Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 arrived as Warner Bros. and Nintendo pressed their advantage while Pokémania still gripped American theaters, following the first film's surprise box office success. Also known by its Japanese title, Revelation Lugia, the picture expanded the franchise's mythology beyond Pikachu and the core cast, introducing a legendary bird trio and the guardian of the seas as the centerpiece of a story about ecological balance. For a franchise built on collectible creatures, putting a legendary at the heart of a theatrical feature was a deliberate statement about scale and stakes, and it cemented the film's place in the series' early theatrical run.
This cell preserves a frame of Lugia itself, the psychic and flying-type legendary that anchors the film's plot and title. Lugia rarely appears in the games or anime with this kind of prominence, so any cell centered on the creature draws interest from Pokémon collectors specifically. As a piece of 35mm film rather than merchandise or animation art, it represents a physical fragment of the theatrical presentation, a tangible link to the movie's original run in cinemas.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Pokémon: The Movie 2000.
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds four frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly cut with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track (appearing as two bilateral tracks) is visible along one edge, accompanied by what appears to be a Dolby Digital data-block strip and a DTS timecode line running between the optical track and the perforations.
Base shows a warm amber-orange tint across the image area, consistent with a colour dye-coupler print stock; no obvious fading or red shift detected.
Projection history
No splices, cue marks or prominent scratches are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all four frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the animated character visible is consistent with the Pokémon franchise film on record.
Era check
The combination of Kodak 2383 print stock edge code, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, DTS timecode stripe, and bilateral variable-area optical track is consistent with a theatrical release print from the year 2000.
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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