List of Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series) episodes

This article is about list of the original 1999 anime series episodes. For list of the 2020 reboot anime series episodes, see List of Digimon Adventure (2020 TV series) episodes.

Digimon Adventure
No. of episodes54
Release
Original networkFuji Television
Original releaseMarch 7, 1999 (1999-03-07) –
March 26, 2000 (2000-03-26)
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Digimon Adventure is an anime series produced by Toei Animation.[1] It began broadcasting in Japan on Fuji Television on March 7, 1999, and ended on March 26, 2000.[1][2] The series was directed by Hiroyuki Kakudō and produced by Keisuke Okuda, featuring music composition by Takanori Arisawa and character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru.[3] The story revolves around a group of elementary school students known as the DigiDestined, who are transported to a parallel Digital World and find themselves in a quest to save it from evil forces with the help of their partner creatures. The series was followed in 2000 with a sequel titled Digimon Adventure 02.

Digimon Adventure was broadcast with English dubbing under the title Digimon: Digital Monsters in the United States on Fox Kids and in Canada on YTV.[4][5] The series premiered on August 14, 1999, in the United States.[6] Overall licensing of English-language material of the series was managed by Saban Entertainment,[6] which was eventually acquired by The Walt Disney Company. Digimon Adventure has been compiled into DVD box sets by Bandai Visual and Happinet in Japan and by Cinedigm in North America. On August 1, 2013, the show became available for streaming in both its English and Japanese versions on Netflix in North America.[7]

Two pieces of theme music were used in the original version of the series. Kōji Wada's song "Butter-Fly" was used as the opening theme for the series, and Ai Maeda's (credited as AiM) songs "I wish" and "Keep on" were used as ending themes.[8][9] The English opening featured an original composition by Paul Gordon.

Digimon Adventure was licensed by Saban Entertainment in North America under the name Digimon: Digital Monsters. The show initially aired on Fox Kids Network and Fox Family Channel before distribution rights were sold to Disney through BVS and ABC Family Worldwide, later airing on Toon Disney from the teenage block Jetix and the rebranded ABC Family.

  1. ^ a b デジモンアドベンチャー各話あらすじ [Digimon Adventure Episode Plot] (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  2. ^ デジモンアドベンチャー – フジテレビ [Digimon Adventure – Fuji TV] (in Japanese). Fuji Television. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  3. ^ メインスタッフリスト [Main Staff List] (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  4. ^ "Anime TV Changes". Anime News Network. February 27, 2000. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  5. ^ "Canadian TV Anime News". Anime News Network. August 12, 2000. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  6. ^ a b "'Digimon' Licensees Sign as Ratings, Retail Success Grows". PR Newswire. June 13, 2000. Archived from the original on July 15, 2005. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
  7. ^ http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Digimon_Adventure/70283208 [dead link]
  8. ^ デジモンアドベンチャー [Digimon Adventure] (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  9. ^ "Keep on (Single)". Amazon. Retrieved September 15, 2009.