Crown Grading
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FILM NOTES
Pokémon: The First Movie arrived in North American theaters in November 1999, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures as the theatrical extension of Nintendo and Game Freak's global phenomenon. Produced by OLM, Inc. and 4Kids Entertainment, the film represented a cultural milestone, drawing record opening weekends and cementing the franchise's reach beyond television and trading cards into cinema.
This cell, titled Blastoise Clone, captures a close-up profile of Blastoise rendered under the distinctive purple-tinted lighting of Mewtwo's arena battle sequence. The duplicate consecutive frames offer a rare paired look at a single frozen moment, preserving the atmospheric color palette that defined the film's climactic confrontation between original and cloned Pokémon.