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 and Saban's stitched-together adaptation of three Japanese Digimon theatrical shorts, re-cut and redubbed for American audiences riding the crest of the franchise's late-90s boom. It served as a bridge between the first two television seasons, introducing US viewers to the DigiDestined roster while giving the film a plot spine built around a rogue digital lifeform threatening the internet itself. For many kids of the era it was a theatrical rite of passage tied to a show they already loved at home.
This cell isolates Diaboromon, the self-replicating viral antagonist whose menace anchors the film's climax, alongside Wendigomon, one of the forms taken in the battle against him. Collectors seek Diaboromon material for his standing as one of the more memorable and technically ambitious villains of the early movie era, a digital menace whose scale set him apart from typical monster-of-the-week threats. A cell pairing him with Wendigomon captures a pivotal confrontation, the kind of matched-character frame prized for documenting a decisive moment in the story's climactic struggle.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby Digital 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; punching appears clean with no torn or deformed holes visible
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along one edge, with what appears to be a second parallel track beside it, consistent with a stereo variable-area pair; a band of dense digital data blocks is also visible between the optical tracks and the perforations, consistent with a Dolby Digital data strip
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-cyan tint along the borders; the dye image reads as warm amber and deep blue-black, showing no obvious fading or red shift
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible across the frame area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot and depict animated content consistent with the Digimon: The Movie (2000) theatrical release
Era check
The combination of a Dolby Digital data block strip alongside a variable-area optical track is consistent with a mid-to-late 1990s or early 2000s theatrical release print, 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 000063110
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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