| Digimon Adventure 02/Season Two | |
Digimon Adventure 02 |
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| デジモンアドベンチャー 02 (Dejimon Adobenchā 02) |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Kakudou |
| Written by | Atsushi Maekawa, Genki Yoshimura |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| English network | YTV (Canada) Network Ten, Fox Kids (Australia) CITV, Fox Kids (United Kingdom) ABC Family, Toon Disney, Disney XD (United States) ABS-CBN (Philippines) |
| Original run | April 2, 2000 – March 25, 2001 |
| Episodes | 50 |
| Anime film | |
| Digimon Hurricane Touchdown / Supreme Evolution! The Golden Digimentals | |
| Directed by | Shigeyasu Yamauchi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | July 8, 2000 |
| Runtime | 65 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Diaboromon Strikes Back | |
| Directed by | Takahiro Imamura |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | March 3, 2001 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Related works | |
Digimon Adventure 02 (デジモンアドベンチャー 02 Dejimon Adobenchā Zero Tsū), also commonly referred as Digimon Zero Two, is the direct sequel to the previous series and takes place three years after the original series. With most of the original characters now in junior high school, the Digital World was supposedly secure and peaceful. However, a new evil has appeared in the form of the Digimon Emperor (Digimon Kaiser). This new villain is different - he's a human just like the DigiDestined. The Digimon Emperor has been enslaving all Digimon in sight with Black Rings and Control Spires and, to make things worse, has somehow made regular Digivolution impossible. Three new children are chosen to save the Digital World and, along with T.K. and Kari, make up the new generation of DigiDestined.
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Taking place a few years after Digimon Adventure, the Digital World comes under attack by a mysterious human calling himself the Digimon Emperor who is enslaving Digimon with his black rings while building Control Spires that negate Digivolution. To fight him, T.K and Kari, along with three new children, gain a type of Digivice called a D3, which allows them to open a gate to be transported to the Digital World through any computer and a D-Terminal that holds Crest-themed relics called Digi-Eggs (DigiMentals) that allow Patamon and Gatomon, along with the new Digimon Veemon, Hawkmon, and Armadillomon to Armor Digivolve as a counter to the presence of Control Spires. They eventually stop the Digimon Emperor, revealed to be the boy genius Ken Ichijouji, thanks to the sacrifice of Wormmon, Ken's partner.
With the Digimon Emperor defeated, the DigiDestined proceed to help the resident Digimon rebuild their homes. However, after his defeat, and soul searching, Ken learns of a mysterious woman who can turn Control Spires into constructs resembling living Digimon. Though Veemon, Hawkmon, and Armadillomon were able to Digivolve naturally, the Control Spire Digimon prove to be stronger until Ken joins the gang and they learn of DNA Digivolution, enabling their Digimon to fuse with each other in pairs for more power. However, the mysterious woman, revealed to be a human-Digimon hybrid called Arukenimon, responds by creating BlackWarGreymon. Though the construct refuses to follow her orders, Arukenimon and her lackey Mummymon take advantage of his drive to destroy the Destiny Stones that keep the dimensional barriers of the human and Digital Worlds from blending.
Eventually, when the battle was brought to the Real World, Arukenimon and Mummymon's boss, Yukio Oikawa, makes himself known. Despite interference from Daemon and his forces, Oikawa extracts from Ken data of the Dark Spore, the object responsible for Ken becoming the Digimon Emperor, and copies it into a group of children who wish for the greatness the old, evil Ken had. Those spores develop into flowers that harvest the infected children's energy. Eventually, the DigiDestined confront Oikawa, only to learn he is a loner whose only friend in the world was the late Hiroki Hida, Cody's father, and that his actions were so he can enter the DigiWorld.
However, it was then revealed as Oikawa attempted to make his way into the Digital World that he was only a pawn/vessel for the true mastermind, Myotismon from the first series, now reborn as MaloMyotismon. Eventually, after a long battle with aid from the DigiDestined from all over the world, the Japanese DigiDestined destroyed MaloMyotismon. Though weakened from the evil Digimon's possession, a dying Oikawa sacrifices his physical existence to return the Digital World to its peaceful state and serve as it guardian. In the series aftermath, twenty-five years later, the humans and Digimon live side by side as the Japanese DigiDestined gather together with their families.
| Character | Voice actor | Digimon | Voice actor |
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| Davis Motomiya Motomiya Daisuke (本宮 大輔) |
Brian Donovan (EN) Reiko Kiuchi (JP) |
Veemon V-mon |
Derek Stephen Prince (EN) Junko Noda (JP) |
| The new leader of the DigiDestined. Like Tai from the first series, he is brave, but very stubborn and impulsive. Like his senior, he plays football (soccer). He has a crush on Kari, which leads to a one-sided rivalry with T.K. And has the digi egg of Courage and Friendship. | |||
| Yolei Inoue Inoue Miyako (井ノ上 京) |
Tifanie Christun (EN) Rio Natsuki (JP) |
Hawkmon | Neil Kaplan (EN), Kōichi Tōchika (JP) |
| An energetic new DigiDestined. She is headstrong and sometimes stubborn, but takes after Izzy when it comes to her computer skills and technical knowledge. And has the digi egg of Love and Sincerity. | |||
| Cody Hida Hida Iori (火田 伊織) |
Philece Sampler (EN) Megumi Urawa (JP) |
Armadillomon Armadimon |
Robert Axelrod (EN) Megumi Urawa (JP) |
| He is the youngest in the second series, but despite this, he is a very mature child and thinks things through carefully, much like Joe from Digimon Adventure. And has the digi egg of knowledge and Reliability. | |||
| T. K. Takaishi Takaishi Takeru (高石 タケル) |
Doug Erholtz (EN) Taisuke Yamamoto (JP) |
Patamon | Laura Summer (EN) Miwa Matsumoto (JP) |
| One of the eight DigiDestined from Digimon Adventure, he is the younger brother of Matt. Since the first series, he has grown to be more level-headed in dangerous situations. And has the digi egg of Hope | |||
| Kari Kamiya Yagami Hikari (八神 ヒカリ) |
Lara Jill Miller (EN) Kae Araki (JP) |
Gatomon Tailmon |
Edie Mirman (EN) Yuka Tokumitsu (JP) |
| One of the eight DigiDestined from Digimon Adventure, she is the younger sister of Tai. While she was a sickly child in the first series, Kari has since become more outgoing and upbeat. And has the digi egg of Light. | |||
| Ken Ichijouji Ichijōji Ken (一乗寺 賢) |
Derek Stephen Prince (EN) Romi Park (JP) |
Wormmon | Paul St. Peter (EN) Naozumi Takahashi (JP) |
| Introduced as a prodigy in sports and academics, Ken has been a DigiDestined years before the series' main characters. His skills were bolstered by the Dark Spore, though it drove him mad, influencing him to become the Digimon Emperor and conquer the Digital World, which he thought was a video game. Later he joins and befriends the group, repenting for how he had hurt the DigiDestined, countless Digimon, and his parents. During his time as the Digimon Emperor, Ken was aloof and cruel, but after the effects of the Dark Spore wore off, he returns to being a normal and kind boy. | |||
As Digimon Adventure 02 is a continuation of Digimon Adventure, it includes characters from that series as well. Though burdened by their new-found responsibilities, the previous DigiDestined team provides a helping hand once in a while.
These characters were introduced in this series:
Note: With the exception of Cody's family, and T.K. and Kari's parents, no parents of the Digimon Adventure 02 DigiDestined were named.
Digimon Adventure 02 aired 50 episodes on Fuji TV in Japan from April 2, 2000 to March 25, 2001.
Later on, it aired on Fox Kids in the United States and YTV in Canada from August 19, 2000 to May 19, 2001. Funimation is now releasing uncut, subtitled Japanese episodes on their website.
In Germany the series first aired on RTL 2 from March 1 to May 11, 2001.
Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals (デジモンアドベンチャー02: デジモンハリケーン上陸 / 超絶進化！！ 黄金のデジメンタル Dejimon Adobenchā Zero Tsū: Dejimon Harikēn Jouriku!! / Chouzetsu Shinka!! Ougon no Digimentaru) is the third Digimon film. It was released in Japan on July 8, 2000 as part of the 2000 Summer Toei Anime Fair along with Ojamajo Doremi # the Movie, which was screened between the two parts. It was released in the United States on October 6, 2000 as the third part of Digimon: The Movie. This film was the longest movie Toei Animation has created in Japan. The running time was about 65 mins (the rest of the movies were between 20-40 mins).
The story focuses on American DigiDestined Willis, whose involvement with an enigmatic threat has started to influence the rest of the DigiDestined as well. As a child, Willis was given two twin Digimon, a Gummymon and a Kokomon. One day, Kokomon mysteriously disappeared without a trace, returning later as the ruthless Wendigomon after being corrupted by a rogue viral program. Hoping to find Willis, Wendigomon begins to kidnap the other DigiDestined and de-age them. During this time, T.K. and Kari investigate Willis' whereabouts shortly after Mimi's disappearance and enlists the help of Davis and the other younger DigiDestined to help. On the way, Davis and the others run into Willis, who is traveling to his summer home in Colorado, where he believes Wendigomon wants him to go, as it was the place where Kokomon disappeared.
Willis at first refuses the help of the DigiDestined and even his own partner, Terriermon, fearing they will get hurt. However, Davis and Terriermon convince him that he is not alone in this battle. When Willis meets with Wendigomon at Summer Memory the next morning, he realized Wendigomon is no longer the Digimon he knows, and prepares to fight him. In response, Wendigomon digivolves to Antylamon, and then Cherubimon, de-aging Willis and the younger DigiDestined as well. Willis figures out that his Digimon's urge for things to go back to the way there were literally meant to make Willis a kid again. In this battle, Kari and T.K. gave Willis and Davis the Golden Digi-Eggs, transforming Veemon into Magnamon and Terriermon into a Armor evolved Rapidmon. After the battle was over, Cherubimon was defeated and the older Chosen Children reappeared at the points were they had disappeared from. In the end, Willis discovered that his Digimon is still alive after the fight, ready to be reborn from a Digi-Egg.
The North American compilation of this, and the two previous movies, claims that Willis 'created' Diaboromon, in an attempt to create a continuous storyline. The compilation also cuts the de-aging of the older children and battles from the third movie in order to shorten the film. Also for the dubbed version of the third movie, all the images that were shown of the older Chosen Children at the beginning of the dubbed film were actually what they were doing when they disappeared.
Digimon: The Movie, released in the U.S. and Canada territory by Fox Kids on October 6, 2000, consists of the union of the first three Japanese movies (first two parts from Digimon Adventure, the third part from Digimon Adventure 02). Those stories are based in the universe introduced in the first two series of the TV series.
Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon originally released in Japan as Digimon Adventure 02: Diaboromon Strikes Back (デジモンアドベンチャー02: ディアボロモンの逆襲 Dejimon Adobenchā Zero Tsū: Diablomon no Gyakushuu) is the fourth Digimon film. It was released in Japan on March 3, 2001. It was released in the United States on August 5, 2005, but the first movie to have the theme song from Digimon Frontier.
Also known as Revenge of Diaboromon. In this movie, that takes place three months after MaloMyotismon's defeat, the DigiDestined go up against Diaboromon again. Tai and Matt head back to the Internet to deal with him with Omnimon, while the younger Chosen Children go to deal with the rampage of a swarm of Kuramon (Diaboromon's Fresh form). With the help of Angemon and Angewomon (with T.K. and Kari), Omnimon was able to destroy Diaboromon again, but it turned out to be a trap, as his destruction allowed many more Kuramon to go to the Real World. Things go out of control when the Kuramon in the Real World merge to create a Mega level called Armageddemon, an alternate Mega in Diaboromon's evolutionary line. It is so powerful that neither Omnimon nor Imperialdramon were able to defeat it on their own. In the end, Omnimon gives his energy to Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, powering him up to Paladin Mode. Using his Omni Sword attack, Imperialdramon is able to strike down Armageddemon, splitting him back up into the Kuramon. With the help of the energy from the DigiDestined Digivices and the cell phones from the other kids of Japan, the Omni Sword is powered up, allowing all of the Kuramon to be destroyed for good.
Along with One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure, the fourth Digimon film was shown as a double feature, which was called the Tōei Spring Anime Fair 2001. In total, they earned 3,000,000,000 Japanese yen.
Takes place on Valentine's Day, 2003. The audio drama[3] starts with Davis trying to change his image so girls will like him by imitating various Digidestined. Kari, Mimi, and Sora are kidnapped by Boltmon who just wants a heart. Pukumon had taken advantage of this in order to destroy the DigiDestined. Ken's Pucchiemon reasons with Boltmon, and the kids subsequently fight the mastermind, Pukumon. Joe knocks into them, and they drop and mix up their D-Terminals. This causes them to use the wrong Digieggs and Digivolve into new Armor Digimon, who beat Pukumon. Overall, the story serves not only to provide light humor, but marks the first time that the Digidestined are able to use their Digi-Eggs interchangeably, and transform their Digimon into new Armored Digivolutions using each other's eggs.
The title of the audio drama means "The Road to Armor Evolution".
All begins when Matt receives a tape from a girl.[4] She will undergo a high risk operation on her eyes, and she's afraid because she could become blind if the operation is not successful. Matt, who doesn't know what to do to cheer her up, receives help and advice from Gabumon, Sakurada (one of the helpers of his father) and an old man who knows the borders' sea.
Then Matt writes the song "Tobira~door", to give her courage and support, and tells, that he'll be there for her, no matter what happens.
In the end, he receives another tape from her, thanking him for the support and telling, that the operation went well, and that she will soon remove the bandages, so she can one day see the sea, where he wrote the song, with him.
Taking place in the summer of 2003,[5] Davis and DemiVeemon meet up with Mimi, Willis, and Gummymon in New York City. However, without warning, the entire city falls under a strange winter and becomes deserted. The kids hear a voice and see fireflies before meeting a nameless girl, whom Davis names "Nat-chan" from the Japanese word for "summer". Nat-chan displays feelings for Davis, but the group does not know that she is really a giant clawed Digimon, who makes her transformation by using the "fireflies", which are revealed to be data chips, which have corrupted her data. Davis realises Nat-chan was lonely and just wanted a Chosen Children partner. Unfortunately, Nat-chan dies and comes back as a Digitama, but luckily, Davis and the others take it upon themselves to help find Nat-chan's true Partner.
Willis and Mimi indicate that the sudden winter was created from Davis' heart, which was unhappy after losing the district football (soccer) competition and his unrequited love for Kari.
The name of this audio drama means "The Door to Summer", meaning the portal back to their own world, and recalled by Mimi from what appears to be the book The Door into Summer during the drama.
This audio drama[6] takes place sometime after the events in Digimon Adventure 02, but before the 25 years later epilogue. The audio drama fills in several plot holes pertaining to the series, and also explores some of the changes that the DigiDestined and their Partners went through that helped lead to the epilogue.
In Davis' track, Goggles, Davis reflects on the goggles given to him to by Tai, what they symbolize, and what makes a good leader.
In TK's track, As I Type on the Keyboard, TK has started to write about his adventures in the Digital World and expresses his feelings on some of them, as well as being a DigiDestined in general. It is later stated that memorandum TK had begun writing was delayed in publishing until he was able to write it objectively.
In Cody's track, A Visit to the Grave, Cody takes Armadillomon to visit his father's grave. They talk about the sacrifices that Oikawa and the others have made. Cody makes a promise to start trying to understand why evil tries to take over certain people, and to try to prevent it in the future.
In Yolei's track, I've Become a Middle-Schooler, Yolei talks about her life in transition to becoming a middle-schooler, her attempts to form a musical band, her growing feelings for Ken, and her new obsession with black tea.
In Ken's track, Spring Sunlight, Ken reminisces about his brother, the mistakes of his past, and how happy and thankful he is now.
In Kari's track, Hikari's Introductory Course to Partners, Kari has begun a video recording for a class teaching new DigiDestined how to behave and act as good Partners to their Digimon. She also talks about some of her experiences with Gatomon and the Digital World. Near the end of the track, we find out that Davis's sister Jun, both of Yolei's older sisters, as well as Joe's older brother, have all recently become DigiDestined and require assistance in the Digital World. Kari and the others then set out to help the new ones on their adventures. It is later stated that Kari's video later turned out to be "surprisingly useful."
One of the 2000 Fox Kids Promo Insert songs" Fox Kids,where Heroes Live" Promo which promoted the 2000 Fox Kids Line up shows was later reused as an Instrumental insert song for the English Dub version of Digimon Season 2 when the Digidestians transport to the digital world.
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