Digimon Adventure (film)

Digimon Adventure
Film poster
Poster
Japanese name
Kanjiデジモンアドベンチャー
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnDejimon Adobenchā
Directed byMamoru Hosoda
Written byReiko Yoshida
Based onDigimon
by Akiyoshi Hongo
Produced byHiromi Seki
CinematographyShigeru Andô
Edited byYasuhiro Yoshikawa
Music byTakanori Arisawa
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • March 6, 1999 (1999-03-06)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥650 million

Digimon Adventure (Japanese: デジモンアドベンチャー, Hepburn: Dejimon Adobenchā) is a 1999 Japanese animated short film, directed by Mamoru Hosoda in his directorial debut. A part of the Digimon media franchise, Digimon Adventure is the first Digimon film, and serves as a prologue to the 1999 anime television series of the same name. The film was released in theaters in Japan on March 6, 1999, the day before the release of the Digimon Adventure television series.