Hey
guys, before I delve into analyzing Digimon; the trailers and Tri. I thought I’d
share my experience watching Adventure and how I got started. I probably
started watching Digimon around 2000. At around this time I stopped watching
Cartoon Network[1]:
Dexter’s Laboratory, Mike Lu and Og, and Ed Edd and Eddy.[2] To
started watching Fox Kids. Now Fox Kids used to be the cool channel. There were
more violent cartoons and a more exciting cartoon lineup. When I came in anime
was just starting to get big. I remember Monster Hunter was a huge deal back in
the day and it was just about to end. There was also Shinzo, Shaman King and Track
City.[3]
Any
way, I watched the first episode of Adventure and enjoyed the premise. A bunch
of kids on a summer camp dragged into a digital world? What’s not to like? I
was hooked. I remember the strong first arc: it followed the digidestined each had their Digimon
evolve to champion level. Just re-watching the show, in Japanese, the
characters feel very realistic. For instance, when they are fighting Devimon
for the first time. You see the group dynamic: Matt's quick-temper, Tai's impulsiveness and Joe's frightfulness. They all create tension within the group and watching them feels like watching real people.
I
don’t want to spoil anything for anyone, as I plan on rewatching the series.
But it gets better and better. The show is all around amazing.
Everything from the protagonists, to the arcs and the villains exceeded
my expectations. For instance, the villains are all well written and
very compelling. For example, Devimon is scary looking but also
intelligence. He’s a menacing villain as
he can control those around him. While Etemon might be the weakest of the
villains his placing in the series makes sense as he brings light-heartedness
to what could have been a are very dark show.
Now the Darkmasters are my
favorite villains. I don’t want to talk about them as it would spoil the show.
However, the digidestined have to rely on confidence and strategy as opposed to
powering up to defeat them. For me this is the best way to conquer villains as
opposed to powering up. In general, I thought the show was brilliant and
one of top three from my childhood. I think that is why I was highly
disappointed with season 2. [4] I
reconnected got back into Digimon with Tamers. Which was more violent, darker and had compelling characters. Tamers had a certain magic that
02 lacked and after Tamers ended, I was satisfied with my Digimon viewing
experienced. Around this time a new show—about monster cards—was exploding.Therefore, I no longer had an interest in Digimon. Digimon 4 took longer to debut in Latin America and when it dropped my interested had waned. I ended up watching the whole
season, however, while it was a good show it no longer felt like Digimon.
[1] I am originally from Peru, therefore, I watched a
Spanish dub of the Japanese version.
[2] One of these days, I’ll cover the history of Cartoon
Network.
[3] I never felt the Digimon versus Pokemon rivalry
because I watched the Pokemon when I was very young kid. By the time Digimon hit, my
Pokemon phase was over. Dragon Ball was probably a bigger deal for me at the
time and it had already ended.
[4]
That’s a whole another story.
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