Daisuke Namikawa
A new series was first announced at an event celebrating the 15th anniversary of "Digimon Adventure" on August 1, 2014. Basic story details were announced on September 7, 2014, after enough fans participated in a game on the official website. On December 13, 2014, Toei Animation announced the series' title, "Digimon Adventure tri.", with Keitaro Motonaga directing, Yūko Kakihara as screenwriter, and Atsuya Uki as character designer. The series features the returning cast of all eight main Digimon partners from the original series. A continuous stream of all of the original "Digimon Adventure" episodes was held on Niconico on May 4, 2015, followed by an announcement regarding the new cast for the DigiDestined and broadcast details on May 6, 2015. On September 18, 2015, Yūko Kaida and Daisuke Namikawa joined the cast as Maki Himekawa and Daigo Nishijima.