Recently, Toei has released the trailer for the Digimon Adventure 2020 English dub on their official YouTube channel. For those who are unaware, the trailer was first unveiled during Digimon Con 2022, which was held over the weekend. The trailer features a first look at how Tai Kamiya (Zeno Robinson) and Agumon (Ben Diskin) first meet. Now, fans of Digimon Fusion should be able recognize Agumon’s actor, Ben Diskin, as he was the voice of Shoutmon. As reported earlier, the series is a reboot of the highly beloved Digimon Adventure series of the same title released in 1999. This series was the eighth anime installment within the franchise, and was broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV starting in April 2020. Whereas, Crunchyroll streamed the series as a part of their simulcast every Friday.
Crunchyroll provided a description of the English subbed version of the series.
It’s the year 2020.The Network has become something humans can no longer do without in their daily lives. But what humans don’t know is that on the other side of the Network is the Digital World, a realm of light and darkness. Nor are they aware of the Digimon who live there.
Widespread Network difficulties arise, centered around the Tokyo area. Traffic signals blink chaotically, public outdoor TVs display garbled text, and so on.The news reports it as a case of cyber-terrorism.
Fifth grader Taichi Yagami stayed home by himself to get ready for a weekend summer camp, but his mother and little sister Hikari went to Shibuya, and now they’re aboard a runaway train. Taichi hurries to Shibuya to save his mother and sister, but the instant he heads toward the station platform… a strange phenomenon befalls the DigiDestined, and Taichi goes to the Digital World! The DigiDestined meet their partner Digimon, and they’re faced with an adventure into the unknown…!
Additionally, Toei released the two actor commentaries about their roles on their official Twitter page.
Digifans, meet Zeno Robinson [@childishgamzeno], the English voice of Tai in "Digimon Adventure:" (2020)‼️
Revealed during the global online event, DIGIMON CON.#Digimon #DigimonAdventure2020 pic.twitter.com/0rbeuXjfrb
— Toei Animation (@ToeiAnimation) February 28, 2022
🚨 Now meet Ben Diskin, the English voice of Agumon in "Digimon Adventure:" (2020)‼️
First revealed during the global online event, DIGIMON CON. #Digimon #DigimonAdventure2020 pic.twitter.com/4b3TY2w7Al
— Toei Animation (@ToeiAnimation) February 28, 2022
Now, no other details about the English dub have been confirmed at this time of writing, so please stay tuned for updates.
Source: Toei, Toei Official Twitter
