Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning

Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning

To our future! The secret of the Digimon and the DigiDestined is now uncovered.

PG-13 2023 · 87 min · ★ 7.0 · Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

In 2012, after the events of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, the early adulthood DigiDestined—Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken—must reconcile their new responsibilities with their Digimon partners. But Rui Owada, a mysterious young man, appears, claiming to be the first human to partner with a Digimon–Ukkomon. Could Rui really have been the first-ever DigiDestined?

Directed by Tomohisa Taguchi · Written by Akatsuki Yamatoya

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