Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

is a sequel to Digimon Adventure tri. that premiered in Japanese theaters on February 21, 2020. A dubbed/subbed version was released digitally September 29, 2020.
On May 28, 2018, the original Director of Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02, Hiroyuki Kakudo revealed he had quit the staff of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna after something was approved that he claimed was incompatible with what the previous series had established.角銅博之 @kakudou. "デジモン新プロジェクトについて 設定の継承で脚本の監修にという要請があり昨年より作業進めてましたが、TV版の設定と相容れないと思われるプロットが提出されプロデューサー陣がそれを支持した時点で降板を表明しました。経過を聞いてみたところそのまま進めてるそうなので、やはり降板します。" May 28, 2018, 4:44 AM. Tweet. On September 20, 2020, Producer Yosuke Kinoshita stated that Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna is in continuity with Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Landing!!/Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals, and Digimon Adventure tri.. This included the end of the final episode of 02, set in 2028, where the DigiDestined are adults.Bleeding Cool: "Digimon: Last Evolution Kizuna Producer Talks Conclusions and Cameos"
It is followed up by Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning.
==Characters==
==Development==
The official website for the Digimon Adventure movie revealed the character visuals for two characters for the upcoming film, 22-year-old Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure tri. protagonist Taichi "Tai" Kamiya (left image below), as well as Yamato "Matt" Ishida (right image below) as part of the 2018 Digimon Thanksgiving event.https://i.imgur.com/qgt5s7S.png 
The new film project is part of the overall 20th anniversary celebration of the franchise.
Hiromi Seki, Toei Animation's original producer for the Digimon anime projects, is serving as the supervisor of the new film project. Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru is also returning from the first Digimon anime projects as the new film project's character designer. Kenji Watanabe is designing the Digimon monsters for the new project, as he has done for the previous Digimon projects. In the February 2019 , released in December 2018, the 's designs were shown off.
Bandai announced on March 5, 2019 that the movie would air in Spring 2020.【公式】デジモンアドベンチャー LAST EVOLUTION 絆 (@Digi_advntr20th) 【2020年初春】 「劇場版デジモンアドベンチャー（仮題）」 超ティザービジュアルを公開！！ キャラクターデザイン・中鶴勝祥が、映画のある１シーンをイメージして切り取ったイラストです。 この太一とアグモンの姿を公開まで覚えていてください。 http://digimon-adventure.net/ #デジモン 2019-03-05 Tweet. It was also announced the main cast from Digimon Adventure tri. would reprise their roles for the movie.http://digimon-adventure.net/staff_cast/
Development for Last Evolution Kizuna started in 2017, whilst Digimon Adventure tri. was in the middle of airing. It was made as the staff realised the Digimon Adventure series was the most popular part of the Digimon franchise as a whole after the positive reception to Adventure tri., so they decided to make another Adventure movie for its 20th anniversary.Anime News Network "Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Producer Yosuke Kinoshita"
==Release==
Last Evolution Kizuna was shown on Japanese theaters starting February 21, 2020. An English-subtitled screening was scheduled for March 25 in the Siliconera: "The US Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Release Date Is March 25, 2020", but was cancelled due to the .Twitter: "To all DigiDestined, from the @ToeiAnimation and @fathomevents team:" A dubbed/subbed release was set to release on July 7, 2020Twitter: "Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna is coming to Blu-Ray & DVD on July 7th via @ShoutFactory! Available soon in both English dub and Japanese w/ English sub! #DigimonKizuna" but was delayed indefinitely on May 9 due to a production delay.Animenewsnetwork: "Shout! Factory Delays Release of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Anime Film" Last Evolution Kizuna will be released in Japan on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 2, 2020, and will include a Drama CD.Crunchyroll: "Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna DVD/Blu-ray to Come with Newly-recorded Drama CD" The dubbed/subbed version will release digitally on September 29, 2020, and on Blu-Ray/DVD on October 6, 2020.Toei Animation
@ToeiAnimation. "JUST ANNOUNCED: The 20th Anniversary film, DIGIMON ADVENTURE: LAST EVOLUTION KIZUNA, will arrive in North America for Digital Download on September 29 & on Blu-ray/DVD from @ShoutFactory on October 6! In both English dub & sub! #DigimonKizuna #DigimonAdventureLEK #Digimon" July 7, 2020, 16:13 PM. Tweet.
==Related media==
===OVA===
===Novelizations===
==Credits==
*Director: Tomohisa Taguchi
*Screenplay: Akatsuki Yamatoya
*Supervisor: Hiromi Seki
*Character design: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru
*Digimon character design: Kenji Watanabe
*Animation character design: Seiji Tatsuka, Tetsuya Kumagai, Rie Nishino, Takaaki Sekizaki
*Music: Harumi Fuuki
*Chief animation director: Seiji Tatsukawa
*Prop design: Hiroumi Yoshida
*Art director: Eiji Iwase
*Concept art: Tsukasa Ohira
*Color designer: Saori Goda
*Photography director: Tetsuya Kawata
*Editing: Kentaro Tsubone
*Sound director: Satoki Iida
*Sound effects: Yuji Furuya
*Audio recording: Satoru Matsuda
*Animation producer: Atsushi Urushiyama
===Cast===
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|-|Japanese=
All voices actors are sourced to the the Movie's credits, unless stated otherwise.
Voice Actor 	Role(s)
Natsuki Hanae 	Taichi Yagami
Chika Sakamoto 	
Suzuko Mimori 	Sora Takenouchi
Atori Shigematsu 	
Yoshimasa Hosoya 	Yamato Ishida
Mayumi Yamaguchi 	
Mutsumi Tamura 	Koushiro Izumi
Takahiro Sakurai 	
Hitomi Yoshida 	Mimi Tachikawa
Kinoko Yamada 	
Junya Enoki 	Takeru Takaishi
Miwa Matsumoto 	
Junya Ikeda 	Jo Kido
Junko Takeuchi 	
M・A・O 	Hikari Yagami
Yuka Tokumitsu 	
Fukujūrō Katayama	Daisuke Motomiya
Junko Noda 	
Ayaka Asai 	Miyako Inoue
Kōichi Tōchika 	
Yoshitaka Yamaya 	Iori Hida
Megumi Urawa 	
Arthur Lounsbery 	Ken Ichijōji
Naozumi Takahashi	
Mayu Matsuoka 	Menoa Bellucci
Daisuke Ono 	Kyotaro Imura
Yuna Taniguchi 	
Yoshihito Sasaki 	Parrotmon
Ikuto Kanemasa 	Morikawa
Chiharu Sawashiro	Abe
Miho Arakawa 	Female Customer
Yukiko Morishita 	Female Customer
Hana Sato 	Announcer
Keisuke Yamamoto 	Man
Hiroaki Hirata 	GennaiNarration
|-|American English=
All voices actors are sourced to the the Movie's credits, unless stated otherwise.
Voice Actor 	Role(s)
Joshua Seth 	Taichi "Tai" Kamiya
Tom Fahn 	
Nicolas Roye 	Yamato "Matt" Ishida
Kirk Thornton 	
Johnny Yong Bosch 	Takeru "T.K." Takaishi
Laura Summer 	
Tara Sands 	Kari KamiyaNewswoman
Mona Marshall 	Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi
Jeff Nimoy 	/jeffnimoy (@jeffnimoy) "I can finally announce that I return to the Digimon franchise to voice Tentomon, Kabuterimon, and Young Genai, and I adapted the script into English as well. I did not voice direct. Hope you fans love it as much as I loved working on it!" April 20, 2020, 18:31 PM. Instagram.Gennai
Robbie Daymond 	Joe Kidocomicbookmovie, "DIGIMON Exclusive: Robbie Daymond Discusses Taking Over The Role Of Joe From The Late Michael Lindsay" Robbie Daymond: "In this movie, I also play - I am probably going to butcher the name and lose all of my street cred - Ankylomon. He looks like an Armadillo, and then the little version of him and then the big version."//
Bob Klein 	
Colleen O'Shaughnessey	Sora Takenouchi
Cherami Leigh 	Tai's Female Classmate
Kate Higgins 	Mimi Tachikawa
Anna Garduno 	
Griffin Burns 	Davis Motomiya
Derek Stephen Prince 	//Derek Stephen Prince: "I was extremely excited, it was like a little reunion going back and being able to do not only Veemon and Ken but also ExVeemon and they even had me do DemiVeemon." May 24, 2020, Twitch.Ken Ichijouji
Paul St. Peter 	Paul St. Peter (@RealPaulStPeter) "I vaguely recall that session, and I think I was reluctant to do such a tiny character with my voice...but it was a long time ago..." January 21, 2021, 22:01 PM. Tweet.//Caitlin (@Kitsunes96) "Were you able to voice Stingmon for final movie too? I am happy that Stingmon makes appearance since Revenge of Diaboromon on August 5, 2005." January 26, 2021, 4:00 AM. Tweet.Paul St. Peter (@RealPaulStPeter) "I believe I did, and was directed by the one and only Tony Oliver!" January 26, 2021, 5:17 AM. Tweet.
Bryce Papenbrook 	Cody Hida
Jeannie Tirado 	Yolei Inoue
Christopher Swindle 	/Christopher Swindle @Swindletopher. "Looking forward to joining #Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna as Hawkmon / Aquilamon on Sept 29th. :) #DigimonAdventureLastEvolutionKizuna" July 20, 2020, 23:52 PM. Tweet.
Erika Harlacher 	Menoa Bellucci
Kaiji Tang 	Kyotaro Yamada
Aaron LaPlante 	Parrotmon
Kyle Hebert 	Matt's Male ClassmateMale ProfessorInterviewing VO Actor Kyle Hebert!
Erica Lindbeck 	Ayaka's Girlfriend
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==Gallery==
===Promotional art===
Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna poster 2.jpg
==Featured characters==
==Digivolutions==
(Number indicates order of occurrence.)
==Quotes==
Agumon: Polly want a cracker?
:—Agumon quotes Tai from 15 years ago
Agumon: You know Tai, you sure have gotten big.
:—Tai's all grown up.
Kyotaro: I can see why you were mistaken, it's the haircut.
:—Kyotaro isn't surprised Matt thought he was evil.
Agumon, Gabumon, Tai, and Matt: This is going to be our, final digivolution!"
:—Agumon and Gabumon digivolve for the last time.
Agumon: Hey, Tai?
Gabumon: Hey, Matt?
Agumon: What will you do-
Gabumon: -tomorrow?"
:—Agumon and Gabumon's final words.
==Other notes==
==Notes==