Digimon Adventure tri.
| Digimon Adventure tri. | |
 Key visual featuring the protagonists from Digimon Adventure 6 years after the events of the original series. | |
| デジモンアドベンチャー tri. (Dejimon Adobenchā tri.) | |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Drama, Science fiction |
| Anime film | |
| Reunion | |
| Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Yuuko Kakihara |
| Music by | Sakabe Tsuyoshi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Licensed by |
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| Released | November 21, 2015 |
| Runtime | 96 minutes[1] |
| Anime film | |
| Determination | |
| Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Yuuko Kakihara |
| Music by | Sakabe Tsuyoshi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | March 12, 2016 |
| Runtime | 88 minutes[2] |
| Anime film | |
| Confession | |
| Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Yuuko Kakihara |
| Music by | Sakabe Tsuyoshi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | September 24, 2016 |
| Runtime | 105 minutes[3] |
| Anime film | |
| Loss | |
| Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Yuuko Kakihara |
| Music by | Sakabe Tsuyoshi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | February 25, 2017 |
| Related works | |
Digimon Adventure tri. (Japanese: デジモンアドベンチャーtri. Hepburn: Dejimon Adobenchā Torai) is a Japanese action-adventure anime film series produced by Toei Animation. Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Akiyoshi Hongo's Digimon franchise, the six-part series serves as a direct sequel to the first two television series, Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02.[4]
The first film, Reunion (再会 Saikai), was released in Japan on November 21, 2015 and in North America on September 15, 2016. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on December 18, 2015 and will be released in the UK on March 20, 2017.[5] The second film, Determination (決意 Ketsui), was released on March 12, 2016. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on April 2, 2016. The third film, Confession (告白 Kokuhaku), was released on September 24, 2016. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on November 2, 2016. The fourth film, Loss (喪失 Sōshitsu), will be released on February 25, 2017. It will be released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on April 4, 2017.[6] The films are being streamed in episodic format outside Japan by Crunchyroll,[7] Hulu,[8] AnimeLab,[9] and Tubi TV,[10] while Eleven Arts is distributing the English-language films.[11]
Plot
The films take place three years after the events of Digimon Adventure 02 and focus on the original eight DigiDestined and their Digimon partners. A mysterious anomaly has caused Digimon to become infected, leading them to become hostile and cause distortions throughout the human world. This leads to the DigiDestined being reunited with their partner Digimon in order to battle against the infected Digimon. Joined by another DigiDestined named Meiko Mochizuki and her partner Meicoomon, the DigiDestined must not only deal with the infected Digimon and the mystery behind them, but also with the responsibilities and burdens of growing up.
List of films
The films are being streamed outside Japan in their original language with subtitles from the same day they are released domestically, divided into four or five episodes each. For the Japanese version, the opening theme is "Butter-Fly～tri.Version～" by Kōji Wada, while for the English version, the opening theme is a remix of the opening song from the first season of Digimon: Digital Monsters.
| Film No. | Episodes No. | Title | Ending Song | Original Release | English Release |
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| 1 | 1 - 4 | "Reunion" "Saikai" (再会) | "I wish～tri.Version～" by Ai Maeda | November 21, 2015 | September 15, 2016 |
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Tai, now in high school, feels downhearted that he and his friends seem to be slowly drifting apart. Meanwhile, strange occurrences are causing electronic devices to malfunction across Odaiba. Minutes before Tai is due to play a soccer match, a Kuwagamon that had been causing the malfunctions suddenly appears, soon taking physical form and causing collateral damage to the city. Just as Tai is cornered, his Digivice shines and his old partner Agumon appears while digivolving into Greymon to fight the stronger Kuwagamon. As the two Digimon end up traveling through portals to an airport in Haneda, Tai is given a ride by his substitute teacher, Daigo Nishijima. As more Kuwagamon appear, Tai is joined by the other DigiDestined and their Digimon partners, who defeat two of them before a mysterious hand abducts the last one. Following the battle, as the DigiDestined look over the strange occurrences leading up to Kuwagamon's appearance, which are believed to be caused by distortions in space, Tai and Matt pay a visit to Nishijima, who reveals himself to be part of an organization monitoring Digimon activity, particularly infected Digimon like the Kuwagamon that appeared. As Izzy develops ways to provide easier access to their Digimon partners and seek out digital disturbances, Tai begins to fear that people could get hurt as a result of his actions as a DigiDestined. The next day, a mysterious black Digimon known as Alphamon appears, seemingly targeting a Digimon under the care of Meiko Mochizuki, a girl who recently transferred into Tai's class. With Alphamon proving too powerful for the other Digimon, Matt urges Tai to stop running away from his fears, and together they manage to drive Alphamon off with the power of Omegamon. Afterwards, Meiko reveals that she is also a DigiDestined with her partner, Meicoomon, being the Digimon that Alphamon was targeting. | |||||
| 2 | 5 - 8 | "Determination" "Ketsui" (決意) | "Seven～tri.Version～" by Kōji Wada | March 12, 2016 | - |
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While Joe stays home to study for his exams, the Digidestined and their Digimon go on a trip to a hot spring inn, where they come across Nishijima and Himekawa. During the trip, the girls get into a bit of a mishap when Biyomon and Meicoomon are separated from them and wind up in the men's baths. Following the trip, Himekawa and Nishijima test out specialized weapons against an appearing infected Ogremon, who is taken back to the Digital World by Leomon. Later, as Mimi prepares for a cheer girl café for her class in the upcoming school festival, she tries to fight against the infected Ogremon when it appears in the hopes of improving the Digimon's reputation, only for Togemon's attacks to inadvertently cause a nearby news helicopter to crash, resulting in the opposite effect. While Leomon approaches the DigiDestined, explaining what happened to Ogremon when he became infected, Mimi is further scolded by her classmates for her seemingly selfish ideas. As Mimi laments how selfish she's been, she hears from Joe about how he's been avoiding battles with the Digimon to try and fit into adulthood, lamenting his own cowardice. As Gomamon decides to run away from home, Izzy receives an ominous message in digital code. On the day of the school festival, Meiko shows Mimi her support by wearing her cheer girl outfit for the café, while the Digimon sneak into the festival to try and win a costume contest for free food. Afterwards, Gomamon tells Joe that he ran away because he felt he didn't want to fight together anymore, leading Joe to get angry about having to fight and storming off. Just then, Meicoomon is captured by what appears to be Ken Ichijouji, who has resumed his identity as the Digimon Emperor. As Palmon and Gomamon, along with a partially infected Leomon, chase after them into the digital distortion, coming up against an infected Imperialdramon, Kari urges Joe to fight by his partner's side. Overcoming his own worries for the sake of his partner, Joe manages to digivolve Gomamon into his Mega level form, Vikemon, while Mimi also manages to digivolve Palmon into her Mega level form, Rosemon. Although the Digimon manage to defeat Imperialdramon and return safely, Meicoomon suddenly becomes hostile, killing Leomon and escaping into the Digital World. | |||||
| 3 | 9 - 13 | "Confession" "Kokuhaku" (告白) | "For Me" (僕にとって Boku ni Totte) by Knife of Day (Yoshimasa Hosoya) | September 24, 2016 | - |
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While Meiko remains traumatized by Meicoomon's betrayal, Izzy becomes irritable as he obsessively tries to determine what caused Meicoomon to become infected. Meanwhile, as disruptions believed to be caused by Meicoomon start affecting airlines, Himekawa and Nishijima tell Matt about their investigation, but keep quiet about both Meicoomon causing the disruptions and the fact other DigiDestined have gone missing. Later, TK discovers something amiss with Patamon when he briefly acts violent and bites him. As TK decides to take Patamon home with him, prompting the others to do the same with their Digimon, he tells Meiko about what is really happening to Patamon, who eventually realizes he is infected himself and asks TK to stop him should the worst come to happen. One night, a mysterious message appears all over electrical devices during a power outage, stating that "the Digimon will be released again" creating turmoil in the population. The next day, as Patamon informs the other Digimon about his infection, Kari becomes possessed by the mysterious messenger, Homeostasis, who warns them that the infected Digimon could potentially destroy both the Human and Digital Worlds unless a great sacrifice is made. Having overheard them, Himekawa concludes that the next time Meicoomon appears, Homeostasis might trigger a "reboot", which would reset the Digital World to before the infection in order to save all other worlds. After Gatomon tells the others that this reboot would also cause them to lose all memories of their partners, the Digimon prepare for the worst and spend some precious time with their partners, during which Agumon tells Tai about the reboot. Izzy discovers that the distortions are the result of binary code being overwritten by a different language, coming up with a plan after Tentomon informs him about the reboot. Meicoomon soon appears again at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, prompting the Digimon to fight against her to try and keep her out of the Human World. Despite TK's attempts to stop him, Patamon digivolves to Angemon and enters the fray, but becomes overpowered by his infection, which soon starts spreading to the other Digimon. As a countdown towards the reboot begins, Izzy brings up his counter-plan, creating a field that can use backup data to restore the infected Digimon. As Tentomon struggles with helping the others while fighting off his own infection, he digivolves into his Mega form, HerculesKabuterimon, captures Meicoomon and snaps the Digimon out of their infection before using all of his strength to push them back into the distortion before the reboot occurs. One week later, as the Digidestined decide they want to see their Digimon again, Meiko tells TK that the infection originated from Meicoomon, who was already infected the moment she met her, feeling she has no right to go see her. Using the power of their Crests, the DigiDestined travel to the rebooted Digital World, where they briefly encounter Alphamon fighting against another Mega-level Digimon named Jesmon. They soon come across their partner Digimon, who have lost their memories, deciding to befriend them from scratch. As Himekawa confronts the Digimon Emperor, who is revealed to be a Gennai-like character in a black outfit, Meicoomon is seen nearby still possessing her memories of Meiko. | |||||
| 4 | "Loss" "Sōshitsu" (喪失) | - | February 25, 2017 | - | |
| The DigiDestined begin to forge new connections with their Digimon, who had lost their memories since the reboot, except for Sora, as Biyomon is wary for not remembering about her at all, while Tai and Matt cannot find the words to help her. Upon seeing Meicoomon, who still retains her memories of Meiko, the DigiDestined journey through the Digital World after her, but a man with the Dark Masters at his command stands in their way. Meanwhile, in the real world, Nishijima receives a notice that Himekawa has disappeared, and discovers that there is a hidden goal behind her actions. | |||||
Cast
The series features the original DigiDestined (Chosen Children)[12] and their Digimon partners from the original TV series.[13] The English-language dub of the films uses the localized names originally used in Saban Entertainment's English adaptation of the original TV series, while Crunchyroll's subtitled release of the films uses Japanese names for human characters and English names for the Digimon. Some members from the original Japanese voice cast and the English dub cast of Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 returned to reprise their roles.
Development
The new series was first announced at a Digimon Adventure 15th anniversary event on August 1, 2014.[17] Basic story details were announced on September 7, 2014, after enough fans participated in a game on the official website.[18] On December 13, 2014, Toei announced the series full title and staff. The series is being directed by Keitaro Motonaga with scripts by Yuuko Kakihara and character design by Atsuya Uki.[19] The series will feature the returning cast of all eight main Digimon partners from the original series.[20] A continuous stream of all of the original Digimon Adventure episodes was held on the Niconico website on May 4, 2015, followed by an announcement regarding the cast for the Chosen Children and broadcast details on May 6, 2015.[12] On May 6, 2015, it was announced that tri. would not be a television series, but rather a 6-part theatrical film series.[21] On September 18, 2015, it announced Yuko Kaida and Daisuke Namikawa were cast as Maki Himekawa and Daigo Nishijima, respectively.[22] The first movie, Reunion, was released on November 21, 2015. The second movie, Determination, was released on March 12, 2016.[23] The third movie, Confession, was released on September 24, 2016.[24] The fourth movie, Loss, will be released on February 25, 2017.[25] The films are being streamed outside Japan by Crunchyroll, Hulu, AnimeLab, and Tubi TV as they are released in Japan, with each film split into four episodes.[7][8][9][10] Indonesian cinemas CGV Blitz, Cinemaxx, and Platinum Cineplex ran Reunion in their respective theaters nationwide on August 3, 2016.[26][27][28]
English language version
An English-language version of Digimon Adventure tri. is being distributed in North America by Eleven Arts.[11] The English version uses localized names from Saban Entertainment's release of the original television series, and reunites several voice actors from the original cast. Eleven Arts CEO Ko Mori stated that the English dub will resemble the Japanese version in tone and style but will feature a remixed version of the English opening theme.[29] With the exception of the remixed English opening theme replacing "Butter-Fly", the Japanese score as well as "Brave Heart" and "I Wish" were kept in the dub.[30] Reunion premiered during a Fathom Events screening on September 15, 2016[11] and was released in select North American theaters from September 17, 2016 through October 6, 2016.[31]
Music
The series composition is composed by Sakabe Tsuyoshi. Kōji Wada returned to perform the opening theme song known as "Butter-Fly～tri.Version～", while Ayumi Miyazaki performs the insert theme song, "brave heart～tri.Version～".[20] The ending theme song for Reunion is "I wish～tri.Version～" by Ai Maeda.[32] The ending theme song for Determination is "Seven～tri.Version～" by Kōji Wada.[33] The ending theme for Confession is "For Me" (僕にとって Boku ni Totte) by Knife of Day (Yoshimasa Hosoya).[34]
Reception
Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network gave the first part, Reunion, a B rating. In his review, he praised the film for its production values and heartwarming fanservice to old-school Digimon fans but noted that very little happens during the first film. He also criticized the episodic format used for streaming, feeling the "episodes" were split up at awkward points in the story due to the film's slow pacing.[35] The first movie earned 59 million yen (about US$480,000) in its opening weekend in Japan.[36] On January 4, 2016, it earned 229 million yen (about US$1.95 million).[37] Reunion had a box office gross of 230 million yen (about US$2.3 million).[38] In his review of the English dub, Chapman described it as an "incredible nostalgia bomb" and praised the performances of the returning cast members. However, he acknowledged that some of the new voice actors had to acclimate to their roles and felt that Vic Mignogna's distinctive voice and extensive anime resume hurt his portrayal of Matt. Chapman also noticed that while the dub featured localized names and a new opening theme, the script remained faithful to the original Japanese version.[30]
For the second film, Determination, Chapman gave a B+ rating. In his review, he praised Mimi and Joe's character development, noting that it was done without neglecting the rest of the cast. He also appreciated the plot twist ending. However, he criticized the drop in animation quality and the lack of combat scenes in comparison to the previous installment.[39] It earned 30 million yen (about US$265,000) on its first day of screening in Japan, surpassing the day-one box office results of Reunion and earning more than 46 million yen (about US$407,000) on its opening weekend.[40] On March 31, 2016, it earned 144 million yen (about US$1.29 million).[41] Determination had a box office gross of 160 million yen (about US$1.6 million).[38]
For the third film, Confession, Chapman gave an A rating. In his review, he praised the writing for all the characters as well as the themes exploring the complexity of adolescence. He also notes that the production values have improved from the previous two films. However, he criticized again the animation quality and the lack of combat scenes.[42] The third movie earned over 55 million yen (about US$540,000) within the first four days of its theatrical run.[38] Confession had a box office gross of 120 million yen (about US$1.15 million).[43]
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- ↑ "デジモンアドベンチャー tri. 第２章「決意」(2016)". allcinema (in Japanese). Retrieved March 21, 2016.
- ↑ "デジモンアドベンチャー tri. 第３章「告白」(2016)". allcinema (in Japanese). Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Digimon Adventure tri's New Visual Profiles Yamato, Gabumon". Anime News Network. February 19, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- ↑ "tri. Part 1 Delay in UK, Update- Confirmed, Due to US release, S1 DVD Out Soon". With the Will. October 1, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
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- ↑ "Digimon Adventure tri. Anime Casts Daisuke Namikawa, Yuko Kaida". Anime News Network. September 18, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
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- ↑ "Digimon Adventure tri. Anime's 3rd Film Opens on September 24". Anime News Network. March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
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- ↑ "Kouji Wada to Perform Digimon Adventure tri. 2nd Film's Ending Theme Song". Anime News Network. January 23, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
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- ↑ "1st Digimon tri. Earns 229 Million Yen in 10 Theaters, Continues Run". Anime News Network. January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "3rd Digimon Adventure tri. Anime Film Tops 55 Million Yen in 4 Days". Anime News Network. September 29, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
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External links
- Official website
- Digimon Adventure tri.: Reunion (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Digimon Adventure tri.: Determination (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Digimon Adventure tri.: Confession (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia