The Digimon Movies Are Getting Remastered

Anyone who’s really into anime will know the name of Discotek Media. The company has done some incredible things in recent years, remastering and re-releasing a host of anime series that otherwise would be stuck with standard definition DVD (or worse, VHS) releases that have been out of print for decades.

The boutique DVD and blu-ray publisher makes a living licensing and improving old anime, and the company’s next target is somewhat of a white whale in the anime community. It’s Digimon: The Movie. Well actually, it’s Digimon: The Movies, which includes just about everything you’d want to have, all remastered and retouched.

According to Discotek, it includes the original Digimon Adventure movie, Our War Game, Hurricane Touchdown, and Digimon: The Movie. A couple of those are very short films, spanning only 20 minutes, and either never aired in English or were repurposed into episodes of the Digimon Adventure anime.

What makes this new release so exciting is that Discotek tried its very hardest to get all the original voice actors back for a brand-new dub, including Joshua Seth as Tai, Mona Marshall as Izzy, Lara Jill Miller as Kari, Brian Donovan as Davis, and Michael Reisz as Matt. There have also been some new additions to the voice cast, who have apparently been selected “based on energy and giving a voice and vibe” that matches what you have in your head.

Of course, if you’d rather watch subbed, that’s an option too, as the release has both English and Japanese dubs for all of the movies. For those who are watching with the new dub, the tone and script is “a mix between classic Digimon dubs and a bit more straight”, and they typically use the Japanese music. Digimon: The Movie reportedly “has the soundtrack”, which should mean the licensed music, like the iconic All Star, are in there. We’re keeping our fingers crossed.

Unfortunately, despite Discotek’s best efforts, the Angela Anaconda short that originally aired before Digimon: The Movie, called Angelamon, won’t be in the collection. Regardless of what you think of the short (and let’s face it, it was bad), it’s a bit of a shame that such an important part of the movie’s legacy won’t be there.

There’s no release date for the collection yet, but Discotek says to keep an eye out on its website and its Twitter account for more info.