Grew up watching Digimon Adventure 01/02, Tamers and recently decided to rewatch them PROPERLY in original Japanese, since I knew the Finnish and especially the English dub messed up many things. Adventure 01/02, Tamers and the 01 movies were all as good or better than i remembered and this was one of last things remaining on my rewatch. In Finland the release of the movies was based on the American "Digimon the movie" and thus was complete garbage but even then on this rewatch I expected the 02 movies to be pretty bad since unlike Bokura no Wargame, very little of this movie stuck in my mind.
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I was very very wrong. This was absolutely amazing, a perfect encapsulation of Digimon, i feel it really understands what makes the series so great. The direction and animation especially was out of this world, the movie expects you to know how Digimon and their evolutions work and thus is very to the point. I can definitely see how for someone who doesn't know much of Digimon this movie would seem nonsensical but i think that just makes me appreciate it even more, such a bizarre niche product. If you are a fan of Digimon, DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS MOVIE, it is fantastic.
ps. my hatred for the American dub of digimon cannot be understated, if that is the only version of "digimon" you have seen then i implore you to change that, you are missing out on an incredible series.
