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Digimon

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Created by Akiyoshi Hongo

Toei Animation

WiZ

Bandai

Original work Digital Monster

Print publications

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Digimon (デジモン Dejimon, branded as Digimon: Digital Monsters, stylized as DIGIMON),

short for "Digital Monsters" (デジタルモンスター Dejitaru Monsutā), is a Japanese media
franchise encompassing virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films and a trading card
game. The franchise focuses on Digimon creatures, which are monsters living in a "Digital
World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks. In many
incarnations, Digimon are raised by humans called "Digidestined" or "Tamers" ("Chosen
Children" in the Japanese version), and they team up to defeat evil Digimon and human villains
who are trying to destroy the fabric of the Digital world.
The franchise was first created in 1997 as a series of virtual pets, akin to—and influenced in style
by—the contemporary Tamagotchi or nano Giga Pet toys. The creatures were first designed to
look cute and iconic even on the devices' small screens; later developments had them created
with a harder-edged style influenced by American comics. The franchise gained momentum with
its first anime incarnation, Digimon Adventure, and an early video game, Digimon World, both
released in 1999. Several seasons of the anime and films based on them have aired, and the
video game series has expanded into genres such as role-playing, racing, fighting,
and MMORPGs. Other media forms have also been released.

Contents
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 1Conception and creation

 2Eponymous creatures
 3Virtual pet toy
 4Anime Series
o 4.1Television series and films
o 4.2Digimon Adventure
o 4.3Digimon Adventure 02
o 4.4Digimon Tamers
o 4.5Digimon Frontier
o 4.6Digimon Savers (Digimon Data Squad)
o 4.7Digimon Xros Wars (Digimon Fusion)
o 4.8Digimon Adventure tri.
o 4.9Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters
 5Films
o 5.1Distribution and localization
 6Manga
o 6.1Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01
o 6.2Digimon Chronicle
o 6.3Digimon Next
o 6.4Digimon Xros Wars
o 6.5Digimon World Re:Digitize
o 6.6Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode
o 6.7Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
o 6.8Yuen Wong Yu manhua
o 6.9D-Cyber
o 6.10Dark Horse
o 6.11Panini
 7Video games
 8Card game
  9Notable contributors
 10See also
 11References
 12External links

Conception and creation

See also: Digital Monster (virtual pet)

Virtual pet model distributed on the Japanese market by Bandai,[1] that allowed the popularization of
Digimon in Japan and sold 13 million units worldwide until March 2004.[2]

In the year 1996 came the Tamagotchi, created by Akihiro Yokoi, Aki Maita and Takeichi Hongo,
which was one of the inspirations for the first release of the franchise,[3][4] a device marketed in
June 1997[1][5] with the name Digimon,[6] a short for Digital Monster.[7][8] Aiming at the male
audience and created by Akiyoshi Hongo (a pseudonym that refers to the creators
of Tamagotchi),[3] this device shows to players a virtual pet composed entirely of data and
designed to play and fight.[1][6][9][10] In February 1998, the DigiMon fighting game, compatible
with Windows 95 and developed by Rapture Technologies, Inc., was announced.[11] The one-
shot manga C'mon Digimon, designed by Tenya Yabuno, was published in the Japanese
magazine V-Jump by Shueisha in 1997.[12][13]
A second generation of virtual pets was marketed six months after the launch of the first,
followed by a third in 1998.[14] Each player starts with a baby-level digital creature that has a
limited number of attacks and transformations[15] and to make the creature stronger by training
and nourishing the creature;[1][6] when the player is successful in a workout, the Digimon becomes
strong, when the player fails, the Digimon becomes weak.[1][6] Two devices can be connected,
allowing two players to battle with their respective creatures, an innovation at the time,[1]however,
the battle is only possible from the moment the creature is in the child level or
bigger.[1] Playgrounds and subways were where the majority of users of the apparatus were
concentrated; The virtual pet was banned in some Asian schools by being considered by parents
and teachers as very noisy and violent.[16] The first Digimon were created by Japanese designer
Kenji Watanabe, influenced by American comics, which were beginning to gain popularity in
Japan, and as such began to make his characters look stronger and "cool." Other types of
Digimon, which until the year 2000 totaled 279,[17][18] came from extensive discussions and
collaborations between the Bandai company members.[19]

Eponymous creatures
Digimon hatch from types of eggs which are called Digi-Eggs (デジタマ Dejitama). In the English
iterations of the franchise there is another type of Digi-Egg that can be used to digivolve, or
transform, Digimon. This second type of Digi-Egg is called a Digimental (デジメンタ
ル Dejimentaru) in Japanese. (This type of Digi-Egg was also featured as a major object
throughout season 2 as a way of Digivolution available only to certain characters at certain points
throughout the season.) They age via a process called "Digivolution" which changes their
appearance and increases their powers. The effect of Digivolution, however, is not permanent in
the partner Digimon of the main characters in the anime, and Digimon who have digivolved will
most of the time revert to their previous form after a battle or if they are too weak to continue.
Some Digimon act feral. Most, however, are capable of intelligence and human speech. They are
able to digivolve by the use of Digivices that their human partners have. In some cases, as in the
first series, the DigiDestined (known as the 'Chosen Children' in the original Japanese) had to
find some special items such as crests and tags so the Digimon could digivolve into further
stages of evolution known as Ultimate and Mega in the dub.
The first Digimon anime introduced the Digimon life cycle: They age in a similar fashion to real
organisms, but do not die under normal circumstances because they are made of reconfigurable
data, which can be seen throughout the show. Any Digimon that receives a fatal wound will
dissolve into infinitesimal bits of data. The data then recomposes itself as a Digi-Egg, which will
hatch when rubbed gently, and the Digimon goes through its life cycle again. Digimon who are
reincarnated in this way will sometimes retain some or all their memories of their previous life.
However, if a Digimon's data is completely destroyed, they will die. An exception is partner
Digimon, as whilst they can be reborn as many times as needed during their life span, should
their partner die - the Digimon permanently dies as well. This is shown with Yukio Oikawa and
his Datirimon in Digimon Adventure 02.[20]

Virtual pet toy

Main article: Digital Monster (virtual pet)
Digimon started out as digital pets called "Digital Monsters", similar in style and concept to
the Tamagotchi. It was planned by WiZ and released by Bandai on June 26, 1997. The toy
began as the simple concept of a Tamagotchi mainly for boys. The V-Pet is similar to its
predecessors, with the exceptions of being more difficult and being able to fight other Digimon v-
pets. Every owner would start with a Baby Digimon, train it, evolve it, take care of it, and then
have battles with other Digimon owners to see who was stronger. The Digimon pet had several
evolution capabilities and abilities too, so many owners had different Digimon. In December, the
second generation of Digital Monster was released, followed by a third edition in 1998.[21]

Anime Series
Television series and films
See also: List of Digimon episodes and movies
On March 6, 1999, the franchise was given an anime as the first of the Digimon movies aired
in theaters in Japan. Originally, the Digimon Adventure movie was supposed to be a short film,
but after the storyboard was finished, a request for Digimon becoming a children's television
show was made. On March 7, 1999, they began airing a television sequel titled Digimon
Adventure.
Six more series would follow, most of them with their own tie-in movies, and the series was
dubbed for release in western markets in the fall of the same year. The show spawned card
games, with Hyper Colosseum in Japan and later Digi-Battle in America, and more video games.
The animated series is easily the best-known segment of the Digimon universe and responsible
for the majority of its popularity.
"Digimon" are "Digital Monsters". According to the stories, they are inhabitants of the "DigiWorld",
a manifestation of Earth's communication network. The stories tell of a group of mostly pre-teens,
who accompany special Digimon born to defend their world (and ours) from various evil forces.
To help them surmount the most difficult obstacles found within both realms, the Digimon have
the ability to evolve (Digivolve)[22][23] In this process, the Digimon change appearance and become
much stronger,[24] often changing in personality as well. The group of children who come in
contact with the Digital World changes from series to series.
As of 2016, there have been seven series – Digimon Adventure, the follow-up sequel Digimon
Adventure 02, Digimon Tamers, Digimon Frontier, Digimon Data Squad, Digimon
Fusion and Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters. The first two series take place in the same
fictional universe, but the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh each occupy their own unique
world. Each series is commonly based on the original storyline but things are added to make
them unique. However, in Tamers, the Adventure universe is referred to as a commercial
enterprise – a trading card game in Japan, plus a show-within-a-show in the English dub. It also
features an appearance by a character from the Adventure universe. In addition, each series has
spawned assorted feature films. Digimon still shows popularity, as new card series, video games,
and movies are still being produced and released: new card series include Eternal Courage,
Hybrid Warriors, Generations, and Operation X; the video game, Digimon Rumble Arena 2; and
the previously unreleased movies Revenge of Diaboromon, Runaway Locomon, Battle of
Adventurers, and Island of Lost Digimon. In Japan, Digital Monster X-Evolution, the eighth TV
movie, was released on January 3, 2005, and on December 23, 2005 at Jump Festa 2006, the
fifth series, Digimon Savers was announced for Japan to begin airing after a three-year hiatus of
the show. A sixth television series, Digimon Xros Wars, began airing in 2010,[25] and was followed
by a second season, which started on October 2, 2011 as a direct sequel to Digimon Xros Wars.
In August 2014, it was announced that a new Digimon Series will start airing in 2015. Celebrating
the 15 years of the first series, it will be set in the Digimon Adventure universe, following a 17-
year-old Tai and his friends in an all new story.[26] Titled Digimon Adventure tri., the new project
was confirmed to be a series of six films, which started release in November 2015.
Digimon was produced by Toei Animation and Bandai of Japan. The series were broadcast in
Japan by Fuji Television, except for Xros Wars and Appli Monsters , which instead aired on TV
Asahi and TV Tokyo. The first four series were called Digimon: Digital Monsters in international
markets, while Savers was released as Digimon Data Squad and Xros Warshas been released
as Digimon Fusion.
Digimon Adventure
Main article: Digimon Adventure
The first Digimon television series, which began airing on March 7, 1999 in Japan on Fuji
TV and Kids Station and on August 14, 1999 in the United States on Fox Kids dubbed by Saban
Entertainment for the North American English version. Its premise is a group of seven kids who,
while at summer camp, travel to the Digital World,[24] inhabited by creatures known as Digital
Monsters, or Digimon, learning they are chosen to be "DigiDestined" ("Chosen Children" in the
Japanese version) to save both the Digital and Real World from evil. Each Kid was given a
Digivice which selected them to be transported to the DigiWorld and was destined to be paired
up with a Digimon Partner, such as Tai being paired up with Agumon and Matt with Gabumon.
The children are helped by a mysterious man/digimon named Gennai, who helps them via
hologram. The Digivices help their Digimon allies to Digivolve into stronger creatures in times of
peril. The Digimon usually reached higher forms when their human partners are placed in
dangerous situations, such as fighting the evil forces of Devimon, Etemon and Myotismon in their
Champion forms. Later, each character discovered a crest that each belonged to a person; Tai
the Crest of Courage, Matt the Crest of Friendship, Sora the Crest of Love, Izzy the Crest of
Knowledge, Mimi the Crest of Sincerity, Joe the Crest of Reliability, T.K. the Crest of Hope, and
later Kari the Crest of Light which allowed their Digimon to digivolve into their Ultimate forms. The
group consisted of seven original characters: Taichi "Tai" Yagami "Kamiya", Yamato "Matt"
Ishida, Sora Takenouchi, Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi, Mimi Tachikawa, Joe Kido, and Takeru "T.K."
Takaishi. Later on in the series, an eighth character was introduced: Hikari "Kari" Yagami
"Kamiya"(who is Taichi's younger sister).[24]
Digimon Adventure 02
Main article: Digimon Adventure 02
The second Digimon series is direct continuation of the first one, and began airing on April 2,
2000. Three years later, with most of the original DigiDestined now in high school at age
fourteen, the Digital World was supposedly secure and peaceful. However, a new evil has
appeared in the form of the Digimon Emperor (Digimon Kaiser) who as opposed to previous
enemies is a human just like the DigiDestined. The Digimon Emperor has been enslaving
Digimon with Dark Rings and Control Spires and has somehow made regular Digivolution
impossible. However, five set Digi-Eggs with engraved emblems had been appointed to three
new DigiDestined along with T.K. and Kari, two of the DigiDestined from the previous series. This
new evolutionary process, dubbed Armor Digivolution helps the new DigiDestined to defeat evil
lurking in the Digital World. Eventually, the DigiDestined defeat the Digimon Emperor, more
commonly known as Ken Ichijouji on Earth, only with the great sacrifice of Ken's own Digimon,
Wormmon. Just when things were thought to be settled, new Digimon enemies made from the
deactivated Control Spires created by the evil Arukenimon start to appear and cause trouble in
the Digital World. To atone for his past mistakes, Ken joins the DigiDestined, being a
DigiDestined himself, with his Partner Wormmon revived to fight against them. They soon save
countries including France and Australia from control spires and must fight and defeat the evil
MaloMyotismon (BelialVamdemon), the digivolved form of Myotismon (Vamdemon) from the
previous series. They stop the evil from destroying the two worlds, and at the end, every person
on Earth gains their own Digimon partner.
Digimon Tamers
Main article: Digimon Tamers
The third Digimon series, which began airing on April 1, 2001, is set largely in a "real world"
where the Adventure and Adventure 02 series are television shows, and where Digimon game
merchandise (based on actual items) become key to providing power boosts to real Digimon
which appear in that world. The plot revolves around three Tamers, Takato Matsuki, Rika
Nonaka, and Henry Wong. It began with Takato creating his own Digimon partner by sliding a
mysterious blue card through his card reader, which then became a D-Power. Guilmon takes
form from Takato's sketchings of a new Digimon. Together they bond with Rika, Henry, and
Takato's friends Kenta, Kazu, and Jeri on a quest to rescue Calumon and defeat the evil force
called the D-Reaper, who threatens to take over their world. (Tamers' only human connection to
the Adventure series is Ryo Akiyama, a character featured in some of the Digimon video games
and who made an appearance in some occasions of the Adventure story-line.) Some of the
changes in this series include the way the Digimon digivolve with the introduction of Biomerge-
Digivolution and the way their "Digivices" work. In this series, the Tamers can slide game cards
through their "Digivices" and give their Digimon partners certain advantages, as in the card
game. This act is called "Digi-Modify" (Card Slash in the Japanese version). The same process
was often used to Digivolve the Digimon, but as usual, emotions play a big part in the digivolving
process. Unlike the two seasons before it and most of the seasons that followed, Digimon
Tamers takes a darker and more realistic approach to its story featuring Digimon who do not
reincarnate after their deaths and more complex character development in the original Japanese.
The anime has become controversial over the decade, with debates about how appropriate this
show actually is for its "target" audience, especially due to the Lovecraftian nature of the last arc.
The English dub is more lighthearted dialogue-wise, though still not as much as previous series.
Digimon Frontier
Main article: Digimon Frontier
The fourth Digimon series, which began airing on April 7, 2002, radically departs from the
previous three by focusing on a new and very different kind of evolution, Spirit Evolution, in which
the human characters use their D-Tectors (this series' Digivice) to transform themselves into
special Digimon called Legendary Warriors, detracting from the customary formula of having
digital partners. After receiving unusual phone messages from Ophanimon (one of the three
ruling Digimon alongside Seraphimon and Cherubimon) Takuya Kanbara, Koji Minamoto, Junpei
Shibayama, Zoe Orimoto, Tommy Himi, and Koichi Kimura[27] go to a subway station and take a
train to the Digital World.
Summoned by Ophanimon, the Digidestined realize that they must find the ten legendary spirits
and stop the forces of Cherubimon from physically destroying the Digital World. After finding the
ten spirits of the Legendary Warriors and defeating Mercurymon, Grumblemon, Ranamon, and
Arbormon, they finally end up fighting Cherubimon hoping to foil his effort to dominate the Digital
World. After the defeat of Cherubimon, the Digidestined find they must face an even greater
challenge as they try to stop the Royal Knights – Dynasmon and Crusadermon – from destroying
the Digital World and using the collected data to revive the original ruler of the Digital World: the
tyrannical Lucemon. Ultimately the Digidestined fail in preventing Lucemon from reawakening but
they do manage to prevent him from escaping into the Real World. In the final battle, all of the
legendary spirits the digidestined have collected thus far merge and create Susanoomon. With
this new form, the digidestined are able to effectively defeat Lucemon and save the Digital World.
In general, Frontier has a much lighter tone than that of Tamers, yet remains darker
than Adventure and Adventure 02.
Digimon Savers (Digimon Data Squad)
Main article: Digimon Data Squad
After a three-year hiatus, a fifth Digimon series began airing on April 2, 2006.
Like Frontier, Savers has no connection with the previous installments, and also marks a new
start for the Digimon franchise, with a drastic change in character designs and story-line, in order
to reach a broader audience. The story focuses on the challenges faced by the members of
D.A.T.S. ("Digital Accident Tactics Squad"), an organization created to conceal the existence of
the Digital World and Digimon from the rest of mankind, and secretly solve any Digimon-related
incidents occurring on Earth.
Later the D.A.T.S. is dragged into a massive conflict between Earth and the Digital World,
triggered by a wicked scientist named Akihiro Kurata,[28] determined to make use of the Digimon
for his own personal gains and permanently delete them, along with several opponents the
D.A.T.S. must face, like the demonic Belphemon, and the tyrannical King Drasil who threaten to
destroy both worlds. The English version was dubbed by Studiopolis and it premiered on
the Jetix block on Toon Disney on October 1, 2007. Digivolution in Data Squad requires the
human partner's DNA ("Digital Natural Ability" in the English version and "Digisoul" in the
Japanese version) to activate, a strong empathy with their Digimon, and a will to
succeed. Digimon Savers also introduces a new form of digivolving called Burst Mode which is
essentially the level above Mega (previously the strongest form a digimon could take).
Like previously in Tamers, this plot takes on a dark tone throughout the story and the anime was
aimed, originally in Japan, at an older audience consisting of late teens and people in their early
twenties. Because of that, along with the designs, the anime being heavily edited and localized
for western US audiences like past series, and the English dub being aimed mostly toward
younger audiences of children aged 6 to 10 and having a lower TV-Y7-FV rating just like past
dubs, Studiopolis dubbed the anime on Jetix with far more edits, changes, censorship, and cut
footage. This included giving the Japanese characters full Americanized names and American
surnames as well as applying far more Americanization (Marcus Damon as opposed to the
Japanese Daimon Masaru), cultural streamlining and more edits to their version similar to the
changes 4Kids often made (such as removal of Japanese text for the purpose of cultural
streamlining). Despite all that, the setting of the country was still in Japan and the characters
were Japanese in the dub. This series was the first to show any Japanese cultural concepts that
were unfamiliar with American audiences (such as the manju), which were left unedited and used
in the English dub. Also despite the heavy censorship and the English dub aimed at young
children, some of the Digimon's attacks named after real weapons such as RizeGreymon's
Trident Revolver are not edited and used in the English dub.
Well Go USA released it on DVD instead of Disney. The North American English dub was
televised on Jetix in the U.S. and on the Family Channel in Canada.
Digimon Xros Wars (Digimon Fusion)
Main article: Digimon Fusion
Three and a quarter years after the end of the fifth series, a new sixth series was confirmed
by Bandai for the Digimon anime, its official name of the series revealed in the June issue of
Shueisha's V Jump magazine being Digimon Xros Wars. It began airing in Japan on TV Asahi
from July 6, 2010 onwards.[29][30] Reverting to the design style of the first four series as well as the
plot taking on the younger, lighter tone present in series one, two, and four throughout the story.
The story follows a boy named Mikey Kudō (Taiki Kudo in Japan) who, along with his friends,
ends up in the Digital World where they meet Shoutmon and his Digimon friends. Wielding a
Digivice known as a Fusion Loader (Xros Loader in Japan), Mikey is able to combine multiple
Digimon into one to enhance his power, Shoutmon being the usual core of the combination,
using a technique known as "DigiFuse" ("Digi-Xros" in Japan).
Forming Team Fusion Fighters (Team Xros Heart in Japan), Mikey, Shoutmon and their friends
travel through the Digital World to liberate it from the evil Bagra Army, led by Bagramon (Lord
Bagra in English), and Midnight, a shady group led by AxeKnightmon with Nene as a figurehead
before joining the Fusion Fighters. The Fusion Fighters also finds themselves at odds with Blue
Flare, led by Christopher Aonuma (Kiriha Anouma in Japan).
The second arc of Xros Wars was subtitled The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms. It
saw the main cast reshuffled with a new wardrobe while Angie (Akari in Japan) and Jeremy
(Zenjiro in Japan) stay behind in the Human World; thus making Mikey, Christopher and Nene
the lead protagonists as they set off to face the Seven Death Generals of the Bagra Army and
AxeKnightmon's new pawn: Nene's brother Ewan (Yuu in Japan). A new evolution known as
Super Digivolution was introduced at the end of the first arc. The English dub of the series began
airing on Nickelodeon on September 7, 2013, which is produced by Saban Brands.
On August 17, 2011, Shueisha's V-Jump magazine announced a sequel set one year later, a
third arc of Xros Wars subtitled The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time, which aired from
October 2, 2011 to March 25, 2012, following on from the previous arc. It focuses on a new
protagonist, Tagiru Akashi and his partner Gumdramon who embark on a new journey with an
older Mikey, Shoutmon, an older Ewan and the revived Damemon, along with other new
comrades as they deal with a hidden dimension that lies between the Human World and the
Digital World called DigiQuartz, and a new evil force known as Quartzmon. The series finale
reintroduces the heroes of the previous five seasons as they all come together and help the
current heroes in the final battle due to the fact that the DigiQuartz is essentially a tear in Space
and Time, allowing all of the Digimon universes to converge.[31]
Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time was a nominee for the
2012 International Emmy Kids Awards for "Best Animation".[32]
Digimon Adventure tri.
Main article: Digimon Adventure tri.
A new Digimon series was announced 30 months after the end of Digimon Fusion at a 15th
anniversary concert and theater event for the franchise in August 2014. The series announced
the return of the protagonists from the original Digimon Adventure series, most of them now as
high school students.[33] A countdown clicking game was posted on the show's official website,
offering news when specific clicks were met. On December 13, 2014 the series title and a key
visual featuring character designs by Atsuya Uki were revealed with Keitaro Motonaga
announced as director with a tentative premiere date of Spring, 2015.[34] However, on May 6,
2015, it was announced that tri. would not be a television series, but rather a 6-part theatrical film
series. The films are being streamed in episodic format outside Japan
by Crunchyroll and Hulu from the same day they premiere on Japanese theaters.[35][36][37]
The series is set three years after the events of Digimon Adventure 02, when Digimon who turn
rogue by a mysterious infection appear to wreak havoc in the Human World. Tai and the other
DigiDestined from the original series reunite with their partners and start fighting back with
support from the Japanese government, while Davis, Yolei, Cody, and Ken are defeated by a
powerful enemy called Alphamon and disappear without a trace. Tai and the others also meet
another DigiDestined called Meiko Mochizuki and her partner Meicoomon who become their
friends, until Meicoomon turns hostile as well and flees. After discovering that Meicoomon is the
source of the infection, the DigiDestined learn that to prevent the Human and Digital Worlds from
being destroyed, the Digital World will be automatically rebooted to stop it, but this event will
make their Digimon lose all their memories. After the reboot occurs, and the infection is
apparently cleaned, the DigiDestined return to the Digital World and meet their partners in order
to restart their bonds with them. When they are attacked by a mysterious man who has used the
appearances of Digimon Emperor and Gennai, it is revealed that his master Yggdrasil wanted to
create a new world order without humans and Digimon ever interacting with each other. The
reboot of the Digital World was meant to restore every Digimon unable to recompose into Digi-
Eggs while Meicoomon's power was meant to turn these Digimon into an army which would
destroy humans and conquer the Human World. In order to stop Yggdrasil's plan, Homeostasis
and its servant Hackmon decided to eliminate Meicoomon, who is revealed to have been born
from a fragment of Apocalymon's data. The DigiDestined are forced to choose between letting
Meicoomon be destroyed or turning against both Yggdrasil and Homeostasis. But before they
can decide, Meicoomon's Mega form Raguelmon fuses with Gatomon's corrupted Mega form
Ophanimon Falldown Mode to become Ordinemon who starts to swallow the Human World into
the Digital World. The film series also feature all the DigiDestined's partners Digivolve up to the
Mega level, a feat only a few of them had achieved previously.

1. Reunion (再会 Saikai) (released on November 21, 2015 in

Japan. English Version released on September 15, 2016.)
2. Determination (決意 Ketsui) (released on March 12, 2016 in
Japan.)[38]
3. Confession (告白 Kokuhaku) (released on September 24,
2016 in Japan.)[39]
4. Loss (喪失 Soshitsu) (released on February 25, 2017 in
Japan.)[40]
5. Coexistance (共生 Kyōsei) (released on September 30,
2017 in Japan.)[41]
6. Our Future (ぼくらの未来 Bokura no mirai) (release due
May 5, 2018 in Japan.)
Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters
Main article: Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters
In May 2016, a new multimedia Digimon project was announced, composed of two video games,
a series of toys, and an anime television series titled Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters.[42]
The story is set in a world where, instead of Digimon (except Agumon who appeared in episode
45), there are "Appmon" (shortened for "Appli Monsters"), artificially intelligent beings that are
born within mobile apps. The main protagonist is Haru Shinkai, who gets an Appli Drive of his
own and unlocks its ability to bring Appmon to life, meeting his future partner, Gatchmon.
Together, they must restore the balance between the two worlds that was upset by the computer
named Leviathan, after it uses a virus to hack everyone's systems.[43]The Series premiered on
October 1, 2016 on TXN and ended on September 30, 2017.

Films
There have been nine Digimon movies released in Japan. The first seven were directly
connected to their respective anime series; Digital Monster X-Evolution originated from
the Digimon Chronicle merchandise line. All movies except X-Evolution and Ultimate Power!
Activate Burst Mode have been released and distributed internationally. Digimon: The Movie,
released in the U.S. and Canada territory by Fox Kids through 20th Century Fox on October 6,
2000, consists of the union of the first three Japanese movies.

1. Digimon Adventure (Part one of Digimon: The Movie)

2. Digimon Adventure: Our War Game (Part two of Digimon:
The Movie)
3. Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane
Touchdown/Supreme Evolution! The Golden
Digimentals (Part three of Digimon: The Movie)
4. Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon Strikes Back (Revenge
of Diaboromon)
5. Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers' Battle (Battle of
Adventurers)
6. Digimon Tamers: Runaway Digimon Express (Runaway
Locomon)
7. Digimon Frontier: Revival of the Ancient Digimon (Island of
Lost Digimon)
 8. Digital Monster X-Evolution
9. Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!
A stereoscopic 3D movie, Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grand Prix! (デジモンアドベンチャー
3D デジモングランプリ! Dejimon Adobenchā: Dejimon Guran Puri?), was shown at Harmony
Land in Sanrio Puroland in July 2000. The movie was later screened at the 'Tobidasu 3D! Toei
Animation Festival' on October 3, 2009 and was later included on a set of DVD works released
on February 21, 2010.
Distribution and localization
United States
In the United States, the series premiered in August 1999 on
the Fox Broadcasting Company. It was dubbed by Saban
Entertainment (later Sensation Animation), and was initially
broadcast through Fox Kids. The first four series were
collectively retitled Digimon: Digital Monsters. Some scenes
from the original version were omitted from the Saban dub,
or were modified, in order to comply with Fox's standards
and practices which considered several scenes to be
inappropriate for the target age group. Often dialogue was
changed, and the show became less "serious" in tone
compared to the Japanese version, instead featuring more
jokes and added dialogue, along with a completely different
musical score (usually orchestral music, including music
recycled from Saban's Masked Rider) and completely
different sound effects, due to licensing issues. Another
noticeable change in the dub is in some cases, using
different voice actors for different forms of a certain Digimon
or in other cases, the actors adopting different voices for
different forms, whereas in Japan, the voice actor for the
most part merely changes the tone of his/her voice slightly,
sometimes being altered for effect (this is especially the case
in Season 1). As a cross-promotional stunt, 2001 and 2002
saw Digi-Bowl specials co-produced with Fox Sports; NFL
on Fox commentator Terry Bradshaw provided interstitial
segments in-between episodes as if the episodes were
actually a football game.
After Disney acquired Saban during the third series, the first
three series moved to the cable network ABC Family, while
the fourth (Frontier) premiered on UPN. This was due to a
deal between Disney and UPN that had various Disney
cartoons airing in lieu of UPN programming it themselves (at
first under the name Disney's One Too) which concluded the
season Frontier aired. Frontier aired on ABC Family
concurrently, and reran (alongside the first three seasons)
on that channel and Toon Disney (for the latter under
the Jetixbranding) for several years after. Digimon Data
Squad also had a brief run on Toon Disney/Jetix and
successor Disney XD. Disney eventually lost the license to
Digimon. Toei Animation has however released an official
subtitled version of Digimon Xros Wars. Funimation
Entertainment has online streaming rights to subtitled
versions of Digimon Adventure 02 and Digimon Tamers.
In September 2012, Saban Brands announced it had re-
acquired the Digimon franchise.[44][45][46] In the U.S. insular
area of Puerto Rico, the show was redubbed in Spanish. [citation
 Saban would acquire the licence for Digimon Xros
needed]

Wars, with an English version in the works. In February

2013, it was announced that Saban's English version, which
localized the series title as Digimon Fusion, would air
on Nickelodeon in the United States starting September 7,
2013.[47] After three episodes, the show was moved
to Nicktoons starting October 13, 2013. Only the first two
seasons of Fusion were dubbed.
Digimon Adventure and its two sequels, Digimon Adventure
02 and Digimon Tamers, were added to the Netflix Instant
Streaming service in 2013 and 2014 with Japanese audio
and English subtitles. Crunchyroll began streaming the
English-subtitled version of Digimon Fusion outside Japan in
November 2011. The English-localized version of its first
season became available on Netflix starting September 13,
2014, followed by the second season on March 8,
2016.[48] After Crunchyroll acquired streaming rights to the
dubbed versions and Funimation acquired rights to the
subtitled versions, the dubbed versions
of Adventure, Adventure 02, and Tamers were briefly
removed from Netflix.
As of 2017, Crunchyroll is currently streaming the dubbed
versions of Adventure, Adventure 02, Tamers, and Frontier,
in addition to the subtitled version of Fusion's third season,
which didn't receive a dub. The dubbed seasons
of Fusion are currently streaming on Netflix.
Canada
In Canada, the Saban-dubbed series were broadcast
on YTV, but only the first 26 episodes of Digimon
Fusion were shown. The dubbed version of Data Squad,
which was produced for the Disney-affiliated Jetix, aired
on Family Channel. In Quebec (where Digimon
Adventure aired on TQS, and Digimon 02 on TÉLÉTOON),
the show was redubbed in French. A French version
of Digimon Tamers aired in France, but not in North
America.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the American dubbed version of
Digimon is broadcast. Digimon first aired in the UK on
subscription cable/satellite channel Fox Kids but gained
most popularity on terrestrial channel ITV's children's
slot CITV from 2001-2002, which
broadcast Adventure, Adventure 02 and a small amount
of Tamers airing during after school hours. The entirety
of Tamers aired on cable/satellite channel Fox Kids from
2002–04. Digimon Frontier (the fourth series/season) never
aired in the UK as the show's (then) provider Jetix placed the
season on hold. From 2011, Digimon Data Squad (the fifth
series/season) airs in the UK on Kix! (the show's sole
provider). According to Fox Kids's (2000–03) and Kix's
(2010-) BARB Television ratings, Adventure, Adventure
02 & Tamers (with Data Squad in last place) have been the
most popular series'/seasons in the United Kingdom and
was consistently in the weekly top 10 broadcasts for both
channels for new episodes.[49] Broadcast rights and
merchandising sub-licensing rights for Digimon Fusion in the
UK have been acquired by ITV Studios Global
Entertainment, Digimon Fusion has aired since Spring 2014
on Digital Terrestrial Channel, CITV.[50][51]
Other areas
Digimon has also aired in countries such as Australia,
Greece, Portugal, Ireland, the Netherlands, Malaysia, South
Africa and most of Latin America among others. After the
overwhelming popularity of Pokémon in India and
Pakistan, Cartoon Network started to air Digimon in 2004.
Later, all 4 series were aired.
The Latin American and Brazilian versions of Digimon are
licensed and dubbed completely uncensored and uncut from
the original Japanese edition until Digimon Data Squad. The
first four series were licensed by Cloverway Inc. (since 2000
to 2004), and aired on cable for Fox Kids (first four series)
and later on Jetix (only first season) and Disney XD(only
fourth and fifth seasons). From 2005, the Digimon franchise
licenses were taken over by Toei Animation Inc.. In
2009, Digimon Data Squad was licensed by Toei Animation
Inc. and aired on cable for Disney XD since 2010 to 2014.
The current season; Digimon Fusion (Saban's version) aired
on Cartoon Network in 2014.
The show also aired in the Philippines in the middle of 2000
on ABS-CBN. It would air Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. ABS-
CBN hired Filipino voice actors to dub the show in English.
The dubbing, in most cases, was similar to the original
Japanese version of the show, which was the medium for
the dub except the fact that some of the voices sounded like
the U.S. version (e.g., Taichi having an adolescent's voice
instead of a kid's) or completely original to the dubbing crew
(e.g., Gabumon's deep, grumbly voice). The entire first
series of Digimon Adventure was dubbed in English (in order
to compete with the 4Kids version of Pokémon which aired
on the rival network GMA 7 on the same day and time),
along with Digimon Adventure 02. The second series aired
on a new Saturday morning block at 10 a.m.. two weeks
after the first series finale. This series was dubbed in both
English and Tagalog, so that it would be compatible with the
other shows in the block. Cartoon Network Philippines began
airing Digimon Tamers around 2003, then Digimon
Frontier late in 2004. This time, the show, along with some of
the other anime that aired with it, was dubbed
by Singaporean voice actors. Tamers and Frontier were
dubbed in Filipino when both series aired on ABS-CBN on its
weekday morning line-up of animated shows (Tamers first
followed by Frontier after a few months). Digimon
Savers began airing in the country on September 8, 2008
and has currently ended. However, in January
2008, Hero started to broadcast the Digimon series in
Filipino with different voices with Digimon Adventure. The
series which is currently shown on Hero is a rerun
of Digimon Adventure 02 (July 2015)
In the Czech Republic, Digimon aired after the success of
Pokémon by the TV Nova but it never got that popular. The
first season was taken from America, it had the same
dialogues and the soundtrack was just translated (instead of
"Digimon, digital monsters, digimon are the champions" it
was "Digimon, digitální monstra, digimoních strážců
šampion" and so on). The second season, however, was
translated from Japanese version (although to keep the
continuity with the first season the English dubbed names of
the characters were used). Digimon Tamers along with
Digimon Frontier got there many years later and it aired by
Czech version of Animax.
In Sweden, only the first two seasons were dubbed
into Swedish and aired on Swedish channel TV3 (2001 to
2003) (Reruns were shown on the Swedish version of Fox
Kids and Jetix (from 2002 to 2006), it was a straight dub
from the North American English version. After the second
season was over, the third season was neither dubbed nor
aired on Swedish TV. Digimon could not compete against
Pokémon in Sweden. The first three movies were cut and
merged into a movie. The fourth movie "Diaboromon Strikes
Back" was never released in Sweden.
In The Europe was airing on Fox Kids (excluding Italy,
Finland and Others)
In Serbia, as in Sweden, only two seasons were dubbed into
Serbian language and aired in two separate dubs. Very first
season was dubbed by Radio Television Belgrade and aired
on RTS1 in 2001. In 2007, the first season was dubbed
again, but this time by Mirius studio and aired on RTV Pink.
The second season launched on RTV Pink, also in 2007 but
later took place on Pink Kids in 2008. Third and fourth
seasons were planned, but the project pulled out.
In Italy, it aired on Rai 2 since September 4, 2000.
In Spain, it aired on Antena 3 (only the first
season), TVE1, TVE2, Fox Kids, Jetix, Disney XD, Clan
TVE, Boing and FDF.
In Croatia, it aired on Nova TV and later on Disney XD.
In Germany, it aired on RTL II and on Fox Kids and Tele 5.
In Slovenia, it aired on Radiotelevizija Slovenija.
In Poland, it aired on Fox Kids and later on ZigZap.
In Bulgaria, it aired on the Channel Fox Kids.
In Ukraine, Digimon Adventure was airing on Novyi
Kanal from 2002 to 2004 (3 times) and Digimon
Frontier aired on TET (TV channel) in 2008.
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