is a 2002 Japanese animated

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based on the ''

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'' franchise created by Akiyoshi Hongo, and the second film for ''

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'' series, following '' Battle of Adventurers'' (2001). The short film is directed by Tetsuji Nakamura, written by Hiro Masaki, and produced by

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. The short film was released in Japan on March 2, 2002, as part of Toei Animation Spring 2002 Animation Fair, double featuring with '' One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Strange Island of Animals'' film. In the short film, set after the series finale, Tamers' tries to stop a train Digimon named Locomon on the Real World.

Plot

As Takato and other Tamers' are planning a surprise birthday party for Ruki, a train-Digimon named Locomon wrecks havoc. He and Guilmon tries to stop it, but fails, and Ruki and Renamon gets on it and attempts to stop it. After Takato frees Ruki from mind control spell, they realize that Locomon is being controlled by Parasimon. Takato and Guilmon evolves into Dukemon and destroys Parasimon, but not before sending a signal to start an invasions. Ruki and Jian evolves to SaintGalgomon and Sakuyamon to stop the invasion of Parasimons, but are outnumbered. With determination, Dukemon changes to its "Crimson Mode", and destroys all of Parasimons. Locomon returns to the Digital World, and entire gang attends Ruki's birthday party. She leaves as she is asked to sing her dad's song, and then stares at the sunset.

Voice cast

Production

The short film is directed by Tetsuji Nakamura at

, with Hiro Masaki providing the screenplay, and Ken Ueno providing the animation direction for the film. The theme song for the film is titled , sung by AiM.

Release

The short film was released in Japan on March 2, 2002, as part of Toei Animation Spring 2002 Animation Fair, double featuring with '' One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Strange Island of Animals'' film. The film premiered on

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in the United States on October 2, 2005.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon 2000s Japanese films Digimon films 2002 anime films 2002 films Toei Animation films Anime short films 2002 animated short films Animated films based on animated series