Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution: Kizuna is a Japanese anime adventure film produced by Toei Animation and animated by Yumeta Company. The film was released in Japanese theaters on February 21, 2020. Set in the same continuity of the first two Digimon anime TV series, the film serves as the finale to the original Digimon Adventure story.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | ||
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Tai Kamiya | Natsuki Hanae | Joshua Seth | ||
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Matt Ishida | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Nicolas Roye | ||
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Sora Takenouchi | Suzuko Mimori | Colleen O'Shaughnessey | ||
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Izzy Izumi | Mutsumi Tamura | Mona Marshall | ||
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Joe Kido | Junya Ikeda | Robbie Daymond | ||
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Mimi Tachikawa | Hitomi Yoshida | Kate Higgins | ||
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T.K. Takaishi | Junya Enoki | Johnny Yong Bosch | ||
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Kari Kamiya | M.A.O. | Tara Sands | ||
| Digimons | |||||
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Agumon | Chika Sakamoto | Tom Fahn | ||
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Greymon | Kyle Hebert | |||
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MetalGreymon | ||||
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Agumon (Bond of Bravery) | ||||
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Omnimon | Kyle Hebert Kirk Thornton | |||
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Gabumon | Mayumi Yamaguchi | Kirk Thornton | ||
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Garurumon | ||||
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WereGarurumon | ||||
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Gabumon (Bond of Friendship) | ||||
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Biyomon (Piyomon) |
Atori Shigematsu | Cherami Leigh | ||
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Tentomon | Takahiro Sakurai | Jeff Nimoy | ||
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Kabuterimon | ||||
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Palmon | Shihomi Mizowaki | Anna Garduno | ||
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Togemon | Mari Devon | |||
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Gomamon | Junko Takeuchi | R. Martin Klein | ||
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Ikkakumon | ||||
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Patamon | Miwa Matsumoto | Laura Summer | ||
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Angemon | Jamieson Price | |||
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Gatomon (Tailmon) |
Yuka Tokumitsu | Kate Higgins | ||
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Angewomon | ||||
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Young Gennai | Hiroaki Hirata (young) |
Jeff Nimoy | ||
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Davis Motomiya | Fukujūrō Katayama | Griffin Burns | ||
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Yolei Inoue | Ayaka Asai | Jeannie Tirado | ||
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Cody Hida | Yoshitaka Yamaya | Bryce Papenbrook | ||
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Ken Ichijouji | Arthur Lounsbery | Derek Stephen Prince | ||
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DemiVeemon | Junko Noda | |||
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Veemon | ||||
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ExVeemon (XV-mon) | ||||
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Hawkmon | Kōichi Tōchika | Christopher Swindle | ||
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Aquilamon | ||||
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Upamon | Megumi Urawa | Robbie Daymond | ||
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Armadillomon (Armadimon) | ||||
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Ankylomon | ||||
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Minomon | Naozumi Takahashi | Paul St. Peter | ||
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Wormmon | ||||
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Stingmon | ||||
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Menoa Bellucci | Mayu Matsuoka | Erika Harlacher | ||
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Kyotaro Yamada | Daisuke Ono | Kaiji Tang | ||
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Parrotmon | Yoshihito Sasaki | Aaron LaPlante | ||
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Morphomon | Yuna Taniguchi | Cherami Leigh | ||
Additional Voices[]
- Kyle Hebert - Matt's Male Classmate, Male Professor
- Tara Sands - Ayaka, Newswoman
- Erica Lindbeck - Ayaka's Girlfriend
- Cherami Leigh - Tai's Female Classmate
- Johnny Yong Bosch - Tai's Male Classmate
Notes[]
- Most of the cast from original series and Adventure tri. return to reprise their roles for the Last Evolution Kizuna, some actors were recast:
- Brian Donovan was set to reprise his role as Davis Motomiya. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was unable to because of a fault in his home studio. The role was recast to Griffin Burns.
- Nicolas Roye replaced Vic Mignogna as Matt Ishida due to Mignogna's blacklisting for sexual harassment back in 2019.
- Interestingly, Roye was previously in the English version of Digimon Fusion as Mikey Kudo.
- Kate Higgins replaced Philece Sampler as Mimi Tachikawa, as her health was in decline and eventually ended up passing away in 2021.
- Jeannie Tirado replaced Tifanie Christun as Yolei Inoue due to the latter’s retirement from voice acting.
- Bryce Papenbrook replaced Philece Sampler as Cody Hida due to the character being much older and for the same reason as Higgins.
- Christopher Swindle replaced Neil Kaplan as Hawkmon and Aquilamon due to the latter having technical issues with his home studio at the time.
- Robbie Daymond replaced Dave Mallow as Upamon due to Mallow’s retirement from 2017 and Robert Axelrod as Armadillomon and Ankylomon due to his passing on 2019.
- Paul St. Peter replaced Wendee Lee as Minomon.
- This is one of Mari Devon's final acting role before her retirement and moving back to New York.
- This is one of the few projects produced at Studiopolis that was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during the middle of production as several of the actors recorded the sessions at the studio before the shutdown. Joshua Seth was one of the last actors to record his session during the first weekend of the lockdown.
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Region | Country | |
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| Shout! Factory | 2020 | 
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See Also[]
External Links[]
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna at the Internet Movie Database.
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna on Behind The Voice Actors.
