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|} , aka "Digimon: season three" (2001) is the third animated series based on the Digimon franchise. The story takes place initially in the "real" world, a world much like ours where Digimon is just a franchise, composed of video games, a collectible card game, and a cartoon series. A group of 12-year-olds (10-year olds in the Japanese version), Takato, Henry and Rika (fans of the Digimon card game) meet their own Digimon friends and start to duel "bio-emerging" Digimon who cross the barrier between the information network, synthesizing proteins and becoming real. Most of it set in the modern Tokyo ward of Shinjuku and only changes scenario to the Digital World for a short time.

The tone of this season has many elements from head writer Chiaki J. Konaka's other works, especially Serial Experiments Lain, including a few aspects from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Thus, the series had a very dark tone in nature. Much more so than its predecessors. Persistent rumors existed among fans that because the entire Fox Kids lineup -- where Digimon had primarily been syndicated -- was going to be dissolved by the end of the season in the US, editing became more lax as time went on. These rumors proved true, and the show had little editing. Even parts that would have been considered controversial at the time remained unedited (for example, a few semi-nude scenes in Biomerging).

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Plot summary

[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Takato creates his Digimon partner Guilmon when he slips a mysterious blue card he found in his deck through his hand-held card reading device, changing it into a D-Arc, the Tamers version of a Digivice. The appearance and powers of this Digimon come from Takato's sketches that were scanned into the device. Guilmon "realizes" from the Digital World and is found later by Takato. Henry meets his Digimon Terriermon when he rises from the screen of a computer game, while Rika's Digimon Renamon approached her to ask to be made stronger, since Rika was famous for her skills on the Digimon card game. Other Tamers, Kazu, Kenta and Jeri (Takato's friends from school); Suzie (Henry's little sister); and Ryo (Rika's rival), are introduced later in the series.

Along the way, the kids learn to be responsible for those creatures as a mysterious man known as Yamaki tries to stop wild Digimon from coming to the real world. From the secret government agency called Hypnos, Yamaki was in charge of monitoring all Digimon activity around the globe. Later, the new Tamers are forced to fight a series of evil Digimon calling themselves the Devas, who, serving the Digimon Sovereigns, believe that true Digimon shouldn't pair up with humans (it is later revealed they were actually misguided). After traveling to the Digital World to rescue Calumon, who has fallen into the Devas' hands, the Tamers meet (and fight with) one of the four Digital Gods, but finally agree to work together in order to prevent the D-Reaper, a computer program initially designed to keep digital life from getting out of control, but it itself went out of control.

Several new elements are introduced in this season, like the use of game cards in conjunction with the Digivices to give different powers to the Digimon, the presence of Calumon: a lone Digimon responsible for the Digimon evolutions.

Spoilers end here.

Episodes

Digimon Tamers aired 51 episodes on Fuji TV in Japan from April 1st, 2001 to March 31st, 2002, and on Fox Kids in the United States from September 1st, 2001 to June 8th, 2002. For an overview see List of Digimon Tamers episodes (may contain spoilers).

Characters

Main characters

Character Voice actor Digimon Voice actor
125px Takato Matsuki
Matsuda Takato (松田 啓人) 		Brian Beacock (EN)
Makoto Tsumura (JP) 		Guilmon Steven Blum (EN)
Masako Nozawa (JP)
An imaginative boy who created his own Digimon.
125px Henry Wong
Li Jenrya (李 健良) 		Dave Wittenberg (EN)
Mayumi Yamaguchi (JP) 		Terriermon Mona Marshall (EN)
Aoi Tada (JP)
A half-Japanese/half-Chinese boy, a voice of reason type character.
125px Rika Nonaka
Makino Ruki (牧野 留姫) 		Melissa Fahn (EN)
Fumiko Orikasa (JP) 		Renamon Jane Alan (EN)
Yuka Imai (JP)
A tomboyish, headstrong, female tamer who is a champion Digimon card player.

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Secondary characters

  • Mitsuo Yamaki (山木 満雄): Hypnos Leader.
  • Riley (鳳 麗花 Ōtori Reika): Hypnos Chief Operator.
  • Tally (小野寺 恵 Onodera Megumi): Hypnos Operator.

Monster Makers

Also known as the Wild Bunch, they are the creators of the original Digimon program in 1984. In 200X, they were reunited by Hypnos to first help protect Earth aginst Digimon (and, without their knowledge, to destroy the Digimon),then to help create the Ark to bring the children back from the Digital World, and finally to help combat the D-Reaper.

Family of the Tamers

Other characters (human)

Other characters (Digimon)

Other characters

Digital World

The Digital World (or DigiWorld for short) is a parallel, shadow world that coexists with Earth, created as it was by it. This is where all Digimon live.

The Digital World that runs parallel to the Earth inhabited by Takato and the Digimon Tamers originally started out as a barren desert, which became home to the digital life forms created by the Monster Makers in the 1980s – the Digimon. Some organisms even evolved on their own from the Digital World, the DigiGnomes. But in the early days of life in the Digital World, it was attacked by the deadly D-Reaper deletion program, which had been created to destroy all artificial intelligence that moved beyond its limits. However, as it deleted many Digimon, it absorbed their data, and was mutated by it, gaining sentience and more power. It entered a period of inactivity, and buried itself away, deep beneath the Digital World.

Time passed, and four Digimon evolved into their highest stages, becoming the "gods" of the Digital World – the four Digimon Sovereigns, Azulongmon, Baihumon, Ebonwumon and Zhuqiaomon. The Digital World eventually grew to be composed of six plains – the earliest was the desert, while the sixth is the highest plain where the Sovereigns dwelled, along with the Shining Digivolution - the power source that provided the energy to allow Digimon to Digivolve. On the four plains in between are "miniverses" - specialized environments created by the Digimon that inhabit them. There are a great many of them, but ones seen included: an area of clouds and clockwork where Clockmon and Hagurumon lived, a warped, black-and-white town where the Nohemon dwell and a Knightmon patrolled its castle at night, an area of forests, lakes and rivers where Orochimon is a dictator over the Gekomon's village, a 'world' entirely composed of water and underground caverns within them where a Divermon lived and protected the Otamamon there, and a region of ice. Huge Data Streams connect the regions of the Digital World to Earth, as digital matter from the Digital World is manipulated and utilized by computers on Earth. In the void between the Digital World and the real world, there is a warped area where reality is in flux, and is defined only by the perceptions of those within it.

Movies

Battle of Adventurers

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Takato visits his cousin Kai in Okinawa, only to learn of an evil plan conducted by Mephismon/Mephistomon. Early mistranslated promo information cemented the idea that this movie was out of continuity with the series, but in the finished movie, there is very little to suggest that this could be true. Given that Kai goes on to appear later in the series itself, and knows who Guilmon is at the time, would suggest that the movie is in continuity.

Runaway Locomon

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This takes place after the series finale (though this is never explained in the film, there is possibility that it could take place in continuity, but it is unknown whether the conditions placed at the end of the series allows for this to occur); in it, the Tamers try to stop a train-Digimon named Locomon, who was being controlled by Parasimon. The movie served to provide insight on Ruki.

English dub edits

Spoilers end here.

Credits

Japanese version

*All characters listed here are referred to by their Japanese Names.

English version

*All Characters listed here are referred to by their English Names.

Theme songs

Original

English version

Notes

See also

External links

Digimon Tamers (List of episodes)
Main characters: Takato Matsuki | Henry Wong | Rika Nonaka
Digimon: Guilmon | Terriermon | Renamon | Cyberdramon | Leomon | Guardromon | MarineAngemon | Lopmon | Impmon
Other characters: Alice McCoy | Calumon | Mitsuo Yamaki | Ryo Akiyama | Jeri Katou | Kazu Shioda | Kenta Kitagawa | Suzie Wong Monster Makers | Azulongmon | Baihumon | Ebonwumon
Villains: D-Reaper | Hypnos | The Devas | Zhuqiaomon
See also: | Digimon


Digimon
Anime: | Digimon Adventure | Digimon Adventure 02 | Digimon Tamers | Digimon Frontier | Digimon Savers | Digital Monster X-Evolution
Mangas: V-Tamer | Digimon Next | Digimon Chronicle | D-Cyber | C'mon Digimon
Video Games: Digimon World (and 2, 3, 4) | Digital Card Battle | Battle Spirit (and , 2) | Digimon Racing | Rumble Arena (and 2) | Digimon Story | Digimon Wii | | | | | |
Other: Digimon (card game) | Digimon Battle Pets | DigiDestined | Digivice | Digivolution | Digital World | List of Digimon | Chosen Digimon | List of human characters

 

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