Digimon Adventure & 02 Drama CDs
The Digimon Drama CDs are short audio stories that expand the main story of the anime. They have multiple genres — from comedy to drama — and are mostly considered part of the main canon. I though it might be useful to write a little introduction to this important part of the franchise. They’re really fun and enrich the Adventure universe tremendously, so they’re definitely worth checking out.
Here’s a complete list of the Adventure and 02 Drama CDs, sorted by release date.
Digimon Adventure Character Songs + Mini Drama 1
Digimon Adventure Character Songs + Mini Drama 2
Digimon Adventure Character Songs + Mini Drama 3
Digimon Adventure 02: Michi e no Armour Shinka
Digimon Adventure 02: Ishida Yamato Tegami –Letter–
Digimon Adventure: Original Story 2½ Year Break
Digimon Adventure 02: Original Story Year 2003 –Spring–
Digmon Adventure Special Drama CD
Magic’s DiGiMONMUSiC Database — here and here — has a full list that includes all sorts information, plus links to buy the CDs.
Translations can be found on Digital Scratch.
To listen, go to Youtube.
To download, go to Google.
There are so many Dramas, it can be hard to know where to start. So here’s what I would recommend.
Best of
These are the most well-known CDs. The Original Story ones are are most relevant to the main story of the anime, since they give us information about the characters and important plot points. Michi e no Armor Shinka is the funniest and longest of the Drama CDs, so it might be a good introduction to the format. If you don’t have a lot of time, I’d suggest starting with these 3.
Original Story 2½ Year Break
Fills in the gaps of what happened to the Chosen Children between the events of Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02.
Original Story Year 2003 –Spring–
Explores the lives of Chosen Children and the world in the aftermath of Digimon Adventure 02.
A strange Digimon wrecks havoc in the Real World on Valentine’s Day; hilarity ensues.
Chronological order
This list organizes the Drama CDs (and individual tracks) according to the date in which each story is set. Some of them are hard to place within the main continuity and I had to guess based on the story and/or the CD cover and/or the release date — these are marked with an * and you can basically listen to them in whichever order you prefer.
Autumn (?) 1999: Character Songs + Mini Drama *
November 1999: Original Story 2½ Year Break - November 1999/ Yagami Taichi/ WHISTLE
Christmas 1999: Character Songs + Mini Drama 2 *
New Year 1999: Character Songs + Mini Drama 3 *
May 2000: Original Story 2½ Year Break - May 2000/ Kido Jou/ Denwa
October 2000: Original Story 2½ Year Break - October 2000/ Takenouchi Sora/ Chichi e no Tegami
April 2001: Original Story 2½ Year Break - April 2001/ Izumi Koushiro/ CHAT
August 2001: Special Drama CD
September 2001: Original Story 2½ Year Break - September 2001/ Tachikawa Mimi/ VIDEO MAIL
March 2002: Original Story 2½ Year Break - March 2002/ Ishida Yamato/ BASE wo Hikinagara
Winter (?) 2002: Ishida Yamato Tegami –Letter– *
Valentine’s Day 2003: Michi e no Armour Shinka
Spring 2003: Original Story 2003 –Spring–
Summer 2003: Natsu e no Tobira