Digimon Adventure tri. Movie 1 "Reunion" Makes 218 Million Yen

December 20th, 2015. Anime! Anime! reports that the first entry in the six-part Digimon Adventure tri. film series, Reunion, earned over 218,000,000 yen as of December 16th. The film is presently in its fourth week in theaters, having been extended as late as December 25th at select locations. Several of the original ten theaters that ran the film are leaving open the possibility of extensions past Christmas, as tri. has been at the top of the small film charts since its premiere on November 21st. According to Anime! Anime!, about one hundred thousand people have seen Reunion in theaters.

Digimon Adventure tri. is a series of six theatrical films made in observance of Adventure's fifteenth anniversary. Currently two films have been titled, Reunion (premiered November 21st) and Decision, which will premiere in Japan on March 12th, 2016. For its international distribution, Reunion was officially licensed to be subtitled on Crunchyroll, broken up into four episodes rather than the one continuous movie shown in Japanese theaters. In Germany the film was subtitled by Animax and shown on broadcast television.

Adventure tri. Movie 1 "Reunion" Extended to December 25th

December 17th, 2015. The official Digimon Adventure portal updated today to reflect a change in schedule; Digimon Adventure tri. movie 1 Reunion, which was previously extended from its original limited three-week run to December 12th, has been further extended up to as late as December 25th at participating Japanese theaters. All ten of the original theaters that chose to screen the film have also chosen to extend its run, with seven extending to December 25th, two to December 22nd, and one to December 18th.

Digimon Adventure tri. has been a massive success thus far, opening at over 59 million yen in its first week despite being exclusive to a very small number of theaters, and by the middle of its fourth week those sales had grown to over 180 million yen, about 1.5 million dollars.

The second entry in Adventure tri., Decision, will premiere in Japan on March 12th, 2016. The film series has been officially licensed to Crunchyroll for distribution in the west, with each film being cut up into four subtitled episodes.

Some theaters have listed the extended dates' deadlines as tentative, rather than final.

Crunchyroll Acquires Rights to Digimon Adventure tri.

November 20th, 2015. Anime streaming site and subtitle producer Crunchyroll has acquired the rights to officially subtitle the first of six Digimon Adventure tri. films. The first film, Reunion, will become available in English simultaneous to its Japanese premiere at 7:00 AM PST/10:00 AM EST on the 20th. Initial preview statements from Crunchryoll have used Japanese names for the Digimon ("BelialVamdemon") and a mixture of full Japanese names with dub abbreviations for the human cast, as well as the dub term DigiDestined. Toei Animation has generally adopted "DigiDestined" as an English equivalent to the Japanese "chosen children."