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 Nintendo/4Kids Entertainment at the height of Pokémania, following the franchise's blockbuster 1999 theatrical debut. Known in Japan as Revelation Lugia, it pushed the series further into spectacle with legendary birds and a global ecological crisis, while keeping the core trio at its center. For collectors, this period marks the franchise's commercial peak, when 35mm theatrical prints were struck for a genuine box office event rather than a direct-to-video release, making surviving film cells from this era desirable artifacts of early Pokémon cinema history.
This cell gathers Ash Ketchum, Misty, Tracey Sketchit and Togepi together, the traveling companions who anchored the film's human storyline. Misty and Tracey were fixtures of this specific era of the anime, and Togepi remained Misty's signature companion throughout, so a grouping like this represents the show's established cast at a moment of franchise-wide visibility. Collectors value ensemble cells because they capture the full traveling party in one frame, a rarer composition than single-character cells, and this one preserves that lineup from one of the series' defining theatrical outings.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby Digital release print of Pokémon: The Movie 2000.
Gauge
35mm layout with four perforations per frame along both edges; the strip holds three frames, all in view.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, rounded-rectangle shapes, cleanly punched with no visible tearing or distortion.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track runs beside the picture as two parallel tracks, with Dolby Digital data blocks visible in the gaps between the perforations on the other edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture
Base & colour
Clear base with a light blue tint at the edges; the dye image looks neutral and saturated, with no red shift or fading seen.
Projection history
No scratches, splices or cue marks seen at this size; the dark ring on the middle frame is a phone reflection and is ignored.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames repeat one near-identical shot of the same anime characters, consistent with consecutive frames of the film on record.
Era check
Optical track plus Dolby Digital blocks on a clear-based colour positive is consistent with a 2000 theatrical release print of an animated feature.
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 000071304
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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