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FILM NOTES

Pokémon: The First Movie arrived in North American theaters in November 1999, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures following its original 1998 Japanese release by Toho. Produced by OLM, Inc. and based on the globally dominant Nintendo franchise, the film marked a significant cultural moment as the first theatrical Pokémon feature, drawing enormous audiences and cementing the property's reach beyond television and games.

This 35mm cell captures the clone battle arena sequence central to the film's climax, presenting Charizard, Clone Charizard, Blastoise, and Clone Blastoise against the distinctive blue mechanical structures of the arena environment. The confirmed title, Blastoise Clone and Charizard Clone, reflects the cell's focus on that confrontation between originals and their engineered counterparts, a visually striking moment from one of animation's most commercially significant theatrical releases.