Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 arrived from Warner Bros. and Pikachu Project '99 as the franchise's second theatrical feature, following the explosive success of the first film and the ongoing anime series that had turned Pokémon into a global phenomenon. Released as audiences were still riding the first wave of Pokémania, the film brought Ash and his companions into a larger, more ambitious adventure built around the legendary bird trio and Lugia, expanding the mythology beyond what the television series had established. For a generation of young fans, this was event cinema, a reason to fill theaters for characters they already loved from weekly episodes.
This cell gathers the core traveling party together: Ash as the central trainer, Misty and Tracey as his companions during this stretch of the journey, with Pikachu and Togepi rounding out the group. Having all five figures share a single frame makes this a gathering piece, the kind of cell collectors prize because it represents the full ensemble rather than an isolated character. Tracey's inclusion places this squarely within his limited run alongside Ash and Misty, a pairing that didn't last many films. It likely originates from a group sequence, title card, or publicity use tied to the movie's theatrical release.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Pokémon: The Movie 2000, on Kodak 2383 stock.
Gauge
35mm layout with four perforations per frame along both edges; the strip holds three full frames, all with the same animated cast.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, rounded-rectangle holes, cleanly punched with no visible tearing or distortion.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track runs beside the picture as several dashed and solid white-on-dark lines, plus a grey speckled pattern between the lower perforations that is not clearly a Dolby Digital block.
Edge print
Reads "KODAK 2383" followed by a number and a small purple square, quoted as read; no "SAFETY FILM" text or other key codes are legible.
Base & colour
Light blue-tinted base at the edges with a neutral picture; dyes look saturated and balanced, with no visible fading or colour shift.
Projection history
One faint thin diagonal line near the lower soundtrack edge; no cue marks or splices seen at this size.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames run consecutively as one near-identical shot of animated characters, matching an animated Pokémon feature with no sign of a different film.
Era check
Kodak 2383 is a Vision release-print stock used from the late 1990s, and the optical track fits a 2000 theatrical print of the film 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 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 000071303
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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