This has been something I’ve been turning over in my head for a long time now, but after several months of consideration and consultation with others, I’ve decided to translate 純真の紋章 (“junshin no monshou“) as “Crest of Sincerity” and “誠実の紋章” (“seijitsu no monshou“) as “Crest of Integrity” going forward, and I also plan to retroactively update most of my past translations to reflect this. Those who have followed my translations may know that I’d been using the translation “Purity” for 純真 (“junshin“) and “Honesty” for “誠実” (“seijitsu“) up until now. On top of explaining my justification for the changes, I thought I also might as well take the opportunity to write about Adventure and Adventure 02‘s Crest names in translation.
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DigiFes 2022 pamphlet — Cast and staff comments
The official DigiFes 2022 event (held at the Tachikawa Stage Garden on July 30, 2022) had a pamphlet sold on-site, containing comments from various members of Digimon Frontier and Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING cast and staff:
- Comments from the Digimon Frontier voice actors
- Junko Takeuchi (Takuya Kanbara)
- Hiroshi Kamiya (Kouji Minamoto)
- Michael Shitanda (Junpei Shibayama)
- Sawa Ishige (Izumi Orimoto)
- Kumiko Watanabe (Tomoki Himi)
- Kenichi Suzumura (Kouichi Kimura)
- Comments from the Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING voice actors
- Fukujuurou Katayama (Daisuke Motomiya)
- Junko Noda (V-mon)
- Megumi Ogata (Lui Ohwada)
- Rie Kugimiya (Ukkomon)
- Comments from other event attendees
- Hiromi Seki (Digimon Frontier producer)
- Ayumi Miyazaki (musician)
- AiM (musician)
Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna — Blu-ray deluxe edition booklet character summaries
The Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna Blu-ray deluxe edition booklet contains summaries of the character arcs of the twelve main featured Chosen Child and Digimon pairs. For the eight pairs originating from Digimon Adventure, each paragraph recaps their character arcs across Adventure, Adventure 02, and Adventure tri., while the remaining four have a recap of their character arcs in Adventure 02.
Continue reading “Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna — Blu-ray deluxe edition booklet character summaries”Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner character song translation masterlist
This post is a masterlist for translations of the songs featured on the Digimon Adventure 02-related “Best Partner” series of character songs. This includes the songs from the following albums:
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 1: Taichi Yagami & Agumon (June 21, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 2: Yamato Ishida & Gabumon (June 21, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 3: Koushirou Izumi & Tentomon (June 21, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 4: Jou Kido & Gomamon (June 21, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 5: Mimi Tachikawa & Palmon (July 26, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 6: Sora Takenouchi & Piyomon (July 26, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 7: Daisuke Motomiya & V-mon (July 26, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 8: Miyako Inoue & Hawkmon (July 26, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 9: Iori Hida & Armadimon (August 23, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 10: Takeru Takaishi & Patamon (August 23, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 11: Hikari Yagami & Tailmon (August 23, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner 12: Ken Ichijouji & Wormmon (August 23, 2000)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner -Kizuna- 1: Daisuke Motomiya & V-mon (August 1, 2021)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner -Kizuna- 2: Ken Ichijouji & Wormmon (August 1, 2021)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner -Kizuna- 3: Miyako Inoue & Hawkmon (August 1, 2021)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner -Kizuna- 4: Iori Hida & Armadimon (August 1, 2021)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner -Kizuna- 5: Takeru Takaishi & Patamon (August 1, 2021)
- Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner -Kizuna- 6: Hikari Yagami & Tailmon (August 1, 2021)
This also includes the “Conversation for Here Only” segments from the Kizuna albums.
Continue reading “Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner character song translation masterlist”Flash Up, Inc. interview with Fukujuurou Katayama
An interview posted on February 21, 2020 to the Flash Up, Inc. website with voice actor Fukujuurou Katayama, regarding his work as a voice actor and his roles as Peco in Ping Pong and Daisuke Motomiya in Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna.
Continue reading “Flash Up, Inc. interview with Fukujuurou Katayama”Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner -Kizuna- voice actor interview series
A translation of a series of interviews posted on the Digimon Partners website between June 22 and July 30, 2021, held with the voice actors involved in the Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner -Kizuna- character song CDs: Fukujuurou Katayama (Daisuke Motomiya), Junko Noda (V-mon), Arthur Lounsbery (Ken Ichijouji), Naozumi Takahashi (Wormmon), Ayaka Asai (Miyako Inoue), Kouichi Tohchika (Hawkmon), Yoshitaka Yamaya (Iori Hida), Megumi Urawa (Armadimon), Junya Enoki (Takeru Takaishi), Miwa Matsumoto (Patamon), M・A・O (Hikari Yagami), and Yuka Tokumitsu (Tailmon).
Please note that, for the sake of brevity and avoiding redundancy, the following translation will omit surrounding press release flavor and promotional campaign text.
Continue reading “Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner -Kizuna- voice actor interview series”Digimon Adventure 20th Anniversary Memorial Story Project — Special Booklet interviews
A translation of two interviews from the booklet distributed for the official Digimon Adventure 20th anniversary “Memorial Story” crowdfunding project, relating to the project itself, the related Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna movie, and various development details related to Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. The first is with producer Hiromi Seki, scriptwriter Akatsuki Yamatoya, and Digimon character designer Kenji Watanabe; the second is with voice actress Chika Sakamoto (voice of Agumon).
Continue reading “Digimon Adventure 20th Anniversary Memorial Story Project — Special Booklet interviews”Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna drama CD — Where Should We Go?
A translation of the drama CD included with the deluxe edition of the Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna Blu-ray, “Where Should We Go?” (ぼくらはどこへ行く？).
Continue reading “Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna drama CD — Where Should We Go?”Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna — Blu-ray deluxe edition booklet director interview
An interview with director Tomohisa Taguchi on Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna, included in the Blu-ray deluxe edition booklet, released on September 2, 2020.
Continue reading “Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna — Blu-ray deluxe edition booklet director interview”DigiFes 2019 20th Anniversary Memorial Pamphlet — Cast and staff comments
(Animation Play Back!! | Kizuna staff and cast comments)
The official DigiFes 2019 event (held at the Maihama Amphitheater on July 28, 2019) had a “20th Anniversary Memorial Pamphlet” sold on-site. The second section contained comments from cast and staff for Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna, with the following:
- Comments from the Chosen Children and Digimon voice actors
- Natsuki Hanae (Taichi Yagami) and Chika Sakamoto (Agumon)
- Yoshimasa Hosoya (Yamato Ishida) and Mayumi Yamaguchi (Gabumon)
- Suzuko Mimori (Sora Takenouchi) and Atori Shigematsu (Piyomon)
- Mutsumi Tamura (Koushirou Izumi) and Takahiro Sakurai (Tentomon)
- Hitomi Yoshida (Mimi Tachikawa) and Kinoko Yamada (Palmon)
- Junya Ikeda (Jou Kido) and Junko Takeuchi (Gomamon)
- Junya Enoki (Takeru Takaishi) and Miwa Matsumoto (Patamon)
- M・A・O (Hikari Yagami) and Yuka Tokumitsu (Tailmon)
- Fukujuurou Katayama (Daisuke Motomiya) and Junko Noda (V-mon)
- Arthur Lounsbery (Ken Ichijouji) and Naozumi Takahashi (Wormmon)
- Ayaka Asai (Miyako Inoue) and Kouichi Tohchika (Hawkmon)
- Yoshitaka Yamaya (Iori Hida) and Megumi Urawa (Armadimon)
- An interview with director Tomohisa Taguchi
- Comments from musicians Ayumi Miyazaki and AiM