Fan:Digimon Cinematic Sagas

Digimon Cinematic Sagas is a collection of ideas for fanon live-action films created by CAJH. Most of the plot points will be based on real-life shows like Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Tamers and Digimon Data Squad, one way or another. But the series also has ideas that never existed in real-life shows.

Unlike in real-life shows, this series has most of the Digimon species use their original Japanese names instead of the localized ones for two reasons. The first reason is to make more clear the connections between the Digimon and things in reality or mythology they are based on. The second reason is that these films would be rated (like PG-13) as for older people than real-life shows. And unlike the most popular Digimon fan fictions, this one has been released only in Digimon Wiki.

Planned films
Right now only five film names have been announced. But the plan consists at least nine films. The first five films form the first saga, while the second one will have four films. Both sagas have two-parted ending chapters. All are part of the same continuity, but each saga has separate main cast.

DigiDestined Saga

 * Digimon: First Adventure (full synopsis released on January 12, 2015)
 * Digimon: Network Battles (full synopsis released on Febuary 18, 2015)
 * Digimon: The Third World (full synopsis released on April 22, 2015)
 * Digimon: Digitaclysm – Part 1 (full synopsis released on July 19, 2015)
 * Digimon: Digitaclysm – Part 2 (synopsis under production)

Legendary Tamers Saga

 * Digimon: Age of Tamers (planned)

Characters
More character names will be revealed in time.

DigiDestined

 * Troy Dawkins with Agumon
 * Seamus Maitland with Gabumon
 * Miyuki Koharuno with Piyomon
 * Jake Thacher with Betamon/Gomamon
 * Kevin Harmon with Tentomon and Armadimon
 * Edmund Harmon with Patamon
 * Daniel "Dan" Linwood with Veemon
 * Wei Xueqi with Wormmon
 * Gia Avilés with Tailmon
 * Nadia Coetzee with Palmon

Digimon Tamers

 * Tatsuya Munemori with Guilmon
 * Andy Wilson with Terriermon

Families

 * Audrey Harmon
 * Hidehiko Koharuno
 * Shiori Koharuno
 * Jennifer Dawkins
 * Nicholas Maitland

Law enforcement

 * FBI agent Richard Gardner
 * President Gerald Johnson

Digital beings

 * Benjamin
 * Gennai
 * Cheng
 * Zuma
 * José
 * Hogan
 * Ilya

Monster Makers

 * Robert Harmon
 * Tsuyoshi Mishina (flashbacks only)

Darkness

 * Devimon
 * Etemon
 * Vamdemon/BelialVamdemon
 * The Four Chaotic Masters:
 * MetalSeadramon
 * Pinocchimon
 * Machinedramon
 * Piemon
 * Apocalymon

Others

 * Dagomon

Humans

 * Martin Harmon
 * DigiShadow (brainwashed Wei Xueqi)

Production

 * "Production of this fan fiction started on December 2014. The idea of what of live-action film version of Digimon would look like has been on my mind for years. In my previous ideas few years ago, all Partner Digimon and the antagonists were my own creations. But I forsake the idea and decided that the first of these would be better with Digimon species that were already familiar to the current Digimon fans." — CAJH

First the plan consisted only four films. First one to tell about how the DigiDestined get their powers and how their partners Digivolve to their Champion forms. Also no Mega-level Digimon was meant to appear until the third film. Then the plan was expanded to two sagas. Most of the elements in the first saga, the DigiDestined Saga, would be adapted from Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. Each saga has different main characters, but they're linked to each other and are set into same reality. To avoid the project sounding too similar to Marvel Cinematic Universe, the film series was named Digimon Cinematic Series. Later the first saga was decided to be expanded into five films, when the final film was decided to be separated into two parts.

The series was decided to have an important role for modern smartphones (like iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices). And the backstory of the Digimon and the Digital World will be larger than in any of the real-life shows. The project has some inspiration from Marvel, Transformers, Tron and Godzilla franchises.

In May 24th, 2015, the name was re-formated into Digimon Cinematic Sagas.

In May 27th 2015, the name of the second saga was announced: the Legendary Tamers Saga. It will have four films as well as differently-styled logos than the first one. And unlike the first saga, the Legendary Tamers Saga was decided to have a two-parted final film from the very beginning. At least some characters of the DigiDestined Saga might have cameo or supporting appearances. But new main characters will be Tatsuya Munemori and Guilmon. The main setting will be New York, instead of Los Angeles. And this saga will have more recurring villain groups, excluding the villain of the final film. More Monster Maker names will also be revealed. While the theme of the DigiDestined Saga was about fighting "the embodiments of the dark side of all living beings", the Legendary Tamers Saga will be more about "freedom fighting".

Names
Some Digimon had their names based upon the Japanese or English localizations. But some of the names were changed entirely. The name changes include:
 * Yokomon = Pyokomon (true spelling for Japanese name Pyocomon)
 * Biyomon = Piyomon (original name)
 * Motimon = Mochimon (original name)
 * Bukamon = Pukamon (original name)
 * Centarumon = Centauromon (from Greek word Centauros)
 * Monzaemon = Teddymon (from American version of Digimon Battle Pet)
 * Armadillomon = Armadimon (original name)
 * Raidramon = Lightdramon (original name)
 * Datamon = Nanomon (original name)
 * Kimeramon = Chimairamon (original name)
 * Gatomon = Tailmon (original name)
 * MegaKabuterimon = AtlasKabuterimon (from term "atlas beetle")
 * Myotismon = Vamdemon (original name)
 * MaloMyotismon = BelialVamdemon (original name)
 * DemiDevimon = PicoDevimon (original name)
 * Arukenimon = Archnemon (original name)
 * Dragomon = Dagomon (original name)
 * Mammothmon = Mammon (original name)
 * Bulbmon = Valvemon (original name)
 * Shakkoumon = Shakoukimon (from "Shakōki-dogū")
 * Chuumon = Chumon (re-romanization)
 * Dark Masters = Chaotic Masters
 * Puppetmon = Pinocchimon (original name)
 * Piedmon = Piemon (original name)
 * Syakomon = Shakomon (original name)
 * Divermon = Scubamon (name used in episode 13 of Digimon Adventure 02)
 * Cherrymon = Treemon (name used in Finnish dub of Digimon Adventure)
 * Azulongmon = Qinglongmon (original name)
 * Ebonwumon = Xuanwumon (original name)
 * Royal Knights = Guardian Knights (original name)
 * Lillymon = Lilymon (original name)