From the start we have Tai. Yes he looks like Tai, but apparently in the 6 year hiatus he has encountered some, as of yet unknown, tragic event that caused all aspects of his personality to shrivel into nothingness.
And this goes for all of the characters. Yes, they look like older versions of the characters, but maintain zero percent of their original personality, or any personality for that matter. Of course you would expect that they had matured and changed over the years, and it would have been really cool to see our favorite characters all grown up, sadly they have reduced the characters to no more than conduits for spouting digital monsters.
I am sure most Digimon fans would agree that the part I most looked forward to was seeing how the characters had matured and what their lives were like now, and how their relationships progressed. I am quite sad to report that it contains none of these aspects. The characters are just so unbelievably bad that it cannot be expressed in words. Its as if they are androids that stripped the skin off of the old characters and are trying to act like them so that their families don't realize they are facsimiles of their former loved ones. And the fashion the characters reunite in is on the same shallow level. They just sort of meet up. Here is a re-enactment "Sup dudes, Digimon right" "Yeah Digimon" No explanation of how their lives have been or how anything has changed.
In short the characters and story are shallow enough to stand in and not get wet.
Now we get to my main beef. The animation. OHHHHHHH the animation. Now I am the most lax person when it comes to animation. Sure I absolutely love gorgeous animation, but when someone on a forum or review says "the animation was bad/sub-par" I usually think "Huh? didn't even notice/looked fine to me" This is the first time I have ever been struck with a powerful sense of "jeez this is some garbo animation" I didn't even notice Twintails had bad animation. Yes you read that correctly TWINTAILS HAS FAR SUPERIOR ANIMATION THAN DIGIMON ADVENTURE TRI. Even the most basic scenes are inconsistent infantile garbage. It doesn't get better in fights either. You wait, what is it 2 episodes, for the fight just to see some frames that they apparently dug out of the dumpster out back. Now to be fair Toei has stated that " We had some issues reassembling the faulty cels from the paper shredder, but we have our best animators working on a cure" Fair enough Toei. I'll give you a chance since your most recent shows have had seriously top notch animation.
And yes I am aware that Digimon is not known for its animation quality, but seriously, I have seen better animation etched on the walls of caves.
Music. Okay. It is possible that I went temporarily lost my hearing due to the sensory overload from the animation, but no complaints.
So, in conclusion, this show is pathetic and fails to entertain in any way imaginable. This will bring you no joy, no sorrow, no love, no nostalgia, if you can make it through the gauntlet of mediocrity(at best) there will be nothing left. You will be reduced to a husk. A shell of what you once were. You will effectively become Digimon Adventure Tri, something that looks familiar and lively, but devoid of all life once you peel away the thin layer of delusion. If you wish to maintain your human form DO NOT watch this...for there is no return. I write this with my final breath, my fingers are slowly turning to ash as I type...my vision fades...and as I slip into the void a faint sound is heard...at first I think this is the angel of death calling my soul into his realm. But no. The noise intensifies. Still subtle...I cannot make out what it is saying. Suddenly my bones shake, my teeth feel as if they are forcing their way deeper into my skull, the pain is unbearable, it becomes clear what the noise is...how could i forget. Liam you damn fool... I laugh as the noise envelops me. I know that it is the last thing I will ever hear...
"DIGIMON DIGITAL MONSTERS, DIGIMON ARE THE CHAMPIONS! DIGIMON DIGITAL MONSTERS, DIGIMON ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!"
