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OFFICIAL MOTION PICTURE FILM AUTHENTICATION

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MOVIEPokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages

SCENEMega Shiny Rayquaza

FILM FORMAT35mm

YEAR2015

CERTIFICATE ID000064865

Film Record Public record

Directed by: Kunihiko Yuyama
Studio: OLM, Inc. · 73 min

Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.

FILM NOTES

Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages arrived in 2015 as the eighteenth entry in OLM's long-running franchise, released domestically by Toho and later distributed abroad through TPCi. It marked a high point for the mid-2010s film cycle, drawing on the mythical Hoopa's ring-based power to summon legendary Pokémon from across the series' history, giving longtime fans a rare on-screen gathering of creatures otherwise confined to games and cards. The film's box office performance in Japan reaffirmed the theatrical franchise's staying power even as the core anime shifted through generations.

This cell centers on Rayquaza in its Mega Evolved form, rendered here in its shiny variation, a coloration prized by collectors for its scarcity relative to standard palettes. Rayquaza holds a singular place among legendaries as the sky-bound guardian of the Hoenn region, and its Mega form represents one of the more dramatic design escalations in the series. A cell built around this specific pairing, Mega and shiny together, speaks to the layered rarity collectors chase: not just the appearance of a major legendary, but the doubled distinction of its rarest form.

Authentication Findings 8 checks

Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015)

Gauge: 35mm, four perforations per frame on both visible edges; the strip holds two frames
Perforations: Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with rounded rectangular shape, no torn or deformed holes visible
Soundtrack: A variable-area optical track is visible as a cyan-tinted band running along the bottom edge between the perforations and the picture area, consistent with a stereo variable-area format; Dolby Digital data blocks are not clearly distinguishable at this size
Edge print: Not visible in this capture
Base & colour: Base appears neutral to very slightly warm; dye image shows strong saturated blues, purples and yellows with no visible fading or colour shift
Projection history: No visible scratches, splice marks or cue marks observed
Picture: Positive colour image; both frames appear to be the same or near-identical consecutive frames from a single shot, consistent with an animated theatrical release print matching the film on record
Era check: The cyan variable-area optical soundtrack, saturated dye image, and clean rounded rectangular perforations are all consistent with a 2010s theatrical release print of the type used for Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015)

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, 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.

Original Film Capture As received

The film strip as photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation

Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size