Ai Nagano, Shizuka Okohira [ja], Shoko Kikuchi, and Yū Sugimoto provide the voices of children.

Digimon Adventure was directed by Mamoru Hosoda, written by Reiko Yoshida, and produced by Toei Animation.

[2] The film was originally conceived as a standalone project based on the Digital Monster virtual pet created by WiZ[3][4] and Bandai, with character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru [ja] that were inspired by 1970s comic book artwork.

Following the launch of the manga series Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 in the manga magazine V Jump in 1998, Toei elected to make the manga's protagonist Taichi Yagami / Taichi "Tai" Kamiya the primary character of Digimon Adventure; the film was ultimately re-developed into a prologue for the 1999 television series of the same name, which began production a month and a half after the film began production.

[12] In July 2023, Discotek Media announced plans to release both Digimon: The Movie and the individual films.

The films were given new dubs featuring surviving members of the original cast, including Joshua Seth, Michael Reisz, and Lara Jill Miller, as well as new cast members, such as Bob Papenbrook's son, Bryce Papenbrook, as Red Greymon.

[18] Writing for Polygon, Allegra Frank concurs that while the film is attached to a "Pokémon-like multimedia machine," it has "heart, and humor";[7] Chris Cimi of Otaquest similarly notes that while the film is "made to sell toys and games, Hosoda proved his aptitudes for resonance and charismatic visual story-telling clear as day.