After the epic six-part movie Digimon Adventure tri., there’s more to the journey of the Digital Monsters. There needed to be something special since it’s the 20th anniversary of the characters. Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna arrives at the end of September and early October for fans to once more enjoy the DigiDestined. Here’s the press release from Shout! Factory and Toei Animation:
2OTH ANNIVERSARY FILM “DIGIMON ADVENTURE: LAST EVOLUTION KIZUNA” ARRIVES IN NORTH AMERICA ON DIGITAL, SEPTEMBER 29 AND HOME VIDEO OCTOBER 6
Highly Anticipated New Movie from Toei Animation Available for First Time in U.S. and Canada
in Both Original Japanese and English Dub as Digital Download and on DVD and Blu-ray.
LOS ANGELES – July 20, 2020. Fans will soon welcome the DigiDestined into their homes to watch the long-awaited, 20th anniversary feature film “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna.” This fall, Toei Animation and Shout! Factory are bringing this new animated movie to North America for the first time ever as both a digital and home video release. On September 29, “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna” will debut first as a digital download available in original Japanese with English subtitles or English dub on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft and Sony PlayStation Network; followed a week later on October 6 with the retail home video release on DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD from Shout! Factory). To mark today’s announcement, Toei Animation premiered the official English dub trailer on IGN as well as revealed the film’s English dub cast (provided below).
A must-own for fans, collectors, and pop culture enthusiasts, the highly collectible DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack editions of “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna” boast not only the exciting movie presentation (featuring both sub and dub versions) but also the insightful bonus feature “The Final Evolution: Remembering 20 Years of Digimon Adventure with Joshua Seth and Tom Fahn.” Now available for pre-order on ShoutFactory.com, advance purchases of the “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna” Blu-ray Combo Pack also include an exclusive 18”x 24” lithograph of the cover art while supplies last.
“Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna” takes place five years after the events of “Digimon Adventure tri.” the six-part film series released in 2015. Now on the cusp of adulthood, Tai and his DigiDestined friends discover that with age their bonds with each of their Digimon will ultimately break. How does it end for Tai, Agumon and the others? Fans must watch “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna” to find out the answer.
Fans should stay tuned for special news and activities from Toei Animation and Shout! Factory ahead of the movie’s release.
Film Synopsis
Tai is now a university student, living alone, working hard at school, and working every day, but with his future still undecided. Meanwhile, Matt and others continue to work on Digimon incidents and activities that help people with partner Digimon. An unprecedented phenomenon occurs and the DigiDestined discovers that when you grow up, your relationship with your partner Digimon will come closer to an end. As a countdown timer activates on the Digivice, they realize that the more you fight with their Partner Digimon, the faster their bond breaks. Will you fight for others and lose your partner? The time to choose and decide is approaching fast. There is a short time before “chosen children” will become adults. This is the last adventure of Tai and Agumon.
English Dub Cast
Character Actor
Tai Kamiya Joshua Seth
Matt Ishida Nicolas Roye
TK Takaishi Johnny Yong Bosch
Kari Kamiya Tara Sands
Izzy Izumi Mona Marshall
Joe Kido Robbie Daymond
Sora Takenouchi Colleen O’Shaughnessey
Mimi Tachikawa Kate Higgins
Menoa Bellucci Erika Harlacher
Kyotaro Yamada Kaiji Tang
Agumon Tom Fahn
Gabumon Kirk Thornton
Patamon Laura Summer
Palmon Anna Garduno
Gatomon Kate Higgins
Tentomon Jeff Nimoy
Biyomon Cherami Leigh
Gomamon Bob Klein
Davis Motomiya Griffin Burns
Cody Hida Bryce Papenbrook
Yolei Inoue Jeannie Tirado
Ken Ichijouji Derek Stephen Prince
Veemon Derek Stephen Prince
Armadillomon Robbie Daymond
Wormmon Paul St. Peter
Hawkmon Christopher Swindle
About Toei Animation Inc.
Based in Los Angeles, Toei Animation Inc. manages the film distribution of Toei Animation’s top properties, including all the Dragon Ball series, Sailor Moon, One Piece, Digimon series, Saint Seiya, and many others to North America, Latin America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Toei Animation’s Los Angeles office further handles all categories of consumer product licensing based on its film and television brands within these territories. For more information, please visit toei-animation-usa.com.
About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform media company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving, and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer, and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s entertainment offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast entertainment distribution network that delivers culturally relevant programming, movie, and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America and across multiple platforms. Shout! Factory owns and operates Shout! Studios, Shout! Factory Kids, Scream Factory, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Shout! Factory TV. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com.
