Crown Grading
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FILM NOTES
Warner Bros. distributed Pokémon: The First Movie in North America in November 1999, bringing the globally dominant franchise from television to the theatrical screen. The film arrived at the peak of the original Pokémon phenomenon and remains a cultural landmark of late-1990s animation, representing the moment the property fully crossed into mainstream American consciousness.
This cell, titled Mew, captures the legendary Pokémon suspended in a deep, purple-lit void, oriented upside-down within the frame — a quietly striking compositional choice from the trailer's atmospheric promotional footage. Mewtwo's presence registers in the surrounding environment, placing these two mythical figures together in one of the trailer's most visually distinctive moments.