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Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna Anime Film's Promo Video Reveals Debut on February 21, 2020
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Toei revealed a promotional video, two visuals, and the February 21, 2020 premiere date on Sunday for the Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna anime film. Toei, and the video below, tease the film as "Taichi and Agumon's final adventure."
The taglines on the teaser visual below read, "We will always be together," and, "We walk together with Digimon, toward all the 'children.'"
Toei also revealed an image visual for the film (below). "The Future of Digimon" panel at Anime Expo revealed on Saturday that Tomohisa Taguchi (four-part Persona 3 the Movie film series, Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World, Twin Star Exorcists) is directing the film at Yumeta Company. Akatsuki Yamatoya (Digimon Adventure, Digimon Frontier, Digimon: Data Squad) is writing the screenplay, and Seiji Tachikawa (Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World, Blue Spring Ride) is the chief animation director. Toei Animation is credited for production.
As previously announced, Hiromi Seki, Toei Animation's original producer for the Digimon anime projects, is serving as the supervisor of the new film project. Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru is also returning from the first Digimon anime projects as the new film project's character designer. Kenji Watanabe is designing the Digimon monsters for the new project, as he has done for the previous Digimon projects.
The cast members are reprising their roles from the Digimon Adventure tri. anime film series. The cast includes:
- Natsuki Hanae as Taichi Yagami
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Yamato Ishida
- Suzuko Mimori as Sora Takenouchi
- Mutsumi Tamura as Kōshirō Izumi
- Hitomi Yoshida as Mimi Tachikawa
- Junya Ikeda as Jō Kido
- Junya Enoki as Takeru Takaishi
- M.A.O as Hikari Yagami
- Chika Sakamoto as Agumon
- Mayumi Yamaguchi as Gabumon
- Atori Shigematsu as Piyomon
- Takahiro Sakurai as Tentomon
- Kinoko Yamada as Palmon
- Junko Takeuchi as Gomamon
- Miwa Matsumoto as Patamon
- Yuka Tokumitsu as Tailmon
The new film project is part of the overall 20th anniversary celebration of the franchise.
Source: Press release
