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[Husse]

Perhaps this is the wrong board to say this in, but I finally found an anime that isn't TOO terribly young for me, is fun to watch, and doesn't make my stomach lurch. Too bad it's out of season already. What do you think? Any thoughts on this? I thought it was a romp. Season 3's my fave, with 4 in close second.

[DarkJuno]

Eh, never big fan of it at all, but Season 3. Season 1 started off fine but in the end...ugh. Season 2 started off with an absolutely lousy villain, perked a little bit with redemption, but then shot itself in the feet 30 times immediately afterwards. Season 4...best not to even talk about that.

[Nikorasu, the Mystic Samurai]

I liked season three. Something fictional that they liked became real. That's awesome and I doubt there's anyone that doesn't want something fictional that they like come real.

[Chikara Nadir]

Come on...Season 1, all the way (or however long the original cast was..the lead group). *sniff* Seeing even those innocent kids trying to kill each other because they disagree over whether it was right to let other digimon die protecting them...something of that sort. Evil soulless eyes and all that.

That...and Matt and TK making food for their dad out of wasabi and something green growing in the back of the fridge, while the poor man insisted that he was a happy little buffalo.

*cough* So I only remember the really random moments? XD

[Hero of Winds]

My favorite would be season 1 because of the nostalgia, pure and simple. But if I had to vote for a season that was great on it's own merits, it'd be season 3. My vote goes to t3h Tamers.

[Stew]

2nd, you got to watch then get their asses kicked! "alright lets...BOOM!" goooood times. But other then that one was teh best.

[Green Goblin]

coming from someone like me who never really liked the series to begin with, I'd have to say season 1 was probably the best

[The Kremling]

I can't say much about season 4 because Fox stopped showing the series brfore it ever aired. But, out of the other three, I think the third one was the best overall.

[Zythe]

I saw untill the end of s3. The really mature and human storylines were great. I liked some aspects of s1, like the Megas and Angemon and others. Season 2 was good because of Gatomon and only Gatmon, and that she was this little Champion who kicked ass. Never saw s4, but it sounded like shit. Erm, so 3.

[MikePetersSucks]

Ugh, season four was an abomination againest digimon. Their's still a contract for two more seasons, so let's hope those ones are better. >>; Season four didn't have ANYTHING that made the other three so great. Like the bond the children formed with their partners. What, are the S4 kids gonna talk to their statue things? XD The other three were the bomb though. I just can't describe how great they were. If I was forced to choose however, it would have to be Season Three. It was amazing. I'm still waiting for the season where we meet the original Digidestined's children from the 02 epilogue. I'm dying to see the future world where humans and digimon live in harmony ^^

[Husse]

A lot of folks didn't like four because there were no partners, but that's not fair. The series end was very emotional and focused on the bond between human beings, which is just as good.

But 3 still pwned. Jeri scared the piss out of me in that Janyu's Ark episode. MAN! And the one after Homeward Bound?

Jeri: "It'll be okay. Stoooop cryiiing." o_O

[Nikorasu, the Mystic Samurai]

Season 1 would have to be my second favorite. I liked a lot of season 2 as well. I never got into season 4 because it changed channels and it didn't feel the same. That human-digimon partner relationship is important, and it wasn't there.

[Husse]

But that's because there was HUMAN interaction (Koji and Koichi) that ran very deep. J.P. and Tommy were two of the best acted "Digimon kids" I'd ever seen. All in all, it was no Tamers, but it wasn't BAD.

[Husse]

Mm. Personally, 2 was my least favorite. So complicated, not to mention CORNY!!!

[Custommagnum]

I liked all of them, although I would like it better if we got the episodes in sub form.

*remembers how much FanSubbed Frontier kicked ass more than Dubbed Frontier*

[MikePetersSucks]

But that's because there was HUMAN interaction (Koji and Koichi) that ran very deep. J.P. and Tommy were two of the best acted "Digimon kids" I'd ever seen. All in all, it was no Tamers, but it wasn't BAD.

Koji and Koichi are both clones of Ken with a messed up Matt/TK bond. Takuya was just the Goggle Kid with none of the redeeming qualities or hidden wit that the others had, Zoe was just a stereotype, Tommy was a TK clone, except stupider, and J.P. was just a fat kid with chocolate.

Seriously, the Digimon-Human bond is important, it makes up more than HALF the show! Not to mention all the villans were being controlled by Lucemon, who didn't even make sense. I mean, it would be different if they explained HOW he got corrupted with power or something, but naw. He's just the messed up angel with unoriginal digivolution names. The digimon that WERE in this show were even MORE one-sided than the ones in the first two series, and the children's learning experiences didn't even come CLOSE to match the ones the other Chosen Children's. (Not counting Tamers, since they wiped the floor with everyone else in character depth). I mean, Takuya doesn't really learn anything, Koji and Koichi's problems were seen a mile away, and all the others had like, the same lesson. And this digicode scanning thing? WTF? I'm sorry, but that's just out there. One of the few cool parts was the fact that Koichi was pulling a Shibumi on us, but even then, he got ripped off. The other kids were SEVERELY overshadowed by our Gogglehead/Rival counterparts for this season. Takuya and Koji got like, what, 3 levels ahead of everyone else? Good God, they even messed up the whole unity thing. They tried at the end to fix it, but they failed simply because Koichi wasn't there for the final battle. Hell, he wasn't there for even half the series. He was a goddamned throw-away plot device. CALUMON did his job better than this loser Kaiser-Klone. And there were lots of plotholes in this season too that they never even addressed, like why did Cherubimon hide his own soldiers' beast spirits? Why did Takuya turn into a Flamon when he went back to Earth, and why did he go back in TIME? O.o It was a severely screeeeeeeeewed up version of Tai's visit to Earth. BASICALLY what I'm saying is that it's a rehash of old plot elements poorly executed, and the original ones are probably pot-induced.

[SOAP]

I loved Digimon. It was a hells lot better than that overrated pokemon nonesense. Season 1 was the best. It's what made me fall in love with the series. Season 2 was... meh. Things got better with Season 3. Then things went downhill when they decided that the first three seasons never happpned. Grrrrr!

[Husse]

Oh poo. Everything in anime is rehashed when you think about it, especially random family bonds. I just tried to argue that it was pretty good, despite what people argue. I hafta agree, Takuya was annoying, Koji was an emotional hit that missed, Zoe was an airhead, but I thought there was something sweet about J.P. and Tommy, whether you think ot's overdone or not, maybe you've just seen too much anime. J.P. was a "tough guy" who'd never developed social skills, depsite what the others think, and uses bribes to get others to like him, as well as boasting about how mature he is. This soon falls thorugh, and he ends up fairly humbled. Tommy is sweet because, not only does he sound just like cute little Calomon, , but he's an eight year old goober who just wants to get back home to his sheltering parents until he finds a real role model in Takuya.

So see? Not too bad.

And waddaya mean, Lucemon the villain? Cherubimon was the REAL villain.

[Custommagnum]

Most of the personalities of the characters in Season Four, (and Season Two, now that I think about it) were altered drastically. Just take Davis for instence. He's a complete idoit who everyone seems to hate. The other chosen children actually liked Daisuke in the original. I do I really need to comment of Kari being a bitch?

Zoe was much more of a brat than Izumi, and Takuya once again was more stupid in the dub.

[MikePetersSucks]

J.P. was a "tough guy" who'd never developed social skills, depsite what the others think, and uses bribes to get others to like him, as well as boasting about how mature he is.

Tough Guy? He's a fatarse comic book geek that eats chocolate all day. I can totally see him get his Spirit. "Worst Spirit Ev-ar!"

And waddaya mean, Lucemon the villain? Cherubimon was the REAL villain.

Holy SH%T! Did you even WATCH the whole season? Lucemon was pulling the strings the whole time. Cherubimon was a literal puppet.

[Kairu Hakubi]

it was on so sporadically that i still don't know if i saw it all or what.. didn't it end with time restarting or some lame mighty-max-esque thing like that?
anyway, i thought frontier (i refuse to use 'season' names for separate series, you n00bs) had the best comedy (come on, it's about time they did underwear jokes on a regular basis), but otherwise digimon 02 had the best drama... tamers was the most emotional.. and honestly digimon adventure had the best art. i miss them resembling sonic characters.

[Husse]

OH! You ruined the series ending for me. I hadn't seen it.

And excuse me, I meant J. P. THINKS he's tough.

If I have to compliment each season for something, I guess I will...

1. Started it all. Had a very innocent childlike appeal to it that makes it easy to watch without freezing or shifting in your seat like some anime.

2. Had the most realistic character reactions. The people, for the most part, acted like normal folks. They were a lot older than your typical Digidestined. Overall, though, I was disappointed in this one.

3. The most gripping, dramatic, realistic setting-wise, and tear-jerking of them all.

4. Was very different. It had a new spin on the Digi-universe that people hadn't seen before, causing a love-hate thing. I liked it. We get to see what normal people that don't have a digi-partner can do to save this more apocalyptic version of the Digi-world. Nice backstory.

Overall, 3 pwns all, 1 is a refreshing season, 4 is different in a good way methinks, and 2 was just alright, it lacked spice.

[MikePetersSucks]

(woots!) I rate 1 and 2 equally though, barely behind the all-powerful 3! 4 sucked though. It's the bottom of the barrel.

[Jaina]

Yeaaah I have to say Season One..or Two..I considered watching the third season since I liked Season One and Two so much (first real anime other then Escaflowne I watched) buuut since one of the reasons i really liked Two was because it still included the original cast..and well I didnt like the idea of the changes they made for three so I didnt touch it

[BurgundyTears]

........the fact that you people are getting so passionate and attempting to have a serious convo about a children's anime that has the sole purpose of making money (yay for studying anime from a marketing perspecitive and getting to hear juicy facts liek that) makes me very sad and disturbed.

if you want depth and real emotion, go watch something like Ghost in the Shell, JinRoh, GunGrave or even Cowboy Bebop. if you want to just kick back relax and not think, watch digimon or pokemon. but for goodness's sake, don't try to pass off various anime as something their not.

im gonna go watch some trippy late-night uber-artsy anime now.

[Husse]

Touch it, Jaina. Touch three...wow, that's wrong.

Cowboy Bebop, and I'm assuming those others, are overly vulgar and cheesy, not deep. Most anime has never been very deep.

Pokemon is shallow, yes. It's like Scooby, it ends the same stupid way every time, but if you're bored, it's fun to watch!

Digimon season 1 is nuch the same, only better because it's imaginative to a T. Season two was lacking, but okay. It carried the cheesy traits of most anime.

But you have obviously not seen three, or you would not be saying what you're saying at all. And if you consider it not good enough to watch, I'd had to see the hentai on TV you're watching. I like to keep my mind cleared of that crap. *awaits flames*

[DarkJuno]

Please. A rule of thumb is to look and see if an anime is either based on merchendise (Pokemon) or has merchendise that juuuuuuuust to happens to come out when the show premieres. If either of those happen, it's a 30 minute Ad. Not that there's anything wrong with that - Western cartoons, especially those in the 80's, are nothing more then daily commercials to make little kids want the toys. On the other hand, prime time shows have no such thing, save perhaps a soundtrack or two. Same goes for anime. Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh and all that are just like G.I. Joe, Masters of the Universe, and Transformers. Granted, anime can straddle the line or even cross it (Gundam is a prime example of a show that started off as just that - a show - that turned into a highly lucrative mmodel kit buisness).

Of course, writers for any show - I'll use Transformers Generation 1 as the "western" equivalent again - will always try to sneak in some semblance of story and whatnot into the ads. Whether it be the basic, bare bones debate of gods or a sly nod at The Most Dangerous Game, the writers always managed to sneak things in all while making sure that x-character is used in this episode and this other character is debuted here in the next show. Even so, the writers hands are tied since all that story, all that plot is pretty much secondary - the bottom line is to make sure people see Optimus Prime combine with Wing Saber, and that Tidal Wave's 30th repaint is snuck onto the screen so kids will want it.

Besides, you have to admit, it's a brilliant marketing tool - Pokemon has managed to even make me purchase the 6 movies thus far and I intend to get the 7th on Tuesday. I don't do it because I want a good story - that's just laughable - I do it because...hey, it's fun for me. I know lots of people don't like it, but I do because frankly, after either drudging through a week of classes and cruddy hours of work, all this talk of death and dreary pasts coming back to haunt a jerk of a main character...is a bit much.

By the way...

But you have obviously not seen three, or you would not be saying what you're saying at all. And if you consider it not good enough to watch, I'd had to see the hentai on TV you're watching. I like to keep my mind cleared of that crap. *awaits flames

...it would've gone better if you yourself hadn't thrown that rather...shallow attempt of an insult out, plus it would behoove you not to assume certain things. We're all entitled to our opinions here, and she clearly gave a short-but-sweet blurb that backed up hers of Digimon. To pathetically strike back with that brilliant line is not only immature, but fairly desperate and is not a good reflection.