Digimon Adventure tri.

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.)
Genre	Action, Adventure, Science fiction
Anime film
Reunion
Directed by	Keitaro Motonaga
Produced by	Takagi Katsuhiro
Written by	Yuuko Kakihara
Music by	Sakabe Tsuyoshi
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	November 21, 2015
Runtime	80 minutes
Anime film
Determination
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	March 12, 2016
Runtime	75 minutes
Anime film
Confession
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	Summer 2016
Related works
Digimon Adventure Digimon Adventure 02 Digimon Tamers Digimon Frontier Digimon Data Squad (Savers) Digimon Fusion (Xros Wars)

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. It is a six-part series of films in Akiyoshi Hongo's Digimon franchise, serving as a direct sequel to the first two television series, Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02, and celebrates the anime franchise's 15th anniversary.^[1] The first film, Saikai (再会, Reunion), was released on November 21, 2015 and was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on December 18, 2015.^[2] The second film, Ketsui (決意, Determination), will be released on March 12, 2016 and will be released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on April 2, 2016. The third film, Kokuhaku (告白, Confession), will be released in Summer 2016.^[3][4] The films are being streamed in episodic format outside Japan by Crunchyroll and Hulu.^[5][6][7]

Story

Saikai ("Reunion")

Three years after the events of Digimon Adventure 02, Taichi Yagami is now in high school, downhearted that none of his friends are able to come to his soccer game and feels that they are slowly drifting apart. Meanwhile, strange occurrences are causing electronic devices to malfunction across Odaiba. Minutes before Taichi's match begins, 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 (with the exception of Joe) and their Digimon partners. They defeat two of them, and 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 Taichi'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, Meikuumon, being the Digimon that Alphamon was targeting.

Cast

Chosen Children

The series features the original DigiDestined (Chosen Children),^[8] and their Digimon partners from the original TV series.^[9] The second generation of DigiDestined are only seen in an ominous cameo where they are defeated by a unknown foe, presumably Alphamon.

Adults

Development

The new series was first announced at a Digimon Adventure 15th anniversary event on August 1, 2014.^[10] Basic story details were announced on September 7, 2014, after enough fans participated in a game on the official website.^[11] 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.^[12] The series will feature the returning cast of all eight main Digimon partners from the original series. Likewise, artists Kouji Wada, Ai Maeda, and Ayumi Miyazaki return to perform new versions of the respective opening, ending, and insert themes; "Butter-Fly", "I Wish", and "Brave Heart".^[13] A continuous stream of all of the original Digimon Adventure episodes was held on website Niconico on May 4, 2015, followed by an announcement regarding the cast for the Chosen Children and broadcast details on May 6, 2015.^[8] On May 6, 2015, it was announced that tri. would not be a television series, but rather a 6-part theatrical film series.^[14] On September 18, 2015, it announced Yuko Kaida and Daisuke Namikawa were cast as Maki Himekawa and Daigo Nishijima, respectively.^[15] The first movie, Saikai (Reunion), was released on November 21, 2015.^[5] The films are being streamed outside Japan by Crunchyroll and Hulu as they are released in Japan with each film split into episodic format.^[5] The second, Ketsui (Determination), will be released on March 12, 2016.^[16][17]

Reception

Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network gave the first part, Saikai, 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 criticised 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.^[18] The film earned 59 million yen (about US$480,000) in its opening weekend in Japan.^[19] As of January 4, 2016, the film has sold 146,671 tickets for a total of 229 million yen (about US$1.95 million).^[20]

Songs

Theme song "Butter-Fly ~ tri.Version ~"

Lyricist, composer: Thousand cotton Wei Gong, arranger: Tamaki Chihiro, singer: Kōji Wada

Episode "brave heart ~ tri.Version ~"

Lyrics: Shoko Omori, composer: US Tomohiko Ota, arranger, singer: Miyazaki step

Chapter 1 OST "I wish ~ tri.Version ~"

Lyrics: Miura German child, composer: Baichuan Shan long arranger: Yuta Matsuura, singer: AiM

Chapter 2 OST "Seven ~ tri.Version ~"

Lyricist Composer: Kohei Hill / arranger: Ciba ェ Hikaru Watanabe, singer: Kōji Wada, Miyazaki step, AiM

References

External links

• Official website
• Digimon Adventure tri. (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia