"Digimon: Digital Monsters" (1999) TV series 1999-2003

Directors:

Wendee Lee
Jeff Nimoy

Writer:

Michael McConnohie (writer) (episode)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

14 August 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

Champions of the Digital World.

Plot:

Seven kids attending a summer camp in Japan are transported to an alternate world linked to ours by the Information Superhighway...

Plot Keywords:

Digimon | Young Boy | Good Versus Evil | Death | Giant Monster

Cast

Laura Summer	...	Patamon / ... (93 episodes, 1999-2003)
Mona Marshall	...	Izzy Izumi / ... (85 episodes, 1999-2003)
Derek Stephen Prince	...	DemiDevimon / ... (83 episodes, 1999-2003)
R. Martin Klein	...	Gomamon / ... (76 episodes, 1999-2003)
Joshua Seth	...	Tai Kamiya / ... (70 episodes, 1999-2003)
Michael Reisz	...	Matt Ishida / ... (62 episodes, 1999-2003)
Philece Sampler	...	Mimi Tachikawa / ... (61 episodes, 1999-2003)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey	...	Sora Takenouchi / ... (59 episodes, 1999-2001)
Tifanie Christun	...	Biyomon / ... (58 episodes, 1999-2003)
Dave Mallow	...	Angemon / ... (57 episodes, 1999-2003)
Michael Lindsay	...	Joe Kido / ... (55 episodes, 1999-2001)
Anna Garduno	...	Palmon / ... (52 episodes, 1999-2001)
Steve Blum	...	Flamedramon / ... (51 episodes, 1999-2003)
Tom Fahn	...	Agumon / ... (50 episodes, 1999-2003)
Lara Jill Miller	...	Kari Kamiya / ... (50 episodes, 1999-2002)
Wendee Lee	...	TK Takaishi / ... (48 episodes, 1999-2003)
Edie Mirman	...	Gatomon / ... (48 episodes, 1999-2003)
Jeff Nimoy	...	Tentomon / ... (46 episodes, 1999-2002)
Michael Sorich	...	Zudomon / ... (44 episodes, 1999-2003)
Jane Alan	...	Togemon / ... (43 episodes, 1999-2003)
Kirk Thornton	...	Gabumon / ... (42 episodes, 1999-2003)
Paul St. Peter	...	Wormmon / ... (42 episodes, 1999-2003)

Also Known As:

Digimon 02 (USA) (second season title)
Digimon 03 (USA) (third season title)
Digimon: Season 3 (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

USA:30 min (205 episodes)

Country:

France | Japan | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG (VHS rating) | Netherlands:MG6 | USA:TV-Y7 | Brazil:Livre

Company:

ABC Family

Trivia:

Greymon reappears; although its not the same one like in Digimon: the Movie's first part "Adventure".

Quotes:

T.K.: What's more boring? Paint drying or math?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Welcome to Eltingville (2002) (TV)

Better than your average Pokemon Clone

5 years ago, I'm watching a commercial break during the original Pokemon. All of a sudden, I see an interesting commercial: a new anime show named "Digimon." "Hmmm.." I think to myself. "Probably some half-baked rip-off of Pokemon. Oh well. I guess I might as well watch it anyway." To my surprise and utter delight, what I watched a week later was by no means some Pokemon clone as I had anticipated. I had found myself wrapped up in an original masterpiece that had me immediately hooked. That first season of Digimon had me engaged from the opening segment of the first episode to the last scene of the final episode in a complex web of character building, good and evil and an occasional hinted romance. Though the next 3 installments were also great, they have not surpassed the glory of season 1. Though the series is indefinitely canceled, you can still catch re-runs on Jetix or through tapes. But I must warn you: You WILL Be hooked.

Animation Score (10/10) Overall Score (10/10) Recommended