A translation of the information and cast/staff comments from the Digimon Partners announcement posted on March 25, 2023, revealing the release date for Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING and other related info. The article includes comments from voice cast members Fukujuurou Katayama (Daisuke Motomiya) and Junko Noda (V-mon), as well as director Tomohisa Taguchi.
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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 (Rui Owada)
- Rie Kugimiya (Ukkomon)
- Comments from other event attendees
- Hiromi Seki (Digimon Frontier producer)
- Ayumi Miyazaki (musician)
- AiM (musician)
DigiFes 2021 pamphlet — Cast and staff comments
The official DigiFes 2021 event (held at the Yokosuka Arts Theater on August 1, 2021) had a pamphlet sold on-site, containing comments from various members of predominantly Digimon Tamers-related cast and staff:
- Comments from the Digimon Tamers voice actors
- Makoto Tsumura (Takato Matsuda)
- Masako Nozawa (Guilmon)
- Mayumi Yamaguchi (Jianliang Lee)
- Aoi Tada (Terriermon)
- Fumiko Orikasa (Ruki Makino)
- Youko Asada (Juri Katou)
- Susumu Chiba (Mitsuo Yamaki)
- Hiroki Takahashi (Impmon)
- Tomoko Kaneda (Culumon)
- Comments from other event attendees
- Ayumi Miyazaki (musician)
- AiM (musician)
- WILD CHILD BOUND as Masataka Fujishige (musician)
- Takayoshi Tanimoto (musician)
- Michihiko Ohta (musician)
- Fukujuurou Katayama (event MC, voice of Daisuke Motomiya in Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna)
- Junko Noda (event MC, voice of V-mon in Digimon Adventure 02 and Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna)
- Arthur Lounsbery (event MC, voice of Ken Ichijouji in Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna)
- Naozumi Takahashi (event MC, voice of Wormmon in Digimon Adventure 02 and Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna)
- Interview with Digimon Tamers lead writer Chiaki Konaka
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.
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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.
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(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
Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna movie pamphlet interviews — Voice actor messages
Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna‘s theatrical screening had a corresponding informational pamphlet sold on-site, which contained informational and art assets and a large number of cast and staff interviews.
(Mayu Matsuoka | Natsuki Hanae and Chika Sakamoto | Other voice actor messages | Creator group talk | Scriptwriter Akatsuki Yamatoya | BGM composer Harumi Fuuki | Music artists Ayumi Miyazaki and AiM | Producer Yousuke Kinoshita)
This post is a translation of the short questionnaire messages with the voice actors for the Chosen Children and their Digimon (with the exception of Natsuki Hanae and Chika Sakamoto):
- Chosen Children voice actors: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Yamato Ishida), Suzuko Mimori (Sora Takenouchi), Mutsumi Tamura, (Koushirou Izumi). Hitomi Yoshida (Mimi Tachikawa), Junya Ikeda (Jou Kido), M・A・O (Hikari Yagami), Fukujuurou Katayama (Daisuke Motomiya), Arthur Lounsbery (Ken Ichijouji), Ayaka Asai (Miyako Inoue), Yoshitaka Yamaya (Iori Hida)
- Digimon partner voice actors: Mayumi Yamaguchi (Gabumon), Atori Shigematsu (Piyomon), Takahiro Sakurai (Tentomon), Kinoko Yamada (Palmon), Junko Takeuchi (Gomamon), Miwa Matsumoto (Patamon), Yuka Tokumitsu (Tailmon), Junko Noda (V-mon), Naozumi Takahashi (Wormmon), Kouichi Tohchika (Hawkmon), Megumi Urawa (Armadimon)
Animate Times Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna interview series — Part 2: Fukujuurou Katayama, Ayaka Asai, Yoshitaka Yamaya
A translation of the second of Animate Times’s three-part interview series for Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna, from February 20, 2020, featuring Digimon Adventure 02 human character voice actors Fukujuurou Katayama (Daisuke Motomiya), Ayaka Asai (Miyako Inoue), and Yoshitaka Yamaya (Iori Hida).
(Part 1: 02 Digimon cast voice actors | Part 2: 02 human cast voice actors | Part 3: Mayu Matsuoka)
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A translation of this Anime! Anime! article from February 29, 2020, featuring an interview with voice actors Fukujuurou Katayama (Daisuke Motomiya), Ayaka Asai (Miyako Inoue), and Yoshitaka Yamaya (Iori Hida) about Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna.
(Director Tomohisa Taguchi interview | Natsuki Hanae and Chika Sakamoto interview | 02 human cast voice actor interview | 02 Digimon cast voice actor interview | Producer Yousuke Kinoshita and supervisor Hiromi Seki interview)
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