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 4Kids Entertainment as the second theatrical outing for the franchise, riding the peak of Pokémania in the West. Adapted from the Japanese feature Revelation Lugia, it expanded the series' world with the Legendary birds and Lugia, pulling Ash's journey into higher stakes while keeping the television cast intact. For collectors, it represents the moment the franchise proved it could sustain a film series beyond a single hit, cementing characters and settings that would echo through later merchandise and media.
This cell gathers Ash, Misty, Tracey, Pikachu, and Togepi alongside Melody and Maren, placing the traveling trio within the Shamouti Island storyline central to the film's plot. Melody and Maren are local figures tied to the island's festival and prophecy, so their presence alongside the series regulars marks an early story beat where outsiders and islanders come together. For collectors, this grouping holds value as an ensemble piece, bringing together familiar companions with film-specific characters who rarely appear outside this one feature, making it a notable artifact of the movie's unique cast.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm release print of Pokémon: The Movie 2000.
Gauge
35mm: four perforations per frame along both edges, and the strip holds three frames that appear to be near-identical consecutive images.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced and cleanly punched with rounded-rectangle holes; no torn or missing perforations seen.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track of two bilateral tracks runs beside the picture, and a Dolby Digital data pattern shows between the lower-edge perforations; no DTS timecode or SDDS tracks seen.
Edge print
Reads "KODAK 2383" followed by a number code and a purple square, quoted as read in reversed (mirrored) lettering along the upper edge.
Base & colour
Light blue-tinted edge margins on a clear base; the dye image looks neutral and fully saturated, with no visible fading or colour shift.
Projection history
No scratches, cue marks, splices or dirt seen at this size; the glossy base looks clean.
Picture
Positive image; the three frames run consecutively as one near-static shot, and the animated style is consistent with the animated film on record.
Era check
Consistent: Kodak 2383 is a release-print stock used from the 1990s onward, and the optical-plus-Dolby Digital layout fits a 2000 theatrical print.
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 000071318
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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