Digimon Adventure 02 Kids Reunite for Sequel Film

Digimon isn’t fairly the juggernaut it was again when us 90s children had been watching it early within the morning earlier than college, however Toei has been regularly releasing extra of it over time. For anime followers, there was a reboot of the unique Digimon Adventure season that premiered final yr and whose English dub is at present in manufacturing. In addition to that anime, although, Toei additionally launched two movies that served as sequels to the unique Adventure sequence, and now a brand new movie is on the horizon to tie up its second season.

The subsequent movie within the Adventure sequence was formally titled as Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning at DigiFes 2022. Like how the primary two movies returned to the unique DigiDestined children as adults and closed out their story, The Beginning is meant to function a capper to the present’s second season. Yumeta Company, who labored on 2020’s Adventure movie, Last Evolution—Kizuna, is creating the movie alongside Toei.

Set in February 2012 not lengthy after the occasions of Kizuna, the movie brings again the second technology of DigiDestined that made up season two. While that group was round for a few of Kizuna, they’ve received this movie all to themselves so followers of that exact season can see how issues labored out for this explicit group of heroes. The character artwork above reveals the now 20-year-old members of the second technology of DigiDestined. Check out Daisuke/Davis (Fukujuro Katayama), Ken (Arthur Lounsbery), Yolei (Ayaka Asai), Cody (Yoshitaka Yamaya), Kari (Mao Ichimichi), and TK (Junya Enoki), full with their Digimon. A six-minute clip was additionally proven on the occasion, the place the DigiDestined meet the movie’s new character, Rui Ōwada (Megumi Ogata), who they save from falling off Tokyo Tower.

Ōwada calls himself “the first in the world to become a DigiDestined,” and whereas he’s received a Digivice readily available, albeit one cracked to hell, he’s noticeably missing a accomplice by his facet. The second season launched a spread of DigiDestined visitor stars for the 02 solid to spend time with, however one who claims to predate Tai and the others is actually an fascinating hook for this movie. Also taking part in into the plot is a brand new Digimon referred to as Okkomon (Rie Kugimiya), who seems form of cute, however this being Digimon, wanting cute is only a gateway to changing into one thing extra monstrous after a Digivolution or two. Those two, you may see under, and who is aware of, possibly they’ll wind up being companions by the movie’s finish.

As beforehand acknowledged, Digimon isn’t fairly the heavy hitter because it was again within the day, however it’s good to see that there’s nonetheless media popping out for it. As somebody who grew to become extra hooked up to this batch of Adventure children rising up, it’ll be thrilling to see how their tales shut. And hopefully, Toei’s planning on giving the identical remedy to the Tamers and Frontier seasons when time permits it.

Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning is due for launch someday in 2023.

[through Anime News Network]

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