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  1. Digimon: Digital Monsters (3/05-2/07)


[edit] Digimon v.s. Pokemon section

A while ago, I updated the Pokemon and Digimon section, pointing out that Digimon tends to borrow more from the Mecha/Super Robo genre and pointed out several mecha references. This was removed for what is currently in place. I thought my addition was a good bit of Information, could anyone inform me why it wasn't such a good addition to the article? Granis 00:15, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

It would be much easier to answer your question if we knew precisely what you had added, but according to your contributions page, you don't seem to have altered Digimon at all. If you altered it while using another account or an anonymous IP, could you tell us what day you edited the article.
Oh yeah: next time, add your thread to the bottom of the talk page, not the top. You Can't See Me! 06:19, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] JAPAN ONLY

Why does it say this? Its coming out August 2007 in the USA.74.195.3.199 19:14, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Do you have a source for this? If so, add it to the article. -- Ned Scott 19:48, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

The news was announced on Apr 23 -- http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=toei042407.htm -- Savers will be on Jetix in the Fall.

[edit] Original Digimon Pages

Got a question, why on the individual digimon pages, it says that the original digimon partners lost the ability to digivolve to their ultimate forms? In the final episode, they learned that the crest's power was inside THEM, not the crest, therefore, they were able to redigivolve to defeat Apocylomon (cant spell it -.-). Also later on, in Season 2, Angemon was able to digivolve to Magnaangemon, so, why is this stated that they lost the ability? :/ Just because only Angemon did in season 2, doesn't mean that they did, just that it was never needed. Myzou 10:03, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Because that's what it says. There's an episode in digimon adventure 02 where there's a flashback of the 8 original digi-destined coming back to the digital world. And they're releasing the power of their crests to restore the digital world (after all the damamge the dark masters and apocylomon did). ANd one of them (i think it was TK or kari) explains that in order to restore the digital world, they and their digimon had to sacrifice the power of their crests, meaning the digimon where no longer able to reach the ultimate form.
It does seem to contradict what happens at the end of Digimon Adventure, when the digi-destined realized they didn't need crests. But it was very explictly stated in Digimon Adventure 02 that the original digimon partners lost the power to digivolve to ultimate.
Angemon digivolves to magnaangemon once in 02, and IIRC, it was when Angemon fell onto one of the destiny stones. And the power from the broken destiny stone allowed Angemon to digivolve. Later on, Azulongmon's power allows the digimon to digivolve to ultimate again. But the crest powers are gone. --`/aksha 10:40, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Specifically, the episode is #27, "Fusion Confusion" (ja: "Unstoppable Evolution, Paildramon"). It's even mentioned in the summary in the episode list.Circeus 16:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main article and anime article merged

After looking at the two articles there really was only two sections in Digimon: Digital Monsters that this article didn't have, and a lot of redundant information. Merging the two doesn't actually look too bad, and the article isn't too large, IMO. I think it makes for a stronger core-topic article. The anime article was just left over from the time when all the anime series shared that one page, before they were split off. I think the flow of information is less confusing this way and looks better too. Thoughts? -- Ned Scott 09:24, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

My thought is that your thought was a good thought. ^_^ Indiawilliams 23:28, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question.

When exactly will this new Digimon season be aired in the United States? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.228.132.159 (talk) 20:14, 2 March 2007 (UTC).

No one knows. There's been rumors that it would air this summer but so far there's no confirmation it'll even be aired in the US. Indiawilliams 18:15, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
The Fifth season of Digimon is set to air in the fall of 2007 on Toon Disney's Jetix block (Unfortunately for those who do not have premium cable -.-). Caterfree10 03:46, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Edit: Digimon: data Squad will be released On Toon Disneys Jetix block on October 1, 8:30PM. Ok —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joeoki (talk • contribs) 14:05, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable people

I have cahnged the format of the "Notable People" section to include:

  • Name: (what they did)

Any thoughts or comments on this change? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.79.54.142 (talk • contribs).

No particular opinions on it, but please sign your talk page comments with "~~~~" --`/aksha 05:19, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Digimon Airing Time

I was thinking wouldnt it be a good idea to add on the digimon main page when its aired? i know that its 8:00 in auustralia on toasted tv digimon tamers..is this a good idea? blitzer natu 01:26, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that there is much point as what time a show airs can change every month. Wild ste 16:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey, we need to remember time zones, here. The page says 8:30 pm. Where I live, it was 5:30.65.223.58.226 17:08, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pokémon and Digimon

The article says Pokemon has no tamagochi games. Don't these things count? I remember them being mentioned in the Pokemon Gold manual and seeing them at stores (additionally, I wanted one, but I never got one T-T).

http://www.p-pokemon.com/mini/tamagotchi-pikachu.gif http://www.p-pokemon.com/mini/pocket.jpg Jaimeastorga2000 07:42, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Another thing, in Japan, Digimon came out 5 years before Pokemon. In America, the time difference was 1 year. I don't get why "people" think Pokemon came first. Sabre Knight 17:54, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

The Digimon virtual pet came out in 1997. Pocket Monsters Red and Green came out in '96 and would have been released in '95 had it not been for a toy series with a similar name. Anyways, is the Pokemon and Digimon section really necessary? It's completely unsourced OR. In fact, I've never known of an official source to make this comparison. It's always seemed more like a fan rivalry thing. Oh, and yes, the Pikachu tamagotchi things do seem similar enough to Digimon Virtual Pets for a comparison (which is, again, completely OR). You Can't See Me! 06:24, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
I agree. It is a rather useless section and doesn't really contribute all that much. Perhaps better as a separate article? Caterfree10 03:48, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

The reason people think Pokemon came out first is probably because Pokemon is 1) More popular (So they hear about Pokemon first) and 2) Digimon had a few years between the finale of season 4 and the premier of season 5. With pokemon, It was a couple of months, at most.65.223.58.226 17:11, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

...Or, it could be because Pocket Monsters Red and Green actually did release a year before the Digimon virtual pet. You Can't See Me! 19:06, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Very true, but still... 65.223.58.226 (talk) 22:03, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Italicization

None of the Digimon articles seem to be able to make up their minds whether to italicize the series titles (Digimon Adventure, Digimon Frontier, etc.). On one hand, it makes sense: the titles of television series are always italicized. On the other hand, in many places, these aren’t. Is this a deliberate decision, or a result of some pandemic laziness? —Frungi 02:45, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

There are many articles and not all of them were italicised to begin with. I went through all of them at first but didn't know about the WP:MOS so I didn't italicise them. So, I guess, laziness, but you can always fix it yourself. x42bn6 Talk 13:00, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
I was going to, but they’re unitalicized so frequently (in most of the article, in fact) that I wasn’t sure if it wasn’t supposed to be so. —Frungi 13:11, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What happened to the List of Digimon page?

Well, what happened to it... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.142.130.13 (talk • contribs).

You mean List of Digimon? -- Ned Scott 03:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Foreign versions

The article states that the German dub was completely uncut and uncensored from the original. This isn't exactly true. Ending sequences were cut down and Renamon had her gender changed...I don't think you can still say uncut.

[edit] Movie Question

1) How many movies from Digimon have been released in the US, and 2) Will any more be released in the near future?204.147.17.33 19:08, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] About the digimon manga Liscened by Tokyo Pop

The digimon manga liscensed by Tokyo Pop, ie: Digimon Adventures, 02, Tamers are not really manga but Manwa and are actually the interpretation of the series from the view of the artist. In other words its not cannon material, and should be viewed as something similar to a doujinshi. It is also not recognized by Bandai or Toei. Essentially Tokyo Pop liscensed a doujinshi and not a actual manga created and recognized by the original creators as cannon material. So we shouldn't view any information stated in those manwa that was not any databooks, cd drama, manga, games, or the show itself as canon as it is something that the artist made up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jazz189 (talk • contribs) 03:21, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Centralized TV Episode Discussion

Over the past months, TV episodes have been reverted by (to name a couple) TTN, Eusebeus and others. No centralized discussion has taken place, so I'm asking everyone who has been involved in this issue to voice their opinions here in this centralized spot, be they pro or anti. Discussion is here [1]. --Maniwar (talk) 00:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

You might notice that Digimon doesn't have episode articles.. -- Ned Scott 02:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notable Persons addition?

Grace Anderson (aka Megchan) served as the translator for the movies and for the first four TV series (up through Frontiers). She was not credited on the show, and her IMDB entry only mentions one of the films, but I consider myself a fairly reliable source as I am her husband.

As such I am only slightly biased towards her importance to the show. It's safe to say that if they hadn't hired her they've have hired someone else, but in the end it was she who did the work.

I'll leave it to the mods to decide if she should be included in the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.166.185.87 (talk) 06:48, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I know she was an invaluable help to the fan community, at the least. I can't see any reason not to include her, but there is a problem with sourcing - Wikipedia doesn't allow first person sourcing like her or her husband. However, if you could provide or write citation tags for even the meagerest of documentation, that would certainly be enough, and we'd be happy to add her name to the article.Not even Mr. Lister's Koromon survived intact. 18:26, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, exactly. I wouldn't expect Wikipedia to take my word for it (hell, how do I even prove I'm her husband?). I'll see if I can find the info somewhere. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.166.185.87 (talk) 02:52, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Here's a link http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=15600 which lists her anime work, including the Digimon series and movies. Notable? I couldn't tell ya, but it's something, yes? :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.166.185.87 (talk) 02:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
That should be enough. Add in however you want the sentence to read, and then put <ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=15600 Grace Anderson's Anime Credits], retrieved from Anime News Network, 03/02/08.</ref> after the period.
She worked on Flint and Transformers: RiD? I loved those shows!Not even Mr. Lister's Koromon survived intact. 03:16, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Distinguish

A very common occurrence and seems to happen frequently between the two series is confusion of the distinction of one from another. Would anyone object if i added {{distinguish|Pokémon}} to the top of the article? Simply south (talk) 15:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

It should be easy enough to distinguish just from the first few sentences - the confusion only really happens with people who know "Pokemon", only heard of the name "Digimon", and have off-the-cuff dismissed it. Anyone else searching for the article by name really wouldn't have that confusion, I think, and those who've already dismissed it pretty much won't be looking for more info. Then again, this is all my ramblings, so if anyone else supports the addition, go for it. I can't really see any similarity between the series besides having "mon" in the title, though.Not even Mr. Lister's Koromon survived intact. 18:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] External links

Is it ok if I add a link to Digimon Wiki (http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Digimon_Wiki) to the external links section (unless its already there and I missed it)? 121.217.83.218 (talk) 06:57, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Please do. Kuro Woof 13:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurowoofwoof111 (talk • contribs)

[edit] No connection

I object to saying Frontier has no connection to other seasons. Kazu, from Tamers, was seen in one of JP's flashbacks. Kazu's name was also mentioned at the time. In another episode, when they were looking for the Toucanmon, Gallantmon was seen and spoke with both Takato's and Guilmon's voice. In Zoe's flashback, some keychains with Wormmon were seen. This shows that digimon were known in the human world at one time.204.147.20.1 (talk) 18:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)