Digimon Adventure | |
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デジモンアドベンチャー (Dejimon Adobenchā) | |
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Genre | Adventure,[1][2] isekai[3] |
Created by | Akiyoshi Hongo |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroyuki Kakudō |
Produced by |
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Written by | Satoru Nishizono |
Music by | Takanori Arisawa |
Studio | Toei Animation |
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Original network | Fuji TV |
English network | |
Original run | March 7, 1999 – March 26, 2000 |
Episodes | 54 |
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Digimon Adventure (Japanese: デジモンアドベンチャー, Hepburn: Dejimon Adobenchā), also known as Digimon: Digital Monsters Season 1[4] in English-speaking territories, is a 1999 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation in cooperation with WiZ, Bandai and Fuji Television. It is the first anime series in the Digimon media franchise, based on the Digital Monster virtual pet released in 1997.
Digimon Adventure began production 1.5 months after the film of the same name was being produced, and it began broadcast in Japan a day after the film's theatrical release on March 7, 1999, airing until its conclusion on March 26, 2000. It was then followed up with the 2000 film Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!. Both films were adapted and released in North America as Digimon: The Movie on October 6, 2000.
With the success of Digimon Adventure, a sequel television series, Digimon Adventure 02, was broadcast from 2000 to 2001. For the series' 15th anniversary, a six-part film series titled Digimon Adventure tri. was released between 2015 and 2018, and a final film titled Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna was released in 2020. In 2020, the series was reboot and released under the title Digimon Adventure.