Digimon

It's really funny because a lot of people think that Digimon is a rip off of Pokémon which is totally wrong and as they say "ignorance is bliss". Just because of the word "Digimon" especially the 'mon' bit, people think that it is immediately a Pokémon rip-off. I happened to have had been one of those people. I refused to watch Digimon when it started because it sounded like a rip off of Pokémon and there was a cactus with boxing gloves on! %( I mean come on, a cactus with boxing gloves thats as stupid as an electric rodent. Anyway I gave it a chance when there was a gap after Pokémon finished (and my nephew loved Digimon so I reluctantly gave it a chance). I ended up loving Digimon as it was alarmingly more adult than Pokémon and they had what many people craved... continuity.

The Comparisions Digimon follows the story of eight children with their respective Digimon, each with distinctive personalities and traits, working together in heroic situations (many viewers form emotional attachment to the character - I love Gabumon and my girlfriend loves Gatomon) whereas Pokémon centres around three kids who catch and train Pokémon (no matter what I still love Onix & Vulpix). Digimon can speak English whereas Pokémon can only say their name (excluding Meowth & Slowking - also Lapras can mind link with humans as can Lugia & Mewtwo) And finally Digimon follows a storyline where the heroes battle evil continuously, learn about themselves and each other. We also learn about their families, hopes, fears and watch them fight for what is right while Pokémon goes along the same line as Digimon but to a lesser extent and rarely does Pokémon follow up stories from previous episodes.

So all in all, why can't a person still love Pokémon but also watch Digimon. You may be pleasantly surprised at how different Pokémon and Digimon really are. After all I watch them both (their on rival channels but Pokémon is on half an hour before Digimon... but Digimon is opposite Dragonball Z (what a dilemma!) ;-)

I was just reading the comment that totally ragged on Digimon, saying that Pokemon was better.... I'm laughing hysterically right now. Alright, ya, I guess a lot of people like Pokemon, me NOT being one of them, but I'm not here to complain about that show; I'm here to say how great Digimon is!

To me, Digimon began, and ended with the first season.... The others after just weren't the same. Digimon: Digital Monsters was my very first Anime, and I totally fell in love with the main characters(Matt!!), their digimon (Gabumon and all his forms!!), and the bad guys(Myotismon!!!) It was one of the most realistic shows I'd watched (excluding the monsters and other world parts) because the kids had problems like normal kids do.

Even though I've grown up a lot since the first season ended, I still can find nothing bad to say about it. I have no regrets about spending a few years halfways obsessed with it, and I'm looking on the internet to buy all the episodes. I think it's a must see for everyone, and I do NOT think Pokemon will ever measure up to the standards Digimon has set within the minds and hearts of kids and teens everywhere (dumb, i know, but i felt like saying that, lol) So, yeah, watch this show if you ever have the chance!!

wow this is very......... interesting I've imaged a whole different story on these comments well people have a lot of courage spitting out their inner thoughts about digimon.. Anyways about digimon at first I thought it was very boring and almost took every animated character to redesigned into a new one or it just ran out of ideas and couldn't think of a better way then instead they added a bunch of crap and made it horrifying. But I always thought Pokemon was #1, not until I went to my best friends house that's when she said Matt was cute, I was in shock, I thought she was crazy, so I decided to check out these lame wannabes digimon and see why she liked so much, afterwards I look through the show a couple of times, and thought the Digi-vovling was GAY, but after that I realized that the story was pretty good, even though the:

Characters animated kinda sucked (need a little more artistic emotions to the body) Scripts (HORRIBLE) (the voice of the english version is so bad, they couldn't think of another way to speak) MON (they couldn't think of anything, and they put MON?) Digi-vovling, Digi-Evolution, and Spirited Evolving (What the heck is that, it takes up the whole show just by EVOLVING)

I've heard alot about these things and I've realized what it's really about, but you have got to reach inside the story not because of it's characters (names, look, and act), it's the purpose of what they are doing..... (ummm interesting, I sounding like my teacher.....) and accomplishing something ( besides getting a whole bunch of badges or whatever...) But anime is for entertainment for little kids not for a judgemental purpose, but If u think pokemon or digimon is that bad, let me see u do a better job at making characters up,( lets c if u can beat 12 years of drawing...that's how long it took me to accomplish) well that's it....

Don't get me wrong, this stuff is still quite cheesey, but I found it to be more entertaining than Pokemon. Here are the reasons why:

1. Not only did I find Digimon to be much more humorous than Pokemon, but overall it seemed more colorful in nature.

2. The soundtrack contained fun rock songs that fit well with the movie.

3. Which brings me to the point that Digimon is aimed at a slightly older audience than Pokemon, which is probably why I enjoyed it more.

4. I found there to be more character development. Each character's personality grew apparent and the fact that they were all in a closely knit group called the Digi-Destined helped the character development greatly.

5. The action seemed a bit more violent at times and the concept of Digivolving was great. Really helped peak the interest and intensity.

That's about it. It's still goofy stuff, but pretty fun nonetheless.

Digimon: Digital Monsters is an English translated version of Digimon: Adventure, it's your typical imported Japanese anime from the late 90's about monsters and children. Critics have criticized it as being a pseudo version of Pokemon, Digimon however is far from being a rip-off it shares common aspects with more popular Pokemon such as children befriending the monsters, the monster evolve, the monsters battle etc. Unlike the lighthearted Pokemon however, Digimon is more of a classic tale of good and evil it's plot is completely different from that of Pokemon. I have seen other anime that follow what I call the Pokemon formula, Digimon is not one of them.

The Pokemon formula: A character aims to be great at something, goes on a quest, wins things, monsters come out of stuff to battle (cards, toys, balls, etc), usually involves some kind of monster tournament. Beyblade, Yu-Gi-Oh, Bakugan, and others follow this formula more than Digimon. If anything Digimon has more in common with science fiction anime's or Saturday morning American cartoons about action and adventure, than it does with the other monster anime.

The characters are not your typical one dimensional anime characters, all of the characters seem to have very distinctive personality's with interesting back stories that keep the viewer interested. Even some of the villains and Digimon themselves. The anime is a lighthearted tale of good and evil, with some mature themes mixed in such as losing your parents and death, the anime also teaches kids about teamwork, friendship, and the importance of working together. The anime has great plots and sub plots that are not to complex for children to follow, but are very well written and interesting.

The English version of Digimon is filled with cheesy puns and comedy to keep kids laughing, and a score composed of cheesy 90's early 00's pop rock to catch their ear. The English version also has some of the more intense scenes removed from the original Japanese version making it more appropriate for kids, without parents having to worry about Digimon being a bad influence on children or to dodge controversial Japanese anime stereotypes. For the older audience who may enjoy anime, the original Japanese version of Digimon Adventure, features a much more serious script (the dialog at times is usually completely different), a beautifully composed score made up of orchestra, electric synths, J- Rock and J-Pop, and features much more as a lot was cut out of the English dub to make it more suitable for western children and western audiences.