Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning
is a 2023 Japanese anime adventure film produced by Toei Animation. Set in the same continuity of the first two Digimon television anime series, it serves as the series finale of the Digimon Adventure 02 story. It was first released on October 5, 2023 at Shinjuku Wald 9 and then Japanese theaters on October 27. On October 5, multiple movie theaters in the United States announced they would be releasing an English dub of the movie on November 8. The English dub was then officially confirmed on October 10.

Premise
Two years after the battle against Eosmon, Davis Motomiya, Ken Ichijouji, Yolei Inoue, Cody Hida, T.K. Takaishi, and Kari Kamiya meet a boy named Lui Ohwada, who is found with a depowered Digivice and claims to be the first Digidestined ever. In addition, a Digimon named Ukkomon appears in the real world, who wants every person in the world to have their own digimon partner.

Cast

Production
The film was first announced in August 2021 as being prominent to the television series Digimon Adventure 02. Director Tomohisa Taguchi and writer Akatsuki Yamatoya are reuniting from the latest film, Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, to work in The Beginning. Producer Yōsuke Kinoshita said the movie revolve around the characters from Digimon Adventure 02 rather than the first anime because of how different they are from the original cast. The first keyvisual used the line "I'm the first person to ever partner with a Digimon" in reference to the new character voiced by Megumi Ogata; "I became the world's first chosen child." Ogata, who is making her first appearance in the Digimon series, has trust in the director, specifically the visuals which she finds striking. Ukkomon, played by Rie Kugimiya, was the subject of the confusion by the actress as she noticed her name has impact but finds the angel-like design appealing. Producer Hiromi Seki empashized the franchise involves different forms of relationships. Owada remained enigmatic to the audience as the producer and Taguchi came up with several twists about his role in the movie.

In July 2023, a new trailer was released a new line about a "sad yet gentle truth behind the birth of DigiDestined", the main characters from the both television series. In the main visual, which was unveiled at the same time as this preview, all six "DigiDestined" gather against the backdrop of countless digital balls spread over Tokyo Tower. The staff for upcoming new film unveiled four character poster visuals on September 11, 2023 and used music from the television series to promote it; "Ashita wa Atashi no Kaze ga Fuku" by Ai Maeda. Taguchi emphasized a different theme within The Beginning that makes the film stand out; While Last Evolution Kizuna focused on the end of the DigiDestined, The Beginning instead deals with their origins.

References

2020 films
2023 anime films
2023 films
Adventure anime and manga
Animated adventure films
Digimon films
Japanese fantasy adventure films
Japanese sequel films
Toei Animation films
Yumeta Company