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Digimon Adventure tri.
Key visual featuring the protagonists from Digimon Adventure 6 years after the events of the original series.
デジモンアドベンチャー tri.
(Dejimon Adobenchā tri.)
GenreAction, Adventure, Science fiction
Anime film
Reunion
Directed byKeitaro Motonaga
Produced byTakagi Katsuhiro
Written byYuuko Kakihara
Music bySakabe Tsuyoshi
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedNovember 21, 2015
Runtime96 minutes[1]
Anime film
Determination
Directed byKeitaro Motonaga
Produced byTakagi Katsuhiro
Written byYuuko Kakihara
Music bySakabe Tsuyoshi
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedMarch 12, 2016
Runtime88 minutes[2]
Anime film
Confession
Directed byKeitaro Motonaga
Produced byTakagi Katsuhiro
Written byYuuko Kakihara
Music bySakabe Tsuyoshi
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2016
Related works

Digimon Adventure tri. (Japanese: デジモンアドベンチャーtri., Hepburn: Dejimon Adobenchā Torai) is a Japanese action-adventure anime film series produced by Toei Animation. Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Akiyoshi Hongo's Digimon franchise, the six-part series serves as a direct sequel to the first two television series, Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02.[3]

The first film, Reunion (再会, Saikai), was released in Japan on November 21, 2015 and will be released in North America in October 2016. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on December 18, 2015.[4]

The second film, Determination (決意, Ketsui), was released on March 12, 2016. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on April 2, 2016.

The third film, Confession (告白, Kokuhaku), will be released on September 24, 2016.[5]

The films are being streamed in episodic format outside Japan by Crunchyroll,[6] Hulu,[7] and AnimeLab,[8] while Eleven Arts is distributing the English-language films.[9]

Story

Chapter 1: Reunion

Three years after the events of Digimon Adventure 02, Taichi Yagami, now in high school, feels downhearted that he and his friends seem to be slowly drifting apart. Meanwhile, strange occurrences are causing electronic devices to malfunction across Odaiba. Minutes before Taichi is due to play a soccer match, a Kuwagamon that had been causing the malfunctions suddenly appears, soon taking physical form and causing collateral damage to the city. Just as Taichi is cornered, his Digivice shines and his old partner Agumon appears while digivolving into Greymon to fight the stronger Kuwagamon. As the two Digimon end up traveling through portals to an airport in Haneda, Taichi is given a ride by his substitute teacher, Daigo Nishijima. As more Kuwagamon appear, Taichi is joined by the other DigiDestined and their Digimon partners, who defeat two of them before a mysterious hand abducts the last one.

Following the battle, as the DigiDestined look over the strange occurrences leading up to Kuwagamon's appearance, which are believed to be caused by distortions in space, Taichi and Yamato pay a visit to Nishijima, who reveals himself to be part of an organization monitoring Digimon activity, particularly infected Digimon like the Kuwagamon that appeared. As Koushiro develops ways to provide easier access to their Digimon partners and seek out digital disturbances, Taichi begins to fear that people could get hurt as a result of his actions as a DigiDestined. The next day, a mysterious black Digimon known as Alphamon appears, seemingly targeting a Digimon under the care of Meiko Mochizuki, a girl who recently transferred into Tai's class. With Alphamon proving too powerful for the other Digimon, Yamato urges Taichi to stop running away from his fears, and together they manage to drive Alphamon off with the power of Omegamon. Afterwards, Meiko reveals that she is also a DigiDestined with her partner, Meicoomon, being the Digimon that Alphamon was targeting.

Chapter 2: Determination

While Joe stays home to study for his exams, the Digidestined and their Digimon go on a trip to a hot spring inn, where they come across Nishijima and Himekawa. During the trip, the girls get into a bit of a mishap when Biyomon and Meicoomon are separated from them and wind up in the men's baths. Following the trip, Himekawa and Nishijima test out specialized weapons against an appearing infected Ogremon, who is taken back to the Digital World by Leomon. Later, as Mimi prepares for a cheer girl café for her class in the upcoming school festival, she tries to fight against the infected Ogremon when it appears in the hopes of improving the Digimon's reputation, only for Togemon's attacks to inadvertently cause a nearby news helicopter to crash, resulting in the opposite effect. While Leomon approaches the DigiDestined, explaining what happened to Ogremon when he became infected, Mimi is further scolded by her classmates for her seemingly selfish ideas. As Mimi laments how selfish she's been, she hears from Joe about how he's been avoiding battles with the Digimon to try and fit into adulthood, lamenting his own cowardice.

As Gomamon decides to run away from home, Koushiro receives an ominous message in digital code. On the day of the school festival, Meiko shows Mimi her support by wearing her cheer girl outfit for the café, while the Digimon sneak into the festival to try and win a costume contest for free food. Afterwards, Gomamon tells Joe that he ran away because he felt he didn't want to fight together anymore, leading Joe to get angry about having to fight and storming off. Just then, Meicoomon is captured by Ken Ichijouji, who appears to have once again become the Digimon Emperor. As Palmon and Gomamon, along with a partially infected Leomon, chase after them into the digital distortion, coming up against an infected Imperialdramon, Hikari urges Joe to fight by his partner's side. Overcoming his own worries for the sake of his partner, Joe manages to digivolve Gomamon into his Mega level form, Vikemon, while Mimi also manages to digivolve Palmon into her Mega level form, Rosemon. Although the Digimon manage to defeat Imperialdramon and return safely, Meicoomon suddenly becomes hostile, killing Leomon and escaping into the Digital World.

Chapter 3: Confession

After Meicoomon disappears, Koushiro fails to get any answer from an unresponsive Meiko, and fearing that their Digimon friends may be infected as well, he puts them under quarantine in his office. However, their fears are confirmed when Patamon starts showing signs of the illness, and Agumon and the others use Hikari's voice to tell their human partners about an important secret concerning the Digital World. Taichi and the other chosen children are shocked after the big secret is revealed to them. Despite their entangled feelings, they make a decision...

Cast

See also: List of Digimon Adventure characters

The series features the original DigiDestined (Chosen Children)[10] and their Digimon partners from the original TV series.[11] The English-language dub of the films uses the localised names originally used in Saban Entertainment's English adaptation of the original TV series, while Crunchyroll's subtitled release of the films uses Japanese names for human characters and English names for the Digimon.

Character Japanese Voice English Voice
Tai Kamiya / Taichi Yagami Natsuki Hanae
Yamato "Matt" Ishida Yoshimasa Hosoya Vic Mignogna[12]
Sora Takenouchi Suzuko Mimori Colleen O'Shaughnessy
Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi Mutsumi Tamura Mona Marshall
Mimi Tachikawa Hitomi Yoshida Philece Sampler
Joe Kido Junya Ikeda Robbie Daymond
Takeru "T.K." Takaishi Junya Enoki Johnny Yong Bosch
Kari Kamiya / Hikari Yagami Mao Ichimichi Tara Sands
Meiko Mochizuki Miho Arakawa Cristina Vee
Agumon Chika Sakamoto Tom Fahn[12]
Gabumon Mayumi Yamaguchi Kirk Thornton[12]
Biyomon Katori Shigematsu
Tentomon Takahiro Sakurai Jeff Nimoy[13]
Palmon Kinoko Yamada
(Shihomi Mizowaki) 		Anna Garduno
Gomamon Junko Takeuchi R. Martin Klein
Patamon Miwa Matsumoto Laura Summer
Gatomon Yuka Tokimitsu Kate Higgins
Meicoomon Yukiko Morishita Kate Higgins[14]
Leomon Hiroaki Hirata
Maki Himekawa Yuko Kaida Kate Higgins
Daigo Nishijima Daisuke Namikawa Doug Erholtz
Announcer Chiaki Matsuzawa
Ogremon Hisao Egawa
Yuuko Yagami Katori Shigematsu Dorothy Fahn[15]

Development

The new series was first announced at a Digimon Adventure 15th anniversary event on August 1, 2014.[16] Basic story details were announced on September 7, 2014, after enough fans participated in a game on the official website.[17] On December 13, 2014, Toei announced the series full title and staff. The series is being directed by Keitaro Motonaga with scripts by Yuuko Kakihara and character design by Atsuya Uki.[18] The series will feature the returning cast of all eight main Digimon partners from the original series.[19] A continuous stream of all of the original Digimon Adventure episodes was held on the Niconico website on May 4, 2015, followed by an announcement regarding the cast for the Chosen Children and broadcast details on May 6, 2015.[10] On May 6, 2015, it was announced that tri. would not be a television series, but rather a 6-part theatrical film series.[20] On September 18, 2015, it announced Yuko Kaida and Daisuke Namikawa were cast as Maki Himekawa and Daigo Nishijima, respectively.[21] The first movie, Reunion, was released on November 21, 2015. The second movie, Determination, was released on March 12, 2016.[22] The third movie, Confession, will be released on September 24, 2016.[5] The films are being streamed outside Japan by Crunchyroll, Hulu, and AnimeLab as they are released in Japan, with each film split into four episodes.[6][7][8]

An English-language version of Reunion will be distributed by Eleven Arts in North American theaters in October 2016, following a Fathom Events screening to be held on September 15, 2016.[9] Eleven Arts CEO Ko Mori stated that the English dub will resemble the Japanese version in tone and style but will feature original music.[23]

Indonesian cinemas CGV Blitz and Platinum Cineplex will run Reunion in their respective theaters nationwide on August 3, 2016.[24][25]

Music

The series composition is composed by Sakabe Tsuyoshi. Kōji Wada returned to perform the opening theme song known as "Butter-Fly～tri.Version～". Ayumi Miyazaki performs the insert theme song known as "brave heart～tri.Version～".[19] The ending theme song for Saikai (Reunion) is "I wish～tri.Version～" by Ai Maeda.[26] The ending theme song for Ketsui (Determination) is "Seven～tri.Version～" by Wada, Miyazaki, and Maeda.[27] The ending theme for Kokuhaku (Confession) is "僕にとって" (Boku Ni Totte) by Knife of Day (Yoshimasa Hosoya).[28]

Reception

Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network gave the first part, Saikai (Reunion), a B rating. In his review, he praised the film for its production values and heartwarming fanservice to old-school Digimon fans, though noted that very little happens during the first film. He also criticized the episodic format used for streaming, feeling the "episodes" are split up at awkward points in the story due to the film's slow pacing.[29] The first movie earned 59 million yen (about US$480,000) in its opening weekend in Japan.[30] As of January 4, 2016, it has sold 146,671 tickets for a total of 229 million yen (about US$1.95 million).[31]

For the second film, Ketsui (Determination), Chapman gave a B+ rating. In his review, he praised Mimi and Joe's character development, including how it was done without neglecting the rest of the cast, as well as the comedy bits and the plot twist at the ending. However, he criticized the drop in animation quality and the lack of combat scenes in comparison to the previous installment.[32] It sold 17,543 tickets for 30 million yen (about US$265,000) on its first day of screening in Japan, surpassing the day-one box office results for the first one and earning more than 46 million yen (about US$407,000) on its opening weekend.[33] As of March 31, 2016, it has earned 144 million yen (about US$1.29 million).[34]

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