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More Anniversaries! It's April 2nd in Japan, so more anniversaries! Digimon Adventure 02 began 20 years ago on April 2nd, 2000. (Various text below has been used in prior anniversary articles.) Adventure 02 was the first anime that came after Adventure, and it came in a form that to some...

A few small updates as the weekend begins... Last week we found out about the reprint of the Digimon Series Memorial Book via Japanese book polling service Fukkan. The book has also now been listed on Amazon Japan for pre-order with an in stock date of April 1st for 2,600 yen. Some small...

The Digimon Series Memorial Book Animation Chronicle which contained lineart and production materials for Adventure, 02, Tamers, Frontier, and Savers (including interviews, CD information, etc.) will get a limited reprint in commemoration of Digimon Adventure: beginning in April. The reprint...

It's March 3rd in Japan, so it's the 19th anniversary of Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diablomon, which came out in 2001. The film acted as a general 'finale film' to Adventure and 02, acting as a direct sequel to Children's War Game with the return of Diablomon and Omegamon. Acting not...

Digimon Season 1 is no longer listed on Starz (or via Starz as an add-on via a number of services.) The imagery on the Adventure page on Starz is still for Season 1, but Season 2 is all that is streaming on Starz for Adventure. Digimon Frontier is also still listed. This follows various...

https://images.withthewill.net/lastevolutioncafepart2_1visual_february27_2020.jpg When we got details for the Last Evolution Meeting Cafe at Ani-On Station last month, they teased that part 2 would feature the 02 team. With only a week to go they've finally announced the part 2 details! The...

Another collaboration! https://images.withthewill.net/kizuna_karatez0_february12_2020.jpg It's no surprise Kizuna would do a karaoke collaboration considering how many of these have been done since tri.. For this collaboration it's back at Karatez Karaoke. The artwork for this is brand new...

Plushie time! https://images.withthewill.net/stuffedcollectionwormmon00_february5_2020.jpg We first saw Stuffed Collection Wormmon about 2 months ago and it's already time to pre-order! This newest Digimon plus is based off the popular Digimon Adventure 02 character (who is making his return...

Last Evolution Kizuna Collaboration at Kiddy Land & Plushes Early at Village Vanguard More exclusive stuff! https://images.withthewill.net/kiddyland_lastevolution1_january29_2020.jpg The Kiddy Land chain of stores in Japan had a number of collaborations with Digimon Adventure tri. with...

Interesting little update... https://images.withthewill.net/toeimuseum0_july28_2018.jpg If you're going to be in Japan anytime soon, the Toei Museum has announced an expanded Digimon display to celebrate the release of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna. The Last Evolution Kizuna...

A bit more... https://images.withthewill.net/diginavi_wormmon_january24_2020.jpg Just a few last small updates from DigiNavi regarding 2 upcoming products. First up, we have some dates for Stuffed Collection Wormmon! We found out about him a few months ago, and this is the first update since...

More art! https://images.withthewill.net/warudamon_january23_2020.png More large Digimon art from Bandai on Twitter, with the wide selection of Digimon continuing, and they're still going with their word game of Shiritori (using the last kana of a Digimon's name, minus mon, and having...

Always nice to post positive cast/crew related news! https://images.withthewill.net/romipark_marriage_january21_2020.jpg In a small fun bit of news, Romi Park (Ken's VA in 02, along with the voice of Osamu and a few other Digimon characters) got married to fellow VA Kazuhiro Yamaji. Both...

More art! https://images.withthewill.net/tortamon_january16_2020.png More large Digimon art from Bandai on Twitter, with the wide selection of Digimon continuing, and they're still going with their word game of Shiritori (using the last kana of a Digimon's name, minus mon, and having the...

3rd Set of GraffArt Adventure 20th Products Normal Release & Kizuna Novel Pre-Orders A bunch of stuff to order! https://images.withthewill.net/graffart3update_december16_2019.jpg Pre-orders have gone up for a number of things we've gotten news of recently. Before we go over the 3rd set of...

And here's the end of Digimonukkah 2019... For Day 8 of Digimonukkah it's something a bit newer to finish out everything with! The Digimon Card Premium Edition sets! These mini card sets for Digimon Adventure's 20th Anniversary were released early at DigiFes 2019 before getting a full...

Time for a UK one! For Day 6 of Digimonukkah it's scans of something from a few years ago in the UK! The UK release of Digimon Season 2 on DVD! In late 2016 the UK got a DVD box for Digimon Season 2 from Manga UK. Unlike with Season 1 in the UK, there wasn't false start after false start...

If you're going to be in Japan for the New Year, you might wanna stop by the Shibuya Parco! https://images.withthewill.net/popup_fukubukuro_december26_2019.jpg The Digimon Shop at Limited Base Pop-Up Theater has announced they will have Digimon fukubukuro (lucky bags.) Fukubukuro are grab...

Well this is a fun Monday surprise... https://images.withthewill.net/small20thplusheswave2_december23_2019.jpg Earlier this year there was a set of small Adventure partner plushes for the 20th Anniversary of Adventure that proved very popular (they're reprinted them like 2 or 3 times, they've...

Another batch of art! https://images.withthewill.net/scopemon_december21_2019.jpg They're continuing doing short profiles and large art on Twitter, with the wide selection of Digimon continuing, and they're still going with their word game of Shiritori (using the last kana of a Digimon's...