Digimon Tamers | A Retrospective Of The Series 

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In my humble opinion; Tamers is the peak of Digimon Anime.

I have always loved Tamers because of the realistic setting and the small cast of Tamers who each got a solid characterization and development throughout the story. But by the time Beelzemon was introduced, it became top tier and the very dark theme translated so well to me when I was 9 and still does 20 years later. It's a masterpiece.

I really like how the end of season battle isn't some single, drawn out fight. It's multiple battles and with actual retreat, regroup and tactics involved.

My favourite show ever. Hearing "Takatomon" still makes me tear up 🥰

Belzemon using leomons technique as he tries to save her is peak. I tear up just remember it even happened before you showed it. Gives me chills to see him so desperate to save her while Leomon seems to give him his blessing

Rika's problem with her mother go beyond the age gap, but also the lack of disinterest from her mother, her mother being a supermodel and constantly trying to enforce her hobbies onto her daughter, making her dress girly and photoshoot, treating her more like a doll or an extension to herself rather than her own person, despite her mother's love is obvious Rika constantly separates because of this , her mother at the beginning of the series is too dense to comprehend the damage she's causing And as an extra thing, it seems the mother has always been dodging the topic of Rika's father, so not only she pulled her away from her dad but now wants Rika to be like her, accidentally ignoring her needs. While the grandmother knows this and constantly vouches for Rika whenever she goes off on her own but also trying to be too accepting makes Rika feel like she doesn't really have anyone in the family that wants her around. Renamon is a strong digimon but from the beginning when they met she interfered and forced herself to be Rika's partner because she knew Rika didn't need a strong digimon but a friend, but she would stick around for Rika and play the part of the power-hungry digimon for the first part, knowing that just by sticking by Rika would start seeing her as less of a tool/game but as the friend she's been needing for so long. Rika is a tough front but deep down it shows that despite her tomboyish appearance she's scared (when Galgomon appears or IceDevimon) and also isn't afraid of getting in touch with her feminine side (as shown whenever she privately interacts with Culumon) but never gets the chance too because she's afraid that those traits will define her when she wants to be the opposite of her mother

The voice actors for the dub deserve so much credit. I adore Tamers

This is one of the few "kid" show that I would have no shame recommending to an adult, even today I considere it one of the best kid show ever, absolutly love this serie.

I just realized that Jeri may have foreshadowed her role in the story when Takato asked her about a friend who grew too big and she assumed it was about a girl he liked growing too tall and wanting her to go back to the way things were before and then telling him to go find another girl, potentially implying herself(19:17). Then in a similar order, Takato confessed his feelings to her doppelganger, wishing Jeri would return to her old happier self, then her doppelganger kept growing bigger and bigger and then Takato searched for the real Jeri. Some of the visuals even match up, Jeri assumed Takato's friend had the silhouette of a fully mature woman, and when the doppelganger revealed herself, she makes herself look like a fully matured Jeri.

Fun fact: Guilmon symbol is known as Digital Hazard. Only certain Digimon in the entire series has it, and it means they has the potential to be highly destructive. When corrupted they can threaten to annihilate the existence of both human and digital world. This is why Takato's decisions during the course of the series are important.

Digimon Tamers has been and likely will remain peak Digimon 😭 I watched this as a kid and never forgot this show more so than any other Digimon show.

Takato: Hey at least our final moments here are peaceful ones. Guilmon: I’d rather they be fun ones, can I wake up Calumon now? All: No!

The ending going full serial experiments Lain will never not amaze me. I absolutely love this show

The second half of this season is legitimatly the greatest piece of entertainment ever made

My favorite season. I don’t know why but I felt most emotionally connected to all the characters in this season. This season was genuinely heartbreaking and extremely euphoric altogether.

Calumon: - Comes to play - Refuses to elaborate further - leaves

I really loved this series. Jerry and Leomon were so tragic and the ending really tugs at your heartstrings because of the smaller cast you really get a close connection to all of them. Every character and mon fleshed out.

the backstory of professors creating Digimon makes it exciting

This was the first Digimon season that felt really solid. Not that the first two weren`t fun in their own right but this one didn`t have weird things like the crests that would just fix problems with powers that weren`t established or have plotlines that just get dropped. You could tell a lot of care went into this seasons story and it really shines for it.

I think out of all the Digimon shows, Tamers probably had some of the best lore. Not to mention how this lore works with the concept that my friends and I discussed, in how the Digital World is similar to Persona, being that it's like a cognitive world of the collective unconsciousness. Hence why Guilmon can be created by Takato using the drawings he made because his imagination and wish for a Digimon. This was reflected by the other tamers. Not to mention how the blue cards are materialized by simply wishing for them. Even a fake one that was made by someone else, can still function as a real one simply because it is believed to be the real thing. Traversing the Digital World also involves wishing to reach a certain destination or person. And finally, Biomerging is the wish to fight alongside your partner.

So to briefly go over some of the significant story/scene changes from the original to the dub: All the references to previous anime series are solely a creation of the dub. The Japanese version only establishes the existence of the card game as well as video games. Leomon's last words in the Japanese version are "So this was my destiny?" which carries great significance to Jeri later on as she always references destiny in order to internalize her grief. The scene in episode 51 where Lee pleads with Henry goes down a lot different in the Japanese version. There he asks for forgiveness; with Henry's nod to him implying that he already forgives him versus the dub where it's implied he would never forgive him.

Most detailed explanation any diehard digimon fan could ever wish for. Thank you for making these! Lots of love from Malaysia

Watched this as a child, it was the first anime that really left an impression on me. Found myself humming the theme without knowing what it was... Glad I was able to refind it

it's crazy that I'm still getting hyped about these blue card swipes. I ain't watched this show in two decades.

Suzie becoming a Devah's tamer is the funniest thing about Tamers.

Tamers is amazing and it deserves the praise it gets. I hope it gets a sequel anime. Because that’s what NB has been doing with the Digimon anime. Adventure 1&2 have been getting sequels to their anime. Tamers deserves it too.

In the story Calumon is the embodiment of Digivolution but from the observation in the show, there are still a few avenues of Digivolution available: 1. Absobing data from other Digimon, which normally puts them in the evil Digivolution paths, which is showcased by the wild and ready to fight digimon the team find IRL in most episodes; 2. Partner/Tamer Digivolution, where a Tamer evolves their partner through their bond. 3. Biomerge with Tamer. In Tamers it seems that way 1 prevents way 2 unless the Digimon have fully digested/integrated data from other digimon... in essence their data must be in a stable state to Partner Digivolve. This is key because unlike the other Digimon shows this one primarily involves absorbing other Digimon's data, in fact, I cannot remember any other Digimon show where the partners absorb other Digimon 's data after defeating them. This is what I believe caused Renamon to not be able to Digivolve, as Impmon later showcases the instability of his data from the instability of his mind and actions later in the show, the Partner Digimon are stable in their data and always in full control of themselves after they stopped absorbing data often if at all.

I hold the first four seasons of this show prety close to my heart and I'll rewatch them anytime. However Tamers is definetly the best season with some damn good storytelling and charachter development. Creating another of the best redemption arcs in media and not afraid to just be cute and fun even while having some of the darkest moments in this series.

my favourite thing is how they utilize the cards in the series. instead of just sitting around and being in risk of being targetted the tamers can do something to help their digimon in battle other than giving them commands, what i hope was the digimon cards could summon temporary digimon clones, like bot players, to assist instead of just used for attacks

Finally a Digituber not just praising the OG Duology or Ghost game. Tamers is by far the best digimon has ever been. It had a sense of mystery and darkness to it that is never gonna be able to be replicated in digimon agian. Truly a kids show that handled adult targets very well. And it deserves more praise for that.

Even though Tamers wasn't THE first show I grew up with, it was the first I was emotionally invested on. I had just entered a dinosaur love phase after watching an animated film with them, so seeing Guilmon and how Takato bonded with him was my everything. Guilmon was the bestest boy I'd ever seen, and as someone who really didn't have friends growing up I wanted Guilmon to be real, to be my best friend. And boy did the story hit me hard on that point. And as I live in Mexico, I had the privilige to fall in love with the Latino opening of the anime, just amazing.

Love Tamers! Adventure was good but I remember watching the first episode of Tamers. Seeing Takato draw Guilmon and play the card game. It was like seeing me in the show.

It's stunning to see, how different voiceactors and different music drasticly changes the tone of this series. I'm from germany and love this season of Digimon, but our Voiceactors sounded way older and we got the original japanese Music with new, german lyrics. The Opening "biggest Dreamer" will always be a banger! Thank you for your video and your insights.

Impmon has such a fascinating redemption arc. He does something reprehensible (murdering a Digimon in front of their child partner), comes to regret his actions, and when he decides to become good...the heroes reject him. The idea that you can't be easily forgiven for your actions, that those past crimes have lasting effects on others (Jeri's mental state), and that his "one good deed" of saving Jeri ultimately ends in failure was powerful to me as a kid. Especially since he never expected to be forgiven but still continued to try and be a better person.

Regarding the "milk shake" and Orochi-mon. It´s sake, since it is based on the legend of the Battle between Orochi and the storm god Sunanoo. He also used strategy to get the great serpent drunk, to weaken him before the battle itself. Also visible with the brewing-implements and the Sakazuki ( the red sake bowl which Jeri pours the Sake in with the laddle ) . Since the kids are japanese, some of them may have even known that legend . )

I always considered Tamers as my favorite season. But watching this video, all the memories of my first watch had me tearing up more times than I coule count. Impmon's struggles, Jeri's past and her despair after losing Leomon, the development everyone went through. It was so good. And yet,it wasn't until you pointed it out that I realizes that moment with the hand puppet was Jeri trying to strangle herself.

Arguably the best Digimon series so far, the story and the character development was amazing. I don't think they will ever top this one!

I started watching Digimon when I was a kid. The original Adventure, as well as 02, are something I still hold dear to my heart to this day. The first season especially. But despite of my long history with Digimon I didn't watch Tamers until I was an adult. And maybe that was for the best, in a way. Because today Tamers stands as one of my favorite Digimon seasons right alongside the other two mentioned. I love the main cast of characters, both the kids and their digimon partners. Takato is someone I greatly relate to, personality-wise, and also by being an only child. Overall, Tamers is a great season. While it might not be able to overthrow Adventure because my nostalgia goggles are on firmly, it still is something I wouldn't let go in exchange for anything. I'm glad I chose to watch the season when I did. Also the fact that in the English dub the Gekomon were making milkshakes caught me by surprise. I watched the Finnish dub which follows the original Japanese one more closely and so I'm used to them making sake. Although I do get why they changed it.

this anime marked my childhood, it was a masterpiece for what it was and what it needed to do.

This is my favorite season of Digimon. I could see why others would prefer another season, but this was the first season I saw so it holds a special place in my heart. And Takato is my favorite gogglehead (though that's mostly because of how different he is from all the other goggleheads).

This season was so incredibly good! And the TWIST towards the end was INCREDIBLE I still remember and will never forget it lol

Honestly, one of my favorite concepts in digimon came out of tamers: biomerge digivolution. It felt like a natural progression for digivolving. Digimon rely on human partners for power, meaning that the closer and more honest the two partners were with each other, the stronger the digimon got. This eventually came to full flower with the tamer merging with their digimon, providing the ultimate power boost needed to reach mega. It also allowed the tamers to fully join battles. I really wish they would bring this digivolution back, especially since they keep making battle design choices that would make more sense with biomerge. Why have the 2020 reboot digidestined ride into high level battles on their digimons’ shoulders when biomerge would allow them to join in without being a liability? Why, in ghost game, have the kids seemingly join in on their partners’ highest level evolutions, only to “jump out” at the last second? Why even have that be part of the sequence if you don’t use it? They also had a fairly good path into biomerge with the “synching” between digimon and partner. Sorry for the rant, it’s just that the writers for some reason keep dropping little “references” to biomerge without actually bringing it back. Especially since many fans I’ve heard talk about the series also like the biomerge mechanic, so why not bring it back?

The series that awakened a lot of buried feelings in people

This is my favorite Digimon anime of all time.The characters are really interesting, the plot is really filled with unpredictable plot twists, and the mature atmosfer makes things really enjoyable to watch for anyone. They did even use few of the ideas from the final villain from the series in the Digimon Cyber Sleuth games.

The dark masters arc will always be my favorite. The designs, the kills. I loved it

The small text comments like Mega Moltres and "I hate u" were hilarious lol I can't wait to see my personal fave which is Frontiers be on here in the future! Otherwise I loved this one! Also I was shocked seeing the Digimons movie's villain diaboromon (I think that's his name) casually be there in multiple numbers in this video lol

Tamers fans eating good! I would love if they remade Tamers and rewrote some stuff slightly. Introducing Ryo earlier (like maybe in the first ep, at a card tournament, so we get a soft intro to Rika getting second place, to Ryo. Maybe Takato tries and loses or he and Henry be in the crowd, separately of course. And Alice with Dobermon should have had a couple of B plot scenes in the background throughout a chunk of episodes, nailing it in that she's important and doing some lowkey stuff, only to have a godly mission from the digi-gods themselves. And she can emphasize with Jeri a little as well, both knowing loss. ) If done this way, we have our main three fighters, that goes to 4 with Ryo being introduced around when the main 3 gets ultimate, but we use him sparingly, until they get into the digiworld, then he stays permanently. During this time with Ryo away, we can see that he meets and works with Alice for a bit. Until they separate, then we'll have a total of 5 fighters with Impmon. More screentime, interconnection with characters, etc, Feel free to drop throughts

Digimon Tamers has writing nearly on-par with regular grown Anime.....I absolutely LOVE the detailed writing this show has above any other Series. Taking this franchise into a pure Sci-Fi Genre was just genius.

The lofi in the background the whole time just makes this even better. great video!

This digimon season was first one that actively give kids superpowers

As a little kid, while I watched and liked the first two digimon series, Digimon Tamers struck to the core of my heart. I really loved the setting, the cast, the characters, and even the digimon themselves. I think because the cast was smaller and the digimon actually talked more like characters themselves. I watched the English Dub on JETIX at the time, not knowing it was a Japanese anime production nor it had a Japanese dub. So, I was able to enjoy the American version of it really nicely. This series will always have a special place in my heart.

Something I just noticed, but at 13:10, one of the shadowed Digimon that appears to proposition to be Rikka's partner looks to be apocalymon. So means that Renamon beat out a mega and potentially ultimate level Digimon. But I mean not choosing the closest Digimon equivalent to satan as your partner is fair, but never mind that because that also implies that Rikka is so good at the game that digi-satan wants to be on her side. Let that sink in.

This remains my favorite series of Digimon. The tamer angle was awesome because it contributed more strategy to battle other than having your Digimon use their same attack over and over. Even the kids walking into the areas with their Digimon and glasses was stylish as hell. This is at the top of my list as a series I'd like to see revisited with a more adult spin. I could watch Digimon tamer teams investigating and hunting Digimon all day.

This was my first Digimon series, was compelled to watch it when I was gonna try adventure on Netflix and saw season 3 was a different thing, it was so amazing being dropped fresh into this world and I love it so damn much

if Digimon ever got a Netflix series Tamers would be a great series to opt for

As a kid I really liked the new Digivolution theme and how from rookie to champion the main three had this "skin ripping off / reforming" effect. Still is pretty cool.

Just going to add my two cent with Jeri there, I can't just say Culumon was the only that help her gain the courage to free herself from her despair. It also was Beelzemon determination to gain her forgiveness and save her and Leomon encouragement that totally save her.

As Ryo did feel shoe horned, felt like a cameo and used tamers as a transition to retire him. Most of his back story and character arc is better explained in the wondersawn games. It also explains his connection to adventure series and how he transition to the tamers series.

The original japanese/european soundtrack is sooo much better in my opinion, It elevates this show even more, it's so good.

Man, the biomerge sequence still gives me chills.

Watched this almost 20 years ago and I still remember that line like it was yesterday 1:48:20

The D-Reaper is like something from Junji Ito

I actually watched this whole video lol. Great work

I'm excited for the data squad retrospective because that's my favourite digimon season

I don't think there will ever be a character like this impmon/Beelzemon in a Digimon anime, game, etc, the character has so much layers in tamers and he is developing every time he was on screen.I like all the characters but for me he was the real MC xD. Also as a mexican I have to say I like the latino dub so much more. Like now days I think I like to hear anime more in english, but at the time of tamers I really think we had fantastic voice actores dubbing anime, and they were killing it in tamers. Thank you for reminding me of this series, as you narrated I got excited reminding me how much and why I liked it so much.

It's crazy to me that this is an 01 anime. I was 6 when I was watching this and to this day Dukemon is my favorite Digimon.

Since we're speaking about the dub, the voices are alright but I just cannot forgive the change in music. Like, the original digievolution themes are SO GOOD, Sakuyamon's evo is a core memory of mine (i saw the latam spanish dub, btw) and seeing what they did... 😭 That aside, loved the video! Great work! I'd be waiting for the next season's retrospectives

“Just think how happy you could be if you didn’t work so hard to make yourself so sad” -Calumon, somehow dropping one of the most beautiful quotes I’ve ever heard in my life

Great video man. Digimon was 90 percent of my childhood and I have much love for the series. I subscribed! Hope to get more digimon videos along with other 90s and early 2000 shows 😃

18:36 I'm Brazilian and I feel genuinely sorry for anyone around the world who didn't get to watch this with the original OST back when they were kids. How could they fuck it up this bad God bless everyone who was involved in bringing Digimon up to Frontier to Brazil. They were trully GOATED in the job they done

While Digimon tends to censor less japanese culture than other anime its really jarring to learn the Geckomon are making Milkshakes instead of Alcohol in the english dub great vid thank you!

Among all the other truly great voice acting talent on this show, I will never get over Steve freaking Blum doing that ridiculous nasally-helium voice for Guilmon through the whole thing. It's AMAZING.

Season 3 was awesome! the best season!

We really all need to be more like calamon

I closely watched this as a kid. Don't get me wrong, I watched parts 1 and 2 too, and 2 was my favorite, but when this came out it was the coolest thing bc the characters existed in the world where Digimon was a TV series, which was MY world, so I absolutely fell in love with it.

Gotta request you do Zoids at some point, particularly the Chaotic Century seasons. Probably my most loved “non-mainstream” anime as a kid that I later revisited and absolutely loved. Not to mention the model kits, old and new, are pretty sweet

This my fave series growing up, I had all the digivies for this season. Thank you for the great and amazing memories

Hearing this "Digimon-Rap" during the Digivolution makes me really glad about the german OST

I always liked Tamers far more than the other Digimon anime series because of the focus on character, as in flawed characters, character development and relashionships, and it touching on deeper/heavier themes. It really stayed with me.

I just finished rewatching this series, and it’s amazing how well it’s aged. It’s still the best digimon anime series, hands down. I’ve never really been a fan of biomerging, but ultimately, the gimmicks pale in comparison to the amazing character work that happened throughout. I love that this series treats the adult characters like human beings, and gives them both complexity and arcs. Ultimately it’s a show about emotional epiphany and growth, and I still think about my own struggles with depression when Rika and Renamon talk about choosing your own destiny. It’s a thematic gold mine.

Digimon savers is probably my favorite season but his one and Xros Wars are a close second place.

Great video.

I fell into Digimon with S1. I loved S1 and humored S2 until disappointed by the abysmal ending. Tamers came and at first I begrudged how Different it was. But even in youth I came to realize. This truly was a better series, the characters were better both humans and mons. Renamon and Rika still live rent free in my head. After this, I couldn't bring myself to humor other shows. Maybe in the many years since, something valuable has happened but the few following series were no-gos for me after Tamers, and I wish for it to get more content the same way S1 characters have been the last few years.

Ah Tamers, was such a massive departure from the rest of the franchise. Was a type of show that left a massive massive impact on 5 year old me and I will love it dearly for shaping my tastes.

Tamers was my favorite digimon show ❤

This is my favorite season. To me, "Digimon Tamers" is where the anime series ends.

thankyou for including the digi-evolution sequences, they're so amazing

Guilmon: Oh, I ate so fast, I forgot to breathe. He falls back. Guilmon: I need a bigger tummy Takato, draw me one? Takato: Okay. Guilmon: You’re a pal. Terriermon: Draw him some self control. Henry: And just how many buns have you had? Terriermon: Two, three, twelve. He eats some more. Terriermon: I lost count. Mrs. Wong: Henry could learn a thing or two from you Terriermon, he’s handsome but skinny as a mosquito, right? Henry blushes. Henry: Right.

Terriermon: Oh. Lopmon: Oh. Terriermon: You look like a chocolate flavored me. Terriermon: Only with two more horns, it’s freaky.

Adventure 01 and Tamers are the best story-wise, ever. Adventure Angemon and Angewomon Redemption Arc walked so Leomon and Bleezemon could run, but both are groundbreaking in their own way. Even your speed-run-recap made me cry. Like that's how deep this trauma lives in my psyche.

I'm so glad to see this exists! This is my favorite season and series besides adventure and 02!

Easily my favourite season of Digimon to date. Gave such a strong introduction to the series for me when I was a child. Leomon being done dirty sits my mind on repeat whenever I think about this season.

Digimon Tamers has always been my favorite series of Digimon. Super nostalgic back in the day watching it on Jetix was so dope.

Thank you SO MUCH for your videos. I realize making these is a lot of work, so I don't take it for granted!

Pretty good retrospective definitely an underrated channel

I do feel like some of the side characters were under utilized, like Takato's friends who get some sweet partners (I freaking love Andromon and MarineAngemon) and especially Alice and Ryo. But gosh dang it, when the core themes and character arcs are that good, some lost potential on the side is barely a speedbump. Plus in an inverse way I kind of like there being other people, characters that we barely get to see on screen, also having intimidate relations to the Digital World that we just aren't privy to as viewers. It feels weird from a storytelling perspective, but makes the world feel believably large and intriguing from a worldbuilding perspective. I love Tamers. I still hold the first show in very, very high regard personally, but Tamers successfully usurped it as my favorite, and is a testament to good children's media.

My only real criticism of this video is that a full recap of the story wasn't necessary, you could have shortened that into a briefer synopsis, and a few things that might have helped to establish is that 1. Digimon adventure was media inside of the tamers universe, 2. Ryo technically existed in both universes because he actually traveled the multiverse but that was established in the wonderswan games so not a lot of people realize that Ryo is the best tamer ever. Awesome video.

Tamers was my favorite and honestly the only season i lovedd. Its dark, mature, memorable, loved most of its characters and progression. The dubbing is solid to despite some missteps. Takato was the main character i relate to the most. Kind, soft, not wanting fights, but has to be strong.

Still the best Digimon series, the character depth is insane considering what it was. Beelzamon's arc is anime gold 👌👌