Digimon Adventure (1999) | A Retrospective Of The Series 

What are your thoughts on this series? ~Ray~

I'd confidently say you're wrong in stating that Digimon is too mature for it's target audience, on the contrary I'd say Digimon RESPECTS its target audience and doesnt talk down to them. Digimon deals with real world issues that kids can face and helps them see that its not all doom and gloom.

you had a good childhood if you grew up with digimon

I really want to note that mature doesn't always mean "for adults". I watched digimon as a kid and some lessons I learned from it are still really important for me as an adult. I think it's a perfect all ages show that has important life lessons for all ages.

As a kid who went through a divorce while 01 was airing, the subject matter is not only not too mature for it's audience, it was perhaps the only show on TV for kids back then that directly portrayed how messy family dynamics can be, and the impact those dynamics can have on children even at a young age. I have spent my life wondering if the choices I made as an older brother were the ones Tai might have made.

Machinedramon was a big missed opportunity. After Puppetmon was given so much time (and rightfully so) Machinedramon was dealt with too quickly. If I were writing the story I’d have Machinedramon disable the kids digivices, ya know because they’re machines. Instead of dealing with him with brute force, they’d have to use strategy and tactics. Izzy could give him a virus disabling the digivice blocker. Sora would use Garudamons flames to weaken his armor and then Wargreymon could destroy him.

The ending of Digimon Adventure is really something special. I rewatched the series raw as an adult to practice my Japanese, and there was a comment on the final video from a Japanese woman in which she said, "I'm a grown woman in my 20s, and watching this final episode made me stand up from my chair and cry profusely." I didn't stand up, but I did cry. And even a few years after that rewatch, hearing Brave Heart or thinking about the ending still twinges my heart a little bit. I'm 29 at the time of this comment. It's interesting that that series hit me harder emotionally as an adult than as a kid. I think it's because although I loved Digimon as a kid, I only got to see it sporadically while my rewatch was a cinematic experience of the full story in just a few days. Also, of course, themes like saying goodbye to loved ones hit deeper as an adult when you have a lot of real life experience with bittersweet goodbyes. Ygg Studio made an analysis of Adventure 1999 that picked up on some even darker themes that I was oblivious to with Mimi's character. I also didn't process the fact that Matt & TK were reenacting the trauma of their parents' divorce when Matt separated from the group. Kids mimicking parents' dysfunctional behavior is one of many examples of how deep this show was considering its age demographic. Then there's also the subtext that Tai & Kari's dad is an alcoholic, and that they were somewhat neglected, which is why Kari is a 7 or 8 year old girl home alone with a cold in that mid-season episode.

The “Digimon is a pokemon ripoff” crowd are the flat earthers lol I’m honestly glad that it never took Pokemon’s popularity back in the 90s, I remember there were a lot of religious fanatics that thinks Pokemon is the devil, of they think Pokemon is like that, then I can’t imagine how they’d perceive Digimon, a series that has a literal digital devil

I won't mind this becoming a series Cover and the rest of the franchise

I've been a Digidestined since my childhood. One of my all-time favorite franchises. Great video.

I wouldn’t call this show underrated per say, but it’s definitely a good anime recommendation

Great summary of the series. I loved this show as a kid and never appreciated how great the characters and stories are. As a kid I just loved the action and digivolutions. That first time Agumon and Gabumon warp digivolved is still one of the most exciting memories of my childhood. I still get chills watching it

Omg i remember watching the 8th digidestined storyline unfold on fox kids. The story arc where they all go to the real world is my favorite 😁

This series is such a classic, i remember watching season 1-3 on Fox Kids, until i was too old to continue watching the series unfortunately!

Digimon Adventure, especially with Piedmon working in the background is like the plot of IT by Stephen King.

Actually Devimon apparently did NOT create the black gears. He simply came across them, and just used them for his own ends. It was never explained where the black gears came from, and what their purpose was supposed to be. Also Devimon and the other villains WERE revived at the end of the series, Devimon himself even appeared in the sequel series, Digimon Adventure 02 Angemon held the greatest advantage against Devimon, Myotismon, and Piedmon due to his holy vaccine typing being strong against their "Nightmare Soldiers" grouping along with their virus attributes as the holy vaccine attribute was strong against both. Myotismon only held out against Angemon due to being an evolutionary stage higher than Angemon, but it was also mainly because he was powered up by a fog that boosted his overall power, it was also the reason he was able to take on the other Ultimate level digimon. Piedmon also held out against Angemon due to being two evolutionary levels higher, until Angemon digivolved yeah

Whenever a wizardmon appears on a screen I remember his sacrifice... Wizardmon you were my first favorite digimon, may the other digimons at kindergarten (forgot the name of the place with all the eggs) treat you well! Ironically my second favorite was probably Lucemon-

One of the first anime that I noticed that animes can have a storyline. When I started gaining interest in storylines.

I absolutely love DIGIMON. It was one of the first anime I watched growing up. I still remember my dad buying vhs which had random non chronological episodes of season 1 from my local Asian hairdressers.

I remember waking up every Saturday morning as a kid to watch digimon adventure. It was so engaging! I love it And pokemon. Both are good and have similar key parts but are mainly different in the end. Great job on this video! I want to see every digimon series done by you! Keep up the great work! 💜

02 will always be my favorite Digimon season. I just wished we had a dark ocean arc.

side note dna digivolution is used for to things fusion witch is what omnimon does and jogress witch is what happens with PAILDRAMON (its the same thing more just pointing out that he has to names with it)

good stuff, looking forward to seeing a cover of all of the seasons, always love hearing other people's takes on each season as new or old fans

I'm pretty sure the lore about why an egg didn't form for devimon was because of the mark on his chest, which is, from my own attempts to understand the lore, an indication that a digimon is marked for deletion, and when they die, rather than an egg forming, their data is sent to a nebulous place called the "dark area." Interestingly, it's also theorized by some that Devimon did have an egg form albiet in the dark area, and that's where the DemiDevimon serving Myotismon came from. Not sure what the odds of that are though.

I first saw Digimon on a VHS tape. There was recorded some random series with English dub, overdubbed by my native, Latvian language. At that time I was a child, so I didn't understand a lot of things, but I really loved these series. When I got older, I got to watch the full, original series with subtitles and I understood, how much English dub (and direct translation from Eng dub to Latvian) changed things. There was a whole lot of things made more "comic" or "funny" instead of more serious and dark like it was in the original. I don't know, if there is better dub now, but I woudn't reccomend to watch that old dub at all. Also, this video is really good. A lot of things said, that were lost by a lot of another reviewers, but I was a bit of sad, because you skipped Joe's and Mimi's arcs. Thanks for the video ~

It's one of my favourite shows, and it still holds up to this day. Besides the rightly criticised nineties humour and the few instances where the 10 and 11 year old characters was sexualised. Yeah eugh. I don't think I like Digimon for being Digimon in it self, but the way it can be a unique vessel or platform for interesting stories were it fx can highlight sociological or psychological issues. The character work is stellar especially for the target audience. Perhaps the show is even to subtle for children that age, but it does heighten the rewatch value. It doesn't talk down to its audience which is among the reasons it's so great. Hot take here: the les digitalized Digimon is the better. I love the contrast between the world being digital and then how it appears so natur like. You can though ask the question how it can be so good when it leans on so, so many tropes. It, I'll say, grounds itself with the children's family issues. And who can't relate to some of them?

The movie that explain how kari knows is called Digimon adventure from 1999, which serves as the prologue of the original anime. Our war game is the sequel where they debut Omegamon. The sequence is kinda f up since in western those 2 movies (alongside Digimon 02 movie, which takes place after 02 anime series) are put in a single movie called Digimon adventure the Movie

Even as a kid I enjoyed Digimon Adventure more than pokemon. The biggest reason is because of their ability to go back and forth with their digivolutions and because they actually spoke.

0:12 Digimon is not a ripoff of Pokemon, it's a ripoff of Tamagachi... I'm a big fan

Digimon is a great show. Especially the first 4 seasons. But the Adventure sequels, Tri, and Last Evolution are amazingly beautiful

Digimons can only Go back to the anterior form when the digivolution is made with the help of the divice

Loved the video. Please do another Digimon series! I love your voice, too!

60th subscriber cause of digimon 🔥

Genbu City theme is one of the best of World 3

Digimon anime blew the Pokémon one out of the water tho lol

Digimon is the 🐐

You know i like your channel.

I kinda wish adventure 2020 was a remake of this series wish better animation and maybe new evolutions and stuff

I saw Piedmon and just remembered... Yesterday, May 12th 2023, completed exactly 20 YEARS that Piedmon's Brazilian voice actor, Paulo Flores, passed away... his impressive bass voice was versatile to play both light-hearted, comedic buffoons and deep, serious chracters (notably sadistic villains like Piedmon).

Would love to see you do a retrospective on Yugioh and Dragon Ball as well.

Imagine an alternate universe where Digimon came first and pokemon after and pokemon being called a Digimon ripoff. 😂

Nice video! I like the analysis 🎉

I was not only about to start 5th grade I still remembering running home every day after school to watch it before heading off to my karate lessons wow watching digimon and taking karate lessons was so fun

Great summary. Thank you for bringing memories from my childhood watching this awesome show.

What a fantastic video, as a digimon lover I'm so happy to see people talking about it (specifically adventure). Back when I was a kid I was only paying attention to the digimon, but the truth is that this series is for all ages. After rewatching it as an adult I realized how mature it really was and understood its most important messages. Digimon Adventure 1 and 2 will always hold a special place in my heart (and it's a tradition of mine to do a rewatch of these two series periodically). The only thing that's annoying for me is the lack of a dvd version for Italy (sadly we never got it and I'm italian). Man what I'd do to have the DVD of this gem.

Kind of disagree with the idea that Digimon adventure shouldn`t have been marketed to young kids. Not because of whether the kids can relate to it or not but I genuinely believe that if Fox hadn`t wanted to compete with Pokemon and market the series the way they did Digimon would have never gotten a foothold overseas. Keep in mind that it completely lost that footing after Fox sold the rights to it. People weren`t huge fans of season four but they were still around talking about it then afterward they were suddenly silent. The thing is, when it comes to entertainment, young kids will give anything a chance whereas if it had been marketed to an older group the whole Pokemon clone stigma would have likely been much worse and caused it to fail from the getgo.

Hey man. I love digimon. I was born in 1990 and grew up with pokemon and digimon as a kid. I love both but i connect more with digimon. I spent hundreds of hours playing digimon world 1 getting 100 prosperity and a bunch of medals. ( all techs, chart filled, special tournaments.) Digimon has a special place in my heart. The way the show portrays real life issues and struggles really resonates with me on a personal level. Its a true gem of its own. Not like pokemon at all. Almost opposite. Instead of the world already having these creatures. Digimon takes that concept in an entirely different direction producing these creatures in their own digital world before the human world even knows about it. Love your videos man watching all of them. Youre covering the stuff i grew up on. Much love for that. Be well and take care. I hope to see more

>Digimon Adventure >Underrated In what universe?

Looking back at digimon, I never could have guessed how deep this show actually is

Great video!

Before watching the video: How is Digimon Adventure 1999 Underrated? Latam and Japan say otherwise.

I didnt get into pokemon until season 2. Season 1 was boring to me but I love season 1 of digimon.

3 years ago I found Digimon Adventure the DigiBeat commercial from Fox Kids on RU-vid good times man and I'm listening to it again

Having only seen Pokémon before first watching Digimon, I remember even back then that what captivated me to the show was the characters and the plot. Pokémon characters just rarely ever capture the depth and realism the main Digimon cast had. Izzy was probably the first one that I liked because I related to him being nerdy and socially awkward. It was the first time I saw a main character that had that sad a backstory. I also remember liking Sora a lot and looking back, I realize that she is such a well written and likable female character. Something you very rarely see in a shonen anime, let alone one for such a young audience. Being a young kid, I admired seeing a girl that was as brave as the boys. She’s also just so cool, level headed, and chill. She felt like such a “real” character to me at the time and I really admired her. I never even thought of her for her gender, I just liked who she was. Tai of course, was a standout just because he was so similar to ash but more likable and competent as a leader. He was always in a good mood, brave, and fun, despite his vulnerabilities. It felt like he was always trying to work past his vulnerabilities with sheer determination. I always sided with tai when he fought with Matt. Matt grew on me as the series went on because of how devoted he was to protecting his brother. I saw him as the mature older brother to the rest of them. Like tai, he had vulnerabilities but worked past them because of his strong personality. Joe may have been the oldest and most mature but he was always scared. It took me a while that he really had the most realistic responses to the situations they were out in, even though my young mind didn’t want to admit it. Now, I find Joe very relatable. I also liked Mimi after the episode when she saved everyone from monzaemon. I loved the bond she shared with palmon. Like Joe, Mimi came across to me as a flawed character but now I realize that the flaws make them both more human. I also liked that she showed compassion for the numamon despite being grossed out by them. She had great development. I related to TK since I was around his age first watching it but I also liked seeing him grow up by adventure 02. TK is basically the gohan of digimon. He took on the same role in 02 that Matt had in adventure 01 but with a less edgy personality. Same thing with Kari, really. Her role in 02 reminded me a bit of Sora in 01. All of these characters got fleshed out so much throughout the series. That’s not easy to do for any show, let alone a kids show, meaning that the writers really put a lot of passion into Digimon.

Tamers was the greatest

18:40 it might’ve already been said below in the comments but Izzy’s adoptive dad is also his cousin. Love this review btw

This is great would love to see more, love Digimon and getting to reminisce about it is great

The best digimon series! There's a kid for everyone, who all go through so many real things, you can find yourself relating to all of them in some way. I love the way Tai and Matt balance each other out. And yet, they still leave space for all the other characters to thrive.

Nice video I love OG Digimon it is such a vibe

I love this. Its bringing back all my childhood memories.

I’d LOVE to see you take on the movies/specials, especially Revenge of Diaboromon and the Tamers movies.

I started watching it when I was 8 or older. But really like this show. And I'm a data squad digimon fan the most 🏆✌❗👍

Digivolve fail Biyomon: "Biyomon, digivolve to... Hey! What just happened?" Patamon: "Patamon digivolve to... Wait a second, I'm still me!" Tentomon: "Tentomon digivolve to...Kabu-never mind." Agumon digivolve to - Greymon! Greymon! Greymon, yeah, I'm Greymon! I'm big and I'm bad..." Tai: "Agumon, your digivolve was a digi-dud! I always find Agumon funny that he can't digivolve when I was a kid watching this show

Remove the word between "Underrated" and "Gem" and it'll be perfect in all senses. ^^

thank youuu this was awesome

Nice thumbnail. Where did you get the pic

Its crazy that i woke up every saturday morning. And watched this whole show to completion.

Es impresionante cómo puede hacer estas animaciones y subirlas una vez al día.

I would love a prequel of the Digidestined that lost.

The Dub: Baby -> In-Training -> Rookie -> Champion -> Ultimate -> Mega The Sub Baby I -> Baby II -> Child -> Adult -> Perfect -> Ultimate -> (Sometimes, there is an extra stage for jogress/dna between Ultimate/Mega digimon) Super Ultimate

I remember enjoying this series so much. It was actually scary at times and i find the series much more immersive than pokemon because the digital world is just as strange for the viewer as it is for the protagonists. I especially like the episodes where the digimon enter the regular world.

I don't consider it to be 'underrated'

That was very enjoyable. You explained well without dragging too much. I would only say that the narration lacks a bit. Not a big deal, just something I noticed. I liked your overall style, just that some comments landed flat without emphasis or the right intonation. Anyway, I recently binged the whole Adventure Series out of nostalgia, but decided to watch the original in Japanese. The jokes are so different and some dialogues have more depth. Also the "movies", or shorts as they were here in Japan, have a totally erased plot point that made everything have more sense. I'm glad I found your channel.

You forgot to mention a key fact about Izzy's background, he is adopted. That is where his sadness comes from.

Digimon Season 1 is the best and most nostalgic.

I liked Digimon better as a kid than I did Pokemon. I think the series did something great to have captured the hearts of so many. Digimon Tamers, in my opinion, remains the top series and I love it even now as an adult. Great show!

Sure the animation can be extremely… uh stock footage sometimes but I always liked the art style regardless. Nice calming retrospective, and 1999 definitely holds up well, I’m glad you’re doing the other seriess

Facts: . Tai and Kari’s hair and eyes 👀 are both brown . The buttons on Izzy’s orange shirt 👚 are yellow . Sora’s hat/beanie is blue and the brim and straps on it are cyan/pale blue . The triangle which is on Sora’s white collar is white and the ruff at the bottom of her yellow sleeveless turtleneck shirt 👚 is white . Matt and T.K.’s hair are blonde 👱 . T.K. and Kari are both 8 years old . Mimi’s hair is light brown . Agumon is amber orange . Tai, Matt, Sora and Mimi are 11 years old . Kari’s shirt 👚 is pale yellow and her neckerchief is pale pink There’s are all true?

I grew up watching Digimon here in Canada I love it

I used to think Digimon was better than Pokemon. Now, as an adult, they both have their own special place in my heart. I prefer Digimon because it resonated better with me as a child, but I absolutely love Pokemon. I think if we didn't fight over which is the best, Digimon could been in a better place than it is nowadays

Should also cover Digimon Adventure Tri. And Digimon Adventure Last Evolution: Kizuna to truly tie up Adventure series.

I whole-heartedly agree that the marketing did NOT do it any justice, as a kid I "liked" Pokémon and even then I could tell they were different series as I LOVED Digimon with it's character arcs and progression as a story. I remember playing Battle Arena on the PS1 for hours and struggling to not keep dying while going through Digimon World 3 (that game is NOT easy for a kid to figure out, it's my favorite Digimon game but I couldn't beat it until I was older with a guide 😅)

The 3rd arc of this series was flawless.

I was always a Digimon kid. I loved both Pokemon and Digimon. Pokemon really dropped the ball when it came to story telling. There were aspects of Digimon I didn't like, but as a adult. I can appreciate Digimon so much more now.

The real story is that Pokémon actually did came first with the original Red and Green game debuting in 1996 in Japan but Digimon came first to the US soil with the Virtual Digital Pets in January 1998 eight months before Pokémon anime and games to be introduce to western audience.

3rd favourite Digimon series here. During the initial time Pokemon and Digimon appeared in existence, I adored both. If one should be forced to choose one over the other, I choose both. Those who opposes, TOO BAD! The only choice you should choose is YOUR choice. You like one, pick one. You like both, pick both. About Adventure 01, in the case of the JP version, the only thing that concerns me more is them spoiling the 8th digidestined too early thanks to their ending theme. I mean they did overshadowed it, but still, don't spoil it like that until it actually happened in the show. This is one change the US dub has done very well. The rest of the show, I enjoyed. Would like more Hikari (Kari) development though. And more Ladydevimon VS Angewomon, but that's just me.

Lets be real, if we had a battle between Digimon and Pokémon. Digimon would come out on top.

This anime is the culmination of why you should watch everything in their original language, subbed if needed! The finnish dub i grew up with was so bad people still laugh at how bad it is today😂 Tho 1 thing they didn't fuck up was the music which was still the original ost not the awful american version.

DNA Evolution is not only possible for Digimon of the same level, it can be used by Digimon of different levels. Also there are a few Digimon that are higher level than Mega but these are the ones that are supposed to be like what "God" would be in our universe. Additionally the first part of the movie aired in japan before Digimon Adventure as an "unofficial promo".

Big fan of the OG. This is the superior pokemon

My Childhood show Kari is a sweet little girl Tai is a brave and proud brother to always protect his little sister

Man digimon wa so good as a kid, each episode having a new evolution until we hit the boss, then crest and ultimates, and the mega, I gotta go watch it again man.

You do make good videos Try to create such videos of every digit on season ever Along with other animes like Pokémon and dragon ball

Only thing that I would add is that the first series, while it does provide the blueprint for the other ones, is fundamentally different, probably because the producers realized they needed to do something radical to compete with Pokemon. You see, the first Digimon Adventure is heavily influenced by religion, and it's not just the symbolism with angels and demons. The premise of religion is that in the past humanity had a link that was broken, and that you should live trying to restablish this link. The series works just like that. They are literally the Digidestined, they were chosen to perform the task to save the digital world, and the basis for that was an event that happened years ago, when they were too young to understand what happened. In the Digital World, the mysteries are not revealed right away, they receive information kinda backwards in time, as they defeat enemies, they get closer and closer to the origins, in the past. In the final episode Gennai reveals that there were DigiDestined before them, it was probably a hook to another season, which would probably be a prequel. In any case, that never happened, and the idea of the Original Digidestined was mentioned very briefly in tri. It's very likely that they had some radical ideas to try to make the series work in the first season, and when they got it right, they decided to simply milk the franchise with more standard content.

Matt and TK were my introduction to brothers from divorced parents

Ack-chew-ally it is Machinedramon. Not MetalMachinedramon. 🤓

Grew up on both Pokémon and Digimon. They both were great to me. I usually play the Pokémon games, haven't seen the anime in ages... but I always come back to watch the Digimon anime.

In the last episode when Kari was about to give her whistle to Gatomon, did she take off her whistle which is under her neckerchief or did she untied her neckerchief so she can take off her whistle?

Love Digimon, love the content. Digimon endures into fan's adulthood because of its mature and dark themes.

A minor correction, the first third of the Digimon Movie that covers the kids' history with digimon and watching the Greymon and Parrotmon fight in the street is actually a different film from Our War Game, one that premiered just before the series did and was just called Digimon Adventure. Our War Game was just the bit in the middle that was about Diaboromon