Digimon Adventure:

In the year 2020, technology is everywhere. Every digital device around the world is connected by a singular network where data travels. Unbeknownst to humans, this network has become home to life forms known as "Digimon."

Fifth-grader Taichi Yagami is preparing for summer camp when strange occurrences begin in Tokyo; certain electronic systems have started going haywire. When he discovers that his sister and mother are trapped on an unstoppable train, he rushes to the nearby station. Suddenly, Taichi is transported to another world where he meets a strange creature by the name of Agumon, who somehow already knows his name. Taichi also receives a strange device called a "Digivice," which allows him to communicate with the undigitized world.

Taichi discovers he is in the "Network," and virus-like Digimon are attacking the areas that maintain Tokyo’s electronic systems. It is up to Taichi and his new partner Agumon to stop these cyberattacks before the whole world is threatened by the actions of mischievous Digimon.

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Yagami, Taichi

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Sanpei, Yuuko
Japanese

Ishida, Yamato

Main

Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Yagami, Hikari

Main

Watada, Misaki
Japanese

Takaishi, Takeru

Main

Han, Megumi
Japanese

Agumon

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Sakamoto, Chika
Japanese

Tachikawa, Mimi

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Kouno, Marika
Japanese

Tailmon

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Sonozaki, Mie
Japanese

Patamon

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Matsumoto, Miwa
Japanese

Gabumon

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Yamaguchi, Mayumi
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Izumi, Koushirou

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Kobayashi, Yumiko
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Sakurada, Hiroyuki

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Mitsuka, Masato

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Kaizawa, Yukio

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Ootsuka, Takashi

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"Mikakunin Hikousen (未確認飛行船)" by Takayoshi Tanimoto

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	5: "Dreamers" by ATEEZ (eps (eps 55-??))
	1: "Kuyashisa wa Tane (悔しさは種)" by Chiai Fujikawa (eps 1-13)
	2: "Q?" by Reol (eps 14-26)
	3: "Mind game" by Maica_n (eps 27-38)
	4: "Overseas Highway (オーバーシーズ・ハイウェイ)" by Wolpis Cater (ウォルピスカーター) (eps 39-)

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Nov 9, 2021

Skyregalia01

Recommended

Disclaimer: This review will predominately be making comparisons between this anime to its alternative counterpart (Digimon Adventure 1999). Furthermore, the comparison to the counterpart series will be based on memories when watching it - though it was around 2006. From this moment onwards I will refer to the counterpart series as the "1999 series".

Story: I will separate this into two parts. The first part is the difference between the 1999 and 2020 series in terms of the presentation of the story and the second part discusses the similarities/difference of the story structure between the two series.

A definite difference to its 1999 series where instead of ... characters being the focal point of the story it really focuses on the lore and plot of the story - or you can say it focuses more on the world-building than anything. This can be observed where the main characters you meet early on in the 2020 series have pretty much fully developed personalities and traits that any further focus on them will just highlight the same personality and traits they already had since our first introduction to them. Therefore, the remaining episodes focus on the story, world-building, and lore on the Digiworld and its inhabitants along with its connection to humanity. Of course, if we take into account that the anime was designed for a younger audience then the reasoning above may be attributed to this as well. Since it is much easier to follow the story with easy-to-understand characters rather than the other way round where the story gets paused because the characters have to go through a soul-searching montage. However, a larger component that probably makes this series different from its 1999 series was probably how much lore it has developed since then. It is easier to understand this by comparing it to Yu-gi-oh or similar children's shows where it starts getting better as the show gets longer (in the case for Yu-gi-oh the rules for dueling was only established when GX started and all of Yu-gi-oh was experimenting with new and more ways of playing the various card types they had, so GX started playing around archetypes e.g. Hero-type decks, Dragon-type decks. Afterward, the rest of the spin-off series started experimenting on newer and more interesting summoning methods along with newer monster archetypes). For Digimon it got a larger library of the various digital monsters as well as their evolutionary line along with the lore of the role for each digimon - this was reflected in the 6 part movies for digimon. Therefore, the 2020 series being a reboot for the 1999 series it makes sense that the developers would want to take full advantage of all the knowledge and lore they have expanded for the last 20 years and make use of it. As a result, we have more information for the Digiworld and its connection to the digidestined in exchange for the character development for all of the characters.

There are similarities and differences between the two series and these differences stem from (previously mentioned) the focus on the lore and world-building rather than the characters. The 1999 series uses exploration of the Digiworld as a medium to enable the characters to interact with each other and learn about themselves thus we can see a lot of character development. However, the 2020 series used exploration for the sake of exploring more about the Digiworld. This is not a bad idea and in fact, the 2020 series does a better job of making the Digiworld more interesting and fun with its mysteries as well. In addition, the characters with their established personalities and a common goal they can settle their differences much quicker in the early part of the series to achieve their common goal. However, both use a similar story structure; 1) exploring the Digiworld for information, 2) encountering friends and enemies to reach the initial evil, 3) defeating said initial evil, 4) understanding the bigger picture and bigger evil, 5) further exploration in the Digiworld for more information on the bigger evil, and 6) defeating said bigger evil. This works for the 1999 series since steps 4 and 5 heavily rely on the exploration for character development but the 2020 series use of steps 4 and 5 has a weaker impact compared to the 1999 version. The 2020 series does have a reason for understanding the bigger picture and the bigger evil along with the exploration but you can argue that at least 10 of those episodes can be placed in step 2 so (overall) it has a weaker impact on the story.

Art and Sound: Art is bold and colourful with a similar style to the 1999 series. The sound/music was good and it definitely felt a more modern version of the Digmon adventures. Of course, I prefer the 1999 series' music and soundtracks but I have to admit that the 2020 series does have its own unique style that does not pale to the older version. Although, I will say the ED theme songs for the 2020 version are very catchy and definitely capture the spirit of being a child.

Character: I believe this may be the key factor that might have split the Digimon fan base community a little bit. Like I have mentioned in the story section the 1999 series was good (for many viewers) because of the character development between all the characters. The main plot point was that each character was placed a specific personality trait that they have yet developed or already displayed but were not aware of it. This required each character to come to terms with this revelation and to understand this was (predominately) their core personality. In addition, this required the others to come to terms with the other's personality traits as well since they all had to work together. However, the 2020 series does not try to focus on this aspect since they made it clear near the beginning what each character's personality traits when seeing them for the first time and this gets highlighted more as the series goes on so it makes it more clear that this is their core personality. The major difference for this is that the starting point between each character is different in the 2020 series compared to the 1999 series. In the 1999 series, all of the characters were "isekaied" to the Digiworld at the same time so everyone had to individually cope not only with each other but with the new world they were in as well. This obviously leads to character interaction and development where their personalities become a large theme throughout the whole series. However, the 2020 series has each character isekaied to the Digiworld at different times where one of the characters stumbles the other who has already lived/stayed in the Digiworld without knowing how long they have stayed there. As a result, you can argue that each character has already done the initial hurdle of coping with the Digiworld so the only thing they need to do is to interact with the other characters - which only takes around 10 episodes or so. Thus, the series sometimes have the "episode of the week" feel to it since there is not much to focus on. Furthermore, the villains the characters go against are less impactful in the 2020 version compared to the 1999 version for the same reason that the theme between the two is different. The villain used in the 1999 series focuses on the characters' personality traits and (to a larger extent) all of humanity to symbolise its strength and defeat whereas the 2020 villain was more or less a concept that so happens to endanger humanity and just gets stronger. However, lore-wise the 2020 series makes sense (in my opinion) compared to the 1999 series where it was more impactful. In the end, I cannot say which one is better but I can see where the strengths and weaknesses lie in either of them.

Overall: The 2020 series definitely has a more modernised style to it with a more focus on lore and world-building than the character development. This makes the story more straightforward and easier to follow with little room to doubt that the characters will have a falling out. However, this does make it less interesting since the 1999 series provides a larger impact from the characters falling out and reconciling with each other providing a stronger bond between them. In my opinion, if you were to ask me which one to watch, I will say watch: the 1999 series for context on the characters and impact of each character's personality; alternatively watch the 2020 series first for a general understanding between the connection of the Digiworld and humanity along with a more up to date version of Digimon lore. Both have their ups and downs and I will say I enjoyed both of them with their own unique styles. Keep in mind that this is based on the assumption that the show was meant for a younger audience to watch so I am not going to be super critical on which one is better than the other.

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Jun 22, 2023

DigiCat

Mixed Feelings

Credit where credit is due, the first 25 or so episodes were freaking awesome, but then… the best way i can describe the plot post episode 30 is like if you had a very well drawn map, flushed it down the toilet, and then fished it out of the toilet and tried to read it hoping it won’t get you lost! Well, at least it was pretty to watch and had it’s fun and cute moments, so it’s not like it ruined my childhood, i haven’t finished yet though

The mega-digivolutions make no sense! Cool flashy special effects is not gonna make up for good story ...

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Nov 28, 2023

SoldierDream

Not Recommended

“This is Taichi and Agumon’s last adventure” – Toei Animation, 2019.

With that categorical catchphrase, Toei Animation lied to all of us Digimon Adventure fans two years ago. As a way to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the series that kicked off the franchise, it announced with great fanfare that it would be making one last movie -eventually called “Last Evolution Kizuna”- and that it would truly be the last adventure. The last one. This was it. No more. To say goodbye to the series and characters we’ve loved for more than two decades now. Despite the bitter taste in our mouths with the disappointing result ...

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