National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Digimon: The Movie arrived in October 2000, distributed by Fox Kids and produced through a collaboration between Toei Animation and Saban Entertainment. The film compiled three separate Japanese Digimon shorts into a single theatrical release, riding the wave of the franchise's enormous popularity during the peak of the early 2000s digital monster craze. It represented a significant moment for American anime distribution, bringing a beloved television property to the big screen for its dedicated young audience.

This encapsulated cell, titled Tai Kamiya, captures the protagonist in a striking animated composition, his white headphones prominent against a dark background punctuated by colorful crowd elements and bold yellow diagonal shapes. The frame repeats across three identical exposures, a common artifact of theatrical animation printing. Tai, voiced by Joshua Seth, anchors the scene, with Matt Ishida, voiced by Michael Reisz, also present among the named figures within this piece.