#(AND YET KINOSHITA STATED RIGHT IN THIS INTERVIEW HIS INTENT WAS NEVER MEANT TO CHANGE THE WORLDS' TIMELINE)

[izzyizumi]

on Kizuna, tri, and the timeline.

Q: –Please tell us what points you focused on during production for this movie. A: {Kinoshita}: Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna is a movie with the primary goal of bringing joy to those who have walked alongside Digimon, and being “fascinating” to those who are meeting Digimon for the first time. We’ve hidden things that those who are coming into Digimon for the first time might find fun, and I would like the series to expand and continue. For instance, we would like it if, five years from now, fans and their children could watch Digimon together. Thus, we thought about what we should do in order to achieve that purpose.

So, we thought about updating it in the sense of “a modern-anime should be like this!”, and also about how we needed to destroy established conventions of “Digimon should be like this.” By this, I don’t mean that we should disrespect our fans who are so important to us, but rather, as the creators, subvert their ideas of “this is how it should be.” It was along the line of thought that if we make the kind of story that everyone would already be expecting, we won’t be able to bring joy to anyone.

Of course, for the fans, we feel that their feelings for the past series, from Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 and beyond, must be very precious to them.

So, adding on tri., we thought about taking the prior series, setting the world of 25 years later shown in the epilogue of 02 as the end goal, and decided to tell a connecting story of “Taichi and his friends in 2010” that hadn’t been depicted yet.

[Pictured: the younger Meiko Mochizuki is seen by Taichi & Yamato, floating together with Meicoomon in the realm the captured Chosen are held in. When spotted, Yamato Ishida exclaimed “Mochizuki!” in surprise {throughout Tri, he calls Meiko only by her last name}. The background depicted {the house behind Meiko, encased in ice} is of Meiko’s Japanese-style home located in Tottori prefecture, where she was raised / comes from.] [The one who captured the Chosen explains the scenes depicted in the scenery are some of the “happiest” “memories” of the captured Chosen.] {gifs by @izzyizumi, DO NOT REPOST}:

[“Bokura no Mirai” / “Our Future”, (Tri Movie 6): Meiko, her home behind her, teaches Meicoomon how to say “Dan-Dan” {“Thank You”} in the local Tottori dialect.] [gifs by @izzyizumi, DO NOT REPOST]

I believe Digimon to be a wonderful series of media, and this movie is made as a declaration of our need to take on a challenge and “transform” it so that

it can spread wider than ever.

This is the end of Taichi and his friends’ time as protagonists of the story, but their lives will continue on from here, and that world of 25 years later is still waiting ahead of them. As they continue to live, there will be bigger and smaller incidents that come forth, and facing that world of 25 years later does not mean that things will always go well.

This is not a movie meant to change the world’s timeline, but rather made to be a connecting story that happened within those 25 years, and we consider it to be a story

that expands the world of Digimon.

- excerpt from interview with Last Evolution producer with Yousuke Kinoshita, translated with credit and thanks to The DigiLab Blog

Yousuke Kinoshita was also one of the producers on Tri’s earlier movie “Kyousei” / “Coexistence”, Tri Movie #5. He then went on to become the main Producer of Kizuna.

“THIS IS NOT A MOVIE MEANT TO CHANGE THE WORLDS’ TIMELINE.”

They specifically add/mention “tri.” in regards to that that as well. (adding on “tri.”...)

Original Poster’s [mine]’s commentary:

This interview was published on July 30, 2021, and ever since then, I’ve continued to see rapid misinformation spread on Kizuna and Toei’s production of it/the current series/numerous fans who personally disliked Tri attempting to claim Kizuna as "wanting to ignore/leave out tri” and bold claims that

“the original Adventure[s] series is NEVER going to continue after Kizuna”. “Toei obviously no longer want to continue Adventure[s] after Kizuna, so Adventures fans need to ‘move on’ already.”

... Despite literally everything stated in these particular interviews.

I wish people in this fandom who seriously want to consider the series’ canon would take the time to actually THOROUGHLY read all the producers’ interviews that have been translated thus far before they make such BOLD commentaries.

And, here are some further interview notes.

–Are there any particular points where you’d like people to pay attention to when rewatching? Yamatoya: The truth is, I’ve thought about what I think would happen in the story after this, and put in a lot of hints about it. As we’ve promised, this is a story that connects to the epilogue of 02, but even though we won’t be depicting what happens after the movie for the time being, Taichi and the others are going to be striving towards that ending. They’re definitely not going to give up, and I believe

(warning: a spoiler mention of end of Kizuna’s plot follows): [you can scroll quick here if wanted]:

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they will definitely find a way to get their partners back.

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So I hope you will see it in that way. Also, for a movie of this scale, word of mouth is everything.

If you saw this movie and thought it was good, please tell your friends about your thoughts and be sure to spread the word. [x]

- Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna movie pamphlet interviews - Scriptwriter Akatsuki Yamatoya [with translation credit to DigiLab Blog]

from the post-02 Drama CD, “Original Story: Spring 2003″ with story written by Hiroyuki Kakudou, a Director/Main writer of Adventure+02: [Translation credit to Onkei/website Digital Scratch]:

Afterwards, the world met with even greater trouble. These children, and the others who were chosen in 1999, were shown to be doing very well even 25 years later, but that doesn’t mean that they had lived their days in peace all that time. Even in 02’s final episode, it was stated that “The road each had taken to get there had not been an easy one.”

The {*Digimon informative} video that Hikari had begun to make {*in this drama CD track} grew to be surprisingly useful, while the memorandum {*book} Takeru had started writing was delayed in publishing until he was able to calmly and objectively describe the situations.

[“Bokura no Mirai” / “Our Future”, (Tri Movie 6): Takeru writes a letter to Meiko post-the adventures of Tri, which take place from the start of the Japanese school year {beginning April 2005} to the end of December 24, 2005, as seen in the image above: 2005/12/24 is seen on the letter that Takeru writes.] [gifs by @izzyizumi, DO NOT REPOST] {Tri would come after this drama CD mentioned, but there were some indications/hintings included at Takeru’s future writing career: for example, Takeru maintains a blog where he informs the International Chosen Children of events happening at the time, such as when he warned them about Kuwagamon appearing in the 1st movie.] (Also, at the start of various movies post-Adventures, a mysterious “typing”-like effect is used to summarize the events so far / hint at things to come. This is a clear callback to Takeru’s writings / him being the “narrator” of Adventure & 02.)

[Typing-like effect at start of 2nd Tri movie.]

[The exact same typing-like effect intentionally occurs within Kizuna’s start, complete with pausing and backspacing / replacing of words/text, meant to reflect the title “Digimon Adventure” within the text.]

Nevertheless, these children were able to survive, without being trampled by defeat… Never forgetting their adventure and the things they had gained from their Digimon.

Their courage and friendship. Their purity and love. Their knowledge and sincerity. Their hope. Their kindness. And all of their light.

The tale of these 12 children, which extended from 1999 to 2002 is now brought to an end*. {*during the timeframe of the drama CD’s production} But even in 2003, and the years after that, they continue to live.

[recall, from the Kizuna interview above: “As they continue to live, there will be bigger and smaller incidents that come forth, and facing that world of 25 years later does not mean that things will always go well.”

“Please remember that sometimes, that is simply enough.”

- Hiroyuki Kakudou, “Original Story: Spring 2003″ 02 Drama CD end notes {Director / Head writer of Adventure & 02′s script}

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