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Eight children (five boys and three girls) are holding small electronic devices. Behind them are eight creatures of various sizes and appearances.
Jacket art of the 2007 Japanese DVD box set release of Digimon Adventure by Happinet.

At a total of 54 episodes, the 1999 anime series Digimon Adventure, created by Toei Animation,[1] is the longest in the Digimon franchise.[Note 1] It aired in Japan on Fuji TV between March 7, 1999, and March 26, 2000.[1][2] The series was directed by Hiroyuki Kakudō and produced by Keisuke Okuda, featuring music composition by Takanori Arisawa and character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru.[3] The story revolves around a group of elementary school students known as the DigiDestined, who are transported to a parallel Digital World and find themselves in a quest to save it from evil forces with the help of their partner creatures. The series was followed in 2000 with a sequel titled Digimon Adventure 02.

Digimon Adventure was broadcast with English dubbing in the United States on CBS and in Canada on CBC BC.[4][5] The series premiered on August 14, 1999, in the United States.[6] When it was first released in North America, the series was seen as an attempt to imitate the success of Nintendo's Pokémon franchise. Entertainment Weekly magazine named Digimon as the "Worst Pokémon/Net Crossbreeding Attempt" in 2000.[7] Despite the criticism, it placed first at the start of the May 2000 Nielsen ratings sweeps, surpassing Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands among viewers aged 2–11 and 6–11. Retailers and businesses such as snack food company Jel Sert and toy store chain Toys "R" Us capitalized on the popularity of the series by licensing it for promotion with their own products.[6] Web search engine Lycos listed Digimon as the number five fad of 2000, and it ranked 35th on the list of the year's top searches.[8] Overall licensing of English-language material of the series was managed by Paramount Pictures part of Viacom and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,[6] which was eventually owned by Sony Corporation of America. Digimon Adventure has been compiled into DVD box sets by CBS Home Entertainment and Happinet in Japan and by MGM Home Enertainment in North America.

Kōji Wada's song "Butter-Fly" was used as the opening theme for the series, and Ai Maeda's (credited as AiM) songs "I wish" and "Keep on" were used as ending themes.[9][10] The English opening featured an original composition by Paul Gordon.

Episode list

# CBS title
Original Japanese title translated to English
Original Japanese title 		Director Screenwriter Original airdate English airdate

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Volume DVDs

Japanese release

Digimon Adventure was released as a 9-disc DVD boxed set by Bandai Visual on July 25, 2006, with each disc containing six episodes.[11] Happinet also released its own 9-disc set on December 21, 2007.[12]

North American release

The first 13 episodes released in 2000 by CBS Video and then the entire series from MGM Home Entertainment. It has released a 6-disc boxed set in North America.[13]

United Kingdom release

The first 20 episodes were released on DVD by Maximum Entertainment and jetix films between 2004-2008.[14][15][16]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The sequel series, Digimon Adventure 02, contains a total of 50 episodes. Subsequent spin-off series, Digimon Tamers, Digimon Frontier, and Digimon Data Squad, contain 51, 50, and 48 episodes each.

References

  1. ^ a b "デジモンアドベンチャー各話あらすじ" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved September 15, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "デジモンアドベンチャー - フジテレビ" (in Japanese). Fuji Television. Retrieved September 15, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "メインスタッフリスト" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved September 15, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Anime TV Changes". Anime News Network. February 27, 2000. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  5. ^ "Canadian TV Anime News". Anime News Network. August 12, 2000. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  6. ^ a b c "'Digimon' Licensees Sign as Ratings, Retail Success Grows". PR Newswire. June 13, 2000. Archived from the original on July 15, 2005. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
  7. ^ "Princess Mononoke among Entertainment Magazine's best 10 of 2000". Anime News Network. December 18, 2000. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  8. ^ "Dragon Ball Z #1 Fad". Anime News Network. December 21, 2000. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  9. ^ "デジモンアドベンチャー" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved September 15, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Keep on (Single)". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  11. ^ "デジモンアドベンチャー DVD-BOX" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved September 14, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "デジモンアドベンチャー DVD-BOX" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved September 14, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Digimon Limited Edition Collectors Box Set: The Complete First Season". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
  14. ^ "Digimon Volume One". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  15. ^ "Digimon Volume Two". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  16. ^ "Digimon Volume 3". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
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