Digimon Ghost Game

Digimon Ghost Game (デジモンゴーストゲーム) is the tenth Digimon series. It began airing on October 3, 2021. This series has a darker tone than prior Digimon anime series and is the first series to utilize the horror genre.

On March 6, 2022, a hacked 's network. This caused Toei to put all their shows on indefinite hiatus, including Ghost Game — which had thus far aired 21 episodes. It returned on April 17.

Development
Digimon Ghost Game was announced at DigiFes 2021 on August 1, 2021 however it was originally leaked on Chinese social media on July 28. On August 7 the poster was changed to a new version, the only difference being Kiyoshiro's left hand covered in bandages.

Toei Animation decided to make Digimon Ghost Game a show as they found that children of the generation of the year the series came out have low attention spans due to  and  and were worried that if they made a show with an extended plot they would get bored after only a few minutes and stop watching the the show entirely.

Plot summary
In the near future, holograms are a common technology. Digimon are arriving in the Human World and their sightings by people result in urban legends of "Hologram Ghosts". Hiro Amanokawa lives a normal school life at Hazakura Private Academy, until he receives a message from his missing father, Hokuto Amanokawa, entrusting him with and the Digivice -V-. With the help of Ruli Tsukiyono,, Kiyoshiro Higashimitarai, and , Hiro and Gammamon investigate the paranormal phenomena caused by Digimon, who are usually misguided or confused by their presence in the Human World.

The team eventually befriends, a very knowledgeable Digimon who helps the team understand some of the mysteries about the two worlds, and his assistant. Bokomon is eventually killed by, which causes Gammamon to digivolve into , who has a more violent personality than Gammamon's other forms and is willing to kill his enemies. Tapirmon tells the kids about Bokomon's wish for them to become a bridge between humans and Digimon, which motivates them to continue their efforts.

As the team continues solving problems caused by Digimon, they are joined by. Hokuto eventually upgrades the kids' Digivices into the Digivice -VV-, allowing their Digimon to warp digivolve, and later mega digivolve. During their battles against and, they learn someone is sending Digimon to the Human World for an unknown purpose.

Japanese

 * Opening Theme: FACTION
 * Artist:


 * Ending Theme #1: Pedal (eps. 1–12)
 * Artist:


 * Ending Theme #2: Because I'm Still in Love to This Day (eps. 13–21)
 * Artist: BMK


 * Ending Theme #3: Hikariau Monotachi (eps. 22–31)
 * Artist:


 * Ending Theme #4: Monster Disco (eps. 32–44)
 * Artist: JPoP x JPoP


 * Ending Theme #5: Strawberry (eps. 45–57)
 * Artist: JPoP


 * Ending Theme #6: Take Me Maybe (eps. 58–)
 * Artist: Penthouse


 * Insert Theme: First Riders (Evolution Theme)
 * Artist: Masukura Yoshimasa


 * Insert Theme: Makuake (Mega Evolution Theme)
 * Artist: Masukura Yoshimasa

Credits
All staff are credited to the Ghost Game website
 * Draft: Akiyoshi Hongo
 * Character Draft: Ten'ya Yabuno
 * Digimon Character Draft: Kenji Watanabe
 * Planning Cooperation: Ten'ya Yabuno and Hiroshi Izawa
 * Series Composition: Masashi Sogo
 * Series Director: Kimitoshi Chioka and Masatao Mitsuka
 * Character Design: Mariko Itou
 * Digimon Character Design: Cho Shinozuka
 * Art Director: Mai Ichioka
 * Art Setting: Toshiaki Amada
 * Music: Kow Otani

Cast
Sources compiled at Digimon Ghost Game/Appendices/Cast.

Release
will air a with English subtitles. An official English Dub of Ghost Game has yet to be announced.

Notes and references
Digimon Ghost Game