The English dubbers changed this kid into Willis, who says that he is at fault for everything, but doesn’t explain why in this film. In the original Japanese version of the film, a Russian friend of Izzy’s was helping him analyze a computer virus that was attacking the world’s telecommunications networks and cannibalizing data. They did this by retconning the third film’s American Digidestined character Willis backward into the first two films. The second major change was a thematic unification of the three films. This made it necessary to write a totally new narration from scratch. Because the first two films were narrated by Tai’s character, but Tai plays no role in the third film, they had Kari serve as the narrator instead. They were told by Toei that they had to release this film alongside the first film, Digimon Adventure, plus a third totally unrelated film, Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Landing!!/Transcendent Evolution!!/ The Golden Digimentals. But I can’t really find any articles elucidating Toei’s reasoning, so I’ll leave it at that.Īnyway, later the series’ dubbers for the English release of the film had some difficulties.
Piedmon hadn’t even been defeated yet, we had no clue who Apocalymon was, and now Japanese kids find out that the Digidestined are back in the real world after the series and had to say goodbye to their Digimon partners at some past point? Granted this could of really softened the emotional blow of the series’ final episode, but it also spoiled it for a lot of people. In fact, the next day after Our War Game! was released, the 51st episode of the series aired on Japanese television.
A full 22 days and four episodes before the series completed airing on March 26, 2000. So… question: when does it make sense to release this film? Before or after the series ends?Īfter right? But I think you know where this line of thought is headed. The Digidestined were back in the Real World while their Digimon partners remained in the Digital World to work with Gennai to combat any problems that could occur there. In the second Digimon film, Our War Game!, the vents take place a few months after the Digidestined and their Digimon partners defeated Apocalymon. The events that transpire during that first film occurred before the events in the series chronologically speaking. The first Digimon film was released one day prior to the beginning of the series’ Japanese airing and served as a prequel to build hype and viewership on the following day.
(To check out my essay on the first Digimon Film: Digimon Adventure, click HERE)
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