Digimon The Movies 1-3 Collection

Got this as a Valentine's Day present to myself, and got around to watching it tonight. It's the first three Digimon films, uncut, and re-dubbed with the entire surviving English cast.Also included, for those absolutely nostalgic, is the American cut from 2000 which mashed all three films together into one incoherent plot.Dialogue has been re-dubbed, but so much of the English writing from 2000 is unchanged, save for the mentions of Willis being removed from Our War Game, and not to mention Kari no longer narrating every freaking thing. Part of me wanted to be surprised, but to be perfectly fair, it was very, very solid writing, right up until the third film.It leads me to the same verdict that many other fans, and even Fox Kids dubbing director Jeff Nimoy had after preview screenings in 2000:The third film, Hurricane Touchdown, was absolutely the fatal weak point, and was included mainly due to Haim Saban's repeated insistence.Cutting the third film would have left us with a runtime barely over 61 minutes, but I really feel that would have been acceptable, because it really, truly derailed the American release 25 years ago. Even standalone, I recall Hurricane Touchdown was largely panned over in Japan as well.I would honestly change only one thing for this re-release; I would have included Udi Harpaz's Saban-commissioned musical score; it was truly a treat for the ears, and this may be nostalgia talking, but it's better than what was in original sub.

I remembered watching Digimon: The Movie in the movie theaters. I wasn't aware that they took scenes from the 3 original Japanese films and put it together in one. The Blu-ray version provided me with the options of watching those 3 films in their uncut format, with the original English cast members doing the dubs. I'm glad that I bought it!

Brought me back to my childhood. Warm and friendly. At one point 10 years ago I had some mid-quality ports on a hard drive from a Bittorrent because these are so insanely expensive and difficult to find in the USA. If that last sentence irks you, it probably should, because my ISP almost fined me for the habit.That being said, I've watched all the original Japanese cuts, yet to watch the remastered Digimon Movie and New English Dub.Thoughts on Japanese cuts: I only discerned a slight loss/clipping in audio in "01 Digimon Adventure" at the beginning when the Bolero is playing, although I am not sure if that is from the source or some thing after the source (like encryption/encoding/writing etc).That being said I love this movie and all of them. They are so cute and charming and friendly.The audio is crisp and clean and Hosoda Mamoru has an incredible style, stuck with a lot of 90's kids.Hurricane Touchdown's title is confusing, as it appears to be composed of two parts: the second being called "Golden Digimentals!!". Outside the USA, intermissions half-way into a movie are common, and so the before-mentioned name is this specific second part. Thus the single movie itself has one name composed of two sub-names. ;)I highly recommend this. Thank you so much for this!!

How I spent Christmas Vacation

Loved digimon as a kid growing up and when I heard about the blu ray season 1,2 and now the movie and them staying true to the original English dubs and including the OG music, I had to grab them and the team put so much love and attention to these Blu-ray’s to give the fans a great viewing experience!

NO DIGIMON COLLECTION IS COMPLETE WITH THIS

Gives an upgrade to the original while also adapting a truer sense of story. I wish they had made a version with the American music and told the truer stories. Also the Angela Anconda scene before the movie is finally gone!!!!

The recycled dub from saban, the Japanese original 3 separate films and the new dub for the three with the Japanese ost kept ! The best of both worlds imo and as a long time Digimon watcher I approve! Digivolve! Thanks discotek media . Untill next time.