Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Pokemon 3: The Movie arrived in 2001 as the third theatrical entry from the franchise's original animation partnership, distributed in North America by Warner Bros. after Nintendo and The Pokemon Company oversaw its Japanese production. It continued the run of box office success that followed the anime's global explosion, pairing the core television cast with a feature length story built around Unown and the Entei-linked Spell of the Unknown. For collectors of early Pokemon film ephemera, this era represents the franchise near its commercial peak, when theatrical releases still functioned as major cultural events tied directly to the television series.
This cell isolates Jessie and James, Team Rocket's recurring duo whose comic antagonism became a defining thread throughout the anime and its films. Their presence on a 35mm cell reflects the character pair's enduring collector demand, prized for their pantomime dynamic and their role as the series' consistent comic relief. A cell of this kind, drawn from studio production stock, preserves a single frame of animation used in the film's assembly, distinct from promotional trailer or title materials. As a piece bearing their names alone, it stands as a straightforward artifact of their shared screen presence within this specific feature.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour release print of Pokemon 3: The Movie (2001).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds one frame.
Perforations
Four per frame on both visible edges; spacing appears even and the punched corners look clean.
Soundtrack
Not visible in this capture; the area beside the picture frame is cropped out.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears neutral to very slightly cool; dye image shows saturated colour with deep blacks, consistent with an unexpired colour print stock.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; a single frame is visible showing animated characters consistent with the art style of the film on record.
Era check
Saturated colour positive print stock with deep blacks is consistent with a 2001 theatrical release print era, when Kodak and Fuji colour print stocks of this type were standard.
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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