Digimon Adventure Tri Licensed By Shout Factory In North America

01/17/2017 12:09 pm EST

Shout! Factory and Toei Animation Inc. have signed a multi-picture deal that will bring Toei Animation's Digimon Adventure tri. to North America. The announcement was made today by Shout! Factory's founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos; and Masayuki Endo, President of Toei Animation Inc.

This new multi-year agreement awards Shout! Factory the exclusive North American broadcast and home entertainment distribution rights to the first three films in the Digimon Adventure tri. series, featuring the franchise's original English voice cast. This includes releases on DVD and Blu-ray, which will also include the original Japanese audio with English subtitles, and electronic sell-through digital rights. Shout! Factory is planning a rollout of all three movies beginning with the first, Digimon Adventure tri – Reunion, on home media in 2017.

"We're incredibly excited about this opportunity with Toei Animation. Digimon continues to stand as an enduring global pop culture phenomenon. We look forward to bringing these highly entertaining and immersive movies to anime fans and families," said Melissa Boag, Senior Vice President of Kids & Family Entertainment at Shout! Factory in a statement.

"Shout! Factory is an exceptional partner as we prepare to share the exciting new chapter of the Digimon saga with our fans across North America," said Masayuki Endo, President of Toei Animation Inc. "Digimon Adventure tri – Reunion not only reunites Digimon's talented cast and beloved characters, it reconnects the series with a generation of viewers, and perhaps even their children, who can't wait to follow the adventure into a new era."

Produced by Toei Animation, Digimon Adventure tri - Reunion is Digimon's first feature-length film since 2000. The film reunites the characters and original cast from the classic television series.

The English voice cast includes Joshua Seth, who voiced the main character Tai Kamiya in the original series, returning to the role for this feature film, as well as Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Toy Story 3) as Sora Takenouchi, Mona Marshall (South Park) as Izzy Izumi, Philece Sampler (The Legend of Korra) as Mimi Tachikawa, Tom Fahn (Digimon: Digital Monsters) as Agumon, Kirk Thornton (Sonic Boom) as Garurumon, Jeff Nimoy (Digimon Data Squad) as Tentomon and Kabuterimon, Melodee Spevack (Digimon: Digital Monsters) as Birdramon, and Dave Mallow (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) as Angemon.

Digimon Adventure tri. — Reunion picks up when the beloved Digimon Adventure 2002 series ended. It's been six years since that summer adventure when Tai (now in high school) and the rest of the "DigiDestined" crossed over to the Digital World, and nearly three years since the frenzied final battles between warring factions. With the gate to the Digital World closed, time continues to pass, until the adventure "digi-volves" once again.

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