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Digimon Frontier
Digimon Frontier
GenreAction, Adventure, Shonen, Super Sentai
Anime
Directed byYukio Kaizawa
StudioToei Animation
Anime
Island of Lost Digimon
StudioToei Animation
Related works

Digimon Frontier (2002) is the 4th Digimon TV series. After prompted to do so by unusual phone messages, the five main characters go to a subway station and take a train to the Digital World. Once there, they meet two secondary characters, Bokomon and Neemon, who act as guides, and tell the DigiDestined that the DigiWorld is in danger. They must fight the antagonist, Cherubimon and his Legendary Warrior servants before they succeed in dominating the world; it's up to the children to save it.

Plot summary

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File:Newlogo4.jpg
Logo used in the English Dub

The biggest feature introduced in the season is "Spirit Evolution", where the Digi-Destined themselves evolve into Digimon to become Legendary Warriors, rather than having partners. For this special kind of evolution, they use "spirits," artifacts created by the Ancient Warriors that were hidden in certain areas of the Digital World. When the characters first arrive in the Digital World their cell phones turn into digivices called D-Tectors(D-Scanners in the Japanese version). Each character actually acquires two spirits each, the "human spirits" and the stronger "beast spirits," and some transform into even stronger forms by being able to use their two spirits at once and ultimately by combining all the team's spirits together. Another detail different from the previous seasons lies in the way the characters travel within the regions of the DigiWorld: most areas are connected by railroads, where train Digimon called "Trailmon" act as a means of transport.

When the five Digi-Destined arrive in the Digital World, they find themselves hunted by five other Legendary Warriors that serve the evil Cherubimon. After they defeat four of the enemy, Koji discovers that Duskmon, the fifth evil Legendary Warrior, is really his estranged brother Kouichi. With Takuya's help, Koji is able to free his brother, and Kouichi restores the Spirits of Darkness to their true forms and joins the team as the true Warrior of Darkness, Löwemon. After they defeat Cherubimon, the Digi-Destined learn that the true mastermind was Lucemon, an ancient, evil, angel Digimon whom the Ancient Warriors sealed away. So now the Six Digi-Destined must defeat his two Royal Knights before they scan away all of the Digital World, which would allow Lucemon to be free.

Digimon Frontier would receive lower ratings, and thus, the series did not have a successful run. Many blame its lack of partner Digimon and similarity to Super Sentai/Power Rangers, as well as the lack of equality in the heroes' power levels, as Takuya and Koji got two extra evolution stages (three counting Susanoomon).

Episodes

Main article: List of Digimon Frontier episodes

The season aired 50 episodes on Fuji TV in Japan from April 7, 2002 to March 30, 2003, then later on UPN and ABC Family Channel in the United States, and in Canada on YTV from September 9, 2002 to July 14, 2003. It was scheduled to air in the United Kingdom on Fox Kids UK, but it never happened (a fate shared by Season Three of Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon S). On the 27th of February 2007, this series of Digimon was first aired in Australia on Toasted TV despite that it was already shown on Cheez TV in 2003.

Characters

Main characters

Character Voice actor
File:Takuya intro digimon.jpg Takuya Kanbara
Kanbara Takuya (神原拓也)		 Michael Reisz (EN)
Junko Takeuchi (JP)
Leader of the group. Uses the Human Spirit of Flame to become Agunimon and the Beast Spirit of Flame to become BurningGreymon. He later received the power to assume the forms of Aldamon and EmperorGreymon.
File:Koji intro digimon.jpg Koji Minamoto
Minamoto Kouji (源輝二)		 Steve Staley (EN)
Hiroshi Kamiya (JP)
He was quiet and reserved, the "lone wolf". Uses the Human Spirit of Light to become Lobomon and the Beast Spirit of Light to become KendoGarurumon. He later received the power to become Beowolfmon and MagnaGarurumon.
File:JP intro digimon.jpg Junpei "J.P." Shibayama
Shibayama Junpei (柴山純平)		 Steven Blum (EN)
Mahito Amada (JP)
The oldest of the group. Uses the Human Spirit of Thunder to become Beetlemon and the Beast Spirit of Thunder to become MetalKabuterimon.
File:Zoe intro digimon.jpg Zoe Orimoto
Orimoto Izumi (織本泉)		 Michelle Ruff (EN)
Sawa Ishige (JP)
The only main female member of this season, and is very independent. Uses the Human Spirit of Wind to become Kazemon and the Beast Spirit of Wind to become Zephyrmon.
File:Tommy intro digimon.jpg Tommy Himi
Himi Tomoki (氷見友樹)		 Brianne Siddall (EN)
Kumiko Watanabe (JP)
The youngest of the group. Uses the Human Spirit of Ice, to become Kumamon and the Beast Spirit of Ice to become Korikakumon.
File:KoichiKimura.jpg Kouichi Kimura
Kimura Kouichi (木村輝一)		 Crispin Freeman (EN)
Kenichi Suzumura (JP)
Koji's twin brother. He was separated from Koji when they were babies when their parents divorced. Originally lost his memory and became Duskmon/Velgemon, an enemy to the others, but later became purified. Uses the Human Spirit of Darkness to become Loewemon and the Beast Spirit of Darkness to become JagerLoewemon.

Secondary characters

Villains

  • Onismon (Ornithmon) (Movie): Killed by AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon.

Family

  • Yuriko & Hiroaki Kanbara: Takuya's mother and father.
  • Shinya Kanbara: Takuya's brother. He and Takuya often fought each other, like most siblings.
  • Kousei Minamoto: Kouichi and Kouji's father. He took custody of Kouji when he divorced Tomoko and told Kouji that she was dead. He later remarried Satomi.
  • Satomi Minamoto: Kouji's stepmother. She was depressed when she thought that Kouji did not love her because he thought about his biological mother.
  • Tomoko Kimura: Kouji & Kouichi's biological mother. She took custody of Koichi when she divorced Kousei. Though she suffered from sickness, she continued to work because she knew she had to support Koichi.
  • Yutaka Himi: Tommy's older brother. He did not want Tommy to become spoiled, so he kept telling Tommy not to keep asking their parents for everything. This created a distance in their relationship. In the Japanese version, Tommy simply referred to him as 'brother'. The American dub gave him the first name of Yutaka.

Other children

These are all the other children that were brought by the Trailmon but not chosen to receive a spirit. Ophanimon sent them a message asking them to go home but they chose not to. Ophanimon sent Angemon to protect them, but they thought of Angemon as their Digimon and ignored what he told them. At some point in time, they came to the Beanstalk Village, where the Mamemon gave them the last of their peas. The group planted the peas where a giant bean stalk used to be, and it grew into another beanstalk. After Angemon was killed by the Royal Knights they decided to go back to the real world, but the Royal Knights captured them and took them back to the Beanstalk Village and demanded to know where the code was. After Takuya and crew saved them, they boarded a Trailmon and went back to the real world.

  • Katsuharu: He bullied Tommy in the past and forced him onto the Trailmon that brought him to the Digital World. He seemed to be the group's unofficial leader. His voice is similar to Kazu of Digimon Tamers.
  • Teppei: He also bullied Tommy in the past. He told Tommy to go back because he thought he was too weak to stay. When he saw Tommy beast spirit evolve, he took back what he said. His voice is the same as Tai of Digimon Adventure.
  • Chiaki: She felt she could become stronger if she stayed in the Digital World. Her voice is the same as Yolei of Digimon Adventure 02.
  • Teruo: He felt that his old life was boring and that he was more free in the Digital World. He sounds exactly like Davis Motomiya from Digimon Adventure 02.

Island of Lost Digimon

File:07 Island of Lost Digimon.jpg

The seventh of the TV-based Digimon movies, and possibly in continuity with the show, Takuya and company end up on a floating island in the middle of a civil war between human and beast Digimon, instigated by an evil Digimon named Murmuxmon. Murmuxmon was posing as the leader of each side in the war so that he could free an ancient evil - known as Onismon - that the Ancient Warriors, AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon had defeated. The team then tries to end the war but it is too late and Onismon is resurrected. However he is soon after defeated by the also resurrected AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon. The movie ends with the two sides finally making peace.
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English dub edits

A deleted dub scene from episode 15
  • In the original Japanese version Crusadermon was portrayed as an extremely effeminate male character.
  • In episode 15, a scene where the words "Sexy Dynamite" was shown in the background was edited out. The scene depicted Zoe in a red bikini. Also, when removing her shirt, she raises it a slight bit higher in the original Japanese version.
  • From episode 48 onwards, when the children were in the Hybrids as Susanoomon, certain parts were airbrushed out to avoid showing them nude. [citation needed]
  • Despite these edits, Digimon Frontier keeps the standard of content that has been running throughout the whole of Digimon's English run and is also the first to refer Digivolution as its Japanese counterpart (Evolution). (Other overseas dubs such as the Spanish and German dubs, use terms (derived from) Digivolution, despite this change).

Theme songs

Original

  • Opening: "FIRE!!" by Wada Kouji
  • Ending 1: "Innocent~Mujaki na Mama de~" by Wada Kouji
  • Ending 2: "an Endless tale" by Wada Kouji and Ai Maeda (as AiM)
  • Insert 1: "With The Will" by Wada Kouji (Evolution Theme)
  • Insert 2: "The Last Element" by Ayumi Miyazaki (Hyper Spirit Evolution Theme)
  • Insert 3: "Salamander" by Junko Takeuchi (Takuya's Theme)
  • Insert 4: "in the blue" by Hiroshi Kamiya (Koji's Theme)
  • Insert 5: "Spark!!" by Mahito Amada (Junpei's Theme)
  • Insert 6: "Kaze no Shizuku" by Sawa Ishige (Izumi's Theme)
  • Insert 7: "Say yes!" by Kumiko Watanabe (Tomoki's Theme)
  • Insert 8: "Oreta Tsubasa de -With Broken Wings-" by Kenichi Suzumura (Kouichi's Theme)
  • Insert 9: "Blader" by Kenichi Suzumura (Duskmon's Theme)

Credits

Cast (Japan)

Cast (English)

*All Characters listed here are referred to by their English Names.

Movie Cast

See also

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