10 Interesting Facts About Digimon

Bandai had a huge hit with girls in the Tamagotchi virtual pet. To appeal to boys, the company created the Digimon virtual pet and added a fighting feature. The rest is history!

Digimon was such a massive hit that followup seasons were a lock. But the show was so big that Bandai put season 2 into production before season 1 had completed.

The original plan was to have Digimon last only 13 episodes and be a supplement series released alongside the original PlayStation 1 game. But this glorified commercial quickly took off and the rest is history.

Unlike Pokemon, Digimon had no problem killing off characters. Sure, the monsters can't die as they are digital (unless it happens in the real world), but the fact that the show addressed death was pretty adult.

In the first Digimon game for the PS1, Digimon World, if you scroll through Giromon's jukebox on the American version of the game, the game will freeze up on you and force you to rest your PS1!

Unlike Pokemon, the creatures in Digimon can evolve based on how they are raised/treated, each having multiple forms. This can be seen in the show when Tai forced Agumon to Digivolve by treating him badly, thus getting SkullGreymon.

Like many other shows and films of the time, Digimon saw edits in the U.S. after the terrorist attacks that happened on 9/11. In the episode "My Sister's Keeper," a scene of Machinedramon blowing up a building.

Digimon Tamers is considered by many as a darker take on the Digimon series, with better pacing, stronger plots, and more adult themes. This can be attributed to Chiaki J. Konaka who previous worked on the quite dark Hellsing.

The love triangle between Tai, Matt, and Sora was planned out from the start by the writers. The plan was always to have Matt end up with Sora. If you are a keen enough viewer, you can actually find bits of foreshadowing for this in season 1.

Pokemon the Movie was a massive cash cow and Fox wanted in on the action. But instead of making a Digimon movie in full, the studio took three Japanese shorts and stung them together. It was a mess, but it did turn a profit.