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OFFICIAL FILM AUTHENTICATION BY CROWN GRADING
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Film cell NFV-000003453 Tap to enlarge
MOVIEPokémon: The Movie 2000 Trailer
SCENETracey and Melody
FILM FORMAT35mm
YEAR2000
CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000003453

FILM NOTES

Pokémon: The Movie 2000 arrived from Warner Bros. and Nintendo at the height of Pokémania, the second theatrical feature built to keep the franchise's momentum alive after the original film's surprise box office success. Promotional material for the release circulated widely, with trailers cut together to tease new characters and settings ahead of the picture's debut, serving both as advertising and as a time capsule of the franchise's early peak.

This cell comes from that promotional reel, pairing Tracey Sketchit, the Pokémon watcher who joined the anime cast during this era, with Melody, a character introduced specifically for this film. Their appearance together points to the movie's expanded roster beyond the core traveling group. For collectors, trailer cells like this hold particular interest as early, promotional-only material, a glimpse of the film's marketing push rather than the finished feature itself, preserving a moment from the campaign that introduced these characters to audiences.

Authentication Findings 8 checks

Consistent with a 35mm release trailer print of Pokémon: The Movie 2000.

Gauge
35mm: four perforations span each frame along both edges, and the strip holds three frames in view, with a partial frame edge at the right.
Perforations
Four per frame along both the top and bottom edges, evenly spaced, rounded-rectangle shaped and cleanly punched, with no tears or damage visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track runs beside the picture as two white waveform tracks, with a dashed, dotted line above them; no Dolby Digital blocks or DTS timecode are seen.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture
Base & colour
Pale blue-tinted base along the edges, with a neutral clear picture area and strongly saturated, unfaded dye colours in the image.
Projection history
No lines, scratches, cue marks or splices seen at this size; the circular dark halo on the third frame is a camera reflection, not wear.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames run consecutively as one continuous shot, and the animated cel style is plausible for the film on record.
Era check
The optical track, pale blue-tinted base and saturated dyes are consistent with a 35mm release print or trailer print from around 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 in partnership with National Film Vault, 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.
CROWN SERIAL 000071228
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