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The Digimon Movie. Yes, it's a butchered form of three movies 'frankensteined' together to make a singe product, but it's just so fun. The choppy, quick editing has a sincere charm to it (My favorite part is when Davis/Daisuke says he's going to find Chocomon, Willis/Wallace just replies "He'll find us" and a split second later, he's there) and the overly American soundtrack has a certain humorous quality to it that had to be intentional (My favorite bit is when they play "All Star" by Smash Mouth in the end credits. Keep in mind this predates Shrek by a few years).

The action of the movie is legitimately great and the voice acting is just as iconic and good, if not even better, then the anime itself. The animation is just great (though I think Digimon 2: Diaboromon Strikes Back has better animation in places, especially Imperialdramons reveal). The villains of the movie were just great in their own way. Parrotmon is a bit boring, but the fight scene between him and Greymon is just legendary. Diaboromon is creepy and I adore how his strength isn't being ludicrously powerful (he's actually quite weak), it's just his sheer numbers. It's an interesting dynamic in the final battle. Chocomon is a great sympathetic villain with a bittersweet ending.

All in all, it's a badly edited, badly paced movie that to non-Digimon fans would seem like crap, but it just gets the spirit of Digimon, which is something the franchise is failing to do in recent years.