Ganvivormon is a Digimon.
Design[]
Ganvivormon is a yellow cat-like Digimon wearing glasses and a nurse’s cap with a blue cross. It rides in a pill-shaped vehicle that is inscribed with "163", which can be read as "Hi-Ro-Mi" (一六三?), a play on the name of Gyotchan's wife.[1] It wields a gun that shoots heart shaped energy waves.
Etymologies[]
- Ganvivormon (ガンバイバーモン)
Name used by Bandai on Digimon Partners.[2] No official romanization available.
- (Ja:) Gan (癌? lit. "cancer").[1] Also a pun, as "Gan" is also a play on both Gan (ガン lit. "gun"?) and Ganyaku (丸薬 lit. "pills"?).[3]
- (Ja:) A play on Bye Bye (バイバイ baibai?), with Survivor (サバイバー sabaibā?).[1]
Development[]
Ganvivormon is one of five Digimon created as part of of the Digimon Adventure 20th Memorial Story project. @Gyotchan purchased one of the five ¥300,000 rewards, "Creation of your original Digimon partner & presented as a doll", which had Kenji Watanabe visit Gyotchan to create Gyotchan's partner Digimon. Gyotchan received the artwork on December 25, 2020[4], and received the doll at a later date.
Gyotchan came up with Ganvivormon's design from wishing for his wife to feel better whilst battling cancer during the Memorial Story Project.[1]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wikimon (@Wikimon_news) "Ganvivormon comes from "cancer" (癌/ガン), "bye bye" (バイバイ), & "survivor" (サバイバー). It was created by @Gyotchan's wish for his wife to feel better while battling cancer during the Memorial Story Project. The "163" is a play on her name, Hiromi (一="hi", 六="ro",三="mi") December 26 2020, 06:55 AM. Tweet.
- ↑ DPスタッフ: "『デジモンアドベンチャー』20周年メモリアルストーリープロジェクト オリジナルパートナーデジモン完成報告！"
- ↑ Wikimon (@Wikimon_news) "Gan (ガン) is also a play on both "gun", a reference to its main weapon, and "pill" (丸, an abbreviation of "ganyaku" (丸薬)), a reference to its pill-shaped costume. December 26 2020, 07:10 AM. Tweet.
- ↑ ぎょっチャンネル@デジモン (YouTuber@Gyotchan). "20th DIGIMON ADVENTURE メモリアルストーリープロジェクト 渡辺けんじさんオリジナルパートナーデジモン 「ガンバイバーモン」 子供のころ誰でも一度は思ったはず、自分にもパートナーデジモンがいたら そんな夢を叶えていただきました。 掛け替えのない経験をさせていただきました。#デジモン December 25 2020, 22:05 PM. Tweet.