Miyazaki Ayumi, AiM, and Yuto Kazama took the stage! Official report on the "Digimon Adventure" CD 20th anniversary event has arrived!

In conjunction with the release of "Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna," a film commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Digimon series, which will be released on February 21, 2020, an event was held on Saturday, January 11, 2020, at the animate Ikebukuro main store in The event was held at Animate Ikebukuro's event hall on Saturday, January 11, 2020.

⇒The event was held at the Animate Ikebukuro main store on Saturday, January 11, 2020, and the latest "Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION: Kizuna" movie was announced, with guest voice actors Maayu Matsuoka and Daisuke Ono.

The event report has arrived and is presented below.

Event Report (in Japanese only)

Taking the stage was Miyazaki Ayumi, who has sung numerous "Digimon" songs including "brave heart," an insert song for "Digimon Adventure. Also on stage was AiM, who has sung the ending song "I wish" for "Digimon Adventure" and many other ending songs for the "Digimon" series.

Yuto Kazama, who plays Yamato Ishida in "Digimon Adventure," also took the stage. Yamato sang four character songs.

During the event, a surprise announcement was made that Hajime Miyazaki would perform "Sono heno to (Beyond)", an insert song for the latest "Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION: Kizuna (Bond)" movie, and AiM would perform the ending song "Away with You" at the world's fastest speed!　The approximately 170 fans in attendance screamed in surprise.

The lyrics to the song, "Sono heto ni mo e" was written by Hiroki Shirai and composed by Yippee, and arranged by Cher Watanabe, the arranger of "Butter-Fly". The ending song "Away with You" is written and composed by Mayo Okamoto, herself a million-seller. Also, "brave heart," which is played during the play, has been newly arranged as the "LAST EVOLUTION Version. The song was arranged by Michihiko Ota, the composer of the original version, and directed by Hiroshi Chiba, who has worked on Digimon Music since its early days.

Fans were moved to tears as they listened to "Sono heno to (Beyond)" and "Away We Go" with lyrics filled with their feelings over the past 20 years, and the audience sang along in unison to the final song "Butter-Fly," reminding them of the passion of the fans.

Comment from AiM
Happy New Year!　I decided to wear a glamorous costume for the New Year. I felt like an enka singer if I wore a kimono (laughs). The ending song of "Digimon Adventure" "I wish" was released on 8cm CD 20 years ago, but some young people today don't know it (laugh).
(laughs) I asked Mayo Okamoto to compose the lyrics for this song through a relationship with Kouji Wada. The lyrics are so poignant that I feel as if she must have seen the "Digimon" series somewhere over the past 20 years, and they remind me of the many things that have happened over the past 20 years. I was happy that Okamoto-san even came to the recording session.

Miyazaki commented
I have been with Digimon for 20 years, and it is thanks to all of you that we are able to continue to evolve. We still need to continue to evolve, so I hope you will continue to be our partners.
(About "Beyond") This song is played during the evolution scene of the latest movie, but unlike the previous songs, it is not a battle song, but a slow and hot song. We have created a really good song that contains the feelings of the entire series for the past 20 years.

Kazama commented.
I came here today wearing a blue costume, the color of the "Emblem of Friendship" (laugh)! (Laughs) Twenty years is a coming-of-age ceremony, isn't it? I want to make a Digimon shrine and have a Digimon coming-of-age ceremony (laughs). Since I was invited to this precious occasion, I will perform all four songs that I sang as Yamato Ishida!　I came here today with the intention of conveying my feelings of the past 20 years to you all, but on the contrary, I felt as if everyone had showered me with the feelings of the past 20 years!　Thank you very much!

Movie Outline
Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna

Release date: February 21, 2020 (Friday)
・Distributor: Toei

<Staff>
Original Story: Akiyoshi Hongo
Director: Tomohisa Taguchi
Screenplay: Satoru Yamatoya
Super Visor: Hiromi Seki
Character Design: Katsusho Nakatsuru
Digimon Character Design: Kenji Watanabe
Animation Character Design: Seiji Tachikawa, Tetsuya Kumagai, Takaaki Nishino Rie, Takaaki Sekizaki
Music: Harumi Tomiki
Chief Animation Director: Seiji Tachikawa
Prop Design: Taiyo Yoshida
Art Director: Eiji Iwase
Art Setup: Tsukasa Ohira
Color Design: Saori Goda
Director of Photography: Tetsuya Kawada
Editor: Kentaro Tsubone
Sound Director: Satoki Iida
Sound Effects: Yuji Furuya
Recording: Satoru Matsuda
Animation Producer: Jun Urushiyama
Opening Music: Kouji Wada
Insert Song: Ayumi Miyazaki Ending Song: AiM
Animation Production: Yumeta Company
Distribution/Promotion: Toei
Production: Toei Animation

<Cast>
Natsuki Hanae Yoshimasa Hosoya Suzuko Mimori Mutsumi Tamura Hitomi Yoshida Junya Ikeda Junya Enoki M・A・O
Chinatsu Sakamoto Mayumi Yamaguchi Hanatori Shigematsu Sakurai Takahiro Yamada Kinoko Takeuchi Junko Matsumoto Miwa Yoshikazu Tokumitsu Fukajuro Katayama Ayaka Asai Ayaka Yamatani Shosei Noda Junko Takahashi Naozumi Tochika Koichi Urawa Megumi Ono Daisuke Matsuoka Maayu

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