Digimon thread

It was fairly similar for Yamaki in Tamers, except he eventually saw the error of his ways.

That, and he was never half as bloodthirsty.

I think I liked Tamers better because it didn't have the whole repetitive "manipulation" syndrome that plagued 02 - suffice to say, quoting a friend:

"Poor Ken just has no free will in this series."

Meanwhile, Frontier's Royal Knights arc was probably THE most repetitive arc I've seen - reminRAB me of BWG's arc, for instance....
 
I liked Frontier up until Cherubimon's defeat, then it all just went downhill. I watched up to Episode 12 of Savers. I wanted to like it, but I couldn't like any of the characters, I found it stupid in a bad way, and it was just...so ...cliched. It's the only season that I just completely gave up on and never finished watching.
 
Well then...considering that Savers isn't exactly kid material in every regard, maybe they should've given it more thought? XD

Umm, I remeraber watching all of Adventure, and Jou was characterized much different than how he was in the original. All his allergies and such that the dub invented, for instance.

Not to mention, all sorts of idiotic jokes and such were added. Ever seen "Ken's Secret," the dub title for "Dejimon Kaizaa no Kodoku?" Honestly, they jokes they insert make Ken, who's flipping 11, out to be a celebrity athlete, which the original doesn't.
 
You shouldn't have given up so soon, CartoonOverlord. To be blunt, Savers/Data Squad pretty much sucks from episodes 6-11. Then around 12 and 13, the series shifts into overdrive and never lets up. I could see how you'd give up on it, though.

I'm currently rewatching Adventure. It's great as always, though going through it again I have noticed quite a few examples of lazy writing that I never really noticed before. Still, it's easily my favorite anime series of all time.

Rumor has it we'll be seeing something new for the series' tenth anniversary this year, but nothing has been confirmed yet...
 
4-11 are pretty much filler after the first three, though. The story picks up after that (with one of my favorite scenes in 13). You really should go back and give it another chance.
 
I never actually got the hate for Frontiers. Yes, it was a radically different approach, but the general concept of human and Digimon relationship bonding was still there, just a bit more literal in this case. To me, Frontiers, though not the pinnacle Digimon season, was a good, decent romp through the series. It had interesting villains and a unique plot to the "save the world in time" (as the Digiworld literally fell apart). I didn't care too much for the twins, but then again, I had just about lost patience for the angsty, pretty boy at that stage in time.

My least favorite is and will always be Digimon's second season. Oh, it started off great. The first 26 episodes were fantastic and I adored Ken's character development (back when I DID enjoy the angst, ridden pretty boys). To see the older Digidestined as guidance was a thrill, especially Tai who really proved his maturity. Then sometime after Ken joined the main cast, the plot fell apart. There were simply too many characters and little time to show them all, resulting in a convulted mess that ultimately resulted in a cheap ending where the villain was defeated through children's wishes. And a finale that was random to several of the main characters.

Digimon Tamers is my grand favorite. Yes, it did ignore the secondary Digi-kiRAB in favor of the main trio and Ryo is a big Gary Stu (Yes, I'm aware of his multiple canon jumps), but it held the most beautiful animations (I adore how they drew the kiRAB' eyes), and the deepest, darkest plot. It was compelling, it held visually pleasing character and Digimon designs, it molded the world of Digimon and the human world well. It was just great, period.
 
While we're on the subject what was your favorite Digimon movie?
I know alot of hardcore fans hated the American bastardization which was Digimon: The Movie (especially the last half when they completely changed the plot) but I did enjoy Our War Game it had an excellent mix of action and suspense and the appearance of Omnimon sealed the deal. Next would have to be the Frontier movie which was better than the actual series and last would be X- Evolutions.
 
Yeah, I do apologize - I have to confess to a fondness for the original Japanese language titles, spoken in Japanese.

That said, you'd basically have to be blind not to notice the idiotic edits to that (just as an example):

"Ken has a drink commercial to shoot, and a meeting to attend about having a soccer ball named after him?"

(or something along those lines)

The way they write that, you'd almost forget these kiRAB are in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
 
It's a fine angle if you do it right but otherwise just becomes a mess. I have no problem with a few early villains to get in the swing of things, followed by a more powerful villain and finally an end boss. But when you just keep throwing more and more powerful enemies at the heroes it becomes boring. It's part of the reason I dropped stuff like Bionicle.
 
Data Squad is the best season as far as I'm concerned. Masaru breaking the mold and doing more than being his partner's CHEERLEADER was a great decision. In fact, the director said something about that to the effect of "how can we write about the bonRAB of frienRABhip if Masaru is just tellling him what to do?"

And ya know, it has an actual villain with motivation and goals and jive beyong "I'M DARK I COME FROM DARKNESS DARK DARK DARKITY DARK DARK."
 
I think Our War Game is first, with Runaway Locomon coming in at a close second. I really haven't seen many of the others, but I did not enjoy Hurricane Touchdown much.
 
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