track, a Dolby Digital data block region, blue-tinted safety base, and animated positive colour image 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 000063106
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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