National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Pokémon: The Movie 2000 was released in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures in July 2000, arriving at the peak of the franchise's cultural dominance. The sequel to the record-breaking original film, it expanded the mythology with a story centered on legendary Pokémon and drew enormous theatrical audiences, cementing the anime property's crossover appeal beyond its television origins.

This cell, titled Professor Oak, Delia and Mr. Mime, captures three frames from a consecutive nighttime outdoor sequence featuring Professor Oak, Delia Ketchum, and Mr. Mime. Delia is visibly holding a yellow-orange umbrella alongside shopping bags, grounding the moment in the film's quieter, character-driven passages. The sequential nature of the frames offers a rare sense of motion preserved in still form.