Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys arrived in 2005 as the seventh entry in the Pokémon film franchise, produced by OLM under Nintendo and The Pokémon Company's banner and distributed for the American market by Miramax. It continued the series' formula of pairing legendary creatures with a self-contained crisis, this time setting the alien Deoxys against a city under threat, with Rayquaza summoned as the guardian force that restores balance. The film sits at the point where the anime's movie output was shifting toward higher stakes and larger-scale creature encounters, aimed squarely at the built-in audience of the games and television series.
This cell carries Rayquaza, the Sky High Pokémon, a legendary long associated with mediating conflicts between other titans of the mythos, which is precisely its function here. Collectors seek out Rayquaza material because the character appears sparingly across the franchise and this film remains one of its defining screen moments. A single 35mm cell from this reel represents a physical fragment of that appearance, a tangible artifact from the movie's actual print rather than a reproduction, valued for its direct connection to the source production.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds one frame fully visible with partial frames above and below
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed edges visible
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the left edge beside the picture area, appearing as a single-track format
Edge print
Not visible in this capture
Base & colour
Base appears neutral to slightly cool; dye image shows strong greens, blacks, and yellow with no visible fading or red shift
Projection history
No scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are visible in this capture
Picture
Positive color image; the single frame visible is consistent with an animated theatrical release print matching the film on record
Era check
A single variable-area optical track on a 35mm positive print is consistent with a 2004-2005 Japanese theatrical release print of this title, which carried analogue optical audio alongside digital formats
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 CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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