Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning
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Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning (デジモンアドベンチャー02 THE BEGINNING Dejimon Adobenchā 02 The Beginning) is an animated feature film. It is the fifth installment of the Digimon Adventure continuity, and features the cast of Digimon Adventure 02.
Characters[edit]
| Child | V-mon, Wormmon, Hawkmon, Armadimon, Patamon |
| Adult | Tailmon, Stingmon, Ankylomon, Aquilamon, Angemon |
| Perfect | Paildramon, Silphymon, Shakkoumon, Angewomon |
| Ultimate | Imperialdramon: Dragon Mode, Imperialdramon: Fighter Mode |
| Child | Ukkomon |
| Ultimate | Big Ukkomon |
Summary[edit]
Premise[edit]
In February 2012,[1] a giant Digitama appears in the sky.[2] Motomiya Daisuke and his group of Chosen Children intervene to save a young man, Ohwada Lui, from falling from Tokyo Tower. Lui claims to them that he was the world's first Chosen Child.[3]
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Related Media[edit]
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- Main article: Digimon Adventure (series) § Media
Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna is the fifth major production in the Digimon Adventure continuity. It is set in 2012, thirteen years after Digimon Adventure, ten years after Digimon Adventure 02, and two years after the preceding film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna.
Drama CDs[edit]
Three audio dramas tying into The Beginning were distributed digitally via redemption codes given to screening attendees during certain weeks of the film's theatrical run,[7] and were later included in CD form as a bonus feature in the Japanese deluxe Blu-ray release.[8]
- Episode 1: "Daisuke's First Step! The Motomiya Noodle Shop Opens"
第１弾「大輔の第一歩！麺屋もとみや開店」
Distributed in theaters from October 27 to November 2, 2023[7] - Episode 2: "An SOS from my Brother! Takeru and Hikari's Top-Secret Mission!?"
第２弾「兄へのSOS！ タケルとヒカリ極秘ミッション！？」
Distributed in theaters from November 3 to November 9, 2023[7] - Episode 3: "To Our Future!"
第３弾「ボクたちの、未来へ！」
Distributed in theaters from November 10 to November 16, 2023[7]
Credits[edit]
| Position | Name | Kanji/Kana |
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| Production | Takagi Katsuhiro Yoshimura Fumio |
高木勝裕 吉村文雄 |
| Planning | Morishita Kōzō | 森下孝三 |
| Original Concept | Hongō Akiyoshi | 本郷あきよし |
| Screenplay | Yamatoya Akatsuki | 大和屋暁 |
| Character Design | Nakatsuru Katsuyoshi | 中鶴勝祥 |
| Digimon Character Design | Watanabe Kenji | 渡辺けんじ |
| Supervisor | Seki Hiromi | 関弘美 |
| Animation Character Design | Tachikawa Seiji | 立川聖治 |
| Lead Animation Direction | Tachikawa Seiji | 立川聖治 |
| Lead Animation Direction | Nishimura Rie | 西村理恵 |
| Color Design | Goda Saori | 合田沙織 |
| Art Setting | Iraha Risa | 伊良波理沙 |
| Art Director | Kiyoki Ayu | 清木亜夕 |
| CG Chief Director | Itō Hitomi | 伊藤仁美 |
| Director of Photography | Kuwabara Shinya | 桑原真也 |
| Music Director | Īda Satoki | 飯田里樹 |
| Edited By | Tsubone Kentarō | 坪根健太郎 |
| Executive Producer | Shinohara Satoshi Suzuki Atsushi |
篠原智士 鈴木篤志 |
| Senior Producer | Inoue Takahiro Shibata Hiroaki |
井上貴博 柴田宏明 |
| Project Producer | Noguchi Kōichi | 野口光一 |
| Producer | Shimomura Eri | 下村英里 |
| Production Supervision | Yamaguchi Satoshi | 山口聰 |
| Animation Producer | Urushiyama Atsushi | 漆山淳 |
| Production Management | Sunouchi Ryō | 須之内亮 |
| Animation Production | Yumeta Company | ゆめ太カンパニー |
| Production | Toei Animation Toei Co. |
東映アニメーション 東映 |
| Assistant Director | Sasahara Yoshifumi | 笹原嘉文 |
| Director | Taguchi Tomohisa | 田口智久 |
Soundtrack[edit]
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Production[edit]
Marketing[edit]
The Beginning—at the time, with no publicly revealed title—was first announced on August 1, 2021 at DigiFes 2021, alongside Digimon Ghost Game, in the form of a teaser poster with a simple, monochromatic style.[4] A teaser trailer was also released, consisting of narration from Motomiya Daisuke while the teaser poster is shown.[2]
The film's primary creative staff and key art of the main cast were announced and revealed at DigiFes 2022;[1] before DigiFes itself, Kinoshita Yōsuke appeared on a pre-event stream on July 20 to preview redacted scripts and storyboards from the ramen restaurant scene early in the film, during which its title was revealed.[9] Several minutes from the beginning of the film were also shown at DigiFes 2022, depicting the same events described by Daisuke in the teaser trailer and the Chosen Children's first encounter with Ohwada Lui.[3]
On March 25, 2023, Toei Animation announced that The Beginning would be released on October 27, 2023, and released a teaser trailer and a second teaser poster.[5] The film's trailer and poster were both released during DigiFes 2023 on July 30, 2023.[6]
In the lead-up to the release of The Beginning, Tokyo MX rebroadcast a selection of episodes of Digimon Adventure 02 from July 4, 2023 onward.[10]
Release[edit]
The Beginning premiered at the Shinjuku Wald 9 theater on October 5, 2023,[11] prior to its general Japanese theatrical opening on October 27.
Revisions[edit]
Japanese home media releases of The Beginning use a print of the film that has been revised from the original theatrical release. Among its changes to the original footage are corrections to most (but not all) instances of erroneously colored D-3s:
- The screen bezels of Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru and Hikari's D-3s were white in the theatrical print, and were corrected to black in the home media print.
- The theatrical print depicted Ichijouji Ken's D-3 with a completely different color scheme: it had black grips and a white body, matching the other five Chosen Children's D-3s. The home media print corrects it to its standard gray-body/black-grip coloration from previous Digimon Adventure media.
As of June 2024, US home media and streaming releases of The Beginning—both the subtitled release of the Japanese version, and the American English dub—continue to use the original theatrical print of the film, and so still have the miscolored D-3s.[12]
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Reception[edit]
Extra[edit]
Evolutions[edit]
- V-mon > XV-mon
- Wormmon > Stingmon
- XV-mon + Stingmon > Paildramon > Imperialdramon: Dragon Mode ↔ Imperialdramon: Fighter Mode
- Hawkmon > Aquilamon
- Tailmon > Angewomon
- Aquilamon + Tailmon > Silphymon
- Armadimon > Ankylomon
- Patamon > Angemon
- Ankylomon + Angemon > Shakkoumon
- Ukkomon >>> Big Ukkomon
Edits[edit]
American English[edit]
The American English dub of Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning (which retains the original Japanese title) was produced by Toei Animation itself, with Studiopolis conducting its ADR production.
Additional Information[edit]
External Links[edit]
- Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning official website
- Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning teaser trailer from DigiFes 2021
- Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning trailer from DigiFes 2023
| Digimon Adventure 02 | |
| Main Characters | Motomiya Daisuke • Inoue Miyako • Hida Iori • Yagami Hikari • Takaishi Takeru • Ichijouji Ken • Ohwada Lui |
| Partner Digimon | V-mon • Hawkmon • Armadimon • Tailmon • Patamon • Wormmon • Ukkomon |
| Original Chosen Children | Yagami Taichi • Agumon • Ishida Yamato • Gabumon • Takenouchi Sora • Piyomon • Izumi Kōshirō • Tentomon • Tachikawa Mimi • Palmon • Kido Jo • Gomamon |
| International Chosen Children | Michael Barton Jr. • Wallace • Terriermon • Lopmon • Tatum • Sam • Maria • Lou • Steve • Hoi Brothers • Yuehon • Dien • Mina • Dingo • Catherine Deneuve • Chichos • Anna • Lara • Yuri |
| Supporting Characters | Motomiya Jun • Inoue Mantarou • Inoue Chizuru • Inoue Momoe • Hida Hiroki • Hida Fumiko • Hida Chikara • Ichijouji Osamu • Gennai • Yagami Yuuko • Yagami Susumu • Ishida Hiroaki • Takaishi Natsuko • Takaishi Michel • Takenouchi Haruhiko • Takenouchi Toshiko • Izumi Kae • Izumi Masami • Tachikawa Keisuke • Tachikawa Satoe • Kido Shin • Kido Shuu • Qinglongmon • Yoshizawa Takashi • Kawada Noriko • Shibata Hiroshi • Kurata Keiko |
| Antagonists | Digimon Kaiser • Dagomon • Chimairamon • Oikawa Yukio • Archnemon • Mummymon • Black War Greymon • Demon • Demon Corps (Skull Satamon • Lady Devimon • Marin Devimon) • Belial Vamdemon • Armagemon |
| Terms | Chosen Child • D-3 • D-Terminal • Digimental • Dark Seed • Dark Tower • Digital Gate • Evil Ring • Evil Spiral • Jogress Evolution • Smartphone Digivice |
| Movies | Digimon Adventure 02: Vol. 1: Digimon Hurricane Landing!!/Vol. 2: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals • Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon Strikes Back • Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning |
| Drama CDs | Digimon Adventure 02: Armor Evolution to the Unknown • Digimon Adventure 02: The Door to Summer • Digimon Adventure 02: Original Story 2003 -Spring- |
| Related | List of Episodes • List of Characters • List of Locations • List of Music/Albums • List of Character Goods • Japanese Cast |
