Put simply, this is a wonderful short movie. The plot goes something like this; one evening, Taichi's baby sister Hikari discovers an odd looking egg (it magically drops out of the computer monitor). Taichi's just a young boy himself, but still, he's spending the whole day at home looking after his little sister. Suddenly the egg hatches and an odd black shape emerges; it's a monster! They try to catch it but it hides under Hikari's bed - she blows her favourite whistle and the monster blows back bubbles, they feed it cat food and it poops on the floor. Over the day, the monster completely changes shape; eventually becoming a small tyrannosaurus rex-like animal called "Koromon". Not before long, it's storming through a Japanese city, launching fireballs at passing buses and impressing on-looking kids!
The beauty of Digimon Adventure lies in the way the children interact with Koromon. It feels a lot like a Studio Ghibli production because it captures that rare essence of childhood where almost everything feels like a dream; so overwhelmingly fluffy and full of adventure. The kids immediately befriend the monster, despite the fact it's gradually transforming into a fearsome looking fanged beast! A particularly brilliant scene comes when Koromon lumbers outside for the first time; he walks through the street with the baby Hikari stuck to his back, ripping up vending machines and nearly getting smashed by oncoming cars. Hikari tries to clean up the damage but it's an impossible task.
The message is friendship, but it's not without a sense of sacrifice and loss too. All in all, this is a magical kids movie that inspires and feels like trip into a colourful imagination. Yes, it's Digimon, but look past that and I promise you will be impressed.
The beauty of Digimon Adventure lies in the way the children interact with Koromon. It feels a lot like a Studio Ghibli production because it captures that rare essence of childhood where almost everything feels like a dream; so overwhelmingly fluffy and full of adventure. The kids immediately befriend the monster, despite the fact it's gradually transforming into a fearsome looking fanged beast! A particularly brilliant scene comes when Koromon lumbers outside for the first time; he walks through the street with the baby Hikari stuck to his back, ripping up vending machines and nearly getting smashed by oncoming cars. Hikari tries to clean up the damage but it's an impossible task.
The message is friendship, but it's not without a sense of sacrifice and loss too. All in all, this is a magical kids movie that inspires and feels like trip into a colourful imagination. Yes, it's Digimon, but look past that and I promise you will be impressed.
