Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution – Kizuna (Japanese: デジモンアドベンチャー LAST EVOLUTION 絆, Hepburn: Dejimon Adobenchā LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna) is a Japanese anime adventure film produced by Toei Animation and animated by Yumeta Company.[3] The film was released in Japanese theaters on February 21, 2020.[4] Set in the same continuity of the first two Digimon television anime series, the film serves as the finale to the original Digimon Adventure story.

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution – Kizuna
Japanese Theatrical release poster
デジモンアドベンチャー LAST EVOLUTION 絆
Directed byTomohisa Taguchi
Produced byYosuke Kinoshita
Written byAkatsuki Yamatoya
Music byHarumi Fuuki[1]
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21) (Japan)
Running time
94 minutes[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The film was also scheduled to be released through Fathom Events in the United States on March 25, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6][7] The film was set to be released direct-to-video on July 7, 2020[8] but production was delayed indefinitely on May 9, 2020.[9]

Plot

The film is set five years after Digimon Adventure tri., taking place in 2010. With Tai and his friends reaching adulthood, they are struck with news that the partnership with their Digimon will soon end and they will be forever separated, as they are not children anymore. Meanwhile, a powerful Digimon called Eosmon appears, robbing other DigiDestined of their consciousness. Despite knowing that using their powers will shorten the little time they still can have together, it's up to Tai, Agumon and all their friends to fight together one last time to save the world.[10][11]

Voice cast
See also: List of Digimon Adventure characters

The Japanese cast of Digimon Adventure tri. returned to reprise their roles. As was the case with that series of films, the DigiDestined characters from Digimon Adventure 02 were recast with new voice actors while their Digimon retained their original voices.

Character Japanese[12] English
Taichi "Tai" Kamiya Natsuki Hanae Joshua Seth[8]
Sora Takenouchi Suzuko Mimori TBA
Yamato "Matt" Ishida Yoshimasa Hosoya TBA
Koshiro "Izzy" Izumi Mutsumi Tamura TBA
Mimi Tachikawa Hitomi Yoshida TBA
Takeru "T.K." Takaishi Junya Enoki TBA
Joe Kido Junya Ikeda TBA
Kari Kamiya Mao Ichimichi TBA
Agumon Chika Sakamoto TBA
Biyomon Atori Shigematsu TBA
Gabumon Mayumi Yamaguchi TBA
Tentomon Takahiro Sakurai Jeff Nimoy[13]
Palmon Kinoko Yamada TBA
Patamon Miwa Matsumoto Laura Summer[14]
Gomamon Junko Takeuchi TBA
Gatomon Yuka Tokumitsu TBA
Davis Motomiya Fukujūrō Katayama[12] TBA
Yolei Inoue Ayaka Asai[12] TBA
Cody Hida Yoshitaka Yamaya[12] TBA
Ken Ichijoji Arthur Lounsbery[12] Derek Stephen Prince[15]
Veemon Junko Noda[12] Derek Stephen Prince[15]
Hawkmon Kōichi Tōchika[12] TBA
Armadillomon Megumi Urawa[12] TBA
Wormmon Naozumi Takahashi[12] TBA
Menoa Bellucci Mayu Matsuoka[16] TBA
Kyōtarō Imura Daisuke Ono[16] TBA
Morphomon Yuna Taniguchi[17] TBA
Gennai TBA Jeff Nimoy[13]

Development
Logo of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

A new film project was announced on July 29, 2018 as part of the series' 20th anniversary.[18] The film, titled Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi and written by Akatsuki Yamatoya, and animated by Yumeta Company.[19] It was then teased on Toei's YouTube movie account that Toei Animation is producing the film, and the rest of the staff and cast are returning to reprise their roles.[20] It premiered on February 21, 2020.[21]

Reception

Daryl Harding of Crunchyroll gave the film a positive review, considering the film to be on par with Mamoru Hosoda's short films, "It’s safe to say, at least for me, this has been the best Digimon anime creation since the Mamoru Hosoda directed films. Each emotional beat was meticulously well crafted to not just be a great Digimon film, but a great film in general that helps re-introduce the characters to an audience who may have skipped over Digimon Adventure tri." He also considered the film to be a satisfactory conclusion to the Digimon franchise, stating, "From the opening scene to the final frame, this anime film was a love letter to the Digimon Adventure franchise, and the perfect, yet depressing as hell, send off to the DigiDestined we’ve known for 20 years. It was nice to say goodbye."[22]

Digimon Adventure 20th Memorial Story

Digimon Adventure 20th Memorial Story (Japanese: デジモンアドベンチャー20th メモリアルストーリー, Hepburn: Dejimon Adobenchā 20th Memoriaru Sutōrī) is a series of Japanese Anime shorts related to Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, the first of which, To Sora, being a prequel set a day before the movie. The rest feature side stories about the DigiDestined and their Partner Digimon going about their every day lives that were unable to make it into the movie itself.[23][24]

Episodes
No.[nb 1] Title Japanese release English airdate (subbed)
1"To Sora"
Transcription: "Sora e" (Japanese: 空へ)		November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22)[nb 2]January 31, 2020 (2020-01-31)
2"Hole in the Heart"
Transcription: "Kokoro no ana" (Japanese: 心の穴)		February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)[nb 3]TBA
3"Medical Student Joe Kido"
Transcription: "Igaku-sei Kido Jō" (Japanese: 医学生・城戸丈)		July 10, 2020 (2020-07-10)[nb 4]TBA
4"The Desired Jogress Evolution"
Transcription: "Akogare no Jogress Shinka" (Japanese: あこがれのジョグレス進化)		TBATBA
5"The Shibuya-ish Heroic Saga of Pump and Gotsu"
Transcription: "Panpu to Gotsu no Shibuya-kei buyū-den" (Japanese: パンプとゴツの渋谷系武勇伝)		TBATBA

Notes
  1. On August 20, 2019 Toei Animation announced that they planned to create five anime shorts to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of Digimon Adventure, and decided to fund them through Crowdfunding, opening a page on the crowdfunding website, Campfire. Starting on August 22, Japanese fans would have until October 2 to raise ¥10,000,000 for the shorts to funded, though stated that even if the funding project failed, the shorts would still be made using an alternate method.The crowdfunding was a success, finishing at 338% funded with a total of ¥38,336,588 raised.[25]
  2. The first episode, To Sora played between November 22, 2019 and January 9, 2020 as part of a Digimon Limited Base Pop-Up Theatre in Shibuya Parco. On January 31, 2020 Toei uploaded To Sora with both English and Japanese subtitles to their official Youtube page.
  3. The second episode, Hole in the Heart, aired as part of another Pop-Up Theatre between February 21, 2020 and April 16, 2020.
  4. The third episode, Medical Student Joe Kido, aired as part of another Pop-Up Theatre between July 10, 2020 and Septepmber 2, 2020.

References
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  14. Laura Summer @LoveThatLaura "Yes, Lucky to have recorded Patamon him right before #Stayhome" April 20, 2020, 21:06 PM. Tweet.
  15. Derek Stephen Prince: "I was extremely excited, it was like a little reunion going back and being able to do not only Veemon and Ken but also ExVeemon and they even had me do DemiVeemon." May 24, 2020, Twitch.
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