Let's start with what I didn't like because the list is much shorter ;). I liked the opening theme as much as any of the US/English openings, but wish they would have used Butter-Fly since they used other songs (in Japanese) from the Japanese series in the English release, and it would have been a nice tribute to the late Kōji Wada, since he passed before the English Dub was released. This series is definitely a tribute to the long-time fans, a lot of whom (myself included) think that the Japanese had a better OST than we did. The other thing that didn't really jive with me was some of the character animations, don't get me wrong this whole thing was beautifully animated, but in some shots, certain characters, especially Tai and Agumon, seemed lanky and too angular. Lastly, want to know what happened to the 02 kids, but the internet let me know that it's still not answered.
Now for the good stuff. Like I mentioned before this series is obviously a gift for the longtime fans, it is everything that a sequel should be-a labour of love rather than a quick cash grab. I love seeing the characters from my childhood in HD, and everything especially the digivolving scenes were beautiful. I also appreciate that this series remembers that Gatomon is a champion level digimon. Adventure and Adventure 02 acted like she was a rookie digimon. I also really loved that they included Brave heart as the evolution theme, Japan definitely had a better OST than we did in the US and keeping this in there really got my blood pumping as someone who has seen both the US and Japanese versions. I also like the small things they snuck into the movie as shoutouts to long time fans, such as Izzie's "Prodigious!" and bringing back Tai's goggles.
