Digimon: The Movie

{{Main|Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series)|Digimon Adventure 02}}

{{See also|Angela Anaconda}}

Angela Anaconda and her friends line up to watch Digimon: The Movie, but Nanette Manoir and her friends cut in line and Mrs. Brinks blocks her view of the screen. Angela imagines herself Digivolving{{efn|{{nihongo|Digivolution|進化|Shinka}} is the process by which a Digimon evolves into a higher-leveled, more powerful form.{{cite web | url=https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random052/00699210.html | title=Publisher description for Digimon World: Prima's Official Strategy Guide / Elizabeth M. Hollinger. | work=Library of Congress | access-date=2018-11-04 | archive-date=August 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826085124/http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random052/00699210.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-02-17/digital-monsters-take-over-the-world-as-bandai-america-unveils-its-fall-digimon-toy-line | title=Digital Monsters Take Over the World as Bandai America Unveils its Fall Digimon Toy Line | work=Anime News Network | date=2008-02-17 | access-date=2018-11-04 | archive-date=November 5, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105062243/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-02-17/digital-monsters-take-over-the-world-as-bandai-america-unveils-its-fall-digimon-toy-line | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://tamashii.jp/special/digimon_digivolving | title=DIGIVOLVING SPIRITS デジモン超進化魂 スペシャルページ 魂ウェブ | language=ja | work=Bandai | access-date=2018-11-04 | archive-date=November 5, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160511/https://tamashii.jp/special/digimon_digivolving/ | url-status=live }}}} into Angelamon to defeat Mrs. Brinks and Nanette, before the audience all realize they are in the wrong theater and leave.

{{main|Digimon Adventure (film)}}

Tai and Kari Kamiya find a Digi-egg that appears from their computer, which hatches and Digivolves into Agumon. Agumon wanders into the night with Kari as Tai pursues them. The neighborhood watches as a Parrotmon hatches from a second Digi-egg in the sky. When Parrotmon attacks Tai and Kari, Agumon protects them by Digivolving to Greymon. When Greymon is knocked out, Tai reawakens him with Kari's whistle and he defeats Parrotmon, but, following the battle, they both disappear. Those who witnessed this would later become the DigiDestined, children chosen to protect the Digital and real worlds.

{{main|Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!}}

An infected Digi-egg appears on the Internet and hatches into a Digimon who devours computer code, causing chaos to the world's computer systems. Izzy and Tai are warned by Gennai and a boy from Colorado called Willis,{{efn|Willis originally had no connection to the events depicted in Digimon Adventure ("Eight Years Ago") and Our War Game! ("Four Years Later"), as he was only in Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals (the basis for the segment "Present Day"). Digimon: The Movie rewrote Willis' backstory to include his involvement with Diaboromon in order to connect the movies together.}} who tells them to find a way to slow the Digimon down. Their Digimon, Agumon and Tentomon, enter the internet but are no match for the newly-Digivolved Infermon. Tai tries to recruit backup, but can only reach Matt and T.K., whose Digimon are also defeated by Infermon's final form, Diaboromon.

Diaboromon duplicates himself and infects the Pentagon's computers, launching nuclear missiles at Colorado and the DigiDestined's neighborhood which will impact in ten minutes. After WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon are defeated by the multitude of Diaboromon, Tai and Matt become digital and enter their computers. Through the collective power of everyone watching, WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon are revived and DNA Digivolve into Omnimon. Omnimon destroys the Diaboromon copies and Izzy, realizing that e-mails being sent in from people around the world watching on their computers have been slowing their Digimon down, redirects them to the original Diaboromon to freeze him in place long enough for Omnimon to destroy him. The missiles are disabled, but the same virus that created Diaboromon tracks down Willis and corrupts his Digimon, Kokomon.

While visiting Mimi Tachikawa in New York City, T.K. and Kari witness a battle between Willis, Terriermon, and a corrupted Kokomon{{efn|name=Kokomon|Kokomon is the name of the In-Training form that was first infected. Kokomon's Champion, Ultimate and Mega forms appear in the film but the Digimon is consistently referred to as Kokomon by the characters.}} who tells Willis to "go back". Willis returns home to Colorado, followed by T.K. and Kari, who informs Davis, Yolei and Cody to meet them there.

Davis, Yolei and Cody hitch-hike to Colorado, where they meet Willis and Terriermon on the way. Willis reveals his history with Diaboromon and that the same virus has infected Kokomon. Willis vows that he must confront Kokomon himself, but Terriermon and Davis offer him support and solidarity. In the final battle with Kokomon's Mega form, the DigiDestined are overpowered until Kari, T.K., Angemon and Angewomon intervene. Angewomon and Angemon release Golden Digi-Eggs to Davis and Willis, allowing Veemon and Terriermon to Golden Armor Digivolve to Magnamon and Rapidmon. Kokomon de-ages all the DigiDestined, and they realize that "go back" meant to go back in time to when the virus first attacked. The two Golden Digimon are swallowed by Kokomon and destroy the virus from within, killing Kokomon in the process. After bidding the DigiDestined farewell, Willis and Terriermon find Kokomon's Digi-egg on a beach.

{{See also|List of Digimon Adventure characters}}

{{Main|List of Digimon films}}

Toei Animation had animation fairs every spring and summer with featurettes showcasing their current animated titles.{{cite book|title=Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews|last1=Patten|first1=Fred|author-link1=Fred Patten|year=2004|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=978-1880656921|page=340}} The first Digimon short film was Digimon Adventure, directed by Mamoru Hosoda in his directorial debut{{cite news | url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/20/18001588/mamoru-hosoda-fired-howls-moving-castle-interview | first=Allegra | last=Frank | title=Getting fired from a Miyazaki movie was 'a good thing' for this anime director | work=Polygon | date=2018-10-20 | access-date=2018-10-31 | archive-date=June 17, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617112152/https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/20/18001588/mamoru-hosoda-fired-howls-moving-castle-interview | url-status=live }} and released on March 6, 1999, for the Toei Animation Spring 1999 Animation Fair. Its production preceded final decisions on the 1999 television series of the same name and was subject to several conditions imposed by the Digimon media franchise executives.{{cite book |title=DIGIMON MOVIE BOOK |date=January 2001 |publisher=Shueisha |isbn=978-4087790955}} The event alongside Yu-Gi-Oh! short and Dr. Slump : Arale's Surprise Burn grossed {{JPY|650 million}}.{{cite magazine |author= |date=2012-05-17|title=キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011 |page=586 |url=https://www.kinejun.com/ |language=ja |magazine=Kinema Junpo |location=Japan |publisher=Kinema-Junposha |access-date=2018-10-31}}

The second short film, Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! was originally released on March 4, 2000, for the Toei Animation Spring 2000 Animation Fair and later served as the inspiration for director Mamoru Hosoda's 2009 film Summer Wars and 2021 film Belle.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-12 |title=Belle Is A Spiritual Sequel To Summer Wars And A Modern Beauty And The Beast |url=https://kotaku.com/belle-is-a-spiritual-sequel-to-summer-wars-and-a-modern-1848343572 |access-date= |website=Kotaku |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229172459/https://kotaku.com/belle-is-a-spiritual-sequel-to-summer-wars-and-a-modern-1848343572 |url-status=live }} The event alongside One Piece : The Movie grossed {{JPY|2.166 billion}}.{{cite magazine |author= |date=2012-05-17|title=キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011 |page=600 |url=https://www.kinejun.com/ |language=ja |magazine=Kinema Junpo |location=Japan |publisher=Kinema-Junposha |access-date=2018-10-31}} The film's ending theme song is {{nihongo|"'Haru' Ichōchō"|「春」イ長調}} by AiM.{{cite web | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/229849/products/165057/1/ | title=「春」イ長調 | language=ja | work=Oricon | access-date=2018-10-31 | archive-date=November 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101095452/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/229849/products/165057/1/ | url-status=live }}

{{nihongo|Digimon Adventure 02: Part I: Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Part II: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals|デジモンアドベンチャー02: 前編 デジモンハリケーン上陸！！ / 後編 超絶進化！！ 黄金のデジメンタル|Dejimon Adobenchā Zero Tsū: Zenpen: Dejimon Harikēn Jōriku!! / Kōhen: Chōzetsu Shinka!! Ōgon no Digimentaru}} was released on July 8, 2000, for the Toei Animation Summer 2000 Animation Fair. It was directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi. The film was screened in two parts, with Ojamajo Doremi #: The Movie screening in between. Only four months separated the release of Our War Game! and this production based on the current season airing in Japan; Toei Animation rejected a script initially green-lighted, considered "too sappy, too depressing" and not enough "action-oriented, pop" by the Japanese studio, a dozen scripts were elaborated and presented in a hurry.{{Citation |title=DIGIMON CON Digimon Anime Discussion 《English ver.》 | date=March 3, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y9VRnB4Xn0%3Ft%3D707 |publisher=Bandai |access-date= |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229172458/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y9VRnB4Xn0%3Ft%3D707 |url-status=live }} The event grossed {{JPY|120 billion}}, the movie did not meet the expected reception of fans and critics.{{Cite web |title=WEBアニメスタイル_特別企画 |url=http://style.fm/as/13_special/houdan_060724.shtml |access-date= |website=style.fm |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204210654/http://style.fm/as/13_special/houdan_060724.shtml |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=デジモン新計画が歓声から悲鳴に 元「監督」が降板、何が起きた？ |url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/14797246/ |access-date= |website=ライブドアニュース |language=ja |archive-date=January 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106173538/https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/14797246/ |url-status=live }} The film's ending theme song is {{nihongo|"Stand By Me (Hitonatsu no Bōken)"|スタンド・バイ・ミー～ひと夏の冒険～|Sutando Bai Mī ~Hitonatsu no Bōken~}} by AiM.{{cite web | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/229849/products/165061/1/ | title=スタンド・バイ・ミー～ひと夏の冒険～ | language=ja | work=Oricon | access-date=2018-10-31 | archive-date=November 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101060742/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/229849/products/165061/1/ | url-status=live }}

Several animation critics speculated that Fox had wanted to replicate the success of the first two Pokémon films by releasing a feature film for Digimon as well.{{Cite journal |title=Digimon: Space Digital Monster |journal=Boxoffice Pro |publication-date=September 2000 |pages=16}}{{Cite journal |last=Patten |first=Fred |date=October 2000 |title=Is Digimon movie destined for success? |url= |journal=Animation |volume=14 |issue=9 |pages=73–75}} The only films produced for Digimon at that time were Digimon Adventure (1999), Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (2000), and Digimon Adventure 02: Part I: Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Part II: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals (2000), which were all seasonal featurette films. The films were originally planned to be released as separate theatrical films, until Fox settled on releasing them as a singular film.{{cite web | first=Jeff | last=Nimoy | author-link=Jeff Nimoy | url=https://thestoop.tv/2020/10/01/digimon-the-movie-the-blog/ | title="Digimon: The Movie" – The Blog | work=The Stoop | date=2020-10-01 | access-date=2022-11-24 | archive-date=November 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124103234/https://thestoop.tv/2020/10/01/digimon-the-movie-the-blog/ | url-status=live }}

Around Q2 1999, when production for the English dub of Digimon Adventure had concluded, writers Jeff Nimoy and Bob Buchholz were offered to write Digimon: The Movie while negotiating their contracts to return to write for the show's second season. Nimoy stated that he was concerned about combining the plot of Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals, particularly because of its slow pacing and introduction of four new characters that were not in the first two films. He had proposed to Haim Saban to use the Digimon Adventure and Our War Game! and release the third film separately as a direct-to-video film or as a DVD extra.{{cite web | url=https://digipedia.db-destiny.net/cast_crew/nimoy2.htm | title=Retrospective with Jeff Nimoy | first=Chris | last=McFeely | year=2005 | access-date=December 27, 2010 | archive-date=March 17, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317163537/http://digipedia.db-destiny.net/cast_crew/nimoy2.htm | url-status=live }} Nimoy also stated that producer Terri-Lei O'Malley suggested using Our War Game! and Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals, and releasing the first film as a DVD extra or television special, reasoning that the animation style of the first film did not match the last two. However, all suggestions were overruled and they were forced to include all three films out of contractual obligations with Toei Animation. Nimoy had been disappointed with this decision, and it was one of the factors that led him and Buchholz into leaving the writing team near the end of Digimon Adventure 02{{'}}s run in North America.

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Nimoy and Buchholz first rearranged footage from Digimon Adventure, Our War Game!, and Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals to outline the overall plot of Digimon: The Movie. As Nimoy and Buchholz noticed that Digi-eggs were a recurring image in all three films, they used that to connect their narratives. After editing the footage and sending it to post-development, they began writing the script for the film. Originally, Nimoy wanted to have Tai narrate, but since Tai did not play a major role in the third part, the role was instead relegated to Kari.

In addition, Nimoy and Buchholz rewrote Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals to include Willis being involved in Diaboromon's creation.{{cite news | first=Paul F | last=Duke | url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/fox-sets-digimon-pic-1117782671/ | title=Fox sets 'Digimon' pic | work=Variety | date=2000-06-15 | access-date=2018-11-01 | archive-date=August 5, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805170800/https://variety.com/2000/film/news/fox-sets-digimon-pic-1117782671/ | url-status=live }} As the three films were respectively 20, 40, and 60 minutes long, footage was condensed to fit 85 minutes. Digimon Adventure was used as basis for the "Eight Years Ago" sequence, Our War Game! in the "Four Years Later" sequence, and Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals in the "Present Day" sequence.{{cite news | first=Sean | last=Aitchison | url=https://www.fanbyte.com/features/digimon-movie-soundtrack/ | title=The Weird History of Digimon: The Movie's Banger Soundtrack | work=Fanbyte | date=2019-04-02 | access-date=2019-08-15 | archive-date=July 13, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713142439/https://www.fanbyte.com/features/digimon-movie-soundtrack/ | url-status=live }} Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals was heavily cut, including a subplot featuring the older DigiDestined being captured and de-aged by Wendigomon.

Alongside of that, the writing is in the style of the animated series, with Japanese cultural differences removed and North American jokes inserted.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/digiconfusion-from-a-parallel-universe/article770350/ |title=Digiconfusion from a parallel universe |first=Liam |last=Lacey |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |year=2000 |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810002328/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/digiconfusion-from-a-parallel-universe/article770350/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |last=Saperstein |first=Patricia |date=2000-01-17 |title=Kids warm to new crop of Japanese toons |url= |journal=Variety |volume=377 |issue=9 |pages=N22}} One particular example of a cultural difference being removed was that, in Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals, the main characters hitchhiked across the United States. In writing the jokes, Nimoy and Buchholz worked backwards by coming up with a punchline and writing the set-up later. An early version of the official website listed Willis' name as his name in the Japanese version, Wallace,{{cite web|url=http://www.foxkids.com/digimonmovie/|title=DigimonMovie.com|work=Fox Family Properties|access-date=2018-10-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823032527/http://www.foxkids.com/digimonmovie/|archive-date=August 23, 2000}} until it was changed to "Willis" in the final version.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/digimon/digimonmovie/characters/willis.html|title=Digimon: The Movie characters: Willis|work=Fox Family Properties|access-date=2018-10-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017145002/http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/digimon/digimonmovie/characters/willis.html|archive-date=October 17, 2000}} Prior to the release of Digimon: The Movie, the film led to a dispute between Saban Entertainment and the Screen Actors Guild. The Screen Actors Guild negotiated for actors contracted under them to be paid residuals over home video and subsequent television broadcasts, as they felt Digimon: The Movie was considered an original work due to the dialogue deviating from the original script.{{cite news | first=Rick | last=De Mott | url=https://www.awn.com/news/saban-sag-struggle-over-digimon-dub-dispute | title=Saban, SAG Struggle Over Digimon Dub Dispute | work=Animation World Network | date=2000-04-14 | access-date=2018-10-31 | archive-date=August 15, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815163403/https://www.awn.com/news/saban-sag-struggle-over-digimon-dub-dispute | url-status=live }}

The Angela Anaconda short at the beginning of the film was later re-released as an episode in the television series titled "Good Seats" on January 15, 2001, with all dialogue mentioning Digimon removed.{{cite web | url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/angela-anaconda/episodes-season-2/199757/ | title=Angela Anaconda Episodes Season 2 (2001) | work=TV Guide | access-date=2019-05-18 | archive-date=April 14, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414112407/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/angela-anaconda/episodes-season-2/199757/ | url-status=live }}

Taco Bell promoted Digimon: The Movie the summer before the film's release via a summer partnership with the franchise from July 13, 2000, to September 9, 2000. Participating restaurants offered toys and other collectibles with purchase of their kids' meals.{{cite news | title=Yo Quiero Taco Bell and Digimon | url=https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/yo-quiero-taco-bell-and-digimon | work=QSR Magazine | date=June 29, 2000 | access-date=December 27, 2010 | archive-date=March 4, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304053750/http://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/yo-quiero-taco-bell-and-digimon | url-status=live }}{{cite news | title=Taco Bell Digimon Promotion | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-09-29/taco-bell-digimon-promotion | work=Anime News Network | date=2000-09-30 | access-date=2018-11-01 | archive-date=August 14, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814234009/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-09-29/taco-bell-digimon-promotion | url-status=live }} When the film debuted in domestic theaters, a limited edition "Digi Battle" trading card was given out with every admission, with a total of 12 cards obtainable.

On October 6, 2000, the Mall of America hosted the premiere of Digimon: The Movie.

In July 2023, Discotek Media announced the acquisition of the rights of Digimon: The Movie for a Blu-ray release. In addition to Digimon: The Movie, the release also included newly produced English dubs for the original three short films used to create Digimon: The Movie. Most of the original actors reprised their roles.{{cite web|title=Discotek to Release 3 Digimon Films With New Uncut English Dub Featuring Classic Cast |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-29/discotek-to-release-3-digimon-films-with-new-uncut-english-dub-featuring-classic-cast/.200803|publisher=Anime News Network|date=July 29, 2023|access-date=July 29, 2023}}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-30 |title=Discotek Media Announces Uncut Release of The Digimon Movie |url=https://movieweb.com/discotek-media-announces-uncut-release-of-the-digimon-movie/ |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=MovieWeb |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Juvet |first=Aedan |date=2023-08-02 |title=Official Re-Release of Digimon the Movie Confirmed with Original Cast |url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/official-re-release-of-digimon-the-movie-confirmed-with-original-cast/ |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=bleedingcool.com |language=en}} It was released on December 17, 2024, under the title Digimon: The Movies.{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/digimon-movies-blu-ray-original-dub-cast/ | title=The First Three 'Digimon' Movies Are Coming to Blu-Ray in a New Set | website=Collider | date=September 14, 2024 }}

Digimon: The Movie opened at #5 in the box office (being shown in 1,825 theaters){{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Jonathan |title=Anime A History |date=2013 |publisher=Palgrave |isbn=978-1-84457-390-5}} and earned $4,233,304 on the opening weekend. The film's run ended on December 3, 2000, at #56 drawing in a weekend gross of $19,665 grossing a total of $9,631,153 domestically.{{cite news | first=Egan | last=Loo | title=Miyazaki's Ponyo Slips to #13 with US$2 Million | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-30/miyazaki-ponyo-slips-to-no.13-with-us%242-million | work=Anime News Network | date=2009-08-30 | access-date=2018-11-01 | archive-date=October 18, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018130036/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-30/miyazaki-ponyo-slips-to-no.13-with-us%242-million | url-status=live }} The movie also drew in $1,567,641 in the UK after its release on February 16, 2001{{cite web|title=Digimon: The Movie|url=https://www.25thframe.co.uk/movies/digimon-the-movie|website=www.25thframe.co.uk|access-date=December 29, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229191801/https://www.25thframe.co.uk/movies/digimon-the-movie|url-status=live}} and $2,200,656 in Germany the same year.{{cite web|access-date=2020-11-06|title=Digimon: The Movie (2000) - JPBox-Office|url=https://jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2575|website=jpbox-office.com|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229165939/http://jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2575|url-status=live}} It earned a total of {{US$|16,643,191|2000|link=|round=-5}}, making it a minor box office success compared to its budget of $5 million.{{Cite web |title=Digimon: The Movie |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0259974/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Box Office Mojo |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427181711/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0259974/ }}

The international success of Digimon: The Movie led Toshio Suzuki to contact Mamoru Hosoda to direct Howl's Moving Castle, though he later left the production due to creative differences.{{cite news |first=Brian |last=Leak |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianleak/2018/10/25/mirai-director-mamoru-hosoda-on-the-importance-of-family-and-childhood-memories/#6ffc41853d2c |title='Mirai' Director Mamoru Hosoda On The Importance Of Family And Childhood Memories |work=Forbes |date=2018-10-25 |access-date=2018-10-31 |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025173709/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianleak/2018/10/25/mirai-director-mamoru-hosoda-on-the-importance-of-family-and-childhood-memories/#6ffc41853d2c |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Tara |last=Brady |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/mamoru-hosoda-s-poignant-and-strange-inversion-of-it-s-a-wonderful-life-1.3676853 |title=Mamoru Hosoda's poignant and strange inversion of It's a Wonderful Life |work=Irish Times |date=2018-10-30 |access-date=2018-10-31 |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030085552/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/mamoru-hosoda-s-poignant-and-strange-inversion-of-it-s-a-wonderful-life-1.3676853 |url-status=live }} Digimon: The Movie is Hosoda's most successful film in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Box-office US : Scream fait un bain de sang et détrône le mastodonte Spider-Man |url=https://www.ecranlarge.com/films/box-office/us/1413530-2022-01-14-au-2022-01-16-box-office-us-scream-fait-un-bain-de-sang-et-detrone-le-mastodonte-spider-man |access-date= |website=EcranLarge.com |language=fr |archive-date=January 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106014841/https://www.ecranlarge.com/films/box-office/us/1413530-2022-01-14-au-2022-01-16-box-office-us-scream-fait-un-bain-de-sang-et-detrone-le-mastodonte-spider-man |url-status=live }}

The film received generally negative reviews from critics. According to the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 24% of critics have given the movie a positive review based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Digimon is better than Pokemon, but it's still a predictable movie with mediocre animation."{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/digimon_the_movie/ | title=Digimon - The Movie (2000) | work=Rotten Tomatoes | publisher=Fandango | access-date=January 22, 2019 | archive-date=May 7, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507102726/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/digimon_the_movie | url-status=live }} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 20 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/digimon-digital-monsters | title=Digimon: Digital Monsters Reviews | work=Metacritic | publisher=CBS Interactive | access-date=January 22, 2019 | archive-date=May 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501225527/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/digimon-digital-monsters | url-status=live }} Reviews from The New York Times,{{cite web | title=FILM IN REVIEW; Digimon: The Movie | first=Lawrence | last=van Gelder | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/06/movies/film-in-review-digimon-the-movie.html | work=The New York Times | date=October 6, 2000 | access-date=December 26, 2010 | archive-date=April 17, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417105228/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/06/movies/film-in-review-digimon-the-movie.html | url-status=live }} The Globe and Mail, and Common Sense Media stated that there was too little focus on the plot and characters, which alienated audiences who were not familiar with the television series.{{cite web | title=Digimon: The Movie Movie Review | first=Paul | last=Trandahl | url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/digimon-the-movie | work=Common Sense Media | date=September 8, 2009 | access-date=2018-10-31 | archive-date=June 27, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202818/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/digimon-the-movie | url-status=live }}

At the 2000 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, the film won the award for "Worst Achievement in Animation".{{cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/2000/2000st.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017165428/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/2000/2000st.htm|archive-date=2006-10-17|title=2000 23rd Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards|access-date=July 8, 2013|work=Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|publisher=Los Angeles Times}} However; the magazine Animage conducted a list of the "Top 100" anime productions in January 2001, and Digimon: The Movie placed 88th on list.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-01-15/animage-top-100-anime-listing |title=Animage Top-100 Anime Listing |website=Anime News Network |access-date=July 9, 2013 |archive-date=February 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227082856/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-01-15/animage-top-100-anime-listing |url-status=live }}

Despite the film's production struggles and negative critical reception, audience and fan response to the film has been more positive.{{Cite web |last=Remizova |first=Maria |date=2022-09-18 |title=10 Anime Movies That Critics Hate But Audiences Love |url=https://www.cbr.com/anime-movies-critics-hate-audiences-love/ |access-date= |website=CBR |archive-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918233749/https://www.cbr.com/anime-movies-critics-hate-audiences-love/ |url-status=live }} It continues to generate articles, reviews, memes, urban legends, and fads on social networks counting a few thousand engagements.{{Cite web |last=Dale Bashir |date=2020-10-07 |title=Digimon: The Movie Was Truly a Remarkable Feat for English Anime Dubs |url=https://sea.ign.com/digimon-adventure/164612/news/digimon-the-movie-was-truly-a-remarkable-feat-for-english-anime-dubs |access-date= |website=IGN Southeast Asia |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229165941/https://sea.ign.com/digimon-adventure/164612/news/digimon-the-movie-was-truly-a-remarkable-feat-for-english-anime-dubs |url-status=live }}{{cite web|access-date=2020-11-06|date=2020-10-07|first=Maria|last=Rivera|title=Digimon: Fans celebrate 20 years of the first film dedicated to digital monsters|url=https://asapland.com/digimon-fans-celebrate-20-years-of-the-first-film-dedicated-to-digital-monsters/64825/|website=Asap Land|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113030611/https://asapland.com/digimon-fans-celebrate-20-years-of-the-first-film-dedicated-to-digital-monsters/64825/ |archive-date=November 13, 2020 }}{{Cite web |title=Digimon the Movie Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary |url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/digimon-the-movie-anime-20th-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=Anime |date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229165939/https://comicbook.com/anime/news/digimon-the-movie-anime-20th-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}

Writing for IGN Southeast Asia, Dale Bashir highlights some aspects of the film's production value stating, "Now is Digimon: The Movie better than the three movies it was adapting from? No, not even in the slightest. That doesn’t mean this movie cannot stand on its own merits, especially as a great case study into the art of dubbing and adapting foreign media into English." Nick Valdez for ComicBook also compliments aspects of the dub stating, "Because anime dubbing and licensing is handled far differently these days, Digimon: The Movie is not something that can be made again."

The ska punk-influenced soundtrack has been singled out particularly, with many outlets and reviewers claiming it as the best aspect of the whole film.{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-21|title=20 Years Ago Digimon: The Movie Premiered|url=https://kotaku.com/20-years-ago-digimon-the-movie-premiered-and-it-wasnt-1845291657|website=Kotaku|date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=December 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226022443/https://kotaku.com/20-years-ago-digimon-the-movie-premiered-and-it-wasnt-1845291657|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=2020-11-06|date=2019-04-02|title=The Weird History of Digimon: The Movie's Banger Soundtrack|url=https://www.fanbyte.com/features/digimon-movie-soundtrack/|website=Fanbyte|archive-date=July 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713142439/https://www.fanbyte.com/features/digimon-movie-soundtrack/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|author=Jade King|date=16 January 2022|title=The Digimon Movie Had A Ska Soundtrack That Still Absolutely Slaps|url=https://www.thegamer.com/the-digimon-movie-ska-soundtrack/|website=TheGamer|access-date=December 29, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229165940/https://www.thegamer.com/the-digimon-movie-ska-soundtrack/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=22 October 2017|language=fr-FR|title=De Digimon à Summer Wars - Critique|url=https://vaikarona.com/critique/summer-wars-digimon/|website=Vaikarona|access-date=December 29, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229165951/https://vaikarona.com/critique/summer-wars-digimon/|url-status=live}} IGN deemed the soundtrack, "memorable", with CBR also claiming, "it's almost a perfect time capsule of the 2000's."{{cite web|access-date=2020-11-06|title=Digimon: The Movie is Still Untouchable After 20 Years|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/digimon-movie-20th-anniversary-review-anime/|website=Anime|date=October 7, 2020 |archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229165941/https://comicbook.com/anime/news/digimon-movie-20th-anniversary-review-anime/|url-status=live}}

In January 2022, for the release of Belle, Mamoru Hosoda expressed that whenever he promotes a new project abroad, he now meets many people who grew up with Digimon and who talk about the movie.{{Citation |title=Mamoru Hosoda, le créateur de Digimon (et plein d'autres animes !) | date=January 14, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAzlTFpAAKw |trans-title=Interview by Stéphanie Chermont (Melty) - Mamoru Hosoda |language=fr |access-date=2022-12-29 |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229165940/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAzlTFpAAKw |url-status=live }}

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| length = 50:16

| label = Maverick

| producer = {{hlist|Paul Gordon|Eric Valentine|Fatboy Slim|Mumble C|DJ Moves|Susan Rogers|Paul Q. Kolderie|Howard Benson|Josh Debear}}

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Music from the Motion Picture Digimon: The Movie is the original motion picture soundtrack for the film, Digimon: The Movie, released September 19, 2000 on Maverick Records on CD and compact cassette.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/digimon/digimonmovie/s_listen.html|title=Digimon: The Movie-soundtrack|work=Fox Family Properties|access-date=2018-10-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017191909/http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/digimon/digimonmovie/s_listen.html|archive-date=October 17, 2000}} The film score was composed by Udi Harpaz and Amotz Plessner, and was performed by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.Digimon: The Movie end credits{{cite web|url=https://udiharpaz.com/projects/digimonmovie/|title=Udi Harpaz: Composer - Digimon: The Movie|work=Udi Harpaz|access-date=2018-10-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134641/http://www.udiharpaz.com/projects/digimonmovie/|archive-date=2011-07-17}}

The film's theme song is the "Digi Rap", a remix of the theme song from the English version of Digimon Adventure. The track is performed by Josh Debear under the name "M.C. Pea Pod" and Paul Gordon.{{cite news |first=Karen |last=Ressler |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-19/digimon-transformers-robots-in-disguise-musician-paul-gordon-passes-away/.98874 |title=Digimon, Transformers: Robots in Disguise Musician Paul Gordon Passes Away |work=Anime News Network |date=2016-02-19 |access-date=2018-11-04 |archive-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105110753/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-19/digimon-transformers-robots-in-disguise-musician-paul-gordon-passes-away/.98874 |url-status=live }}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Performer(s)

| title1 = Digi Rap

| writer1 = Shuki Levy, Paul Gordon, Kussa Mahchi

| extra1 = MC Pea Pod (Josh Debear), Paul Gordon

| length1 = 3:11

| title2 = All Star

| writer2 = Gregory D. Camp

| extra2 = Smash Mouth

| length2 = 3:20

| title3 = The Rockafeller Skank

| writer3 = John Barry, Norman Cook, Terry Winford

| extra3 = Fatboy Slim

| note3 = Short Edit

| length3 = 4:02

| title4 = Kids in America

| writer4 = Marty Wilde, Ricky Wilde

| extra4 = LEN

| length4 = 3:54

| title5 = Hey Digimon

| writer5 = Shuki Levy, Paul Gordon, Kussa Mahchi

| extra5 = Paul Gordon

| length5 = 2:31

| title6 = One Week

| writer6 = Ed Robertson

| extra6 = Barenaked Ladies

| length6 = 2:52

| title7 = The Impression That I Get

| writer7 = Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman

| extra7 = The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

| length7 = 3:17

| title8 = All My Best Friends Are Metalheads

| writer8 = Chris Demakes, Vinny Fiorello, Roger Manganelli

| extra8 = Less Than Jake

| length8 = 3:13

| title9 = Run Around

| writer9 = Jeremy Sweet, Shuki Levy, Kussa Mahchi

| extra9 = Jasan Radford

| length9 = 2:09

| title10 = Nowhere Near

| writer10 = Tim Cullen

| extra10 = Summercamp

| length10 = 2:21

| title11 = Spill

| writer11 = Daniel Castady, David Hyde, Graham Jordan, Christopher Messer

| extra11 = Showoff

| length11 = 2:16

| title12 = Here We Go

| writer12 = Jeremy Sweet, Shuki Levy, Kussa Mahchi

| extra12 = Jason Gochin

| length12 = 2:25

| title13 = Digimon Theme

| note13 = hidden track

| writer13 = Paul Gordon, Shuki Levy, Kussa Mahchi

| extra13 = Paul Gordon

| length13 = 3:00

| title14 = Change Into Power

| note14 = hidden track

| writer14 = Paul Gordon, Shuki Levy, Kussa Mahchi

| extra14 = Paul Gordon

| length14 = 2:35

| title15 = Let's Kick It Up

| note15 = hidden track

| writer15 = Paul Gordon, Shuki Levy, Kussa Mahchi

| extra15 = Paul Gordon

| length15 = 3:12

| title16 = Going Digital

| note16 = hidden track

| writer16 = Jeremy Sweet, Shuki Levy, Kussa Mahchi

| extra16 = Jasan Radford

| length16 = 3:00

| title17 = Strange

| note17 = hidden track

| writer17 = Jeremy Sweet, Shuki Levy, Kussa Mahchi

| extra17 = Jasan Radford

| length17 = 2:48

}}

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