Digimon Adventure

"You never forget your first Digimon."

1999 0h 20m JA

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7.6

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★7.6TMDB · 97

AnimationAdventureActionFantasyFamily

Synopsis

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Two children receive a strange egg that hatches into their very first Digimon, leading to the night that would change their lives forever.

“You never forget your first Digimon.”

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Cast

Toshiko Fujita
Taichi Yagami (voice)
Kae Araki
Hikari Yagami (voice)
Chika Sakamoto
Koromon (voice)
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Taichi's Mother (voice)
Yumi Touma
Miiko the Cat (voice)
Hiroya Ishimaru
Taichi's Father (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Writers: Reiko Yoshida, Akiyoshi Hongo
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Digimon Adventure (Short Film) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mamoru Hosoda, shot by Shigeru Ando. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Toshiko Fujita and Kae Araki and Chika Sakamoto carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You never forget your first Digimon.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2049430 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Mamoru Hosoda directs. Shigeru Ando behind the camera. Yasuhiro Yoshikawa cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Digimon Adventure (Short Film) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Mamoru Hosoda, shot by Shigeru Ando. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Yasuhiro Yoshikawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Toshiko Fujita and Kae Araki and Chika Sakamoto carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "You never forget your first Digimon.".
8IMDB entry: tt2049430 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 97 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Released under 13 different titles around the world.