In 2023, Discotek Media announced to the surprise of many that for the first time, the three films comprised Digimon: The Movie–Digimon Adventure, Our war gameAnd Hurricane touchdown– would be released outside of Japan with most of the English cast reprising their roles. The announcement appealed to both nostalgias Digimon Fans and those who wanted a more serious dub, and it was met with a lot of fanfare, accordingly.
The new dub of the first three Digimon films, combined with a release of Digimon: The MovieWas one of the most hot-anticipated Digimon Releases in years, and there is finally a confirmed release date. Recently, Discotek Media announced new releases for fall and winter, and it was announced that the Blu-ray releases of Digimon: The Movie And the dub of The first three Digimon Films would be released on December 17, 2024.
Everything promised in the releases makes it incredibly exciting, and finally having a confirmed release date for it is great to see.
Why the release of the Digimon movies is so exciting
Digimon fans are getting the most exciting release in years
One of the reasons Digimon: The Movie has such a divisive reputation is that not only was the script incredibly awkward and cheesy, even for 2000s anime, but for clumsily trying to make three unrelated films work into a single story, with Hurricane touchdowns history was completely rewritten to make it happen. how so Discotek Media is finally giving people a legal means to watch the first three Digimon Films with their original stories intactAnd with most of the original English cast returning for it, it’s sure to deliver on all accounts.
that is, Digimon: The Movie Releasing is still very exciting, as well. As poorly constructed a film as it may be, for a lot of people, Digimon: The Movie Works specifically because of how much there is in cheesy and awkward dialogue with occasional moments of heartComplete with plenty of jokes and licensed music that work specifically because of how unfitting they are. People have found plenty of reasons to like it despite its many faults, and as such, it getting a high-quality release is great for anyone who grew up with the film.
Digimon: The Movie releases could lead to much more from the franchise
Another reason Digimon: The Movies release is so exciting because of what it could mean for the Digimon Franchise, as a whole. The Digimon Films have a notoriously poor history with physical and digital releases, with the vast majority of them being lost media in the West, so Digimon: The Movies releases be a success may lead to All the others Digimon Movies finally released outside Japan. This is all hypothetical, of course, but it would do a lot to help the franchise grow in the West, so it would be great to see.
Another point to consider is the prospect of redubbing the films. The original films for Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon TamersAnd Digimon Frontier have their scripts heavily altered to be more kid-friendly with simplified dialogue and an overabundance of jokes, so if people take to the redubs of the first three Digimon Films, then HThe potential success of the redubbing of the original Digimon Films may lead to later films being redubbed With more accurate scripts. These reasons and others make Digimon: The Movies releases all the more exciting, and there is even more to look forward to, in December 2024.