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Digimon Adventure tri.'s Gatomon Inspires Life-Size Plush
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Digimon's Gatomon (known as Tailmon in Japanese) is getting its own life-size plush just in time for the debut of the Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 5: Coexistence anime. The Premium Bandai website began accepting pre-orders for the plush on September 29.
Digimon designer Kenji Watanabe is supervising the development of the plush. The sitting plush is about 50 centimeters tall (about 20 inches). Just like in the anime, the this Gatomon has clawed gloves and a Holy Ring.
The pre-order period will close on November 20, and orders are slated to ship in February.
Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 5: Coexistence — the fifth anime film in the Digimon Adventure tri. anime film project — started its three-week run in theaters in Japan on Saturday, and the film is streaming on Crunchyroll now as four episodes.
Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 1: Reunion opened in November 2015, Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 2: Determination opened in March 2016, Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 3: Confession opened in September 2016, and Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 4: Loss opened on February 25.
The sixth and final film will debut in Japan in early summer 2018. The film's subtitle will be "Bokura no Mirai" (Our Future).
Source: Anime! Anime! (Katsunori Takahashi)
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