Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning: anime film from the Digimon franchise that follows the adult group around Davis, Cody, Yolei, Ken, TK and Kari.
plot and background
2012 in Tokyo: completely unexpectedly, a Digi-egg appears in the sky of the Japanese metropolis, which to all appearances hatches. Davis and his Digimon Veemon, now avid noodle soup distributors, encounter the mysterious Rui Owada. He claims to be the first ever Digi Knight, yet he has no Digimon partner. Could the celestial apparition be related to Owada?
Davis and Veemon need the help of their friends around Yolei, Cody, Ken, TK and Kari, as well as their Digimon partners Hawkman, Armadillomon, Wormmon, Patamon and Gatomon.
“Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning” background, theatrical release, cast
After the 2020 feature film “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna” told the last adventure of Tai, Matt and the first generation Digitirstars on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the franchise, “Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning” will focus on the second generation around Davis, Yolei, Cody, Ken, TK and Kari. The story takes place two years after the action of the previous film.
Parallel to the Japanese theatrical release, German “Digimon” fans will have their first chance to see the film adventure on the big screen on October 27, 2023. In an exclusive cinema event, the OmU version, i.e. Japanese with German subtitles, will be shown in cinemas on that day only. The German dubbed version is not expected in cinemas here until 2024. Whether the dubbing actors around Nicolás Artajo and Josephine Schmidt will return to the booth remains to be seen. A theatrical release date for the German dubbed version of “Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning” has not yet been set.
Among others, director Tomohisa Taguchi and screenwriter Akatsuki Yamatoya, who have already worked on “Last Evolution Kizuna”, will ensure continuity.