The Digimon - Il Film !FULL!
Angeles Bartholomew
Several films have been released in the Digimon franchise. Of those films, two short films animated completely in CGI have never been screened outside Japan, while Digital Monster X-Evolution, which was not related to any of the Digimon television series, was first broadcast on television. The other films are primarily hand-drawn and related to the television series. The first three films were localized into English and compiled into a single film, Digimon: The Movie. Subsequent films up to Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon were also released in English as well. The Digimon Adventure tri. film series, whose films are streamed worldwide with English subtitles on the same day as they were released in Japanese theaters, were also later released in dubbed versions outside Japan.
Digimon Adventure is the first Digimon Adventure film. It was released in Japan on March 6, 1999.[1] It was released in the United States on October 6, 2000, as the first part of Digimon: The Movie.
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game![2] is the second Digimon film. It was released in Japan on March 4, 2000.[3] It was released in the United States on October 6, 2000, as the second part of Digimon: The Movie.
Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals is a 2000 film and the third Digimon movie, released for the Toei Animation Summer 2000 Animation Fair. It was released in Japan on July 8, 2000.[4] The film was screened in two parts, with Ojamajo Doremi #: The Movie screening in between. The film's ending theme song is "Stand By Me Hitonatsu no Bōken" (スタンドバイミーひと夏の冒険, Sutando Bai Mī Hitonatsu no Bōken) by AiM.[5] It was released in the United States on October 6, 2000, as the third part of Digimon: The Movie. The events of the film take place during the second season of Digimon Adventure 02.
In the Japanese version of the films, Willis only appeared in Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!!/Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals (the basis for the segment "Present Day") and had no connection to the events depicted Digimon Adventure ("Eight Years Ago") and Our War Game! ("Four Years Later"). The English version rewrote Willis' backstory to include his involvement with Diaboromon to connect the movies together.[6]
In July 2023, Discotek Media announced plans to release both Digimon: The Movie and the individual films. The films are being given new dubs featuring surviving members of the original cast, including Brian Donovan, Doug Erholtz and Lara Jill Miller, as well as newly cast members.[7]
Digimon: The Movie is a compilation film with footage from the featurettes Digimon Adventure (1999), Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (2000), and Digimon Adventure 02: Part 1: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!!/Part 2: Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals (2000). It was released in the U.S. and Canada by Fox Kids on October 6, 2000.
Digimon Adventure tri. is a six-part film series, taking place three years after the events of Digimon Adventure 02. When mysterious occurrences cause infected Digimon to appear in the real world, the original DigiDestined members face the changes that are happening in their own lives. Reunion was released in Japan on November 21, 2015, with an English dub version to be released in September 2016, Determination was released in Japan on March 12, 2016, and Confession released on September 24, 2016. Loss was released on February 25, 2017, Coexistence was released on September 30, 2017, and Future was released on May 5, 2018.[10]
Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna is a film to directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, written by Akatsuki Yamatoya, and animated by Yumeta Company. Toei Animation is produced the movie. It marked the 20th anniversary of the debut of Digimon Adventure and was released in Japan on February 21, 2020.[11]
Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon originally released in Japan as Digimon Tamers: Runaway Digimon Express, is the sixth Digimon film.[13] It was released in Japan on March 2, 2002. It was released in the United States on October 2, 2005.
Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon originally released in Japan as Digimon Frontier: Ancient Digimon Revival (デジモンフロンティア: 古代デジモン復活!!, Dejimon Furontia: Kodai Dejimon Fukkatsu!!) is the seventh Digimon film.[14] It was released in Japan on July 20, 2002. It was released in the United States on November 27, 2005.
Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Burst Mode Activated!! (デジモンセイバーズ: 究極パワー バーストモード発動, Dejimon Seibāzu: Kyūkyoku Pawā! Bāsuto Mōdo Hatsudō!!) is the ninth Digimon film. It was released on December 9, 2006, by Toei Animation based on the series Digimon Data Squad.[16]
Digital Monster X-Evolution (デジタルモンスター ゼヴォリューション, Dejitaru Monsutā Zevoryūshon) is the eighth Digimon film, and the first to air originally on Japanese television. It aired on January 3, 2005, at 7:15 am. UTC+9/JST on the Fuji TV network.[18] On August 1, 2020, as part of DigiFes 2020, Toei Animation streamed Digital Monster X-Evolution on their YouTube channel, though it lacked subtitles.
Digimon: The Movie is a 2000 animated film adaptation produced by Saban Entertainment and distributed by 20th Century Fox as part of the Digimon franchise. The film used footage from the short films Digimon Adventure (1999), Digimon Adventure: Our War Game![2] (2000), and Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals (2000), while the events of the film take place during the first two seasons of Digimon: Digital Monsters.
Production of the film began in 2000 after Fox sought to bring a feature film to the Digimon franchise. Only three seasonal short films were produced for the series in Japan, which Fox was contractually obligated to produce as one cohesive film by Toei Animation.[3] Due to the drastically different plots and budget restraints, more than 40 minutes of scenes from the individual Japanese films were cut to save time and introduced several changes in tone, dialogue, and plot.[4] Owing to the number of changes made, it is considered an original work by the press.[5]
Digimon: The Movie was released in the United States on October 6, 2000, by 20th Century Fox and was a box office success, grossing over $16 million worldwide (equivalent to over $29 million in 2022[6]) against a production budget of $5 million. Despite negative critical reviews, the film had a more positive reception from both fans and audiences, and has since garnered a small cult following.[7][8][9][10]
Toei Animation had animation fairs every spring and summer with featurettes showcasing their current animated titles.[4][15] The first Digimon short film was Digimon Adventure, directed by Mamoru Hosoda in his directorial debut[16] and released on March 6, 1999 for the Toei Animation Spring 1999 Animation Fair. Production precedes final decisions on the 1999 television series of the same name and is subject to several conditions imposed by the Digimon media franchise executives.[17] The event alongside Yu-Gi-Oh! short and Dr. Slump : Arale's Surprise Burn grossed 650 million.[18]
Several animation critics speculated that Fox had wanted to replicate the success of the first two Pokémon films by releasing a feature film for Digimon as well.[4][26][27] The only films produced for Digimon at that time were Digimon Adventure (1999), Digimon Adventure: Our War Game![2] (2000), and Digimon Adventure 02: Part I: Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Part II: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals (2000), which were all seasonal featurette films.[4] The films were originally planned to be released as separate theatrical films, until Fox settled on releasing them as a singular film.[3]
Around Q2 1999, when production for the English dub of Digimon Adventure had concluded, writers Jeff Nimoy and Bob Buchholz were offered to write Digimon: The Movie while negotiating their contracts to return to write for the show's second season.[3] Nimoy stated that he was concerned about combining the plot of Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals, particularly because of its slow pacing and introduction of eight new characters that were not in the first two films.[3] He had proposed to Haim Saban to use the Digimon Adventure and Our War Game! and release the third film separately as a direct-to-video film or as a DVD extra.[14][3] Nimoy also stated that producer Terri-Lei O'Malley suggested using Our War Game! and Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals, and releasing the first film as a DVD extra or television special, reasoning that the animation style of the first film did not match the last two.[3] However, all suggestions were overruled and they were forced to include all three films out of contractual obligations with Toei Animation.[3] Nimoy had been disappointed with this decision, and it was one of the factors that led him and Buchholz into leaving the writing team near the end of Digimon Adventure 02's run in North America.[14]
Nimoy and Buchholz first rearranged footage from Digimon Adventure, Our War Game!, and Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals to outline the overall plot of Digimon: The Movie.[3] As Nimoy and Buchholz noticed that Digi-eggs were a recurring image in all three films, they used that to connect their narratives.[3] After editing the footage and sending it to post-development, they began writing the script for the film.[3] Originally, Nimoy had Tai narrate, but as Tai did not make an appearance in the third part of the movie, he changed it to Kari.[14]
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