38-470: Digimon Adventure may refer to: Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series) , the first anime series of the Digimon franchise Digimon Adventure (2020 TV series) , the eighth anime series of the Digimon franchise Digimon Adventure (film) , a 1999 Japanese short film Digimon Adventure (video game) , a 2013 PSP role-playing video game Topics referred to by
76-450: A stereoscopic 3D short film, was shown at Toei Animation Festival on October 3, 2009 and was later included on a set of DVD works released on February 21, 2010. Characters and Digimon from Adventure appear throughout many video games based on the franchise, such as Digimon Rumble Arena . An RPG based on the original storyline of Adventure developed by Prope and published by Namco Bandai Games , also title Digimon Adventure ,
114-464: A North American audience. Originally, scriptwriter Jeff Nimoy wanted to combine Digimon Adventure and Our War Game! while releasing Digimon Hurricane Landing / Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals as a direct-to-television movie, but the idea was overruled. In order to connect the film's stories, the script was rewritten. Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grand Prix! ( デジモンアドベンチャー3D デジモングランプリ! , Dejimon Adobenchā: Dejimon Guran Puri ) ,
152-449: A television series. The DigiDestined's character designs were created by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru. The character names are based on kanji related to luck. Digimon Adventure was produced by Toei Animation and ran for 54 episodes on Fuji TV between March 7, 1999, and March 26, 2000. The main opening theme for all episodes aired in Japan is " Butter-Fly " by Kōji Wada , which peaked at #47 on
190-502: Is "Digimon Theme" by Paul Gordon . "Hey Digimon" by Gordon, an insert song featured in the show, and was released on the original soundtrack of Digimon: The Movie along with "Digimon Theme". The English dub series was released on DVD by Twentieth Century Fox (Saban's parent company) in 2000 and by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in 2002. A complete DVD boxset of the English dub was released by New Video Group on October 9, 2012 in
228-512: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series) Digimon Adventure ( Japanese : デジモンアドベンチャー , Hepburn : Dejimon Adobenchā ) , also known as Digimon: Digital Monsters Season 1 in English-speaking territories, is a 1999 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation in cooperation with WiZ, Bandai and Fuji Television . It
266-607: Is headquartered in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima, Tokyo . Their mascot is the cat Pero, from the company's 1969 film adaptation of Puss in Boots . Toei Animation produced anime versions of works from manga series by manga artists, including Go Nagai ( Mazinger Z ), Eiichiro Oda ( One Piece ), Shotaro Ishinomori ( Cyborg 009 ), Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro ( Toriko ), Takehiko Inoue ( Slam Dunk ), Mitsuteru Yokoyama ( Sally
304-714: Is the first anime series in the Digimon media franchise , based on the Digital Monster virtual pet released in 1997. Digimon Adventure began production 1.5 months after the film of the same name was being produced, and it began broadcast in Japan a day after the film's theatrical release on March 7, 1999, airing until its conclusion on March 26, 2000. It was then followed up with the 2000 film Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! . Both films were adapted and released in North America as Digimon: The Movie on October 6, 2000. With
342-492: The Pretty Cure series. The studio was founded by animators Kenzō Masaoka and Sanae Yamamoto in 1948 as Japan Animated Films ( 日本動画映画 , Nihon Dōga Eiga ) often shortened to Nichidō Eiga ( 日動映画 ) . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was renamed Toei Doga Co., Ltd. ( 東映動画株式会社 , Tōei Dōga Kabushiki-gaisha , "dōga" is Japanese for "animation") , doing business as Toei Animation Co., Ltd. outside Japan. In 1998,
380-819: The Digimon: Digital Monsters - Collection 2 DVD an overall grade of D+. Toei Animation Toei Animation Co., Ltd. ( Japanese : 東映アニメーション株式会社 , Hepburn : Tōei Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha , / ˈ t oʊ . eɪ / ) is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company . It has produced numerous series, including Sally the Witch , GeGeGe no Kitarō , Mazinger Z , Galaxy Express 999 , Cutie Honey , Dr. Slump , Dragon Ball , Saint Seiya , Sailor Moon , Slam Dunk , Digimon , One Piece , Toriko , World Trigger , The Transformers (between 1984 and 1990, including several Japanese exclusive productions), and
418-552: The Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. "I Wish" by AiM is used as the ending theme from episodes 1–26, while "Keep On", AiM's fifth single, served as the ending theme from episodes 27–54. The series also uses three insert songs: "Brave Heart" by Ayumi Miyazaki as the Digivolution theme, "Seven" by Kōji Wada, and "Yūki o Tsubasa ni Shite" ( 勇気を翼にして ) by Toshiko Fujita , Tai's voice actress. On August 1, 2014, during
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#1732852392773456-493: The 1960s and particularly during the 1980s. In October 2021, Toei Animation announced that they had signed a strategic partnership with the South Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ ENM . On March 6, 2022, an incident occurred in which an unauthorized third party attempted to hack Toei Animation's network, which resulted in the company's online store and internal systems becoming temporarily suspended. The company investigated
494-452: The 60's, they primarily worked with Rankin/Bass, but beginning in the 80's, they worked with Marvel Productions and their list of clients grew, until the end of the decade. Toei didn't provide much outsourced animation work in the 90's and since the 2000s has only rarely worked with other companies outside Japan. Between 2008 and 2018, Toei Animation had copyright claimed TeamFourStar 's parody series, DragonBall Z Abridged . TFS stated that
532-680: The Dark Masters, a quartet of mega-level Digimon who each took control of a part of the Digital World in their absence. In the midst of their battles, they learn that they were chosen to save the real and Digital Worlds from intersecting four years ago. Tension leads to infighting within the group and causes them to temporarily separate. After reflecting, the DigiDestined reunite to defeat the last Dark Master, and confront Apocalymon who attempts to destroy both worlds. Apocalymon destroys their Crests, but
570-445: The DigiDestined realize the power of their Crests was inside them all along and manage to defeat him. With the Digital World restored, Tai and his friends leave their Digimon partners behind and return to their normal lives. In 1999, a short film based on the virtual pets called Digimon Adventure was released. However, shortly after the film's storyboard was completed in 1998, producers at Toei Animation were requested to turn it into
608-486: The Digital World by Digivices that appeared before them at summer camp, where they befriend several Digimon (Digital Monsters). The kids' Digivices allow their partner Digimon to Digivolve into stronger forms and combat enemies. As the kids explore to find a way home, they learn that they are "DigiDestined", children chosen to save the Digital World. During their adventure, the DigiDestined are hunted by Devimon, who uses black gears to corrupt various Digimon into attacking
646-556: The Japanese name was renamed to Toei Animation. It has created a number of TV series and movies and adapted Japanese comics as animated series, many popular worldwide. Hayao Miyazaki , Isao Takahata , Yasuji Mori , Leiji Matsumoto and Yōichi Kotabe have worked with the company. Toei was a shareholder in the Japanese anime satellite television network Animax with other anime studios and production companies, such as Sunrise , TMS Entertainment and Nihon Ad Systems Inc . The company
684-539: The Orange Islands among viewers aged 2–11 and 6–11. Retailers and businesses such as snack food company Jel Sert and toy store chain Toys "R" Us capitalized on the popularity of the series by licensing it for promotion with their own products. Web search engine Lycos listed Digimon as the number five fad of 2000, and it ranked 35th on the list of the year's top searches. On Anime News Network , Luke Carroll gave
722-490: The U.S and was released by Madman Entertainment on June 18, 2014 in Australia. On March 14, 2022, Discotek Media announced a Blu-ray collection. The English dub version, Digimon: Digital Monsters Season 1 , was released on December 27, 2022, while the original Japanese version, Digimon Adventure , was released on July 25, 2023. Several short films based on the series were released in theaters in Japan. Digimon Adventure
760-473: The Witch ), Masami Kurumada ( Saint Seiya ), Akira Toriyama ( Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump ), Leiji Matsumoto ( Galaxy Express 999 ), and Naoko Takeuchi ( Sailor Moon ). The studio helped propel the popularity of the Magical Girl and Super Robot genres of anime; Toei's TV series include the first magical-girl anime series, Mahoutsukai Sally (an adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga of
798-506: The franchise. Other media adaptions include a manhua released in 2000 and its sequel. A North American 12 issue adaption of the first arc of the show was published by Dark Horse Comics. A novelization was written by the Digimon Adventure screenwriter, Hiro Masaki and series director Hiroyuki Kakudō . The light novels were separated into three parts. Four Drama CDs were also released between 1999 and 2003. On its initial release,
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#1732852392773836-469: The group. After defeating Devimon, the DigiDestined are contacted by Gennai and instructed to reach the Server Continent to retrieve artifacts called Crests, allowing their Digimon partners to Digivolve into their Ultimate forms. During this time, they are targeted by Etemon. After Etemon is defeated, the DigiDestined learn from Gennai that there is an eighth DigiDestined child, who Myotismon is entering
874-807: The hack was caused by a targeted ransomware attack. Yoshikata Nitta Osamu Kasai Shigeyasu Yamauchi Kunihiko Ikuhara (eps 14–43) Animated productions by foreign studios dubbed in Japanese by Toei are The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981 Russian film, dubbed in 2008); Les Maîtres du temps (1982 French-Hungarian film, dubbed in 2014), Alice's Birthday (2009 Russian film, dubbed in 2013) and Becca's Bunch (2018 television series, dubbed in 2021 to 2022). Toei has been commissioned to provide animation by Japanese and American studios such as Sunbow Entertainment , Marvel Productions , Hanna-Barbera , DIC Entertainment , Rankin/Bass Productions and World Events Productions ( DreamWorks Animation ). In
912-526: The help of other studios such as hiring Academy Productions to produce the animation for Space Emperor God Sigma , rather than use their own studio. Toei Animation's anime which have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award are Galaxy Express 999 in 1981, Saint Seiya in 1987 and Sailor Moon in 1992. In addition to producing anime for release in Japan, Toei Animation began providing animation for American films and television series during
950-423: The incident and stated that the hack would affect the broadcast schedules of several anime series, including One Piece . In addition, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero was also rescheduled to June 11, 2022, due to the hack. On April 6, 2022, Toei Animation announced that it would resume broadcasting the anime series, including One Piece . The following day, the Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported that
988-446: The inspiration for director Mamoru Hosoda 's film Summer Wars . The two short films were combined with Digimon Adventure 02: Part 1: Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Part 2: Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals and was released as Digimon: The Movie in North America on October 6, 2000. Digimon: The Movie was altered from the original script to remove "culturally awkward" Japanese elements and introduced jokes suitable for
1026-478: The integration of more complicated science fiction stories and societal themes. The English dub gradually improved as well, making fewer and fewer alterations to the Japanese original by later episodes. As a result, many young viewers quickly outgrew Pokémon and migrated to Digimon instead. Despite the criticism, it placed first at the start of the May 2000 Nielsen ratings sweeps , surpassing Pokémon: Adventures on
1064-405: The parody series is protected under fair use . On December 7, 2021, Toei Animation copyright claimed over 150 videos by YouTuber Totally Not Mark, real name Mark Fitzpatrick. He uploaded a video addressing the issue, claiming that they were protected under fair use, and that nine of the videos do not include any Toei footage. He also outlined the appeal process on YouTube, and estimated having
1102-417: The real world to kill. The DigiDestined follow after Myotismon to the real world. After discovering that the eighth child is Tai's younger sister, Kari, and that Myotismon’s lieutenant Gatomon is her Digimon partner, the DigiDestined are able to defeat Myotismon. However, the boundaries between the real world and Digital World are intersecting, forcing them to return to the Digital World. The DigiDestined face
1140-554: The same name), and Go Nagai's Mazinger Z , an adaptation of his manga which set the standard for Super Robot anime. Although the Toei Company usually contracts Toei Animation to handle its animation internally, they occasionally hire other companies to provide animation; although the Toei Company produced the Robot Romance Trilogy , Sunrise (then known as Nippon Sunrise) provided the animation. Toei Company would also enlist
1178-431: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Digimon Adventure . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digimon_Adventure&oldid=1196932863 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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1216-501: The series found a rather large success in the United States. When it was first released in North America, the series was seen as an attempt to imitate the success of Nintendo 's Pokémon franchise. Entertainment Weekly magazine named Digimon as the "Worst Pokémon /Net Crossbreeding Attempt" in 2000. However, audiences eventually noticed that compared to Pokémon , the characters interacted and developed realistically, as well as
1254-422: The series more suitable for younger audiences. Wendee Lee , Michael Sorich and David Walsh became the voice directors. The original soundtrack of the show was replaced by music composed by Udi Harpaz and Shuki Levy , which recycled several music soundtracks from Starcom: The U.S. Space Force , Princess Sissi , Masked Rider and Spider-Man: The Animated Series . The opening theme for all episodes
1292-597: The series' 15th anniversary, a Blu-ray Disc box of the original series was announced and set for release in Japan on March 15, 2015. Saban Entertainment licensed the series in North America and produced an English-language version under the title Digimon: Digital Monsters , premiered on Fox Kids Network on August 14, 1999. The series was also broadcast in Canada on YTV . The English version featured an original soundtrack and made changes to character names, as well as edits pertaining to certain aspects such as violence to make
1330-482: The success of Digimon Adventure , a sequel television series, Digimon Adventure 02 , was broadcast from 2000 to 2001. For the series' 15th anniversary, a six-part film series titled Digimon Adventure tri. was released between 2015 and 2018, and a final film titled Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna was released in 2020. In 2020, the series was reboot and released under the title Digimon Adventure . On August 1, 1999, seven children are transported into
1368-458: The videos reinstated could take over 37 years. He then goes on to announce that he would not be supporting new Toei releases until the issue had been resolved, and also called for a boycott on the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero film. The dispute sparked discussion on YouTube on the vulnerability of creators against the copyright system and lack of fair use laws in Japan, with YouTubers such as PewDiePie and The Anime Man speaking out on
1406-548: Was originally released on March 6, 1999. The story focuses on Tai and Kari finding a Digi-egg from their computer, which hatches and quickly Digivolves, culminating in a battle. The film grossed ¥ 650 million. Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! was originally released on March 4, 2000. In the film, the DigiDestined find a virus Digimon who Digivolves into who infects the Internet. The film introduces DNA Digivolution. The film grossed ¥ 2.166 billion. Our War Game! later served as
1444-472: Was released for the PlayStation Portable on January 17, 2013, part of the line-up of video games of the 15th-anniversary celebration of the franchise. The game covers the entire series as well as the second Japanese film, Bokura no War Game , and sees the return of all the main voice actors. The game also features original story elements and an unlockable dungeon mode featuring sequel protagonists in
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