On the evening of December 17th, I believe that countless people's social media was madly swiped by "Infinite Dream の あと の He も な い 世 の 中じゃ".
This lyric comes from the theme song "Butterfly" of the first animation "Digimon". The new series of movies, which is also the 20th anniversary commemorative work "Digimon Adventure: The Last Evolution and Bond", released the latest trailer.
The once immature children in the story have now grown into excellent adults. What kind of adventures they will experience again in the new story has also become the content of the old fans' attention.
For many people, "Digimon" must be a childhood memory, but it is estimated that words such as "the chosen child", "Agumon", "Tiannu beast" have been removed over time, and the memory of this story has been left very little. .
Taking advantage of the good timing of the trailer's release, let's take a look back at the eight works of this IP, recalling the digital world you remember and the digital world you didn't know.
"Digimon Adventure 01" (DA01): A classic, the digital world is taking shape
In most of the childhood of the post-90s generation, the figures of Taiichi Yagami and Agumon must have been indispensable. The adventure of the eight teenagers in "Digimon Adventure 01" is also the beginning of the entire story about the Digimon world.
In the first part of the "Digimon" series, the first-generation selected children have the simplest relationship with their Digimon: partners, and the setting of Digimon has just taken shape: a virtual life with artificial intelligence Body, in short, both Digimon and the Digital World are constructed through data.
The evolution of Digimon is through the use of "digital dragon machine" (the first generation also known as "sacred plan"), "each child's unique badge" and "key" as carriers to complete the upgrade or reorganization of data and give birth to more powerful Digimon. In the next few installments, this carrier has also been upgraded.
In this work, Digimon is divided into infancy (divided into infancy 1 and 2), growth, maturity, perfection, and ultimate stage, but in the first TV version, there are only sub-stages Ancient and Garurumon can evolve to the ultimate state.
In the derivative theatrical version of "DA01", "Our Game of War", the ultimate mechanical Tyrannosaurus and Steel Garuru merged into Omegamon. The setting of "merging" was first used in the "Digimon" series appear in.
The era of "DA01" broadcast in the mainland was not very popular. Most of the versions seen by the audience came from the translation and dubbing of Taiwan and Hong Kong. Some characters' names were transliterated. It is pronounced "sora" and translated as Su Na, and the "light" of Yashenguang is pronounced "hikari" so it is translated as "Jia'er". As a result, many friends who read the revised version of the translation after many years have expressed that they do not match their childhood memories.
At the same time, many stalks about the digimon series were actually produced in the first work. The DA01 small and medium-sized captain Taiichi Yagami must have left the most impression on the audience with the iconic goggles. Since then, goggles have almost become the standard configuration of the protagonists of all dynasties.
And the theme song "Butterfly" sung by Koji Wada has also become one of the most popular anime OSTs. In each of the subsequent works, you can hear the familiar and kind singing of Uncle Guang.
"Digimon Adventure 02" (DA02): The sequel to feelings, anticlimactic
"Digimon Adventure 02" is a story that took place in the third year after 01. The second-generation protagonist group has a total of six people. The first-generation protagonist group Yashenguang and Gao Shiyue continue to participate in the adventure as members of the second-generation protagonist group.
In DA02, a new evolution method is extended on the basis of the first part: the armor evolution completed with the help of the digital armor egg and the second-generation digital dragon machine "D3 armored dragon machine", the evolved Digimon belongs to armor. Body, most of the strength is equivalent to maturity. The armored egg inherits the power of the protagonist "badge" of the previous generation, adding tenderness and miracles to the first eight badges of courage, friendship, love, innocence, knowledge, honesty, light, and hope.
The "integration" setting that was first seen in "Our Game of War" also played a greater role in this part. When playing bosses in the later stage, two mature Digimon can be merged into a complete body, and some of them are still On this basis, it can evolve into an ultimate form.
The stories in the early stage of DA02 still continued the style of the first part, and the protagonist of the first part also often showed up and was deeply loved, but the overall style in the later stage gradually went wrong and was criticized. The production team has been scolded for the bg cp that the audience loves to this day. Come to think of it, this is my earliest "difficulty".
"Digimon King of Beast Taming" (DT): Back to the top, a new adventure begins
The background of DT is set in a brand-new world view. Unlike the main battlefield of DA, which is set in the world of Digimon, DT starts from the real human world.
In this world, Digimon was first designed as a card game. The protagonist Matsuda Keito designed a Digimon named Kiermon because of his love for this game. The power of the Algebra Digimon Machine) is materialized.
The "evolution" of this part adopts the card swiping mode. The "Super Evolution Component S" card can evolve into a mature stage, the blue card can evolve into a complete body, and the red card can evolve into an ultimate body. In addition, you can also clear the level by swiping "Wings" , "Acceleration" and other plug-in cards enhance the performance of Digimon on the basis of the original form.
The concept of "integration" has been improved again in DT, this time the integration is completed by Digimon and their human partners. The red card can change the wavelength of the Digimon, and then evolve with a human partner to gain more powerful power. Instead of simply watching their comrades fight, the children who were chosen this time will also feel all the pain along with the Digimon.
In addition, a boy of Chinese descent appeared in DT - Li Jianliang. As one of the members of the protagonist group, Jianliang played a huge role in the period when the team was still unstable. Many viewers also have a significant favorable impression of this work.
And the male protagonist Matsuda Keito has also changed the previous male protagonist's hot-blooded and reckless character, and is more gentle and cautious than his predecessors.
The existence of powerful Digimon organizations such as "Four Holy Beasts", "Twelve Emperor Demons", and "Royal Knights" is also repeatedly mentioned in DT. The prototype of the "Four Sacred Beasts" refers to the "Blue Dragon, White Tiger, Suzaku Xuanwu" representing the south, east, and northwest, and the "Twelve Emperors and Demons" are the "Twelve Stems and Branches", which are the twelve zodiac signs we usually call them.
The "Royal Knights" consists of 13 Paladin-type Ultimate Digimon, including Omegamon and Kielmon's Ultra-Dukemon, but according to the official setting, most Digimon in the Digital World are It's not just one, the Omegamon in the Knights is not the one in the first part. As for the identity of Duke Beast, the official did not give a clear answer, but most fans prefer to be Duke Beast in DT, citing the uniqueness of Kiel Beast.
"The King of Digimon Taming the Beast" is an impeccable work in terms of setting and story direction, and it can more or less restore some of the reputation that was lost due to the failure of DA02.
Digimon Infinite Zone (DF): A lonely battle, the digital world of the future
"Ten Fighters" is a Digimon organization that is the main line in "Digimon Zone". The protagonist group has the five powers of fire, light, wind, ice, and thunder inherited from the "Ten Fighters", while their opponents are the remaining earth, wood, water, steel, and darkness.
If "fit" is "icing on the cake" in the previous works, then "fit" is the "central idea" in DF.
Ten-year-old fans often refer to DF's story as a "lonely adventure" because the selected children of this generation have not seen their Digimon partners who have really seen themselves, and their corresponding "Spirits of Fighters". "It is stored in its own digital terminal (the fourth-generation Digimon machine), and from the beginning it is completed by combining with it to complete the evolution. In other words, it is not appropriate to say that the children themselves become Digimon and fight.
The protagonist performs "soul evolution" with the help of the "Soul of the Fighter", and evolves into a beast-type Digimon, and then evolves into a human-type Digimon again. Equivalent to a hybrid of the ultimate body.
After the protagonist group collected all ten kinds of power, the Digimon of Takuya and Keiji, the sacred goddess beasts in the headquarters, were upgraded so that they could use five kinds of "Spirits of Fighters" at the same time. "Super Soul Evolution" evolves into Super Soul Fighter, and the two Super Soul Fighters can be merged into one through "Ancient Soul Evolution".
In addition to innovations in evolutionary systems, the concept of "blackening" of the protagonist appeared for the first time in DF. Although there will be blackened content in the previous work, but it is only to the degree of "darkness", and in the DF, it tells in detail how Huiichi "blackened" and then recovered, which corresponds to his corresponding digital The different forms of beasts appear when they are in two different positions of "evil" and "good".
And apart from the work itself, a large part of the voice actors who dub the protagonist group, such as Kamiya Hiroshi, Suzumura Kenichi, Takeuchi Junko, etc., have become the mainstay of the current industry.
It is worth mentioning that although the unofficial setting of "the desolate digital world in DF represents the digital world of the future" has not been officially established, it seems to have become a fact that everyone acquiesced in.
Digimon Rescue Team (DS): Ditch the goggles, unlock the seal
At the beginning of DS's announcement, loyal fans were also indignant because the male protagonist's big character setting did not have traditional goggles, but after just a few episodes, they were shocked by the fighting power of Digimon, which made people unable to help It is doubtful whether the male protagonists of all dynasties are wearing goggles that are simply used to play cool and handsome, or a shackle like "Mr. Saitama's hair" that seals the power.
After experiencing the four anti-sky plots of "Primary School Students Save the World", this time the age of the protagonist has finally been raised to middle school.
Agumon, which was popular in the first installment, appears again as the protagonist this time. Different from the previous work, this Agu beast has a bigger body because it is an ancient type, and has a special red belt around its hands. I don’t know if it is because the human partner is a fighting banchan and has a more forthright personality.
In DS, the protagonist group formed a regular team "Digital Special Search Team" for the first time to capture Digimon who accidentally entered the human world and sent them back to the digital world. Similar to the previous work, this one also has a power called "soul" - the digital soul. When the Digimon needs to evolve, the human partners will charge the digital soul generated by themselves into the Tyrannosaurus machine. The great use of the gate is to obtain the Digimon by the hard core method of punching the enemy Digimon hard, which is why I described its combat power as comparable to Digimon above, and described it as the most "sassy" in history. "The protagonist is no exaggeration.
It is also the first time in the series of stories that the Digimon machine breaks down due to its unbearable power after it has undergone the evolution of mature, complete, and ultimate forms. Therefore, the new Burst Tyrannosaurus machine also appeared, and used it as a carrier to complete a new evolutionary method-burst mode.
The seiyuu lineup is also more luxurious than the previous work. In addition to a few familiar voices in the seiyuu world, I also saw the name of the Asian national goddess "Gakki" Yui Aragaki when I reviewed the cast list.
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