Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express

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Premier Date JapanMarch 2, 2002
United StatesOctober 2, 2005
Director Nakamura Tetsuharu
Character Design Animator
Character Designer Nakatsuru Katsuyoshi
Animation Director Ueno Ken
Producer Baba Atsunari
Composer Arisawa Takanori
Duration 30 minutes
Home Release November 21, 2002
Official Site Official Toei Website

Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express (デジモンテイマーズ 暴走デジモン特急 Dejimon Teimāzu Bōsō no Dejimon Tokkyū; Dub: Digimon: Runaway Locomon) is a short film. It is the second and final film to be based on the Digimon Tamers anime series, and is set after the series' conclusion.

It premiered on March 2, 2002 as part of the 2002 Spring Toei Anime Fair, alongside ONE PIECE: Chopper's Kingdom on the Strange Animal Island and its preceding short film The Dream Soccer King.

Characters[edit]

Summary[edit]

Teaser[edit]

Makino Ruki and her mother, Makino Rumiko, are at Ueno Station, on their way home from having gone out for hanami. Ruki is on her mobile phone, grilling Matsuda Takato over how suspicious she finds it that her mother would take her out for hanami when it is not the right season. Takato caves and admits that the others are trying to prepare a surprise birthday party for her. Although she is privately conflicted about it, she insists to Takato that she does not want any such party.

At that moment, Locomon runs past at great speed, causing a commotion. Ruki takes off after it.

As the others make their preparations for the birthday party, word of Locomon's appearance on the Yamanote Line begins to spread on news bulletins and in public, getting their attention. The other Tamers take notice and begin to set off in pursuit of it as well. Another train sees Locomon coming straight at it, and is diverted at the last moment to avoid a collision.

Meanwhile, Katou Juri (who had initiated the idea for the party in the first place, as Takato later admits to Ruki) and Culumon are at Ruki's home with her grandmother, Hata Seiko, preparing the cake for the party. Juri, too, sees a news bulletin about Locomon.

Act 1[edit]

Takato and Guilmon rush to Shinjuku Station as Locomon approaches, and Takato realizes that Locomon is not a normal train, but a Digimon. Guilmon evolves into Growmon and attempts to manually stop Locomon. However, Locomon insists that it must "keep going" 「走り続けるんだ!」 and increases its speed, throwing Growmon off the Omekaido Overbridge and onto the street below. Takato jumps aboard Locomon's rear train car and instructs Growmon to seek help from the others as the train carries him away.

At Akihabara Station, Lee Jianliang, Lee Shaochung, Terriermon and Lopmon disembark from their train, having originally intended to pick Ruki up, but Jianliang insists that they head for Shinjuku in response to Locomon's appearance, and plots a new route via Ochanomizu to deal with the Yamanote Line disruptions. Partway through their walk there, while Jianliang has stopped to give Shaochung a piggyback ride when she becomes too exhausted to keep walking, Terriermon spots a Digital Zone in the sky over Ichigaya. As they hurry, Jianliang speculates that Locomon has created a distortion in the network, which is accreting over Ichigaya.

Aboard Locomon's train, Takato starts making his way forward through the train cars, aiming to reach Locomon itself.

Ruki rushes north along the Yamanote line to intercept Locomon the next time that it passes by, although, as she admits to Renamon, she has no plan for what to do.

At the railway command center, operators take notice of Locomon and order all other trains to halt. Yamaki Mitsuo arrives and takes command of their systems, comes to a similar conclusion to Jianliang, and has Ootori Reika establish a computer link with Hypnos and initiate a scan.

Shioda Hirokazu and Guardromon run into Kitagawa Kenta and Marin Angemon, as well as Guilmon who, exhausted and devolved, is shambling along by himself. Guilmon reports to them what Takato is doing.

Takato reaches Locomon's cab as Ruki and Renamon jump off a bridge to board Locomon as well. With Renamon present, they are able to attempt Takato's initial plan—Slash a Shellmon card and use its Hydro Pressure to extinguish Locomon's firebox—but the fire is too hot for the water to have any effect. Ruki attempts to grill Takato further about the birthday party—Takato admits it was Juri's idea—but Takato's apology over knowing that Ruki does not like parties strikes a nerve.

Impmon (as Beelzebumon) rides up alongside Locomon on Behemoth and attempts to shoot out Locomon's mechanisms to halt its movement. His shots have no effect at all, and Locomon deploys its Wheel Grinder to stop him, tearing apart Behemoth and ending Beelzebumon's pursuit of it.

Meanwhile, the Digital Zone continues to spread downward, making contact with Ichigaya below it and causing the terrain and buildings themselves to start glitching. Reika and Onodera Megumi conclude from their scans that, if not stopped, the Digital Zone will merge with the Real World. Yamaki theorizes that they could reverse the process if they could force Locomon to run through the Digital Zone, and orders the railroad operators to construct a new, physical switch at Yoyogi Station to redirect Locomon onto the Chūō–Sōbu Line toward Ichigaya.

Act 2[edit]

Hirokazu, Kenta and Guilmon run into Jianliang, who has since left Shaochung behind at Shinjuku Station, but accidentally took Lopmon with him instead of Terriermon. Jianliang suggests that they commandeer a nearby train engine and have Guardromon propel it, so they can catch up to Locomon. The group leaves Guilmon behind, who begins digging under the rail lines.

Workers report to the operations office that two children are aboard Locomon. Yamaki immediately concludes that it is the Tamers and contacts Takato and Ruki to inform them of the plan to redirect Locomon, and instructs them to disembark beforehand. Ruki is unhappy at the news and snaps at Takato, insisting that she does not trust adults, and sets off back into Locomon's cab by herself, intent on stopping it alone. However, when she attempts to do so, tentacles erupt from its firebox.

As Locomon approaches Yoyogi, Yamaki calls Takato and Renamon again and instructs the group to disembark immediately. Ruki returns to the room, possessed, and approaches the two ominously, wielding a massive wrench. Renamon senses that something is amiss, but Takato obliviously keeps trying to update her.

Inside her head, Ruki relieves an old memory of herself in her early childhood on a swing, singing, with her father. She suddenly takes the place of her child self and, although she remarks on not liking singing, begins singing the same song. The "memory" progresses to her present-day self enjoying her father's company, but her father abruptly walks away without her and vanishes.

In reality, the possessed Ruki violently swings the wrench at Takato and Renamon, telling them in a monotone not to get in her way and that she "wants to sing."邪魔しないで。 あたし、歌いたいの。」 Renamon moves to protect Takato from Ruki.

Outside, Locomon rapidly approaches the hole that Guilmon has dug. Guilmon hides in the hole, then, as Locomon's last train car passes, grabs on to it from below. Guardromon's train is in pursuit. Locomon runs through Shinjuku Station, and Shaochung notices that Ruki, Takato and Renamon are all on board it. As Guardromon's train passes, Jianliang reaches out and pulls Terriermon aboard, while Lopmon disembarks and rejoins Shaochung.

While Guilmon smashes his way through Locomon's train cars to reach Takato, Guardromon's car pulls ahead. They witness Renamon, heavily injured, being thrown out of the train, and Guardromon catches her.

Aboard the train, Takato flees from Ruki and climbs onto Locomon's roof. Yamaki calls him to try and get an update, but the mobile phone is shot out of Takato's hands. Takato's words continue to go unacknowledged by Ruki. Meanwhile, inside the train car below them, Guilmon smells something suspicious and, despite Hirokazu's attempts to stop him, fires a Fire Ball that blasts apart Locomon's back and reveals a mass of tentacles. In doing so, he also reveals an insect-like entity with legs and tentacles protruding from Ruki's back.

Jianliang uses his D-Ark's Digimon Analyzer function, which identifies Parasimon. Parasimon becomes visible on top of Locomon itself, having taken possession of it and, apparently, forced it to want to "keep running," in addition to also controlling Ruki through its tentacles. Ruki/Parasimon fires lasers at Takato and throws him off the train, and he barely clings onto the edge.

The operation's office receives word that preparations at Yoyogi are almost complete. However, Yamaki instead insists that they delay putting the plan into action, as he trusts the Tamers to resolve the crisis.

Guilmon climbs on top of Locomon as well, completely unnoticed by Ruki. He spots the Parasimon entity on Ruki's back and, without hesitating, destroys it with his Rock Breaker, freeing Ruki. He helps Takato climb back aboard.

Act 3[edit]

With the preparations at Yoyogi complete and Locomon nearly there, Yamaki gives the order to divert Locomon onto a different track, sending it toward the Digital Zone. However, the turbulence from the track causes Ruki to fall off Locomon. Takato grabs her hand, and he and Guilmon try to keep her from falling.

Locomon evolves into Grand Locomon. Guardromon's train continues its pursuit of Grand Locomon, and Jianliang worries that Takato, Ruki and Guilmon will be sent into the Digital Zone as well. At Renamon's request, Guardromon speeds the train up, enabling Renamon to reboard the train cars, open a window, and pull Ruki inside.

Grand Locomon disengages the other train cars, threatening to leave Takato and Ruki behind. They race to catch up with Grand Locomon before they are left behind, but Ruki encounters Parasimon tentacles that ensnare her and drag her away to Parasimon.

In response, Takato and Guilmon Matrix Evolve into Dukemon and climb aboard Grand Locomon. Dukemon cleaves through Parasimon's tentacles and releases Ruki. While he accuses Parasimon of manipulating Ruki and Locomon, Renamon concedes that without Parasimon, they would never have heard Ruki's singing. In "gratitude" for that, Dukemon easily destroys Parasimon with Royal Saber, but as it dies, it fires into the Digital Zone and declares that it has already accomplished its mission and that Grand Locomon will run forever.

In response to Parasimon, many more Parasimons Realize from the Digital Zone and attack Tokyo. Dukemon and Jianliang conclude that Parasimon's plan was to have Locomon create a Digital Zone, though which the other Parasimons could enter and invade the Real World. Jianliang, Terriermon, Ruki and Renamon Matrix Evolve into Saint Galgomon and Sakuyamon, and Saint Galgomon carries Sakuyamon and Dukemon to the Digital Zone to engage the Parasimons. However, despite the Parasimons being unable to withstand their attacks, they keep Realizing in numbers too massive for the three to keep up.

Hypnos' systems detect another, different Digimon Realizing: Akiyama Ryo and Cyberdramon in their Matrix Evolved form, Justimon. He joins the battle to assist them, although Ruki is not impressed to see Ryo.

Elsewhere, Guardromon's train comes under attack from Parasimons, who Guardromon and Marin Angemon easily dispatch. At Shinjuku Station, multiple Parasimons corner Shaochung and Lopmon, but Beelzebumon (in his Blast Mode) arrives to protect them.

The sheer numbers of the Parasimons begin to overwhelm Dukemon, Sakuyamon, Saint Galgomon and Justimon. As the four are ensnared, Takato/Dukemon defiantly declares that they will not be beaten, and unleashes a bright red light, Mode Changing into Dukemon: Crimson Mode.

Dukemon: Crimson Mode flies at the Digital Zone and, using Quo Vadis, throws Gungnir into the aperture of the Digital Zone. It calls down a wave of light that impacts the city and disintegrates all of the Parasimon, ending the battle.

Grand Locomon is freed from possession, reverts into Locomon, and departs into the Digital Zone as it vanishes. However, its disposition does not change at all, and it still insists that it must "keep running," to the confusion of the Tamers.

That evening, at the Makino household, the Tamers (now joined by Juri and Culumon), their Digimon, Rumiko and Seiko, gather for the birthday party. Everyone else is excited for the occasion, but Ruki barely responds at all, although she does acquiesce when Juri asks her to blow out the candles. Afterward, the party continues, although when Shaochung ends her attempt at karaoke and asks Ruki to go next, Ruki silently leaves the room. Rumiko volunteers to sing instead.

Takato moves to follow Ruki and check in on her, but Renamon appears and stops him, and the two walk away. Ruki sits by herself on the veranda of the house, silently watching the sunset for a time.

"Digimon Analyzer" (D-Ark Display)[edit]

ロコモン
Locomon
Locomon
Locomon:
Machine Digimon. Perfect Level!

Matsuda Takato

ロコモン:
マシン型デジモン。完全体!

松田 啓人

Locomon
Profile
Locomon:
Machine Digimon. Ultimate!

Takato Matsuki

パラサイモン
Parasimon
Parasimon
Parasimon:
A Parasite Digimon, Parasimon.

Lee Jianliang

パラサイモン:
寄生型デジモン、パラサイモン。

李 健良

Parasimon
Profile
Parasimon:
A Parasite Digimon!

Henry Wong

グランドロコモン
Grand Locomon
Grand Locomon
Grand Locomon:
Ultimate Level!

Kitagawa Kenta

グランドロコモン:
究極体!

— [[Kitagawa Kenta|Template:Kitagawa Kenta]]

GranLocomon
Profile
GranLocomon:
He digivolved into GranLocomon... He's a Mega!

Kenta Kitagawa

Screenshots[edit]

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Gallery[edit]

Home Media Box Art[edit]

Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express DVD cover

Promo[edit]

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Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express promo art
Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express promo art
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Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express promo art

Credits[edit]

Position Name Kanji/Kana
Production Takaiwa Tan (Toei)
Tomari Tsutomu (Toei Animation)
Yamashita Hideki (Shueisha)
Miyauchi Masaki (Fuji Television)
Azuma Satoshi (Bandai)
高岩淡(東映)
泊懋(東映アニメーション)
山下秀樹 (集英社)
宮内正喜(宮内正喜)
東聡(バンダイ)
Planning Baba Atsunari 馬場厚成
Original Concept Hongo Akiyoshi
(Serialized in Shueisha's "Monthly V-Jump")
本郷あきよし
(集英社「月刊Vジャンプ」連載)
Screenplay Masaki Hiro まさきひろ
Music Arisawa Takanori 有澤孝紀
Production Manager Takanashi Yōichi 高梨洋一
Editor Nishiyama Shigeru 西山茂
Audio Recording Ikegami Nobuteru 池上信照
CG Director Watanabe Terushige 渡辺輝重
Digital Photography Noritomo Kunihito 則友邦仁
Art Director Yuki Shinzō 行信三
Color Design Itasaka Yasue 板坂泰江
Character Design Nakatsuru Katsuyoshi 中鶴勝祥
Animation Director Ueno Ken 上野ケン
Director Nakamura Tetsuharu 中村哲治
Seiyū Kanji/Kana Character Voice Actor
Nozawa Masako 野沢雅子 Guilmon/
Dukemon
Steven J. Blum
Tsumura Makoto 津村まこと Matsuda Takato/
Dukemon
Brian Beacock
Tada Aoi 多田葵 Terriermon/
Saint Galgomon
Mona Marshall
Yamaguchi Mayumi 山口真弓 Lee Jianliang/
Saint Galgomon
Dave Wittenberg
Imai Yuka 今井由香 Renamon/
Sakuyamon
Mari Devon
Orikasa Fumiko 折笠富美子 Makino Ruki/
Sakuyamon
Melissa Fahn
Yanada Kiyoyuki 梁田清之 Guardromon (TBA)
Tamaki Yukiko 玉木有紀子 Shioda Hirokazu Brad MacDonald
Iwamura Ai 岩村愛 Marin Angemon (TBA)
Aoyama Touko 青山桐子 Kitagawa Kenta Steven J. Blum
Kanemaru Jun'ichi 金丸淳一 Akiyama Ryo/
Justimon
Steve Staley
Seta Ikkei 世田壱恵 Cyberdramon/
Justimon
Lex Lang
Asada Yōko 浅田葉子 Katou Juri Philece Sampler (uncredited)
Kaneda Tomoko 金田朋子 Culumon (TBA)
Takahashi Hiroki 高橋広樹 Beelzebumon (TBA)
Chiba Susumu 千葉進歩 Yamaki Mitsuo Steven J. Blum
Nagano Ai 永野愛 Ootori Reika Philece Sampler (uncredited)
Miyashita Fumiko 宮下富三子 Onodera Megumi (TBA)
Kojima Kazunari 小嶋一成 Railroad Laborer (TBA)
Sugino Hiroomi 杉野博臣 Railway Command
Center Manager
(TBA)
Mochizuki Yūta 望月祐多 Locomon Lex Lang
Kimotsuki Kaneta 肝付兼太 Parasimon David Lodge
Uncredited roles
Nagano Ai 永野愛 Lee Shaochung Peggy O'Neal
Tada Aoi 多田葵 Lopmon Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (uncredited)

Soundtrack[edit]

Main article: Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express Original Soundtrack
  • Insert Song: "SLASH!!"
    Songwriter: Yamada Hiroshi (山田ひろし)
    Composer: Ōta Michihiko (太田美知彦)
    Arranger: Ōta Michihiko (太田美知彦)
    Artist(s): Ōta Michihiko (太田美知彦)
  • Insert Song: "One Vision"
    Songwriter: Yamada Hiroshi (山田ひろし)
    Composer: Ōta Michihiko (太田美知彦)
    Arranger: Ōta Michihiko (太田美知彦)
    Artist(s): Tanimoto Takayoshi (谷本貴義)

Uncredited songs:

Production[edit]

Chiaki J. Konaka has stated that he was not involved in, or consulted for, the production of The Runaway Digimon Express, and has claimed that his lack of involvement is the reason for the discontinuities between the Digimon Tamers series and the film.[1]

Reception[edit]

In a May 2020 Digimon Web poll in which users voted on their favorite Digimon films, The Runaway Digimon Express placed seventh, earning 4% of the vote.[2]

Extra[edit]

Evolutions[edit]

Cards[edit]

In Other Media[edit]

Parasimon has a recurring role in Version 2.0 of the Southeast Asian D-Power Digivice toy, as a random encounter which can abduct and possess Digimon in the players party. Digimon who are possessed by Parasimon appear in subsequent random encounters to fight the player, and may be rescued from Parasimon by defeating them.

Home Media Releases[edit]

Image Name ID No. Format RRP Release Date Notes
Running Time Picture Track Audio Track Distributor
80px Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express
デジモンテイマーズ 暴走デジモン特急
VCTM02775[3] VHS ¥2,940[3] Japan November 21, 2002[4]
31 minutes[3] Unknown Unknown (Japanese) Toei Video[3]
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デジモンテイマーズ 暴走デジモン特急
DSTD02133[5]/
DYTD02133[6]
DVD ¥4,725 (2000s)[5]
¥2,695 (2020s)[6]
Japan November 21, 2002[5] Bonus Features:[6]
31 minutes[6] 16:9 (letterboxed), Color[6] Surround sound (Japanese)[6] Toei Video[6]
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デジモン THE MOVIES Blu-ray 1999-2006
BSTD03773[7] Blu-ray Disc ¥27,500[7] Japan January 9, 2015[7]
Main article: Digimon THE MOVIES Blu-ray 1999-2006

Included on Disc 3 with Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers' Battle.

301 minutes (total)[7] 16:9 1080p, Color[7] Disc 3: Linear PCM stereo sound (Japanese)[7] Toei Video[7]
The Movies BD Vol3 cover.jpg Digimon THE MOVIES Blu-ray Vol.3
デジモン THE MOVIES Blu-ray Vol.3
BSTD03893[8] Blu-ray Disc ¥5,500[8] Japan January 6, 2016[8]

Individual release of Disc 3 of the Digimon THE MOVIES Blu-ray 1999-2006 boxed set. Compilation release which also includes Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers' Battle.

Bonus Features:[8]

  • Trailer
82 minutes (total)[8] 16:9 1080p, Color[8] Dolby TrueHD 5.1 linear PCM stereo sound (Japanese)[8] Toei Video[8]

Edits[edit]

American English[edit]

The American English dub of The Runaway Digimon Express, re-titled Digimon: Runaway Locomon, was produced by Studiopolis on behalf of The Walt Disney Company in 2005 (several years after production on the dub of Digimon Tamers itself concluded), alongside dubs of the other three previously undubbed Toei Anime Fair films. It aired on Toon Disney's "Big Movie Show" programming block.

Since its original airing, the Runaway Locomon dub has never been issued on home media or streaming services.

  • As usual for American English dubbed Digimon productions, the score is almost totally replaced in Runaway Locomon. However, instead of reusing music from the Saban Entertainment dub of the Tamers series, Runaway Locomon reuses the soundtrack of Disney's dub of Digimon Frontier, including using the Frontier dub's theme song, "A World For Us All" (albeit modified to remove the lyrics' references to Frontier's Spirit Evolution concept) as a substitute for the Saban "Digimon Theme."
    • There is one major exception to the soundtrack replacement: the melody for "Yūhi no Yakusoku" is retained in Runaway Locomon, and new English lyrics are written for it. Unlike the original, however, it is only heard once as the version that Rika Nonaka (Makino Ruki) sings in her imagination, and no version of it is played over the end credits (which, like the other films dubbed in 2005, use an instrumental version of "A World For Us All").
  • As usual for contemporary American English Digimon dubs, dialog is generally longer-winded, previously nonexistent jokes are often added, and previously nonexistent dialog is often added over what were originally moments of silence. Notably, they routinely make puns using the word "loco" (Spanish for "crazy") in relation to Locomon.
  • In The Runaway Digimon Express, Makino Rumiko takes Ruki out for hanami as a means to keep her busy while the others prepare for the birthday party, and since it is not the appropriate season for hanami, she is immediately and vocally suspicious. In Runaway Locomon, Rika is instead taken to the museum, and her cause for suspicion is instead that her mother "likes Mizrahi, not Monet."
  • In The Runaway Digimon Express, when Kitagawa Kenta and Marin Angemon see the news bulletin about Locomon, its audio is not heard. Runaway Locomon adds voiceover for the news bulletin.
  • Although it did already have lines of dialog in The Runaway Digimon Express, Runaway Locomon greatly expands the amount of dialog that Locomon is given. Additionally, unlike the original, Locomon's dub voice is an impression of American country singer Johnny Cash.
  • In Runaway Locomon, Guilmon sometimes, but not always, addresses Takato Matsuki (Matsuda Takato) as "Takatomon." He does not do this in The Runaway Digimon Express. This is a continuation of a trend in the Tamers dub, which perpetuated the "Takatomon" nickname significantly longer than the original version, in which it was only used in one scene in one episode.
  • In The Runaway Digimon Express, the characters routinely name-drop actual locations and train stations in Tokyo as they relate to their mission. Runaway Locomon omits all of these mentions in favor of generic terms like "downtown" and a numbering system for the railway stations. This is a departure from the Tamers dub, which generally retained references to Japanese locations.
  • Some, but not all, background Japanese text is edited out. Notably, the Digimon Analyzer readouts are not edited at all and still present Digimon names in Japanese, unlike the Tamers dub.
  • As in the dub of Tamers, the "EVOLUTION" and "MATRIX EVOLUTION" text readouts on D-Ark screens during evolution stock footage are edited to instead read, respectively, "DIGIVOLUTION" and "BIOMERGE DIGIVOLUTION," and the computerized masculine D-Ark voice is "replaced" with the same less computerized feminine voice from the Tamers dub. However, the edited visual effect is inconsistent with that of the Tamers dub and is much cheaper-looking, as unlike the series' footage edits, the text a) is presented in plain Impact typeface with no attempt made to resemble the pixelated original, and b) just wipes in in rather than blinking in letter-by-letter.
    • The cursor from the original footage, appearing beneath each new letter, can still be seen beneath the edited text in Runaway Locomon, but it clearly matches the edited text in neither timing nor positioning.
    • In the case of Guilmon digivolving into Growlmon (Growmon), the original "EVOLUTION" voice clip is also not completely removed, as for some reason it still plays immediately after the dub's "DIGIVOLUTION" voice clip, also unlike the Tamers dub.
  • Unlike The Runaway Digimon Express, in Runaway Locomon, Henry Wong (Lee Jianliang) does not plan an alternate route to Shinjuku after rail services are suspended. Instead, Terriermon bluntly suggests that they "can walk!"
  • In Runaway Locomon, the sound effects of Beelzemon's (Beelzebumon) gun shots are replaced with laser sound effects.
  • In The Runaway Digimon Express, when Ruki reacts to Yamaki's phone call, she says that she does not trust adults. In Runaway Locomon, Rika instead says that she specifically does not trust Yamaki and that she does not need his help.
  • In Runaway Locomon, footage relating to Biomerge Digivolution (Matrix Evolution) that depicts the Tamers undergoing the evolution or inside the resulting Digimon (in which, as in the series, they are depicted nude but without any anatomical features at all, as is a common trope in Japanese media) is routinely censored using white flashes to obscure anything below their waists. This is a departure from the dub of Tamers itself, which rarely, if ever, censored any such footage.
  • In The Runaway Digimon Express, as in the Tamers series, Matrix Evolved Digimon externally speak with a single voice comprised of a more mature version of the Digimon's voice, and separate speech from the constituent Tamers and Digimon is generally reserved for internal monolog. In Runaway Locomon, as in the Tamers dub, Biomerged Digimon generally speak in the voices of both the Tamer and Digimon speaking in unison, sometimes separating into them speaking individually.
  • Nineteen seconds of Gallantmon's (Dukemon) encounter with the first Parasimon—constituting everything between Renamon's remark that "But thanks to him, we got to hear a beautiful song" and Parasimon fading away—is cut from Runaway Locomon. Since the cut footage includes all of the footage of Dukemon attacking and killing Parasimon, Gallantmon is not depicted doing so at all in Runaway Locomon, making it appear as if the act of cutting Rika free is what caused it to die.
  • Several seconds of footage are cut from the fight between the Biomerged Digimon and the Parasimon horde in Runaway Locomon.
  • In The Runaway Digimon Express, at Ruki's birthday party, the characters perform karaoke versions of various Japanese Tamers songs: Lee Shaochung sings "The Biggest Dreamer," and Rumiko sings "My Tomorrow." In Runaway Locomon, these are replaced with generic songs.
  • The last shot of The Runaway Digimon Express depicts Ruki sitting alone at her house, watching the sun set. In the original, there is no dialog over this shot. Runaway Locomon adds voiceover to the shot, in which Rika repeats a line from her song—"You promised me we'd stay for the sunset"—in her thoughts. (In the original, this is also the point at which AiM's credits version of "Yūhi no Yakusoku" starts playing as the credits begin to roll.)
  • The Runaway Digimon Express's closing credits are cut entirely, in favor of a split-screen setup in which credits roll over black next to clips from the movie. The footage that plays in the background of the original credits—Ruki getting up after watching the sunset for a while, and still images of the cast's activities after the film—is not repurposed anywhere.

Additional Information[edit]

References Notes
  1. Konaka, Chiaki (Trans. Sasaki, Amy). "Character Notes: Ruki Makino". DIGIMONTAMERS RESOURCES. September 2, 2002.
  2. "デジ民投票 第2回結果発表!" デジモンウェブ | デジモン公式総合サイト. June 5, 2020.
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