Fans can bring the DigiDestined home in just a couple months, when the long-awaited new Digimon movie Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning arrives on Blu-ray. In honor of the 25th anniversary celebration of the anime franchise, Shout! Studios, in collaboration with Toei Animation, will release the animated feature on June 11. A new English dub trailer was dropped timed to the news.
The collectible Blu-ray + DVD combo pack for the U.S. and Canada presents the movie (in both the English-language dub and original Japanese audio with English subtitles), plus bonus featurette introduced by director Tomohisa Taguchi and a limited edition Digimon Card Game – Digimon Liberator Promotion Pack, which includes a randomized wrapped card — one of six possible cards from the new Digimon Card Game deck commemorating the upcoming Digimon Liberator webcomic.
Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning is now available to pre-order through ShoutFactory.com, and includes an exclusive movie poster as a gift-with-purchase (while supplies last).
Produced by Toei Animation, Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning entertained audiences and franchise fans across Japan and around the world through its theatrical release in 2023. Based on the TV sequel series Digimon Adventure 02 that aired in 2000, this brand-new movie adventure is a contemporary continuation of the series but with the DigiDestined children now 20-year-old young adults.
Synopsis: It’s 2012, and 10 years have passed since the adventure in the Digital World. Daisuke Motomiya is now twenty, and he and the rest of the DigiDestined seem to be changing bit by bit in terms of appearance and lifestyle. Then one day, a giant Digitama suddenly appears in the sky over Tokyo Tower. Daisuke and the others encounter a mysterious young man named Lui Ohwada, who informs them that he’s the first ever DigiDestined in the world…
Director Tomohisa Taguchi and scriptwriter Akatsuki Yamatoya with production by Toei Animation — the same team behind the most recent film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna — reunite to weave this new story.
The home entertainment release features an English dub produced by Toei Animation specifically for the U.S. theatrical run: Brian Donovan, who voiced the character Daisuke Motomiya in the TV series, returns to the role for this new feature film, along with an exciting team of voice talent and Digimon luminaries, including Jeannie Tirado (My Hero Academia), Bryce Papenbrook (Attack of Titan), Tara Sands (Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters), Johnny Yong Bosch (Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero) and Derek Stephen Prince (Digimon Adventure 02), among others.
