Set in a world where dial-up internet was the norm, Taichi and his friends resorted to sending mass emails to the evil Digimon to stop him from blowing up Tokyo with a nuclear warhead. The movie that introduced Omnimon and Diaboromon to the world, in the eyes of Digimon diehards, this film is as iconic as it gets. With Metaverses and the ever-expansion of the internet happening in modern day, let’s see how Hosoda has changed his view of the world wide web. With Belle making the rounds in theaters across the world, IGN Southeast Asia would like to examine Mamoru Hosoda’s deconstruction and interpretation of the internet in his films, namely with Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!, Summer Wars, and Belle.Įach film has depicted a different form of the internet in distinct eras, the late 90s, late 2000s, and the present day, early 2020. Needless to say, the acclaimed director has since made bigger and bolder films, beginning with The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars, and more recently with award winning films like Mirai and the recently released Belle. Hosoda also directed One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island, one of the darkest films in the franchise. His biggest and most well known contribution to anime at large is with his work on the first two Digimon films, which were compiled into the Digimon: The Movie for the Western release. With Hosoda himself being inspired by Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Hosoda would also put his talents into some of the biggest anime of the ‘90s, which includes Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, and Yu Yu Hakusho.
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