These 4 promotional images from the anime film were revealed today Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning which will premiere on October 27, 2023.
The film’s story takes place in February 2012, a little after the stories of Digimon Adventure tri. and the anime Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna. The character designs below show protagonist Daisuke Motomiya (Davis Motomiya) and the others as 20 years old.
With production by Toei Animation the animation is from the studio Yumeta Companythe direction is Tomohisa Taguchi (Persona 3 the Movie, Kino’s Journey – The Beautiful World, Twin Star Exorcists) and the script is by Akatsuki Yamatoya (Digimon Adventure, Digimon Frontier, Digimon: Data Squad).
In the cast we have:
- Fukujurō Katayama as Daisuke Motomiya
- Junko Noda as V-Mon
- Arthur Lounsbery as Ken Ichijōji
- Naozumi Takahashi as Wormmon
- Ayaka Asai as Miyako Inoue
- Kouichi Toochika as Hawkmon
- Yoshitaka Yamaya as Iori Hida
- Megumi Urawa as Armadimon
- Junya Enoki as Takeru Takaishi
- Miwa Matsumoto as Patamon
- MAO as Hikari Yagami
- Yuka Tokumitsu as Tailmon
- Megumi Ogata as Rui Ōwada
- Rie Kugimiya as Ukkomon
The producer Yōsuke Kinoshita (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna) previously emphasized that the new film will revolve around the characters from Digimon Adventure 02. He further explained that the team wanted to tell a story about Daisuke and his friends because they have a different appeal compared to Taichi/Tai and his friends from the anime series. Digimon Adventure.
Digimon Adventure 02 was the first direct continuation of the first series Digimon Adventure, although it featured a new set of main characters. The anime series aired from April 2000 to March 2001 in Japan.