Everyone knows “Pokémon” and about “Pokémon” and knows Ash Ketchums 25-year trip to a real Pokémon master. But just two short years after the broadcast of “Pokémon”, a global cultural phenomenon, which was known as Pokémania, began and triggered. This anime is “Digimon” and for many children from the 90s it was the far superior show.
The reason is simple: when it comes to anime shows for children, only a few seemed just as deep or had A story that is as reliable and sensible as that of “Digimon Adventure”. Published in 1999 at a time when computer time reached new heights and internet use became more and more common, “Digimon” taught the children important lifestyle. It treated them as mature enough to handle complex and dark topics, such as saying goodbye to friends and childhood, as well as many traumatic character. Agumon is not a pikachu, but he ushered in the arrival of a great competitor to the “Pokémon” dominance, a franchise that remains with continuation shows and films to this day. Horror-inspired gamesComics and much more.
Part of the appeal was that “Digimon” was much more serialized show than children in the west were used to at that time. In contrast to “Pokémon” and his constantly young demonstrations, the children of “Digimon” actually grew drastically, and finally got old. “Digimon” is also a franchise with a variety of shows and films that most are not connected. For this reason, it can be confusing to know how to look at the different films and series of the property, what should be skipped and what order they all look at. This guide is for you whether you are new to the franchise, a long -time fan who wants to make one, deep dive or a more casual fan who skipped some titles on the way.
The correct order to see Digimon Adventure
The “Digimon” franchise can be separated into two parts. There is “Digimon Adventure” that started the franchise in 1999, and there is everything else. This is because “Digimon Adventure” expressly told a serialized story about several shows and films and created a single continuity that lasted 25 years. The best advertising order for “Digimon Adventure” is only to follow the order of publication:
- “Digimon Adventure” (the short film from 1999 or the first segment of the 2000s “Digimon: The Movie”)
- “Digimon Adventure” (The Full TV 1999 series)
- “Digimon Adventure: Our War Games” (the short film 2000 or the middle section of “Digimon: The Movie”)
- “Digimon Adventure 02” (the full TV 2000 series)
- “Digimon: The Film” (the last segment of the film)
- “Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Dioromon” (2001 short film)
- “Digimon Adventure Tri. Chapter 1: Reunification” (2015)
- “Digimon Adventure Tri. Chapter 2: Determination” (2016)
- “Digimon Adventure Tri. Chapter 3: Confession” (2016)
- “Digimon Adventure Tri. Chapter 4: Loss” (2017)
- “Digimon Adventure Tri. Chapter 5: Coexistence” (2017)
- “Digimon Adventure Tri. Chapter 6: Future” (2017)
- “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna” (2020)
- “Digimon Adventure 02: The beginning” (2023)
The only difficult part of it is in relation to the film. In the United States, what we know as “Digimon: The Movie” is actually a compilation of three different films that are sewn together and take place in continuity at different times. Although the shorts are now available in the home media, you can simply watch the film in the chunks, depending on where they are in the observation order.
Digimon Adventure is a rare children’s show that is growing up
While the “Digimon” franchise has many series, the face of the entire property is undoubtedly “Digimon Adventure”. This is not only the title in which the franchise was started, but also continuously revised after so many years, even if there are other anime that deserve the same treatment.
This is what “Digimon Adventure” stands out from other anime for children – it was allowed to develop and grow up alongside its audience. From the original “Digimon Adventure” short film under the direction of Oscar-Nominee Mamoru Hosoda to the follow-up series “Digimon Adventure 02” to the continuation “Digimon Tri” and then “Last Evolution Kizuna”, this is one Unique story is a unique story where the main characters do not remain static. They also not only grow up physically; If “Digimon Adventure 02” is a typical example, it takes place four years after his predecessor, whose leads return as older mentorf figures who are clearly mature after their time in the digital world.
They are “Digimon Tri” and “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna”, in particular the unique approach of the franchise approach. While the original “Digimon Adventure” series is a story about growing up and the last summer adventure of childhood, the continuation series and then the film is really over, with the characters now participating in young adults in a university and preparing themselves face the challenges of adult life. “Last Evolution Kizuna” is basically the “Digimon” amequivan of “Toy Story 3” with a heartbreaking farewell that recognizes the course of time. They are much darker, grown up and worth seeing when they end the franchise after the 2000s. Also the newer ones “Digimon Adventure 02: The beginning” offers a convincing drama.
Every Digimon show has something to be seen
Outside the “Digimon Adventure” series, the rest of the franchise in quality is very different. Since none of the other shows are connected, you can only choose which you want to see. Most of them had short films at the end of their seasons, but most of them are more difficult to find than the shorts “Digimon Adventure”.
However, if you want to see every “Digimon” series okay, you can go to publication order:
- “Digimon Adventure” (1999)
- “Digimon Adventure 02” (2000)
- “Digimon Tamers” (2001)
- “Digimon Frontier” (2002)
- “Digimon Data Squad” (2006)
- “Digimon Fusion” (2010)
- “Digimon Universe: App Monsters” (2016)
- “Digimon Ghost Game” (2021)
Of these, “Digimon Tamers” is particularly worth seeing. Although this is completely separate from the “Digimon Adventure” series, this is a fantastic addition to the franchise. The chief writer of “series tests Lain”, Chiaki J. Konaka, is a much darker approach to the franchise approach such as the permanent production of death and the introduction of some serious creepy pictures (see above). The Digimon here is instinctively violent and primitive and learns morality from their relationship with their human partners. This enables the series to properly research how a child with a bicycle paptor with weapons would look as a pet.
