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OFFICIAL FILM AUTHENTICATION BY CROWN GRADING
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Film cell NFV-000003498 Tap to enlarge
MOVIEPokémon: The Movie 2000 Trailer
SCENEPikachu
FILM FORMAT35mm
YEAR2000
CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000003498

FILM NOTES

Pokémon: The Movie 2000 arrived in theaters courtesy of Warner Bros. and Nintendo's licensing machine at the height of Pokémania, when the franchise had crossed from Game Boy cartridges and Saturday morning television into a genuine cultural event. Following on the heels of the first Pokémon film, this sequel pushed the brand's momentum further into the mainstream, and the promotional trailer reel that preceded it was part of the marketing push designed to pack theaters with young audiences and their families during the franchise's commercial peak.

This cell preserves a strip from that trailer featuring Pikachu, the character most responsible for the franchise's global recognition and the one figure almost every collector seeks out first. A trailer cell carries a different weight than one from the finished feature: it is a piece of the advertising campaign itself, a fragment of how the film was sold to the public before release. For collectors building out Pokémon movie history, a Pikachu trailer piece from this specific promotional run marks an early, promotional-era touchstone rather than a scene from the narrative proper.

Authentication Findings 8 checks

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

Gauge
35mm: four perforations per frame along both edges, and the strip holds three complete frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched, with rounded-rectangle holes and no torn or missing perforations seen.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track, apparently two tracks, runs between the picture and the lower perforations; Dolby Digital blocks sit in the gaps between the lower perforations.
Edge print
Along the top edge, read mirrored: "2283 316 166 0 07 K-DAK 19 2000", with a small square mark at the end.
Base & colour
Pale blue-tinted base along the edges; the yellow and orange dye image looks saturated and neutral, with no red shift or fading seen.
Projection history
No lines, scratches, cue marks or splices seen at this size; the frames look clean.
Picture
Positive image; the three frames run consecutively as one near-static shot of a yellow cartoon character, and the character matches the Pokémon film on record.
Era check
Consistent with a 2000-era release print: Kodak edge code dated 2000, optical track plus Dolby Digital blocks, and a positive print stock.
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 000071273
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