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Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning

  • 2023
  • TV-Y7-FV
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
717
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Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning (2023)
Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken must reconcile 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.
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Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken must reconcile new responsibilities with their Digimon partners. But Rui Owada, a mysterious young man, appears claiming to be the firs... Read allDaisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken must reconcile 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.Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken must reconcile 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.

  • Director
    • Tomohisa Taguchi
  • Writers
    • Akiyoshi Hongo
    • Akatsuki Yamatoya
  • Stars
    • Fukujurou Katayama
    • Junko Noda
    • Arthur Lounsbery
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    717
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tomohisa Taguchi
    • Writers
      • Akiyoshi Hongo
      • Akatsuki Yamatoya
    • Stars
      • Fukujurou Katayama
      • Junko Noda
      • Arthur Lounsbery
    • 9User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Fukujurou Katayama
    • Daisuke Motomiya
    • (voice)
    Junko Noda
    • V-Mon
    • (voice)
    Arthur Lounsbery
    • Ken Ichijôji
    • (voice)
    Naozumi Takahashi
    • Wormmon
    • (voice)
    Ayaka Asai
    • Miyako Inoue
    • (voice)
    Kôichi Tôchika
    • Hawkmon
    • (voice)
    Yoshitaka Yamaya
    • Iori Hida
    • (voice)
    Megumi Urawa
    • Armadimon
    • (voice)
    Jun'ya Enoki
    • Takeru Takaishi
    • (voice)
    Miwa Matsumoto
    • Patamon
    • (voice)
    Mao Ichimichi
    Mao Ichimichi
    • Hikari Yagami
    • (voice)
    Yuka Tokumitsu
    • Tailmon
    • (voice)
    Megumi Ogata
    Megumi Ogata
    • Rui Owada
    • (voice)
    Rie Kugimiya
    Rie Kugimiya
    • Ukkomon
    • (voice)
    Adaeze Cornelia Anane
    Adaeze Cornelia Anane
    • Academy Student Digimon Trainer
    • (voice)
    • (as Adaeze Anane)
    A.J. Beckles
    A.J. Beckles
    • Lui
    Robbie Daymond
    Robbie Daymond
    • Armadillomon
    • (voice)
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    Brian Donovan
    Brian Donovan
    • Davis Motomiya
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Tomohisa Taguchi
    • Writers
      • Akiyoshi Hongo
      • Akatsuki Yamatoya
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    5Drago1995

    it's meh, but good to see the 02 homies again!

    This movie feels like it should have been a plot for an Episode in the series and not a whole ahh movie they could have done better, i was afraid this was gonna be a bit of nostalgia bait im happy to say i didn't have to pay any money for watching the movie because i don't like having to fund nostalgia bait to get my money. Im gonna say i am a bit disappointed but im happy that we got another movie with the season 2 cast which were my favorites and i grew up watching more that season that the first one, but yeah they kind of did us dirty and the plot of this movie makes no damn sense, could it be a translation issue, how did he make the Digimon bonds and the chosen ones a thing if Taichi and his sister encountered Agumon in 1995, and Lui had Ukkomon in Feb 1996 that shi makes no damn sense.
    6maan_dentist

    WHY. What is this??

    Ok, this movie was SO disappointing! Why did they have to choose this plot of "Your bonds between your DIGIMON & partner are fake & I'm responsible for it"?? The plot is weak, doesn't/didn't make any sense, also the new character Lui got a lot of screentime! To add, how he lost his eye is pathetic & laughable! Really?? That's how you lost your eye?! The only good thing about this movie was personally we got to see the 02 kids again on their own movie, & the fact we got to see all the evolutions again! I'm a huge fan of DIGIMON, but this ain't it. Come on, Toei. This movie had potential, & they ruined it!
    4simonpick-74522

    Confusing sentimental nonsense

    Nothing in this film makes any sense. It's just a set of set-pieces strung together, no logic to any of it. The writers know the effects they want to achieve, but don't put enough effort into getting there. It's a typical sentimental Japanese effort. All presentation, no content.

    The story centres on the childhood trauma of some character called Lui. However, the story doesn't have the courage of its convictions and wipes it all out at the end, for reasons that aren't really very clear. Somehow this is supposed to be terribly significant for the world of Digimon, but it doesn't really come across.

    4 stars for some atmospheric visuals. I'll stick to Pokemon, at least their films have plots.
    6nickraman-27699

    Doesn't have the emotional consequences as Kizuna, but...

    If you're watching 02 - the beginning right after Last Evolution Kizuna, you may end up with more questions than satisfaction.

    While the timeline placement does follow the events of Kizuna, the 02 kids don't have a whole lot of emotional consequences compared to what Taichi and Yamato and the 01 gang went through (you do get a blink-and-miss cameo.) The Beginning feels like another Tri episode and the majority of the film is focused on Lui and Ukkomon.

    The dub did have confused moments where Jogress and DNA digivolve were intertwined plenty of times. Also the fate of the 6 is pretty questionable as they currently have alternative tools for digivolution.

    Hope this isn't the end of Adventure and more is in the offering from Toei. Here's hoping Toei will continue this path of Adventure films as canonically, they have like 15 years left before the end game epilogue (unless that plans to be retconned.)
    6davidnebotib

    Big Drama

    In saw the film last weekend, and I think is a good film to introduce a new films about Digimon.

    But, for this reason, you can see a "large chapter" very repetitive about the story. So, you can see the "problem" about the relationship between childs and digimons.

    Well, in this film we can see the Digimon's Beginning, How start all. But well, you can see a new boy, and a powerful digimon...

    I hope a new digimon, or a more action, but in this case I saw a big drama about "the bad past" about the new boy.

    And the ending, the battle was very poor and nothing about the relationship about digimons and the childs.

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      Follows Dejimon Adobenchâ (1999)
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    • Release date
      • October 27, 2023 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official website (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Digimon 02: The Beginning
    • Production companies
      • Toei Animation
      • Yumeta Company
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,531,234
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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