25th Anniversary “Butter-Fly” Video Relives Digimon Adventure

The official Digimon Partners YouTube channel has posted a special “Butter-Fly” music video to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Digimon Adventure. As well, it announced that a music album featuring Yamato “Matt” Ishida and Teen-Age Wolves.

Toei Animation first announced production on this video in May 2024. You can watch the “Butter-Fly” Digimon Adventure 25th anniversary video here:

“Butter-Fly” is the opening song the original Japanese version of Digimon Adventure, with Koji Wada providing the vocals. Wada passed away in 2016 at the age of 42. The video features brand new animation that follows the show’s events, from the kids waking up in Digital World and meeting their partners to them saying their final farewells at the end of the show.

Many people in the comments have stated that they started to cry while watching the video. One person noted that the Chosen Children of this generation have all gathered in the comment section. As of the time of writing, the video has accumulated over 245,000 views within 10 hours.

There is no information as of the time of writing in regards to the Yamato and Teen-Age Wolves album. Teen-Age Wolves is the name of Yamato’s band in Digimon Adventure 02 but it’s unknown if the album will feature new songs with his voice actor Yuto Kazama as vocals. It could also be a Digimon Adventure 02 soundtrack but with a more gimmicky packaging.

The original 1999 release of Digimon Adventure is available on Hulu.