Digimon Fusion (Xros Wars) The Last American Digimon Show | Billiam 

Hope y’all enjoy the TYPO in my thumbnail!!!

You snake knew exactly what to do when you said Fuse! That was a very amusing moment.

Why didn’t they just give Taiki’s two friends Xros Loaders at the beginning? They get them at the end and get partner digimon too, so why didn’t they just do it in the beginning to make them actually useful, non-deadweight characters?

Fun Fact: The only reason of why Hunters exists was to fill timeslot until the release of Saint Seiya Omega, no joke

honestly, even though xros wars is a huge hit or miss since it changed soo much stuff about how digimon works, i actually enjoyed it, and the fact that this is the first digimon anime that actually had animation quality that wasnt always flat and boring like it was made with a 2dollar budget like the previous ones, made atleast more fun to look at

That missionary joke tho.

To be perfectly honest I loved this series despite it’s flaws, though I perfectly understand why it’s not well liked by the community. A lot of people can agree with me here but to watch and enjoy to the fullest would be to see the subbed versions. Especially for the soundtrack, that was replaced in the English version, We are Xros Heart, The Guardian, X5’s themes were a few examples of really good music for the franchise.

I enjoyed Xros Wars. For me the second...series? It was kinda broken up into 3 for some reason. But the 2nd one about the Death Generals was really great. The pacing was nearly perfect. By far the best part of it.

Normal digimon fan: hmmmmm I wonder what the fusion fandom is like . Later OH GOD NO MORE HENTAI OF MERVAMON

I personally really loved Xros Wars. It is one of my favourite seasons for a few reasons, one being the music in the original for example, but I also really loved Taiki/Mikey's character. Others may hate him or find him boring, but he reminded me of Hikari/Kari who I looked up to as a kid. The previous leaders were blockheads, stubborn, lacked leadership skills, etc, but now we had a true leader who was not only brave and intelligent, but also really caring and selfless. He was willing to sacrifice himself for others without hesitation, he believed in others when no one else did, and he always tried to stay positive despite everyone's negative spirits. Of course his character is unrealistic in a sense, but it is a TV show after all, though, I am sure there are people like him. People who are so giving, people who can't say no when others ask, and it can be draining, but I love his outlook and reasoning on it. It would suck to turn away someone who asked you for help, just for something to later happen to them. He doesn't want to feel that guilt knowing he could have done something when he had the chance. Because of his personality, his team grew, and he was able to unite the other kids and defeat the enemy, so I think it's really sweet. ^_^

You cannot kill what was almost already dead

If you decide to, I'm eager to see you review Cyber Sleuth!!

Snake: This is my Angewoman now, hooman!!

How I feel about fusion evolutions (mostly on Shoutmon's fusions) 7 years ago:- this is the most awesome thing evaaaaaap Nowadays:- this is not a digimon. Its a fcking *MEGAZORD*

Applimon was actually pretty good and had a unique plot with an ending I did not expect. It seemed quite more popular than Xros Wars I believe. It was also the first time a digimon property aired in TV Tokyo I think, which probably helped since a lot of the bigtime Japanese cartoons aired there

What I hated about it was how LAZY the fusions were. The whole point of fusion was to become stronger, and form something new and or like they are something combined. They are literally all just Shoutmon but bigger with more leg or more armor and a few little details added on. He doesnt have anything special about unlike Omnimon or Imperialdramon

The manga acts as a more complete product, I recommend reading that. All the characters feel more involved and more fun. It also gives the actual backstory for our MC.

I don’t care what everyone think of me but this series got me into digimon so I love this anime so much.

"I need to save people" SHIROU EMIYA, DIGIDESTINED

16:18 - "Even though it makes no sense canonically" - Because this was a fanservice season. Waaaay back when Tamers first aired, fans noticed a pattern and came up with a crazy prediction - which as of Digimon Hunters, mostly came true. Ryu in Tamers is actually from the Adventure universe. He was the protagonist of at least one Wonderswan game, and at the end of one of the endings, decided to not go back to his own universe, choosing to go to a different one. He's also shown as one of the kids watching the Diaboromon battle over the internet in the movie. That was the first proof that the universes were connected. Thanks to the card game and other media, we knew how many Royal Knights existed in the Digimon universe, and as of Tamers the attentive fans realized a pattern: Since only a couple new Royal Knights appeared in each series, somewhere around the 6-8th season all 12 (Maybe 13 if the founder counted) would have shown up. This led to the fan theory that upon all of them being revealed in the anime, there would be some big cross-universe event where every storyline got tied into one. It's just unfortunate that Hunters handled it so badly.

Billiam: plays Digimon fusion English op Me: *Incomprehensibly loud screeching*

Hunters' flaws were inoffensive? Bro. 23 episodes of waiting for something to progress and then 2 episodes of pants-on-head nonsense to end the series with hype. Hunters made me mad at how badly they wasted the excitement I'd had from the second season of Xros Wars.

I enjoyed Xros Wars. It's so simple, doesn't need thinking, plenty of dumb slap-stick comedy (which I love) - I had a good time with it. Also, Apollomon Whispered has Doflamingos voice. That really was a surprising yet positive highlight to me!

Renamon is still the reigning queen till this day.

I hate to be that guy, but the Japanese Digimon Xros Wars was way better than the American Digimon Fusion. I watched fan subs of Xros Wars each week as a new episode came out and it was amazing. There were flaws but they weren't as blatant as they were in the dub. I watched half of the dub before I gave up, it felt so phoned in and watered down. Even the emotion that was conjured by custom music in the original had been stripped away entirely!

ADV: Kids save the world 02: Kids save the world. . . Again Tamers: Kids win against crippling depression, just to suffer by losing their digital friends Frontier: Kids defeat the devil himself Savers: Angst Teen kills GOD Xros wars: Kids play a mega complex chess game against an Edgelord and win with the power of friendship

“Digimon fusion is what it’s widely known as” Really? Because I’ve never even heard of “Digimon Fusion” a whole year after this came out. I’ve heard of Xros Wars tho...

I enjoyed Xros Wars. I didn’t enjoy Fusion. The English adaptation of this show butchered what the Japanese version actually was. They took out well timed jokes in favor for one-liners that were relevant to today’s kids but ultimately not funny (like a line said by Taiki/Mikey’s guy friend who I can’t remember the name of about other kids in the digital world having phones that they could play games on). For the first two seasons of Xros Wars, the show was good. Nowhere near the level that previous seasons of Digimon were, but still enjoyable. Young Hunters, though, was an abomination and we should just forget that exists. Only redeeming factor of that season was the final battle bringing all the Digimon leads from past seasons into one final battle. That was a nice treat for old fans.

Applimon is actually really good! I wasn't sure at first since I.... didn't enjoy Xros Wars a lot, but Applimon felt like a different take on Digimon that followed the same spirit. It was original, the main characters were good, and it was very fun. Not every episode was amazing but it had some cool twists and cool moments

And Netflix replaced the original three seasons of digimon with this trash

Appmon basically took the fusion element and fixed it, they actually combine and make actual new monsters based on both monsters instead of uncreatively slapping random parts from other digimon onto shoutmon's body and call it a fusion, appmon is a lot more creative in that regard.

Applimon has a well done Agumon cameo.

They changed Yuu's backstory so his goldfish died instead of his grandma....It's like the people who dubbed Digimon Fusion genuinely hate the franchise and wanted it to die.

Mervamon is BEST GIRL

13:54 Actually I found out about digimon fusion when looking up weregarurumon and wargreymon just to live in the nostalgia for a bit and continued just typing in random names for digimons like... idk stuff like trashmon, bluemon, and I just so happened to type shoutmon and was amazed that it was an actual digimon and that there was a whole new season I had never heard of

Even the snake seems inordinately drawn to Angewomon...

This is on Netflix and it said that Mikey is 7 years old 😂

Fusion was my childhood but going back it hasn’t aged well for me

The Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal of Digimon

I personally enjoyed appli mon. The concept was more about the fact that everything can be done through your phone with an app, and the digimon franchise decided to "digivolve" it's concept to the more modern moment (thus the name). Both theme songs were quite decent, the characters do have a great development throughout the series and the villain actually had a person that is more relatable to our current lifestyle.

Everyone in comment section: Digimon Fusion sucks!!!! Me: I kinda liked it.

I think your first problem with Xros Wars is acknowledging that Fusion exists.

10:18 I see you have a classy snake

Your snake is a born actor, knows exactly what must be done to sell the scene. 5/5 video would watch again.

Those were the days when digimons digivolved to the next level lol

Really we all know Billiam will kill Digimon in the end

5:38 You should re-watch Frontier, you think he's the "I'm going my own path" kinda dude, but it's actually only for the first few episodes, he becomes a better Matt then Matt, actually caring about the group and willingly sacrificing for Takuya after Takuya's super safe plan to beat Duskmon (Kochi tells him before that it won't work and is way to dangerous for everyone) fails. Takuya literally accepts death and Kochi jumps in without any hesitation

Sooo no mention of the second best music in the franchize that Xros Wars had? Alright then...

I liked the manga better. It made villains like Lilithmon an actual threat who actually wasnt afraid to get her hands dirty and fight. In the anime she was literally forgettable and all I can remember is how much she reminded me of team rocket but instead of being likable shes just horrible in every sense. It's my least favorite season. But I did enjoy its manga adaptation marginally more then the anime

FUSION IS JUST A CHEAP TACTIC TO MAKE WEAK DIGIMON STRONGER (and I know that joke's probably outdated)

I love how you did admit that maybe it was nostalgia that made the earlier Digimon series seem less childlike. And to be fair, for a kid, Mikey would look quite cool. And frankly, I think it should be noted that a large part of the reason for WHY lots of Digimon games failed... was because they SUCK AT MARKETING... I mean, seriously, Pokemon, Dragon Ball Super and so many franchises actually make sure people know they are coming out. I do remember that Digimon did announce a game and it got a lot of views... but then MONTHS go by and it just gets forgotten. Hell, even Tri got the same marketing disasters. People can't buy games if you don't tell them about it, and you shouldn't expect a person to remember an announcement from MONTHS ago... That said, my favorite Digimon was actually Digimon Savers (or Data Squad). The characters were awesome and fun, though I do wish they just did more. It was cool, but it was also a HUGE waste of potential.

Code lyoko

Applimon is actually pretty good for what it's worth

In my Opinion is Digimon Fusion waaay to underrated. Especially the Hunter Arc is absolutely great, the End was so awesome

I had a hard time sitting through the Leap Through Time, but the Seven Death Generals was easily the best of the bunch

I remember watching Xros Wars weekly and posting in a forum about it. Wasn't the best, but I still had fun with the series as a whole. Though Xros Hunters, the series that came after, was pretty bad. While Xros Wars was on the verge of being canceled, Xros Hunters just got its time slot immediately taken away, which meant they had to rush the ending. Also, while the collecting aspect seemed cool, there wasn't much done with it, and Tagiru probably only uses three or so of his extramons. The ending even just kind of shoves the main character role to him, when he admits he did nothing to earn it. The fact that it doesn't have its own review and is just taped onto the end of this one shows that it's just "there".

The only thing good about fusion is the fact that Ben Diskin voices Shoutmon

I hope we would have Mervamon in the digimon games one day. I know certain group of people don't want her because of her "appeal", but I look past that (Like I wish most people would on most things).

“It’s just clean, light-hearted fun” is the perfect description for Hunters and it’s why I enjoy the season so much. The writing’s not great and there’s very little character development (except for the conclusion to Yuu’s character arc which admittedly did make me pretty emotional) but it was bright and fun and I was perfectly okay with that, especially since it was a short season. As for Xros Wars, I liked it a lot but I have to admit it does have issues and you pretty much nailed them. I was nervous about Appmon but it honestly became my favorite Digimon series, I highly recommend giving it a chance at least! Either way, I’ve really enjoyed these Digimon reviews

As someone who has read the manga, its amazing how the anime didn't even try to adapt some ideas from the manga

Appli-monsters is really good though. It's semi-slow but has a very adult teaching theme

"Digimon doesn't have to reinvent itself" But Digimon Tamers, the season you and I know to be the best, reinvented not just Digimon, but the whole 'mon genre, brutally deconstructing it even. I'm not the biggest fan of Digimon Savers, but I still appreciate it tried to do something different. The reason I stuck with that season but not Xros Wars was because Xros Wars didn't reinvent itself, period. I hate cliches and repetitive formula, so a rehashed storyline is a big turn-off for me.

The banana ball python part killed me, if your snake doesn't hold your figures, are they even trying?

10:01, Hasbro, if you're watching this, make it happen

I was laughing so hard at the digifusion between the snake and the Angewomon figure

10:13 that snake want's angewomon

the thing about dubs vers subs is nowadays subs is an absolute- for fidelity sake. however due to how they changed the product in the 80s and 90s and leading into the 2000s I think you can realistically criticize the products as two completely different entities. Especially 4kids productions. as pokemon was really the only one they didnt heavily change the context for. *also imagine being the company that wasted such success by ruining good dubbing opportunities.*

8:00 I would had described it as shiny Latios/Latias. XD

Digimon Xros Wars wasn't that bad I definitely think the worst part about it was Hunters. Although I think the manga is ten times better than it.

I do like how the games seem to be continually localized now since Cyber Sleuth with the exception of mobile games

Its really amazing how Pokémon can keep releasing the same game/anime with the first 151 Pokémon and does fine but Digimon tries to do something different and no one cares.

Digimon fusion was great ngl no hate for the ones who dont like it

I watched fusion as a kid, so it was my favorite

Would you cover Code Lyoko? I really liked that show

I can't wait for billiam to review appmon because that's techincally Digimon too just a different coat of paint.

From my understanding Xross Wars (NOT fusion) was fairly well liked by fans. However the sequel was DESPISED and the fact the finale has the previous protags appear....to give the 'main' hero a power up so he can beat the bad guy himself was SUPER lame.

I'll be real, I have no issue with kids dubs for younger anime. I loved the original Digimon Xros Wars, it's one of my favorite seasons unironically. I whole heartedly blame the dub for a majority of the hate Xros Wars receives. And it has nothing to do with me being older, as I loved the dub for Yokai Watch which is even newer than Xros Wars. I've found a lot of newer dubs for kids anime have been making them even MORE kiddy than the older kids dubs did. Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-Vs dub does the same thing, even more censorship than in older seasons except in Arc-Vs case even the voice acting was kind of ass. Newer kids dubs seem to be going waaaayyyy down hill for whatever reason.

This is the only digimon series I ever watched as a kid and i love it

Xros wars wasn’t that bad but hunters just straight up sucked

Actually you should totally watch Applimon. I wasn't sure about it at first too but it is actually pretty good. Definitely pleasantly surprised by it.

Digimon fusion, is my childhood and i like it regardless what people think of it.

Do Applimon next plz

Saban Brands was like the new 4Kids Entertainment for torturing anime like Magical Pretty Cure into Glitter Force and Digimon Xros Wars into Digimon Fusion and Super Sentai seasons like Shinkenger into Power Rangers Samurai, Goseiger into Power Rangers Megaforce and Gokaiger into Super Megaforce.

Man, if Appmon is the only season you haven't seen, you really should give it a shot. I actually think it's in the top 3 of Digimon seasons. Alot of people skip it because they think it's not digimon, they are. Don't deprive yourself of one of the best seasons.

I actually liked Applimon for what it was It has some familiarity to digimon but uses the apps to try something new. Some characters were a bit annoying at first but i really grew to like them and their quirks (even Cho noneru norenai oddly enough). They manage to put kid moments along with some more serious moments pretty well

Appmon is totally not a spin-off, it literally has Digimon in it, and it hits the Digimon theming perfectly, it also has dark tones that really work and you can tell ghost game definitely took inspection from it

The snake fusing with the action figure was hysterical!

Xros Wars was weird Counter argument: *WE ARE XROS HEART ver. X7*

One positive out of digimon fusion was darknightmon. And yes I did watch digimon fusion from start to finish.

Digimon season 1 was my all time favorite and I’m sad to see that their ark is over for good

i honestly loved xros wars without including hunters, in my personal top 3 digimon series with savers and adventure 1

Best part for me was Shoutmon. I love his design and Omegashoutmon

It's always so weird to me that Xros Wars was so unpopular. I can understand the dub wasn't great, but I watched only the sub, and it's my favorite Digimon series! The story and characters were great, to me at least, and the music in particular is some of my favorite anime music. Even the background music, not just the songs and stuff, it's just fantastic! I suggest giving it a listen, folks have playlists of the whole soundtrack here on RU-vid. The idea of Xros Wars was that Bagramon was bringing child prodigies to the Digital World, trying to get one that would allow him to unlock certain powers, and that was Nene's brother. But that's also why Kiriha and Nene were brought there, though Nene mostly went along with it to rescue her brother. Taiki is also a child prodigy. He's not just really good at sports, he's good at everything, like the others. They show off the sports, but mention other things in passing, and he and the others are meant to be generals of various digimon armies trying to conquer and unite the world. Of course, Taiki does this primarily by making friends with the various digimon and helping them defend themselves against the other armies that are just trying to subjugate them. The rivalry between Taiki and Yuu as two genius tacticians was a pretty central idea, and Kiriha was also meant to be a rival in there. All of them fighting eachother was also meant to hone their skills and power, for Bagramon's plan. With so few human characters, there was also a lot of emphasis put on the digimon and their relationships, so that was pretty interesting. I was surprised you didn't mention Cutemon even once! Pardon the spoiler for anyone reading who hasn't watched it yet, but their big reveal "I'M A BOY!" was really impactful for me. All through the series, folks were treating them like a kid and using either gender-neutral or female descriptors, but it was really impacting their pride. They're also as important as any of the human characters at the very least, since they're outside of the Xrosloader most of the time, hanging out with Dorulumon. I'm really curious why it was so unpopular in Japan. Do you happen to know? I might guess that making all the main characters child prodigies would make them hard to relate to, but I'm not sure if it was that or something else. Like I said, I loved it! It was my favorite by far, even though I was well into adulthood when I watched it. It's hard to see what folks wouldn't like about it, from my perspective, and your coverage mostly seems to show the flaws in the dub, even though you also watched the sub and said they had many of the same flaws. I just don't get it? Anyways thanks for reading my super long RU-vid comment. As one final note, you mentioned how 'attractive' many of the female type digimon look. Maybe you're just straight and didn't notice, but the male digimon are also super hot. The main designer for Digimon is Gay with a capital G. It's a big part of their identity and culture, and they like thick muscley guys in dramatic military inspired outfits. Also belts! He really likes belts. I'm actually impressed he's able to make hot lady digimon at the same time. Getting both sides covered is really nice.

Completely wrong. Digimon Xros Wars's views were really good for it's timeslot with the toy sales being really well. Source: I was on a few Digimon forums back when Xros Wars aired with their own sources on broadcast viewership and toy sales. Hunters mostly sucked, save for the crossover in the last couple of episodes as it being the only good part of that season. Now HUNTERS is the guilty series with lackluster broadcast views and zero toy sales. Hunters only exists because Xros Wars did very well, and because it was around Digimon's 15th anniversary as a celebration. That being said, Hunters should not be part of Xros Wars since it's not even part of the exact same story, it's like Adventure 2 in that sense. Hunters is season 7 and not part of season 6 (and you can't convince me otherwise). Fun fact: Taiki's voice actress is Pit's from Kid Icarus Uprising and Smash Bros.

More Digimon! Nice! Almost killed Digimon? Not so Nice!

Christoper has short term memory loss for friendship

That Angewoman and Snake fusion was hilarious.

It to bad that the third season of it didn’t get dubbed

Digimon Fusion was what brought me back to digimon and the Digiverse

Not gonna lie, I really want you to review Appmon and see how well you think it measures but to the other series. The only real issue is it hasn't been dubbed and I know you tend to prefer the dubs.