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Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning

Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning

Animation · Adventure · Fantasy · 2023

In 2012, after the events of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, the early adulthood DigiDestined—Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken—must reconcile their new responsibilities with their Digimon partners. But Rui Owada, a mysterious young man, appears, claiming to be the first human to partner with a Digimon–Ukkomon. Could Rui really have been the first-ever DigiDestined?

Movie details

Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning

“To our future! The secret of the Digimon and the DigiDestined is now uncovered.”

2023 Animation · Adventure · Fantasy 1h 27m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

In 2012, after the events of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, the early adulthood DigiDestined—Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken—must reconcile their new responsibilities with their Digimon partners. But Rui Owada, a mysterious young man, appears, claiming to be the first human to partner with a Digimon–Ukkomon. Could Rui really have been the first-ever DigiDestined?

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Tomohisa Taguchi

Written by

Akatsuki Yamatoya

Fukujuro Katayama

Fukujuro Katayama

Daisuke Motomiya (voice)

Junko Noda

Junko Noda

V-mon (voice)

Arthur Lounsbery

Arthur Lounsbery

Ken Ichijouji (voice)

Naozumi Takahashi

Naozumi Takahashi

Wormmon (voice)

Ayaka Asai

Ayaka Asai

Miyako Inoue (voice)

Koichi Tochika

Koichi Tochika

Hawkmon (voice)

Yoshitaka Yamaya

Yoshitaka Yamaya

Iori Hida (voice)

Court is in session

Put Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.