Director Keitaro Motonaga, Kenji Watanabe, and others took the stage to talk about everything! Digimon Adventure tri." Chapter 4 to Chapter 6 Screening Report!

To commemorate the theatrical screening of "Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 6: Our Future" on Saturday, May 5, 2018, a series of screenings of chapters 4 to 6 was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 on Friday, April 20.

Digimon Adventure tri." was produced to commemorate the 15th anniversary of "Digimon Adventure" and is the sequel to the first "Digimon Adventure" series, the latest work in a total of six chapters. It is an animated feature film sequel to the first TV anime "Digimon Adventure," set three years after the final battle against Belial Vandemon in "Digimon Adventure 02," and tells the story of Taichi Yagami and his "chosen children" who have grown up. The film depicts the story of Taichi Yagami and his "chosen children" in a total of six chapters. Directed by Keitaro Motonaga, series composition by Yuko Kakihara, and character design by Atsuya Uki, the film has been a hit, grossing 750 million yen and drawing 480,000 viewers from the first chapter "Reunion" to the fifth chapter "Symbiosis" shown in 2015.
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To commemorate the theatrical screening of "Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 6: Our Future" on Saturday, May 5, 2018, a screening of all chapters 4-6 was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 on Friday, April 20. During the screening of Chapter 4, "Loss," a live commentary was held with director Keitaro Motonaga, "Digimon series" character designer Kenji Watanabe, production designer Shinichiro Ueda, producer Yosuke Kinoshita, and other staff members on stage. Here is the official report from the event.

Official Report】 ※Titles omitted

Digimon Adventure tri." (Distributor: Toei Animation, Toei Production: Toei Animation), a sequel to the first "Digimon Adventure" series, was produced to commemorate the 15th anniversary of "Digimon Adventure" and is the latest in a six-chapter series. To commemorate the screening of Chapter 6, "Our Future," a review screening of Chapters 4 "Loss" and 5 "Symbiosis" and an advance screening of Chapter 6 "Our Future" will be held in Tokyo on Friday, April 20. The screening of Chapter 4 "Loss" was accompanied by a live commentary by the staff.

Director Keitaro Motonaga, Digimon series character designer Kenji Watanabe, production designer Shinichiro Ueda, and producer Yosuke Kinoshita took the stage to warm applause from the many fans in attendance.

Director Motonaga was asked by producer Kinoshita about Daigo Nishijima and Maki Himekawa, two characters unique to the "tri." series. I imagined them as the "chosen children" who have grown up. Watanabe also revealed a surprising design model for the Digimon Meikumon, which also appears in the "tri." series: "Actually, it was modeled after a cat that Director Motonaga owns.

The topic then turned to talk about his favorite characters. Director Motonaga said, "The most popular among us staff is Kinoko Yamada (who plays Palmon)! (played by Kinoko Yamada), not the character, but the actress who plays Palmon. Watanabe commented, "He's not a character at all (laughs)," to which fans in the audience laughed.

In Chapter 4, the story takes place after the reboot in which all the Digimon's memories are lost, and producer Kinoshita asked about a scene in the movie, "What was your intention in having Yamato call Gabumon 'kun' in his line? Director Motonaga answered, "I challenged myself to do something that I have never done before, something that is a counterpoint to 'Mujirushi' (the first "Digimon Adventure").
In the battle scenes, Motonaga said, "I tried not to use CG except for special occasions, and I tried to draw the battle scenes as much as I could. Ueda added, "I was in charge of production, and the battle scene in chapter 6 was the most difficult scene.Please pay attention to it.

Director Motonaga concluded the film by saying, "I hope you can sense the moment when the 'chosen children' become adults. I hope you can feel that. The six chapters of the film are filled with the thoughts and feelings of the staff on the set. I hope you will enjoy watching the film. Watanabe also expressed his gratitude by saying, "I would like to thank all the staff members for allowing us to continue until the sixth chapter. I would like to thank all the staff members for making it possible for us to continue to make it to the sixth chapter," said Watanabe, concluding the stage greeting.
Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 6 "Our Future" will be screened at 17 theaters nationwide for 3 weeks from May 5 (Sat).

Film Information
Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 6 "Our Future
Three-week limited theatrical screenings / Limited theatrical edition Blu-ray pre-release / Pre-paid distribution
Saturday, May 5, 2018 (simultaneous start)

＜Sapporo Cinema Frontier, MOVIX Sendai, Shinjuku Wald 9, Shibuya TOEI, T-JOY PRINCE Shinagawa, TOHO Cinemas Ueno, Yokohama Burg 13, MOVIX Saitama, T-JOY Soga, Cine City Zart, TOHO Cinemas Hamamatsu, 109 Cinemas Nagoya, Umeda Burg 7, T Joy Kyoto, Hiroshima Wald 11, T-Joy Hakata, Kagoshima Mitte 10

<CAST> Natsuki Hanae, Chinatsu Sakamoto, etc.
＜Director: Keitaro Motonaga, Series Composition: Yuko Kakihara, Character Design: Atsuya Uki
*General sales version Blu-ray & DVD will be released on June 2, 2018 (Sat.)!

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