Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning

Just finished watching the limited run in US theaters (Nov 9th) in Japanese with English subtitles. I went into the movie without any expectations and really enjoyed it! The movie is VERY story driven which may not be everyone's thing - but as an adult that grew up with the franchise I really enjoyed it. The new character has a very dark backstory, and while it initially comes off as 'dark'/'edgy,' I really enjoyed it as the movie continued/they fleshed out his character more and more. The animation style is modern and high quality - it was great to see the 02 gang older and ... in their different stages of life.

If you enjoy story rich anime and Digimon- I think you will enjoy!

I'll give you the short answer: watch it if you are being nostalgic of the old show, don't otherwise.

Let me get this straight. They put quite a bit of effort into bringing all the nostalgic feelings from that show. Many references, many cameo appearances, even the music, the inside jokes, all of that just bringing up memories of me watching 02 over and over again during my childhood. But unlike Digimon tri. before it, the characters did not get the chance to shine. It feels like they tried to create tension but couldn't because they can't really end it in this one? Digimon Adventure has ... what, 7 movies made? They would want to try and match that with 02, maybe? So instead we get this. A mixture of multiple interesting points that goes nowhere.

So if you want to watch it, go ahead, judge it yourself. I went in knowing major spoilers and still enjoyed it somewhat. It wasn't bad, but it is not flawless either.

I went to the movie with some kinda hope after watching the trailer

Pretty soon after the movie started I got disillusioned pretty fast because the movie mostly consisted of building up the backstory for a totally boring new character (poor boy got abused in his childhood, had a rough family background) and waaaaay too much talking for a Digimon movie...

Overall the fight scenes and evolution scenes where animated in a fresh, modern style - yet this is by far not enough when you lack the overall feeling for a Digimon movie because of missing real, extended fights...

Gotta say that this movie lacks nearly everything for ... justifying giving it a positive review - was a real disappointment to me and have to say: Guys,don't waste your time watching this utter disgrace to the Digimon franchise