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OFFICIAL MOTION PICTURE FILM AUTHENTICATION

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MOVIEPokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages

SCENELugia, Ash, Pikachu and Hoopa Attacked

FILM FORMAT35mm

YEAR2015

CERTIFICATE ID000064943

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 the long-running theatrical franchise produced by OLM under Nintendo and The Pokémon Company's banner, released domestically in Japan before reaching international audiences the following year. Centered on the mischievous Mythical Pokémon Hoopa and its power to summon legendary creatures through rings, the film brought together an unusually large cast of series icons, reinforcing the franchise's ongoing appeal to both longtime fans and newcomers during a period when Pokémon's cinematic output remained a reliable annual event.

This cell brings together Lugia, Ash, Pikachu, and Hoopa in a single frame, a pairing that draws collectors precisely because of that density of recognizable names. Lugia carries weight from its own legacy as a guardian figure introduced in earlier films, while Hoopa's presence ties this piece directly to the picture at hand. An attack moment involving this group signals a pivotal clash central to the story's tension, the kind of sequence studios often chose for promotional or archival cells because it captures the film's central conflict in one image.

Authentication Findings 8 checks

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

Gauge: 35mm, four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds one frame.
Perforations: Four per frame on each edge; spacing appears even and the punched corners are rounded and cleanly cut.
Soundtrack: A variable-area optical track is visible as a cyan-tinted waveform band running horizontally beside the picture area, consistent with a dual bilateral or variable-area mono optical track.
Edge print: Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour: Base appears with a slight cyan-green tint typical of modern safety stock; the dye image reads in blue-violet and white tones with no visible fading.
Projection history: No scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are visible in this capture.
Picture: Positive image; a single frame is present showing animated content consistent with the Pokémon franchise style recorded on the film on record.
Era check: The cyan-base safety stock, variable-area optical soundtrack, and four-perforation 35mm layout are all consistent with a theatrical release print from the mid-2010s, matching the 2015 release date on record.

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