Digimon UP unveils DukeMon at YouTube Film Festival

1/ Digimon UP used Saturday’s “Digimon YouTube FILM FESTIVAL” slot to reveal a new Digimon named DukeMon, according to the franchise’s official Digimon UP account. The post said more new Digimon will be unveiled in later festival segments. (prtimes.jp) 2/ The reveal sits inside a broader promotional campaign for the upcoming mobile game DIGIMON UP. Bandai Namco Entertainment’s official site describes DIGIMON UP as a new smartphone game and says pre-registration is open. (dgup.bn-ent.net) 3/ The “YouTube FILM FESTIVAL” itself was announced on May 1 by Toei Animation as a five-week free-streaming event tied to DIGIMON UP pre-registration. The company said five Digimon films would be released on the official Digimon YouTube channel for one week each in Japan. (prtimes.jp) 4/ The schedule published by Toei Animation lists weekly premieres at 8:00 p.m. Japan time on May 2, May 9, May 16, May 23 and May 30. The May 23 slot is the film “Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers,” the same date on which the DukeMon post appeared. (prtimes.jp) 5/ That matters because DukeMon is closely associated with the Digimon Tamers branch of the franchise, so the timing of the reveal appears aligned with that week’s featured movie. That alignment is an inference from the festival schedule and the date of the official post, not a separate statement from the companies. (prtimes.jp) 6/ The official festival announcement also said the campaign is Japan-only and that each film is available for a limited one-week window. It named the official Digimon YouTube channel as the distribution point and used the hashtag tied to the promotion. (prtimes.jp) 7/ What has been confirmed so far is narrow but clear: the Digimon UP account named DukeMon, said the reveal happened “today” at the YouTube FILM FESTIVAL, and said additional Digimon reveals are planned. The available official materials surfaced in search do not, by themselves, provide gameplay details, a full roster rollout plan, or a launch date beyond 2026 for the game. (dgup.bn-ent.net) 8/ The next concrete date in the campaign is May 30, when Toei Animation’s published lineup says “Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna” will stream as the final festival entry. If Digimon UP follows through on its post, that would also be one place to watch for the next character reveal. (prtimes.jp)