Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning

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

2023 1h 27m JA

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★7.0TMDB · 50🥫57%Rotten Tomatoes★6.1IMDB · 710

AnimationAdventureFantasyScience Fiction

Synopsis

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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?

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

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Cast

Fukujuro Katayama
Daisuke Motomiya (voice)
Junko Noda
V-mon (voice)
Arthur Lounsbery
Ken Ichijouji (voice)
Naozumi Takahashi
Wormmon (voice)
Ayaka Asai
Miyako Inoue (voice)
Koichi Tochika
Hawkmon (voice)
Yoshitaka Yamaya
Iori Hida (voice)
Megumi Urawa
Armadimon (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tomohisa Taguchi
Writers: Akatsuki Yamatoya
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Digimon Adventure Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, shot by Shinya Kuwabara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Harumi Fuuki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kentaro Tsubone shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Fukujuro Katayama and Junko Noda and Arthur Lounsbery carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "To our future! The secret of the Digimon and the DigiDestined is now uncovered.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tomohisa Taguchi directs. Shinya Kuwabara behind the camera. Harumi Fuuki scores. Kentaro Tsubone cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Part of the "Digimon Adventure Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, shot by Shinya Kuwabara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Harumi Fuuki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Kentaro Tsubone shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Fukujuro Katayama and Junko Noda and Arthur Lounsbery carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "To our future! The secret of the Digimon and the DigiDestined is now uncovered.".
9IMDB entry: tt22474136 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 50 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.