Tamagotchi: The Movie
is a 2007 Japanese animated film produced by OLM's Team Kamei division. It is the first Tamagotchi feature film ever produced, officially based on the digital pet franchise jointly created by Bandai and WiZ. It is directed by Jōji Shimura of Pokémon and written by Aya Matsui of Boys Over Flowers and was released in theaters by Toho on December 15, 2007, and on DVD on July 23, 2008 in Japan. The movie was dubbed & released by Madman Entertainment on June 1, 2009 in English in both Australia and United Kingdom. It is followed by a sequel, Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe!. Plot Young Mametchi had just finished his latest invention: the "Transporter Machine". At the same time, a young 10 year old girl in the 4th grade named Tanpopo goes off to deliver a forgotten item to her mother who is having a baby. Tanpopo and Mametchi are both about to become older siblings and are scared to see what will happen. Mametchi's best friends, Memetchi and Kuchipatchi arrive at Mametchi's house just in time to see Mametchi try out his invention. Several events result in the aim of the Forwarding Machine to go off course, started