Digimon Beatbreak (Japanese: デジモンビートブレイク, Hepburn: Dejimon Bītobureiku; stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation, part of the Digimon franchise. It is directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto, with series composition by Ryota Yamaguchi, with Takahiro Kojima as character designer and Alisa Okehazama composing the music. The series premiered on October 5, 2025, on Fuji TV and other networks, as part of the Anime Sunday 9 programming block. The opening theme song is "Mad Pulse", performed by MADKID. The first ending theme song is "Beat Up", performed by Tomioka Ai, the second ending theme song "Brave Groove" is performed by iLiFE!, the third ending theme "Mira Mira" is performed by Korean idol singer Choi Ye-na, and the fourth ending theme "Break It" is performed by Korean girl group Kiss of Life.
The series ended on September 27, 2026, and was succeeded by Digimon: World's Best Picks (デジモン僕らが選んだベストアドベンチャー, Dejimon Bokura ga Eranda Best Adventure), a rebroadcast program for past entries in its timeslot while a new Digimon anime series is scheduled to be released in 2027.
The series is simulcast on Crunchyroll worldwide (excluding Italy) and on Hulu in the United States.
The first episode aired as an early preview during the Digimon Expo event on September 20.
An English dub for the series premiered on Crunchyroll with its first five episodes on December 27, 2025. Episodes 6–10 was released on January 31, 2026. The first ten episodes of the English dub became available on Hulu on March 24, 2026.
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Production
Producer Nobuharu Takada stated Digimon Beatbreak is aimed at an older audience than previous shows, saying it is aimed at older teens and adults in their twenties. He stated kids like to watch shows aimed at adults, so figured kids would watch it as well. He also stated Beatbreak was made as there was a gap that needed to be filled in the 9am Fuji TV time slot. As the producer of that time slot, he suggested Digimon – which was accepted.
Plot
In a futuristic time, human thoughts and emotions are used as an energy source called e-Pulse to power the AI support device Sapotama. The Sapotama was developed by the World Union who also act as an authoritative force across the world, responsible for various fields and resources, including the arcologies called Shangri-La Eggs. The World Union however hides the fact that the Sapotama can generate Digimon, digital lifeforms that evolve by consuming humans' e-Pulse. It is also shown that a "cold heart" can happen when a human's e-Pulse is drained and their bodies get frozen. The Ministry of Civil Protection serves to protect the World Union's interests by using bounty-hunting teams known as Cleaners to eliminate Digimon. They also force individuals that summoned their Digimon to become Cleaners or be a target themselves.
In 2050, Tomoro Tenma has an extraordinary e-Pulse that causes Hitomi Shinomiya's Sapotama to malfunction. This draws the attention of a group of Hyemon, who "cold heart" Hitomi while finding the e-Pulse's source. Tired and confused from his older brother Asuka for not explaining the situation, Tomoro throws his Sapotama in frustration, causing it to malfunction and summoning Gekkomon. Tomoro chases after Gekkomon, allowing the Hyemons to spot Tomoro and hunt him down. Asuka protects Tomoro from the Hyemons but gets "cold hearted" from one of them. Gekkomon asks Tomoro for his e-Pulse to fight off the Hyemons, and obliges. While fighting however, Gokuwmon kills the Hyemon that took Asuka's e-Pulse and takes its Sapotama before running off.
Tomoro is taken in by the Cleaner team Glowing Dawn, led by Kyo Sawashiro. Alongside Reina Sakuya and Makoto Kuonji, the four of them engage in bounty-hunting to make credit, the currency used in this world. However because their team does not delete Digimon and instead rehouse them in a secret shelter in Nirinso, they earn less credit than other Cleaner teams. While living together under Glowing Dawn, Tomoro gradually renews his resolve and begins to bond with Gekkomon and the other Glowing Dawn members. Unbeknownst to Tomoro and Glowing Dawn, they are secretly being manipulated by Genjo Kanada and his Digimon Gokuwmon, part of the highest ranked Cleaner team Five Stars, who serve World Union chairman Wong. After being reminded of the Kano Island Incident where Wong and other researchers' experimentation on e-Pulse caused a world-ending disaster that killed millions, Wong accelerates the Shangri-La Project to end the "cold heart" incidents.
Glowing Dawn find themselves caught up with Klay Arslan, the Five Star of Earth leading an illegal underground operation involving Digimon. Klay also leads an global militaristic Cleaner team named TACTICS, whose Team Seven often clash against Glowing Dawn. Genjo secretly pushes Glowing Dawn to undermine Klay's operation, leading to his defeat and forced out of the Five Stars, with his TACTICS organization disband. Following that, Glowing Dawn encounters a terrorist group called GIFT, led by Miharu Kagemori who is motivated to take down the World Union for the Digimon cause. In reality, Miharu had been taken under control by Mephistomon after her own sister's suicide due to her attempted whistle-blowing efforts about Digimon to the World Union. Tomoro defeats Mephistomon and frees Miharu, while Kanchi Kishiwada takes the White Core embedded in Mephistomon, and gives it to Souji Kuroshio, the former Five Star of Water. Souji hopes to re-enact a feeling he got from Kyo back when he was the Five Star of Gold and was on the verge of killing him after Souji murdered a family and their Digimon that had discovered Kyo and took him under their care. Kyo is able to overcome his fear of losing his new family and defeats Souji, while also demonstrating his humanity towards him.
Episodes and story arcs
Glowing Dawn arc (episodes 1–12)
TACTICS arc (espisodes 13–24)
Interlude arc (episodes 25–27)
GIFT arc (episodes 28–37)
Kyo arc (episodes 38–41)
Asuka arc (episodes 42–49)
Reception
The show received acclaim from critics and audiences, who described it as it returned to form for the franchise.
