National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Pokémon: The Movie 2000 was released by Warner Bros. in North America in July 2000, following the unprecedented cultural wave that the Pokémon franchise had generated through its television series and trading card game. The film centered on the legendary birds and the creature Lugia, and represented a peak moment in the franchise's theatrical ambitions during the late 1990s and early 2000s animation boom.

This cell captures Magikarp in a striking sequence set against a dark blue rocky backdrop punctuated by white lightning or rushing water effects. Multiple Magikarp appear swarming across the frames, with one prominent individual visible at the right edge, making this a kinetic and visually dramatic piece of animation from the film's more turbulent passages.