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Digimon Adventure tri. Part I's Newest Video Features "Butter-Fly" Song

Toei Animation began streaming the latest advance video for the first part of the Digimon Adventure tri. anime on Saturday. The same video, which features the theme song "Butter-Fly" by Kōji Wada, debuted at the Digimon Adventure Fes. 2015 event that same day.

AiM (Ai Maeda) is returning for the first part's ending theme "I wish." Kōji Wada returns to perform the original opening theme song, "Butter-Fly," while Ayumi Miyazaki also returns to perform the insert song, "Brave Heart." All three songs are new recordings of songs from the original Digimon Adventure series, and the CDs for all three will go on sale on November 25.

The event also debuted a new poster visual:

The anime was first announced to be a "sequel anime series" premiering in spring. It will be a 6-part film series, with the first film titled "Saikai" (Reunion) starting a limited three-week engagement in 10 theaters on November 21. The Blu-ray Disc for the first part will initially go on sale at the theaters on November 21, and iTunes will also sell the first part on the same day. The retail Blu-ray and DVD releases will follow on December 18. The earlier Digimon Adventure 02 television anime will receive a 15th Anniversary Blu-ray Box in Regular and "Jogress" Editions on March 2.

The cast for the human characters in Digimon Adventure tri. is completely different from the original series, and will star:

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
MAO as Hikari Yagami

The original cast for the Digimon partners are returning for the new anime. Atsuya Uki (Cencoroll, tsuritama) will provide the character designs, Yuuko Kakihara (Heaven's Lost Property) will act as series script supervisor, and Keitarō Motonaga (Rayearth) will direct. The rest of the staff includes:

• Executive producer: Katsuhiro Takagi
• Planning: Kōzō Morishita
• Original creator: Akiyoshi Hongo
• Animation Character Design: Masanori Shino
• Animation Director: Kōji Itō
• Chief Animation Directors: Toshiyuki Komaru, Haruhito Takada
• Main Animators: Hisashi Eguchi, Katsumi Matsuda
• Prop Design: Goichi Iwahata
• Color design: Sachiko Urushido
• Art Director: Shinji Nagaoka
• Director of Photography: Fumi Nanba
• Editing: Takashi Sakurai
• Music: Go Sakabe
• Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
• Animation producers: Takashi Sakurai, Kiyoshi Yamamoto
• Chief Producers: Atsushi Suzuki, Iriya Azuma
• Producers: Shuhei Arai, Makiko Murakami, Tohru Nishida, Kōhei Motokawa
• Animation Production Assistance: Typhoon Graphics
• Cooperation: Toei Co., Ltd.
• Planning: Toei Animation
• Production: Toei Animation

2015/8/1(土)DIGIMON ADVENTURE FES.2015後半戦が間も無くスタート‼︎物販スペースではデジモンポスターカレンダーが好評販売中。休憩時間やおかえりの際にぜひお立ち寄りください。#デジモン #8月1日 pic.twitter.com/zFhn2D80B6

— 東映アニメーション商品室公式 (@toeianimgoods) August 1, 2015

デジフェス!最高の8/1!本当に、心から楽しかった!! あの頃僕らの心を震わせ、今尚輝く作品。triもまた、そうして歴史を刻み、誰かの心を震わせられますように。 新たな冒険の始まりです。宜しくお願い致します! ps…アグモン可愛すぎる pic.twitter.com/IJAlBjTzFA

— 池田純矢 (@junya_ikeda2710) August 1, 2015

デジモンアドベンチャーイベント「DIGIMON ADVENTURE FES. 2015」開催を記念してBFNにて各種通常販売開始、予約再開しています! #bfntcp #digimon http://t.co/SV54Z6H541 pic.twitter.com/aiWWtyTanB

— バンダイファッションネット (@BANDAIFN) August 1, 2015

デジモンアドベンチャーイベント「DIGIMON ADVENTURE FES. 2015」物販グッズのバンダイファッションネットグッズはこちら! #bfntcp #digimon http://t.co/SV54Z6H541 pic.twitter.com/Y3WRaLEpue

— バンダイファッションネット (@BANDAIFN) August 1, 2015

8/1開催「デジアドFES」にデジモン可動フィギュア集結!魂ウェブ商店で受注中の「SHF カオスデュークモン」は、渡辺けんじ氏描きおろしの商品用イラストも公開! http://t.co/zOTn6ERKK3 #digimon pic.twitter.com/0ogn9jpxlD

— バンダイコレクターズ事業部公式(魂フィ) (@t_features) August 1, 2015

デジモンアドベンチャーフェス!もうすぐ始まります!!ドキドキ、ソワソワ、ワクワク! 朝早くからグッズに並んでいる方もいて、暑いから心配…会場の中も!かなり熱いですよ!!水分はしっかり取って、みんなで最高の「8月1日」にしましょうね! pic.twitter.com/usUIkZyFoa

— 吉田仁美@中☆吉の吉のほう (@hiTomi_713) August 1, 2015

Thanks to Dennis R. for the news tip

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