(Original title: "Celebrating the completion of YouTube's screening! An interview looking back on Digimon Frontier ♪") A translation of an interview posted on the Digimon Partners website on March 14, 2023 with Toei deputy director/general manager (formerly assistant producer) Atsunari Baba regarding behind-the-scenes production for Digimon Frontier. The Toei Animation Museum YouTube channel has been streaming Digimon
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