Digimon Tamers (デジモンテイマーズ Dejimon Teimāzu?) is the third animated series based on the Digimon franchise, first broadcast in 2001. The story takes place initially in the "real world", a world much like ours where Digimon is just a franchise, composed of video games, a collectible card game, and a Cartoon series. A group of 12-year-olds (10-year olds in the Japanese version), Takato, Henry and Rika (fans of the Digimon card game) meet their own Digimon friends and start to duel "bio-emerging" Digimon who cross the barrier between the information network and their world, synthesizing proteins and becoming real. Most of it set in the modern Tokyo ward of Shinjuku and only changes scenario to the Digital World for a short time.
The tone of this season has many elements from head writer Chiaki J. Konaka's other works, especially Serial Experiments Lain, including a few aspects from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Thus, the series had a very dark tone in nature, much more so than its predecessors. The show's English dub had little editing compared to previous seasons. The series is available to be streamed on Hulu.
Plot summary[]
Takato Matsuki creates his Digimon partner Guilmon when he slips a mysterious blue card he found in his deck through his hand-held card reading device, changing it into a D-Arc that scans his OC Digimon to create his new friend. Guilmon bio-emerges from the Digital World and is found later by Takato. Henry Wong met his Digimon Terriermon when he rose from the screen of a computer game, while Rika Nonaka's Digimon Renamon approached her to ask to be made stronger, since Rika was famous for her skills on the Digimon card game. Kazu Shioda, Kenta Kitagawa and Jeri Katou, Takato's friends from school, and Suzie Wong, Henry's little sister, become Tamers later on in the adventure, and the team eventually runs into Ryo Akiyama, Rika's rival and fellow Digimon Tamer. The children also have repeated encounters with Calumon, a mysterious Digimon that has the power to make other Digimon digivolve but dislikes fighting and only wants to play and eat junk food, and Impmon, a Digimon that left his Tamers Ai and Mako because he felt neglected, and has come to hate Digimon who work with humans.
Along the way, the kids learn to be responsible for those creatures as a mysterious man known as Mitsuo Yamaki tries to stop Digimon, known to the government as "Wild Ones", from coming to the real world. Running the black ops agency Hypnos, Yamaki is in charge of monitoring all Digimon activity around the globe. Later, the new Tamers are forced to fight a group of evil Digimon calling themselves the Deva, who serve the Digimon Sovereigns and believe that Digimon shouldn't partner with humans. Their true purpose to come into the human world was to capture Calumon and take him back to the Digital World so they could use his power of Digivolution. The Tamers and friends then decide to leave for the Digital World to rescue Calumon. They destroy all of the Devas but Antylamon, who became Suzie's partner, then confront and defeat Impmon, who has become Beelzemon after making a deal with Zhuquiaomon to assassinate the Tamers. After traveling to the Digital World to rescue Calumon the Tamers fight the digital god, but finally agree to work together in order to destroy the D-Reaper, a maintenance program that has run out of control and is threatening to delete reality.
Several new elements are introduced in this season, including the use of game cards to perform Digi-Modify and give different powers to the Digimon, the presence of Calumon, a lone Digimon responsible for the Digimon evolutions, and the use of "biomerging" to bring the Digimon to their final Mega levels by merging their bodies with their human partners. The season also continued the progression from Digimon Adventure, which was set in the Digital World with only a temporary return to the real world, through Digimon Adventure 02, where the characters returned from the Digital World to rest after most episodes: in Digimon Tamers the action is entirely within the real world, with a journey to the Digital World in midseason.
Episodes[]
Digimon Tamers aired 51 episodes on Fuji TV in Japan from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002, and on Fox Kids in the United States from September 1, 2001 to June 8, 2002. It was aired in Fox Kids in the United Kingdom, as well as on CITV, but on CITV, they only aired the first four episodes in slots which should have been filled by the last four episodes of Digimon Adventure 02. Vol 1 of a VHS copy was sold there with those four episodes. A Vol 2 was also made, but they missed nine episodes off and went straight to episodes fourteen, fifteen and sixteen.
Characters[]
Main characters[]
| Character | Voice actor | Digimon | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Takato Matsuki Takato Matsuda (松田 啓人 Matsuda Takato?) |
(En:) Brian Beacock (Ja:) Makoto Tsumura |
Guilmon Guilmon (ギルモン Girumon?) |
(En:) Steven Jay Blum (Ja:) Masako Nozawa |
| An imaginative artist who created his own Digimon. Takato is somewhat the leader of the group. | ||||
|
Henry Wong Jianliang Lee (李 健良 Lǐ Jiànliáng?) |
(En:) Dave Wittenberg (Ja:) Mayumi Yamaguchi |
Terriermon Terriermon (テリアモン Teriamon?) |
(En:) Mona Marshall (Ja:) Aoi Tada |
| A half-Japanese/half-Chinese boy, a voice of reason type character. He chose Terriermon in a video game. | ||||
|
Rika Nonaka Ruki Makino (牧野 留姫 Makino Ruki?) |
(En:) Melissa Fahn (Ja:) Fumiko Orikasa |
Renamon Renamon (レナモン?) |
(En:) Mari Devon (Ja:) Yuka Imai |
| A tomboyish, headstrong, female Tamer who is a champion Digimon card player. | ||||
Secondary characters[]
| Screenshot | Character | Voice actor | Digimon | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jeri Katou Juri Katō (加藤 樹莉 Katō Juri?) |
(En:) Bridget Hoffman (Ja:) Yoko Asada |
Leomon Leomon (レオモン Reomon?) |
(En:) Paul St. Peter (Ja:) Hiroaki Hirata |
| A female Tamer who is one of Takato's friends from school. | ||||
|
Ryo Akiyama Ryō Akiyama (秋山 遼 Akiyama Ryō?) |
(En:) Steve Staley (Ja:) Jun-ichi Kanemaru |
Cyberdramon Cyberdramon (サイバードラモン Saibādoramon?) |
(En:) Lex Lang (Ja:) Ikkei Seta |
| An enigmatic Tamer that went missing after beating Rika to take first place in the Digimon Card Tournament. | ||||
|
Kazu Shioda Hirokazu Shioda (塩田 博和 Shioda Hirokazu?) |
(En:) Brad MacDonald (Ja:) Yukiko Tamaki |
Guardromon Guardromon (ガードロモン Gādoromon?) |
(En:) Richard Cansino (Ja:) Kiyoyuki Yanada |
| A comedic Tamer that is very good friends with Takato and Kenta and often beats them in DigiBattle Card Game. | ||||
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Kenta Kitagawa Kenta Kitagawa (北川 健太 Kitagawa Kenta?) |
(En:) Steven Jay Blum (Ja:) Touko Aoyama |
MarineAngemon MarinAngemon (マリンエンジェモン Marin'Enjemon?) |
(En:) Wendee Lee (Ja:) Ai Iwamura |
| A young Tamer who is very good friends with Takato and Kazu. | ||||
|
Suzie Wong Shaochung Lee (李 小春 Lǐ Xiǎochūn?) |
(En:) Peggy O'Neal (Ja:) Ai Nagano |
Lopmon Lopmon (ロップモン Roppumon?) |
(En:) Michelle Ruff (Ja:) Aoi Tada |
| Henry's younger sister. | ||||
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Ai and Mako Ai (アイ?) and Makoto (マコト?) |
(En:) Rebecca Forstadt and Wendee Lee (Ja:) Haruhi Terada and Miwa Matsumoto |
Impmon Impmon (インプモン Inpumon?) |
(En:) Derek Stephen Prince (Ja:) Hiroki Takahashi |
| Two young children whom Impmon first met during his first time in the human world; his experiences with their sibling rivalry gave him a strong dislike for humans. They reconciled with Impmon near the end of the season. | ||||
Digital World[]
The Digital World (or DigiWorld for short) is a parallel, shadow world that coexists with Earth, created as it was by it. This is where all Digimon live.
The Digital World that runs parallel to the Earth inhabited by Takato and the other Tamers originally started out as a barren desert, which became home to the digital life forms created by the Monster Makers in the 1980s – the Digimon. Some organisms even evolved on their own in the Digital World, the DigiGnomes. But in the early days of life in the Digital World, it was attacked by the deadly D-Reaper deletion program, which had been created to destroy all artificial intelligence that moved beyond its limits. However, as it deleted many Digimon, it absorbed their data, and was mutated by it, gaining sentience and more power. It entered a period of inactivity, and buried itself away, deep beneath the Digital World.
Time passed, and four Digimon evolved into their highest stages, becoming the "gods" of the Digital World – the four Digimon Sovereigns, Azulongmon, Baihumon, Ebonwumon and Zhuqiaomon. The Digital World eventually grew to be composed of six planes – the earliest was the desert, while the sixth is the highest plane where the Sovereigns dwelled, along with the Shining Digivolution—the power source that provided the energy to allow Digimon to Digivolve. On the four planes in between are "miniverses"—specialized environments created by the Digimon that inhabit them. There are a great many of them, but ones seen included: an area of clouds and clockwork where Clockmon and Hagurumon lived, a warped, black-and-white town where the Nohemon dwell and a Knightmon patrolled its castle at night, an area of forests, lakes and rivers where Orochimon is a dictator over the Gekomon's village, a 'world' entirely composed of water and underground caverns within them where a Divermon lived and protected the Otamamon there, and a region of ice. Huge Data Streams connect the regions of the Digital World to Earth, as digital matter from the Digital World is manipulated and utilized by computers on Earth. In the void between the Digital World and the real world, there is a warped area where reality is in flux, and is defined only by the perceptions of those within it.
Related media[]
Movies[]
Video games[]
Audio Dramas[]
Manhua[]
Short Stories[]
Songs[]
Japanese[]
Opening Theme: The Biggest Dreamer
Artist: Kōji Wada
Songwriter: Hiroshi Yamada
Composer/Arranger: Michihiko Ohta
Ending Theme #1: My Tomorrow (ep. 1-23)
Artist: Ai Maeda (as AiM)
Songwriter: Yu Matsuki
Composer/Arranger: Okubo Kaoru
Ending Theme #2: Days ~Aijou to Nichijou~ (ep. 24-51)
Artist: Ai Maeda (as AiM)
Songwriter: Uran
Composer/Arranger: Okubo Kaoru
Insert Song: SLASH!! (Card Slash Theme)
Artist: Michihiko Ohta
Songwriter: Hiroshi Yamada
Composer/Arranger: Michihiko Ohta
Insert Song: EVO (Evolution Theme)
Artist: Wild Child Bound
Songwriter: Omori Shouko
Composer/Arranger: Watanabe Cheru
Insert Song: One Vision (Matrix Evolution Theme)
Artist: Takayoshi Tanimoto
Songwriter: Hiroshi Yamada
Composer/Arranger: Michihiko Ohta
Insert Song: 3 Primary Colors (ep. 9, 51)
Artist: Tamers
Songwriter: Hiroshi Yamada
Composer/Arranger: Michihiko Ohta
English[]
Opening Theme: Digimon Theme
Artist: Paul Gordon
Credits[]
- Director: Yukio Kaizawa
- Series Composition: Chiaki J. Konaka
- Character Design: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru
Cast[]
Sources compiled at Digimon Tamers/Appendices/Cast.
See also[]
General[]
Locations[]
- Digimon Tamers: Resources—Locations
- Shinjuku, Tokyo
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
- Shinjuku Central Park
Trivia[]
- The story-line of Digimon Tamers was based on "Konaka Gamera", one of the original scripts prepared for Gamera: Guardian of the Universe by Konaka brothers (Chiaki and Kazuya), prior to the script by Kazunori Itō, and the idea was later adopted for Digimon Tamers and Gamera the Brave.[3][4][5]
- The Spanish and Latin American versions of this series are a sequel to Digimon Adventure 02[citation needed].
- The Latin American version of Digimon Frontier is a sequel to this series[citation needed].
References[]
- ↑ Also credited as "Mysterious Voice".
- ↑ Also credited as "God's Voice".
- ↑ Chiaki J. Konaka, 2018年, という事をここに書いているのは、以前にも書いたけれど、テイマーズの1～3話は設定などは全然違うものの、小中兄弟版ガメラのエッセンスが濃厚に入っている。だからもしこの映画が成立していたら、テイマーズは生まれなかったとも言える。, Twitter
- ↑ Eiga Hiho (映画秘宝), 2021, Vol.April
- ↑ Heisei Gamera Perfection (平成ガメラ パーフェクション), 2014, KADOKAWA/ASCII Media Works
External links[]
- Toei Animation official site (Japanese)
- DIGIMON TAMERS RESOURCES
- Digimon Uncensored's Digimon Tamers Comparisons (English)
- Digimon Tamers Tagalog Page (Tagalog)
- Digimon Tamers Wiki
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