Digimon Adventure (2020 TV series)

This article is about the 2020 reboot series. For the original 1999 series, see Digimon Adventure.

Digimon Adventure:
Promotional poster
デジモンアドベンチャー: (Dejimon Adobenchā)
Genre	Adventure
Anime television series
Directed by	Masato Mitsuka
Produced by	Hiroyuki Sakurada
Music by	Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio	Toei Animation
Licensed by	NA: Toei Animation Inc. Crunchyroll
Original network	FNS (Fuji TV)
Original run	April 5, 2020 – present
Episodes	3
Digimon franchise
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Digimon Adventure: (デジモンアドベンチャー:, Dejimon Adobenchā) is a 2020 Japanese anime television series. It is the eighth anime series in the Digimon franchise and a reboot of the original 1999 Digimon Adventure anime television series. The series premiered on Fuji TV on April 5, 2020.

Plot

In the year 2020, a series of cyber-attacks across Tokyo are the result of catastrophic events in another world within the internet, the Digital World, where creatures called Digimon roam. While getting ready for summer camp, eight children are transported to the Digital World where they acquire Digivices and Digimon partners while learning that they have been chosen to stop the unknown threats to their worlds.

Characters

Main article: List of Digimon Adventure characters

Character	Voiced by
Taichi Yagami	Yūko Sanpei
Agumon	Chika Sakamoto
Yamato Ishida	Daisuke Namikawa
Gabumon	Mayumi Yamaguchi
Sora Takenouchi	Ryoko Shiraishi
Biyomon	Atori Shigematsu
Koshiro Izumi	Yumiko Kobayashi
Tentomon	Takahiro Sakurai
Joe Kido	Takeshi Kusao
Gomamon	Junko Takeuchi
Mimi Tachikawa	Marika Kouno
Palmon	Shihomi Mizowaki
Takeru Takaishi	Megumi Han
Patamon	Miwa Matsumoto
Hikari Yagami	Misaki Watada
Tailmon	Mie Sonozaki
Narrator	Masako Nozawa

Broadcast and distribution

The series was officially announced in the March issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine on January 20, 2020. Masato Mitsuka is serving be the series director at Toei Animation, Atsuhiro Tomioka is supervising the series scripts, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru returns from Digimon Adventure to design the characters, Akihiro Asanuma is the chief animation director, Ryouka Kinoshita is the art director, Toshiki Amada is in charge of art setting, and Matsuki Hanae, Naoko Sagawa, and Hiroyuki Sakurada are the producers. On March 6, the first trailer for the series was released, announcing the series' April 5, 2020 premiere date. Crunchyroll began streaming the series starting April 4. On April 19, Toei Animation announced new episodes would be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Episodes were rebroadcast from Episode 1 beginning June 7. Toei Animation later announced on June 19 that the series will resume broadcasting new episodes starting with Episode 4 on June 28.

The opening theme for the series is "Mikakunin Hikousen", performed by Takayoshi Tanimoto, and the ending theme is "Kuyashisa wa Tane" by Chiai Fujikawa.

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Tokyo Digital Crisis" Transliteration: "Tōkyō Dejitaru Kuraishisu" (Japanese: 東京 デジタルクライシス)	April 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)
While preparing for the upcoming school camp, Taichi Yagami is visited by his new neighbor Koshiro Izumi when they learn that Tokyo’s electronic systems have gone haywire. Realizing that his mother and sister are trapped on an affected runaway train, the two youths run to the nearby station where Taichi is suddenly transported to another world inside the internet, encountering a wounded Digimon named Koromon fighting a group of Argomon. A Digivice appears before Taichi as Koromon evolves into Agumon. Another Digivice appears before Koshiro and he uses it to inform Taichi that the Argomon are responsible for the chaos and Taichi and Agumon work together to defeat them. During the fight, Agumon evolves into Greymon to win the battle, stopping the haywire electronics and saving Taichi's family. However, the Argomon take control of the United States Military's network systems. Meanwhile, Taichi notices Yamato Ishida silently watching the battle from nearby.
2	"War Game" Transliteration: "Wō Gēmu" (Japanese: ウォー・ゲーム)	April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)
Yamato and his Garurumon join Taichi and Koshiro on their mission to stop the Argomon hacking into the U.S. military. The Argomon have hacked into a submarine and are preparing to launch a nuclear missile. Greymon and Garurumon work together to corner the Argomon leader who evolves into a more powerful form, pushing them back. The missile launches and Koshiro learns that its target is Tokyo. With everything on the line, Greymon and Garurumon suddenly combine into Omnimon.
3	"And to the Digital World" Transliteration: "Soshite Dejitaru Wārudo e" (Japanese: そしてデジタルワールドへ)	April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)
Omnimon defeats Argomon and redirects the missile away from Tokyo. Taichi and Yamato return to their world soon after, with the former befriending Koshiro. At summer camp, Taichi and Koshiro discuss the apparent symbiosis between their world's technology and the Digital World and they meet Taichi's childhood friend Sora Takenouchi. Meanwhile, Tokyo continues to experience power outages and Koshiro estimates that Tokyo's urban functions will cease if the power outages continue for the next 72 hours. Taichi, on his way to meet with Koshiro to discuss the situation further, suddenly finds himself transported to the Digital World and reunites with Agumon.
4	"Birdramon Soars" Transliteration: "Bādoramon Hishō" (Japanese: バードラモン飛翔)	June 28, 2020
Taichi arrives to the Digital World, finding himself accompanied by Sora instead of Koshiro.
5	"Holy Digimon" Transliteration: "Seinaru dejimon" (Japanese: 聖なるデジモン)	July 5, 2020
6	"The Targeted Kingdom" Transliteration: "Nerawa reta ōkoku" (Japanese: 狙われた王国)	July 12, 2020
7	"Game Over!" Transliteration: "Gēmu ōbā" (Japanese: ゲームオーバー)

External links

• Official website
• Digimon Adventure (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia