Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time

"I'm Tagiru Akashi. Our adventures are taking place in the DigiQuartz. It's the exciting world of Digimon that's right beside the human world! The Digimon cause problems as they're drawn to the evil within the hearts of humans. I, along with my friends in Xros Heart, are going to solve those problems! C'mon, let's start the Digimon hunt!"

- Tagiru

Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters who Leap through Time (デジモンクロスウォーズ～時を駆ける少年ハンターたち～), also known as Digimon Hunters, is the seventh anime series in the Digimon franchise created by Akiyoshi Hongo, and serves as the sequel to Digimon Xros Wars. It started airing on October 2, 2011. Its name is a reference to the Japanese film, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. The series began being prereleased on Crunchyroll on November 21, 2011.

Plot summary
A year has passed since Taiki and his friends saved the Digital World and the Real World from DarknessBagramon. Now Digimon from DigiQuartz, a space between the human and Digital World, are being corrupted by human hearts and causing trouble in the human world. Furthermore, a group of three called the Digimon Hunters appear and hunt these digimon by fighting and capturing them. Once captured the Hunters can use them to DigiXros with their partners to make them stronger so they can capture even stronger digimon. Eventually, with their new friend Tagiru Akashi, Taiki Kudou and Yuu Amano begin to get involve with the mysterious Digimon Hunt and the three Digimon Hunters themselves.

Xros Heart (basketball team)

 * Allied Hunters
 *  (真下ヒデアキ Mashimo Hideaki): A Digimon Hunter who hunts to earn funds to open a takoyaki shop. His Digimon partner is.


 *  (船橋キイチ Kiichi Funabashi): A classmate of Tagiru who loves trains and railroads. His Digimon Partner is . He often provides Xros Heart a means of transportation.


 *  (蒼沼キリハ Aonuma Kiriha): Former General of the Blue Flare army. He's currently investigating on his own about the purpose of the Digimon Hunt and DigiQuartz. His Partners are and.


 *  (ミズキ Mizuki): A Treasure Hunter. Her Digimon Partner is

Other Hunters

 * Ryouma's team


 * Ken's team
 *  (ケン): A participant in the Digimon Hunt whose partner is.


 *  (ハルキ): A participant in the Digimon Hunt whose partner is.


 *  (ノボル): A participant in the Digimon Hunt whose partner is.

Crossovers

 * Yagami Taichi (八神 太一): The leader of the DigiDestined in Adventure, and partnered with . He is brought in by the Old Clock Shop Man, and helps fight against.
 * Tachikawa Mimi (太刀川 ミミ): One of the DigiDestined in Adventure, and partnered with . Alongside Rika, she helps save Kiriha and Nene in the Hong Kong DigiQuartz.
 * Makino Ruki (牧野 留姫): One of the Tamers in Tamers, and partnered with . Alongside Mimi, she helps save Kiriha and Nene in the Hong Kong DigiQuartz.
 * Daimon Masaru (大門 大): The frontman of the DATS officers in Data Squad, and partnered with . He is brought in by the Old Clock Shop Man, and helps fight against.

Other characters

 *  (時計屋のおやじ Tokeiya no Oyaji): The owner of a clock shop who presides over Digimon Hunts and gives X Loaders to Hunters. His Digimon partner is.


 *  (陽ノ本アカリ Hinomoto Akari): A childhood friend of Taiki who is a year younger but acts like his big sister. She was a member of Xros Heart during the war against the Bagra Army, but now lives in a different city.


 *  (剣ゼンジロウ Tsurugi Zenjirou): A self-proclaimed rival of Taiki who practices kendo and is very knowledgeable about machinery. He was a member of Xros Heart during the war against the Bagra Army.


 *  (天野ネネ Amano Nene): Yuu's sister and a former ally of Taiki's during the war against the Bagra Army. She is now acting as an idol in Hong Kong. Her Digimon Partners are and.

DigiQuartz
The DigiQuartz is the place where the Digimon Hunts take place. It is a space between the Human World and Digital World, acting as a digital mirror of the Human World. It is quite fragile, and the matter within can disintegrate into data at a touch. Due to the DigiQuartz's connection to the Human World, the events within it often play out in the Human World through various analogues, such as windows blowing out or objects moving around.

Various Digimon manage to find their way into DigiQuartz and are lost there before being drawn to and corrupted by the power of human emotions. While Taiki attempts to get to the bottom of it at his end, Shoutmon has been attempting stop his fellow Digimon from traversing into DigiQuartz. Hunters must use a "Time Shift" with their X Loaders to enter the DigiQuartz, but many of the corrupted Digimon can simply draw in human victims from the other side.

The DigiQuartz imposes several rules on Hunters, most of which limit their power. For example, it is impossible within the DigiQuartz for a Hunter to realize more than one of his Digimon at a time, and they can only DigiXros two Digimon together at a time.