Digimon Ghost Game

Sightings of mysterious creatures known as "Hologram Ghosts" have been a popular topic on social networks for the past few years. According to the rumors, several people have fallen victim to these specters. Those fortunate to survive their encounters with the paranormal beings claim that they resembled glitched holograms.

Hazakura Academy middle school student Hiro Amanokawa believes these sightings are merely an urban legend. However, as the incidents start to increase in frequency, he is reminded of the day his father suddenly vanished, with strange digital watches serving as the only relics of his disappearance. Much like the other sightings, what happened to Hiro's father cannot be explained by conventional logic.

One day, when a fellow student in the academy is attacked by a Hologram Ghost, Hiro and his friend Kiyoshirou Higashimitarai decide to look into the matter. Little does Hiro know that this investigation will be their first step toward discovering a dangerous world previously unknown to mankind.

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Gammamon Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Jellymon Main

Shimamura, Yuu Japanese

Higashimitarai, Kiyoshirou Main

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Amanokawa, Hiro Main

Tamura, Mutsumi Japanese

Tsukiyono, Ruri Main

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Angoramon Main

Nakai, Kazuya Japanese

Impmon Supporting

Reimi Japanese

Terriermon Supporting

Tada, Aoi Japanese

Vamdemon Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Piemon Supporting

Yamaji, Kazuhiro Japanese

Hashimoto, Shintarou Producer

Sagawa, Naoko Producer

Mitsuka, Masato Director, Storyboard

Chioka, Kimitoshi Director, Storyboard

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Dec 4, 2021

Phantasmagore

Recommended

Preliminary (8/67 eps)

Please bear in mind that this review will only cover the first 8 episodes of Digimon Ghost Game, but I'll probably update it once the show has concluded. This is my first ever written review on this site, but I'm a passionate Digimon fan who has been around since the '90s, I've been watching a lot of it to make proper comparisons to the shows we've had, don't worry, I'll leave it spoiler-free and try to take off my nostalgia goggles for any newcomers to the franchise of Digimon. Okay so Digimon Ghost game is a brand new Digimon title but adds a good amount ... of darker tones, not quite horror but suggestive implications of horror, but it retains the cheerful and adventurous wacky feeling of previous titles before it. Those who have been watching Digimon Tamers might feel very similar beats as it was also considered to be one of the darker seasons that have been made. But I hear you ask, Is it any good? Based on 8 episodes so far, the show is very creative, fun and the combat seems to be way more engaging which has been a good direction for the franchise. I like the heroes, but I do have two issues that I'm hoping to see addressed as the show continues, one which is the phasing of the story progression and the second being deeper character development. But if you're a fan or a newcomer, no matter if an adult or kid, there's much to enjoy here!

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 14, 2025

DigiCat

Mixed Feelings

Really liked the horror theme this season of Digimon was going for, that paired with it's episodic nature gave it a bit of a Twilight Zone vibe.
Unfortunately, it's episodic structure also has it's downsides, leaving little to no room for character developement and plotlines that get teased every few episodes without ever truely progressing

It also suffers from the same problem as Adventure 2020 of the later digivolutions not having much impact, the only exeption i can think of being Jellymon's super-digivolution, managing to create that sense of hype along with giving both her and Higacchi one of the few character developement moments in the series

That ... said, Ghost Game still remains a fun watch for die-hard Digimon fans to get to see new digimon and old favorites and does have it's standout episodes

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 28, 2023

Zerockman

Not Recommended

Wow, what a trainwreck of an anime. This anime managed to disappoint me more than I thought it could, and it turned into the all time worst Digimon series. This show actually had a lot of potential, but most of it was wasted down the drain. Let's break it down.

Digimon Ghost Game starts off pretty well, introducing us to an interesting cast of main characters alongside their equally endearing partner digimon. For the first 10 or so episodes we get an episodic approach where we see the first digivolutions, i.e the Champion/Adult level digivolutions, for all 3 main digimon. We've seen other Digimon anime do ... this, like Tamers and Universe. But what those series did and this one should have as well was to move on from the episodic formula and start to develop the story, even if slowly. Instead, what we got were 64 or so episodes of continuous boring, repetitive "digimon of the week" type of thing. You probably checked the episode count for this anime - 67. That's right. The last 3 episodes of the anime are the ones where the plot actually ensues. For the first 64 episodes literally nothing happens. We get a few teases here and there but nothing more than that. This creates two big problems:

- The first one is that the vast majority of the anime is a boring episodic mess with close to no plot or character development or any meaningful moments other than the digivolutions.
- The second one is how rushed the finale was. I'm not going to get into spoilers for how the story ends, but just know it was one of the most rushed and anti-climatic endings I've seen in any anime. The most frustrating part of all this is that the pieces were all there for a good series/finale, because the last 3 episodes actually have some really interesting plot twists and developments. In the final episode alone we got tons of exposition explaining several of the things that happened throughout the show. The future was even set for a potential continuation or sequel because they introduced a major threat around 4 or 5 minutes away from the end of the final episode. But of course they didn't follow through with that. Instead we got a meaningless, cheap and nonsensical finale that not only felt super rushed but also doesn't even explain how they averted the major threat I mentioned just now.

Digimon Ghost Game does have some good moments, but that mostly amounts to the Digivolution scenes, the digivolved forms of the main 3 digimon which are mostly really well designed, and also to the 2 main insert songs, First Riders and Makuake, which are both pretty hype, especially Makuake. The animation is also generally pretty good. For both Toei and Digimon standards, I would say this is actually the best animated Digimon series, at least in terms of consistency. We never really got any slideshow battle which is a surprise for, like I said, Digimon standards. This makes it feel even worse that the imo worst Digimon show ever is the one that gets the best production treatment.

Like I said at the start, Digimon Ghost Game is a big wasted potential and it turned into a huge flop. It does have some good moments here and there, but the boring episodic nature and the rushed, nonsensical finale turn it into my least favourite Digimon series ever, and as a Digimon fan it really makes me feel bad.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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