Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution – Kizuna (Japanese: デジモンアドベンチャー Last Evolution 絆, Hepburn: Dejimon Adobenchā Last Evolution Kizuna) is a 2020 Japanese anime adventure film produced by Toei Animation and animated by Yumeta Company. The film was released in Japanese theaters on February 21, 2020. Set in the same continuity of the first two Digimon television anime series, the film serves as the series finale of the original Digimon Adventure story.

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution – Kizuna
Japanese Theatrical release poster
デジモンアドベンチャー Last Evolution 絆
Directed byTomohisa Taguchi
Written byAkatsuki Yamatoya
Based onDigimon
by Akiyoshi Hongo
Produced byYōsuke Kinoshita
CinematographyTetsuya Kawata
Edited byKentaro Tsubone
Music byHarumi Fuuki
Production
companies
  • Yumeta Company (Animation)
  • Toei Animation (Production)
Distributed byToei Company, Ltd.
Release date
  • February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$24.2 million

The feature film is a commercial success, grossing more than 24 million dollars worldwide. Due to its exploitation in limited releases in most countries of the world, and the total absence of a theatrical release in the United States, the vast majority of these revenue respectively comes from China (more than 19 million US$), Japan and Hong Kong. A solid business amid the COVID-19 pandemic-related reopening process in various parts of Asia. Originally scheduled to have a limited release in the U.S. by Fathom Events, the event was cancelled due to the pandemic and its impact on cinemas ; the film was released in the U.S. on home media formats on October 6, 2020.

Last Evolution Kizuna received little attention from film critics, it drew extremely positive reviews from the pop culture and anime media in North America, which viewed the film as a satisfactory conclusion to the Adventure arc and praised the story, the animation, the English vocal and the bittersweet execution of the film's themes. In Europe, experts were more severe, especially with regard to its loaded dialogues and a particular stylistic approach, susceptible to lose a large audience.

A sequel titled Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning, which serves as the series finale of the Digimon Adventure 02 story, was released in Japanese theaters on October 27, 2023.

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