The first film, Reunion (再会, Saikai), was released in Japan on November 21, 2015, Indonesia on August 3, 2016, North America on September 15, 2016, and Germany and Austria on May 21, 2017.
The third film, Confession (告白, Kokuhaku), was released in Japan on September 24, 2016, North America on July 1, 2017, and Germany and Austria on August 13, 2017.
The films were streamed in episodic format outside Japan by Crunchyroll,[12] Hulu,[25] AnimeLab,[26] and Tubi TV,[27] while Eleven Arts[28] and Shout!
Minutes before Tai is set to play a soccer match, Kuwagamon appears and invades the city, causing electronic malfunctions.
As Izzy develops ways to provide easier access to their partner Digimon and seek out digital disturbances, Tai begins to fear that people could get hurt as a result of his actions as a DigiDestined.
While Joe stays home to study for his exams, the DigiDestined and their Digimon go on a trip to a hot spring inn, alongside Nishijima and Himekawa.
As Mimi laments her selfishness, she hears from Joe that he is avoiding battles with the Digimon to try cope with adulthood, but loathes his own ineptness.
Having overheard them, Himekawa concludes that Homeostasis might trigger a "reboot" to reset the Digital World the next time Meicoomon appears, in order to stop the infection.
Izzy discovers that the distortions are the result of the binary code being overwritten by a different language and comes up with a plan after Tentomon informs him of the reboot.
When Meicoomon appears at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, the DigiDestined attempt to keep her out of the Real World and trap her in a digital distortion.
When the countdown for the reboot begins, Izzy reveals his countermeasure before the clock strikes zero: the partner Digimon must be placed within a field containing their backup data in order to preserve their memories.
As the DigiDestined try to rekindle their friendship with their Rookie level partner Digimon, they briefly come across Meicoomon, who has retained her memories despite the reboot.
[30] Meanwhile, Nishijima investigates Himekawa's secret files and remembers her desire to reboot the Digital World to revive her partner Megadramon, who was unable to recompose into a Digi-Egg.
Nishijima meets Hackmon, who relays a warning from Homeostasis that King Drasil corrupted Gennai and is targeting "Libra": Meicoomon.
Gennai reveals that the reboot was all part of King Drasil's plan to create a new world order where humans and Digimon no longer interact with each other.
As Digimon begin materializing in the Real World, Hackmon explains to Nishijima and Professor Mochizuki that Meicoomon was born from a fragment of Apocalymon's remnant data.
Nishijima reveals that Davis, Ken, Yolei and Cody are in cryostasis, and were captured, after discovering King Drasil's plan.
[57] On December 13, 2014, Toei Animation announced the series' title, Digimon Adventure tri., with Keitaro Motonaga directing, Yūko Kakihara as screenwriter, and Atsuya Uki as character designer.
[33] A continuous stream of all of the original Digimon Adventure episodes was held on Niconico on May 4, 2015, followed by an announcement regarding the new cast for the DigiDestined and broadcast details on May 6, 2015.
[60] The screenwriting team split and arranged important events into six interwoven parts, focusing on the main story while developing the characters' perspectives simultaneously.
Indonesian cinemas CGV Blitz, Cinemaxx, and Platinum Cineplex ran Reunion in their respective theaters nationwide on August 3, 2016.
Factory announced that they acquired broadcast and home media distribution rights for the first three films, and plan for a dual-language release on DVD, Blu-ray and EST.
[78] The English dubbed movies are available for rental on Hoopla, as part of a digital distribution deal Cinedigm has with Shout!
[81][82] The male cast included Gaku Matsumoto as Tai Kamiya, Shohei Hashimoto as Matt Ishida, Kaisei Kamimura as Izzy Izumi, Junya Komatsu as Joe Kido, and Kenta Nomiyama as T.K.
[83] The female cast included Suzuka Morita as Sora Takenouchi, Marina Tanoue as Mimi Tachikawa, and Yūna Shigeishi as Kari Kamiya.
[94] The ending theme for Coexistence, as well as the first four parts of Future is "Words of Love" (アイコトバ, Ai Kotoba) by AiM & Ayumi Miyazaki.
[123] In his review of the English dub, Chapman described it as an "incredible nostalgia bomb" and praised the performances of the returning cast members.
Chapman also noticed that while the dub featured localized names and a new opening theme, the script remained faithful to the original Japanese version.
was failure and a production with a deceptively mature approach after its brief shocking moments, "Drifting away from a group of friends, being unable to let go of the past, having to think about your future and the sacrifices you need to make to achieve your dream – all of these are interesting ideas that are perfect for a Digimon story to explore, but each one gets dropped before it reaches a satisfying conclusion in favor of an ever-complexifying plot and enough technobabble to make Serial Experiments Lain sound simple by comparison.."[18] Writing for Den of Geek, Shamus Kelley cited Adventure tri.
as a failure, criticizing the writing style and convoluted resolutions, the excessive fan service, the use of characters only to "[spout] off pointless anime platitudes," and its lack of ambition and innovation, "It feels like every movie in this series was made independent of each other.