Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon

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Digimon Tamers:
Runaway Locomon
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Kanji デジモンテイマーズ 暴走デジモン特急
Literal meaningDigimon Tamers: Runaway Digimon Express
Revised Hepburn Dejimon Teimāzu Bōsō Dejimon Tokkyū
Directed byTetsuji Nakamura
Screenplay byHiro Masaki
Based on Digimon
by Akiyoshi Hongo
Starringsee below
Edited byShigeru Nishiyama
Music by Takanori Arisawa
Production
company
Distributed by Toei
Release date
  • March 2, 2002 (2002-03-02)
Running time
30 minutes [1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$25.1 million

Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon [a] is a 2002 Japanese animated adventure short film based on the Digimon franchise created by Akiyoshi Hongo, and the second film for Digimon Tamers series, following Battle of Adventurers (2001). The short film is directed by Tetsuji Nakamura, written by Hiro Masaki, and produced by Toei Animation. The short film was released in Japan on March 2, 2002, as part of Toei Animation Spring 2002 Animation Fair, double featuring with One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Strange Island of Animals film. [2]

Contents

In the short film, set after the series finale, Tamers try to stop a train Digimon named Locomon on the Real World.

Plot

As Takato and other Tamers' are planning a surprise birthday party for Ruki, a train-Digimon named Locomon wrecks havoc. He and Guilmon tries to stop it, but fails, and Ruki and Renamon gets on it and attempts to stop it. After Takato frees Ruki from mind control spell, they realize that Locomon is being controlled by Parasimon. Takato and Guilmon evolves into Dukemon and destroys Parasimon, but not before sending a signal to start an invasions. Ruki and Jian evolves to SaintGalgomon and Sakuyamon to stop the invasion of Parasimons, but are outnumbered. With determination, Dukemon changes to its "Crimson Mode", and destroys all of Parasimons. Locomon returns to the Digital World, and entire gang attends Ruki's birthday party. She leaves as she is asked to sing her dad's song, and then stares at the sunset.

Voice cast

CharacterJapanese voice castEnglish voice cast [3]
Takato Matsuda
(Takato Matsuki)		 Makoto Tsumura Brian Beacock
Guilmon Masako Nozawa Steve Blum
Lee Jianliang
(Henry Wong)		 Mayumi Yamaguchi Dave Wittenberg
Terriermon Aoi Tada Mona Marshall
Ruki Makino
(Rika Nonaka)		 Fumiko Orikasa Melissa Fahn
Renamon Yuka Imai Mari Devon
Culumon
(Calumon)		 Tomoko Kaneda Brianne Siddall
Impmon Hiroki Takahashi Derek Stephen Prince
Juri Kato
(Jeri Kato)		 Yōko Asada Philece Sampler
Hirokazu Shiota
(Kazu Shiota)		 Yukiko Tamaki Brad MacDonald
Guardromon Kiyoyuki Yanada Richard Cansino
Kenta KitagawaTōko AoyamaSteve Blum
MarineAngemon Ai Iwamura Mona Marshall
Ryo Akiyama Jun'ichi Kanemaru Steve Staley
CyberdramonIkkei Seta Lex Lang
LocomonYūta Mochizuki
ParasimonKareta KimotsukiDavid Lodge

Production

The short film is directed by Tetsuji Nakamura at Toei Animation, with Hiro Masaki providing the screenplay, and Ken Ueno providing the animation direction for the film. [4] The theme song for the film is titled "Yūhi no Yakusoku" (夕陽の約束, lit. "The Promise of the Setting Sun"), sung by AiM. [5]

Release

The short film was released in Japan on March 2, 2002, as part of Toei Animation Spring 2002 Animation Fair, double featuring with One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Strange Island of Animals film. [2] The film premiered on Jetix in the United States on October 2, 2005. [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: デジモンテイマーズ 暴走デジモン特急, Hepburn: Dejimon Teimāzu Bōsō Dejimon Tokkyū, lit. "Digimon Tamers: Runaway Digimon Express"

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References

  1. ↑ "デジモンテイマーズ 暴走デジモン特急" ["Digimon Tamers: Runaway Digimon Express"]. eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Toei Animation Spring 2002 Animation Fair". Toei Animation (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Behind the Voice Actors: "Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon" (2005)". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ ""デジモンテイマーズ 暴走デジモン特急" STAFF". Toei Animation (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ "夕陽の約束". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ Macdonald, Christopher (November 1, 2005). "Digimon on Jetix". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 1, 2005.
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