Digimon Tamers
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Digimon Tamers
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デジモンテイマーズ (Dejimon Teimāzu) |
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| Genre |
Action-adventure Science fiction |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yukio Kaizawa |
| Produced by | Hiromi Seki Kyotaru Kimura |
| Written by | Chiaki J. Konaka |
| Music by | Takanori Arisawa |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | Fuji TV |
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| Original run | April 1, 2001 – March 31, 2002 |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Anime film | |
| Battle of Adventurers | |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | July 14, 2001 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Runaway Locomon | |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | March 2, 2002 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuen Wong Yu |
| Published by | Rightman Publishing Ltd. |
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| Original run | April 2004 – October 2004 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Related works | |
Digimon Tamers (デジモンテイマーズ Dejimon Teimāzu?), known outside Japan as season three of Digimon: Digital Monsters, is the third television anime series produced by Toei Animation based on the Japanese Digimon franchise. Unlike the previous seasons, Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02, Tamers takes place in a different universe, where the first two seasons are a TV show. The show mostly takes place in the real world and revolves heavily around the collectible card game based on the series.
This series is also known for its darker undertones and story plots, taking darker routes than in previous series. The anime has become controversial over the decade, with debates about how appropriate this show actually is for its "target" audience, especially due to Lovecraftian nature of the last arc. The English dub is more lighthearted dialogue-wise, though still not as much as previous series. Tamers aired in Japan between April 1, 2001 and March 31, 2002, whilst an English-language version by Saban Entertainment aired in North America between September 1, 2001 to June 8, 2002. A manga adaptation by Yuen Wong Yu ran between April and October 2004. It was succeeded by Digimon Frontier.
One day Takato creates his own Digimon 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-Power (called a D-Arc in Japan), the Tamers' version of a Digivice. The appearance and powers of his Digimon come from Takato's sketches that were scanned into the device. Guilmon bio-emerges from the Digital World and is found by Takato. In his attempts to hide his new friend, Takato meets other Tamers Henry who met Terriermon in a computer game, and Rika whose success in card game tournaments caused many Digimon to come to her when she received her D-Power, and she chose Renamon, promising to make her stronger. Early in the series, the three Tamers and their Digimon duel foreign Digimon emerging into their world. Takato, Henry and their partners quickly become friends and allies, while Rika and Renamon prefer to fight on their own; however, they all soon realise that much more is at stake and the six unite. During their escapades, they encounter the michevious and mysterious Calumon, who has the power to make other Digimon digivolve, but dislikes fighting, and Impmon, a cruel Digimon that left his twin Tamers because he was sick of their bickering and selfishness, and thinks that all Digimon with Tamers are a disgrace. 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 is in charge of monitoring and covering up Digimon activity around the globe.
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