Digimon Adventure (2020) (from now on: 2020), is so deeply inferior to its 1999 counterpart both in quality and emotional resonance that there is just no way. Because it’s impossible to believe something like that. Well, after finishing the series now 1.5 years later, I can say with high degree of confidence that to us, the old fans, it definitely wasn’t. Which leads us to the question: but can it be said that this was for us? To “milk on nostalgia” like many suggest? What exactly was Toei trying to do here, to achieve here? What was the intention? Who was it trying to appeal to? The historical fanbase, the current children generation to introduce the series to them in hopes of building up a new fanbase, or both? Personally, being the original one of my all-time favorite anime series, just moving on and ignoring it was simply not an option. And as such, no matter what, we were going to be part of it anyway. These are our characters and our creatures we’ve always loved. But to us, lifelong fans, it very well did count. Or technically… it was… but in a deceptive way it was going to be the last but only the last of the first run, so that this new one “didn't count”. Naturally, many of us were surprised and some felt betrayed: Kizuna wasn’t ever going to be really the last adventure. Taichi and Agumon’s adventures were far from saying goodbye. A new beginning, from scratch, that would this time take into account the technological and social changes (which include of course, the fact that unlike the 90s, when the idea didn’t even cross the minds of anyone, now kids own cellphones and that’s totally fine) of the last 20 years. In February 2020, the same month of Kizuna’s premiere, Toei announced that it would be soon releasing “Digimon Adventure:” (yes, being the “:” the only title-difference) a reboot of the initial series of the franchise that settled down to be the most iconic, financially successful and remembered of all. It was a great farewell, wasn’t it? Except that, well…it never really was. I, the same as many others, had a feeling that in this occasion Toei finally would get it right with an Adventure project ever since “Our War Game”. of Tri, we were looking forward to it anyway. Despite the bitter taste in our mouths with the disappointing result To say goodbye to the series and characters we’ve loved for more than two decades now. As a way to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the series that kicked off the franchise, it announced with great fanfare that it would be making one last movie -eventually called “Last Evolution Kizuna”- and that it would truly be the last adventure. With that categorical catchphrase, Toei Animation lied to all of us Digimon Adventure fans two years ago. “This is Taichi and Agumon’s last adventure” – Toei Animation, 2019. It is up to Taichi and his new partner Agumon to stop these cyberattacks before the whole world is threatened by the actions of mischievous Digimon. Taichi discovers he is in the "Network," and virus-like Digimon are attacking the areas that maintain Tokyo’s electronic systems. Taichi also receives a strange device called a "Digivice," which allows him to communicate with the undigitized world. Suddenly, Taichi is transported to another world where he meets a strange creature by the name of Agumon, who somehow already knows his name. When he discovers that his sister and mother are trapped on an unstoppable train, he rushes to the nearby station. Unbeknownst to humans, this network has become home to life forms known as "Digimon."įifth-grader Taichi Yagami is preparing for summer camp when strange occurrences begin in Tokyo certain electronic systems have started going haywire. Every digital device around the world is connected by a singular network where data travels. In the year 2020, technology is everywhere.
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