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 animated franchise's theatrical run, distributed through OLM and Shogakukan Productions with Warner Bros. Pictures handling the American release. Coming after Pokémon Heroes, it continued the series' tradition of pairing the Ash Ketchum cast with a Legendary-centric story, this time built around the alien Deoxys and its conflict with the city of LaRousse. The film sits within the franchise's mid-2000s period, when theatrical Pokémon outings still drew substantial audiences and served as a yearly event tying together games, television, and merchandising.
This cell bears the name Rayquaza, the sky-dwelling Legendary long prized by collectors for its rarity and its role as mediator between land and sea Legendaries in Pokémon lore. Its presence here ties directly to the film's central conflict, where Rayquaza appears to intervene amid the Deoxys crisis. A single 35mm frame carrying this name preserves a fragment of that pivotal appearance, valuable to collectors precisely because Rayquaza's screen time in the franchise remains limited and significant.
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 full frame with partial frames above and below
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with rounded rectangular shape, no torn or deformed sprocket holes visible
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the bottom edge of the strip, appearing as a dual wavy waveform pattern consistent with a stereo variable-area optical track
Edge print
Not visible in this capture
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight cool-neutral tint; the dye image shows saturated greens, blacks, yellows and a red area with no obvious fading or colour shift
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks or cue marks are apparent in this capture
Picture
Positive colour image; the single frame visible is consistent with an animated theatrical release print matching the film on record
Era check
A stereo variable-area optical track on a 35mm positive print is consistent with a 2004-2005 theatrical release print, as digital optical formats were standard alongside analogue optical backup tracks in that period
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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