Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 arrived in theaters as Warner Bros. and Nintendo pressed their advantage after the original film's surprise box office success, bringing Pikachu and friends to American audiences at the height of Pokémania. Produced by OLM and localized for Western release, it continued the franchise's early strategy of pairing animated adventure with tie-in merchandise, cementing Pokémon's place in millennial pop culture and giving fans another theatrical chapter to collect around.
This cell brings together three fixtures of Ash's home life in Pallet Town: Professor Oak, the region's steady mentor figure, Delia Ketchum, Ash's mother, and Mr. Mime, the household's familiar comic presence. Collectors prize this trio for its warmth, the domestic counterpoint to the film's larger quest narrative. Whether drawn from a trailer insert, a title card, or an end credits arrangement, a cell built around these three speaks to the franchise's grounding in family and community, a quiet still of the people waiting at home while adventure unfolds elsewhere.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Pokemon: The Movie 2000
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three complete frames
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along one edge, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data-block strip in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge, and a DTS timecode line also present, consistent with a multi-format release print
Edge print
Not clearly legible at this capture resolution; no manufacturer text or key numbers can be confidently read
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-cyan tint typical of safety stock; dye image reads as neutral with no visible red shift or fading
Projection history
Light longitudinal lines consistent with projection are visible across the frames; no splices or cue marks seen
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be from the same continuous shot, and the animated content is consistent with the film on record
Era check
The combination of variable-area optical track, Dolby Digital data blocks, and DTS timecode line is consistent with a late-1990s to 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 000063345
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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