Digimon Fusion was the sixth series within the popular Digimon anime franchise. While the franchise has been known for its many Digimon, battles, and fantastic storyline, this series took a bit of a darker turn while keeping much of the humor, adding in various tearjerker moments, and plenty👍 of fan service (not so much in the dubbed version, but plenty in the Japanese series!). Of course, the series ran into many issues not unfamiliar to the previous series of the franchise – lots of editing in the dubs, censoring, changing of time slots, changing networks, and more!
Some aspects of the series were received poorly by fans and networks alike, while other areas were highly praised by the fan base. There were highly emotional background stories for some of the Digimon, horrible bad guys we were glad to see be vanquished, hilarious moments between the main characters and their Digimon friends, fantastic and sometimes ridiculous DigiFuses, and everything in between. Those who are DigiDestined are sure to have noticed many of the great moments within the series, and ignored the hate from critics. However, there are lots of aspects even true fans may have missed, like how there were many voice actors in this series that all voiced characters in a very different anime, the very many shout-outs within the series (this even includes a shout-out to the Star Wars franchise), or how the show was almost canceled by the end of the first season! The Digimon Fusion seri♑es has been full of surprises and many secrets. Check out the list below and have your DigiDestined mindꩲ blown!
25 🌱 Star Destroying Techniques
Gravimon’s first appearance in Digimon Fusion is during episode 31, and it doesn’t take long for us (and the Fusion Fighters) to realize just how bad this guy is. He is not just a sadistic leader and tactical genius, but is also a high-ranking member of the Bagra Army and the Dark General of Canyon Land. Gravimon’s ultimate attack is called , and it is a forbidden technique. Gravity Bang takes all of the gravity pressure of the Digital World and places it upon Gravimon, and when he reaches his limit, it detonates all of his energy. The power of thisཧ attack is strong enough to destroy a🤪 star, and may even obliterate Gravimon himself!
Tactimon is one of the Three Generals of the Bagra Army, and also has a really powerful hidden technique.
The attack is called Hoshiwari, and it is capable of splitting a star in half. There isn’t much information given on how this attack works, but Tactimon certainly never uses; probably because it is ꦯjust too dangerous. It would have been interesting, in a horrible soꦺrt of way, to see Gravimon or Tactimon to have used these attacks. Both certainly go overboard, but hey, bad guys need to have ridiculous attacks too!
24 𒊎 ⛄ Mon Stands For Monster, Or Does It?
Digimon is short for Digital Monsters, obviously. The full name of “Digital Monsters” is even shown on the show’s logo. However, during the time of the American subbed series of Digimon Fusion, some fans started questioning this and came up with some really intrigui𒉰ng about what else the Mon in Digimon may stand for. One theory is that it has to do with marketing. With each of the Digimon h⛄aving “mon” at the end of their name, it’s highly unlikely anyone will question what they are or what anime/manga they are from. People would think “Those are Digimon” instead of “Are those Digimon?”.
However, another theory, which I consider to be the most interesting of the fan theories, ponders if maybe instead of mon just meaning monster that maybe instead it relates to the file format for the Digimon themselves. Taking into consideration that Digimon are digital lifeforms, this theꦐory actually seems a bit plausible. Maybe it is really supposed to be a reference to “.mon” just as “.doc” is the extension for Word documents or how web pages typically end with “.html” or “.php”. Digimon are made up of computer data after all. So maybe, just maybe, the file name for Cutemon is really Cute.mon or Bakemon is really filed as Bake.mon!
23 Deputymon Was Heavily Censored In The Dubs
Changes and censoring isn’t an uncommon occurrence in American dubbed versions of anime. One of the Digimon that say some heavy censoring was Deputymon. You see, Deputymon is a Digimon that wears a cowboy hat, uses guns, and his body becomes a pistol barrel, except in the dubbed version of course! While he pretty much looks the same, it seems that those in cꦺharge thought if they changed Deputymon’s coloring to blue and made it looks like he was shooting off lasers that would be much more acceptable!
When I look at the difference in appearance between the subbed and dubbed versions, 🦩it just makes me think they turned poor Deputymon into a Nerf gun! Oddly enough, in the English dubs of Digimon Adventures, Deputymon still looked like his normal gun self. Some speculate that part of the reason for the extreme censoring for the Fusion version of Deputymon is due to the dubbed version of the show being targeted mostly towards young children. As such, any show t♓hat has such a young demographic in the U.S. tends to be heavily censored, because of the mind frame of “think of the children!!”. In all seriousness though, he looks like a Nerf gun, and I don’t think anyone could change my mind on that one.
22 💫 The Digimon Universe
Long before Marvel started the trend of a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:shared universe, Digimon already had one. The main difference here is that fans of the anime series were unaware of this until episode 24 of Digimon Fusion. There really isn’t a given explanation of how they are all part of the same universe –ꦡ they just are. In episode 24, titled “Of Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time”, every single protagonist is summoned to one place to take on a great evil together.
As amazing 🐲as thisꦑ is, it also really doesn’t make a lot of sense.
This is particularly true when y🎃ou consider that even the protagonist from Digimon Tamers (in which the Digimon franchise itself actually exists) is summoned for this big battle. In case you didn’t know, in Digimon Tamers, there is a Digimon TV show and a card game. It shouldn’t be able to co-exist within the same universe as the other Digimon series, and yet, it somehow does! While it all seems crazy complicated (who knew Digimon was this complex!?), it just works out this way, and all of the protagonists fight side by side in order to save the Digital World. I’m not going to lie, it still confuses me some, but a♈ shared Digmon Universe is still 🦹pretty cool!
21 The Sacrifices Of Baalmon
Baalmon (also known as Reapmon) 🐎is an enlightened Digimon of the Demon Man type with an incredibly . While in the Sand Zone, we find out a lot about the history of Baalmon. His sacrifices are many and begin like this: long ago, Baalmon was part of a group of꧑ holy warriors. All of his comrades succumb to mind control, except for him, and start fighting one another. Baalmon, being the only one not under mind control, ends up ending the life of all of them, including his mentor, Angemon.
Once he meets the Fusion Fighters, he part💟akes in a𝓀 battle where he takes a fatal bullet for Shoutmon, and in the dub, as he’s lying in Shoutmon’s arms, he says “Am I...Am I worthy? Have I become, a warrior?” As he says this, Angemon appears in a vision telling him he has, and Baalmon passes. But then Baalmon comes back as Beezlebum🉐on! However🍃, he ends up sacrificing himself again to stop Lillithmon, and as his life comes to end, he gives us another tear-jerker moment saying “Mikey, thank you for what you did for me. Remember me, and know that I will always be by your side.” These heart-wrenching moments totally got to me, and still do just thinking about it!
20 ꧂ The American🌱 Version Has Lots Of Changes
Changes between the original and dubbed versions ✃of anime are commonplace. It happens, and we all pretty much expect it. Within Digimon Fusion, there is a mix of both simple and complex changes that includes character names, changes to the artwork, and censoring. Character name changes definitely occurred in Digimon Fusion. Most of the human characters were given English names in the dubbed version: Taiki becomes Mikey, Akari becomes Angie, Zenjirou becomes Jeremy, an♚d so on. A lot of the soundtrack had been changed as well. For example, the Japanese title song was replaced🔜 with an English song (the Japanese song was better, in my humble opinion).
Some of the Digimon’s names were changed as well. For example, Baalmon became Reapmon and Lillithmon became Laylamon. Some changes were made to th🎃eꦬ artwork as well. Hovering rocks were added to some scenes, characters being hit was covered up with effects, the Xros Loader was redone, guns were changed to different colors, and so on. There was also some censoring added in. Aside from changing Deputymon into looking more like a laser Nerf gun, Lillymon’s torso and chest were covered up, and bꦯoth Mervamon and Lillithmon had their ♋chests covered up as well. Yikes, that’s quite a few changes, and doesn’t even cover all of them!
19 The Show Barely Escaped Being Cancelled ꦗ
When Digimon Fusion first started airing in Japan as Digimon Xros Wars, the ratings were great. However, the good ratings did not last for very long. As the first season neared its end, the ratings started to drop. The ratings had become so bad that the anime was at risk for ! In fact, the ratings were so low that the first season of Digimon Fusion had some of the lowest ratings in the history of the Digimon franchiseꦿ. There was some speculation as to what caused this, but many fans believe it had to do with the show having many delays and being switched from a primetime slot to a Sunday morning slot.
But what saved our beloved Digimon Fusion series from being canceled in the end? Toys! A series of toys and merchandise were launched when t🎶he series was first launched. The toy sells were really good. The higher-ups in the network liked that part, and knew it would probably keep fans watching the show. Personally, I’m glad the show was saved, even if it ended up being just to benefit toy sales. Besides, some of the toys from this series were pretty neat (one of my favorites was Digimon Xros Loader).
18 ༺ Manga Based On The Anime?
There are many anime that are based on a manga. Usually, the manga has been out for some time, sometimes even for many years, before demand for an anime version comes about. A good example of this is with the Naruto series🦄 – the first time Naruto ever appeared as a manga was in 1997, but the anime didn’t make its debut until 2002. Digimon itself has an interesting history, having started off as a virtual pet toy similar to the incredibly popular Tomagatchi (not going to lie, I’ve bought another one since growing up) before becoming a manga and then an anime two years later. It’s a little different for Digimon Fusion though.
The manga for Digimon Fusion appeared in the V-Jump magazine June 21, 2010. It wasn’t long after that the anime made its premiere on TV Asahi. The debut episode for Digimon Xros Wars in Japan was July 6, 2010, just barely over after the start of the manga! This has had many fans🐷 speculate if ♒the anime was even really based on the manga, or if the manga was more-or-less based on the anime. It’s definitely an interesting and odd theory.
17 𝓡 Cursed By Networks 𒀰
Time and time again, the Digimon Fusion series has had issues sp🥂rung on it by the networks involved in airing the anime. This started when the series changed channels from Fuji TV to TV Asahi in Japan. Even just during the first se💖ason, there were frequent delays in new episodes, and this was only made worse by the anime switching from a primetime slot to a Sunday morning slot. When it changed slots, the result ended up being an entire month without any new episodes being aired!
The series was hit even harder with the English dub by Nickelodeon.
After the first two episodes were aired on Nickelodeon, the third was pre-empted for Worldwide Day of Play (a reasonable action, mind you), but when the third episode was supposed to air the following week, the first episode was rerun instead. This was just the beginning of the mishaps from the series being aired by the Nickelodeon network. During this time there were many delays and even random times of the show not even being aired. This led to the show eventually moving to the lesser-watched Nicktoons channel. When these mishaps are combined with the horrible treatment of the series by TV Asahi in Japan, many in the Digimon fanbase started joking that the Digimon Fusion series must have some sort of .
16 ꦐ No Movie For You
Most popular anime have movies to go along with either each major arc or individual series. This has been mostly true for the Digimon anime series as well, but there was not an associated movie made for the Digimon Fusion series. In fact, it was the first time a movie wasn’t made for one of the series within the franchise! Ther🤡e has been no official reason giving for not having a movie for Digimon Fusion, but there has been plenty of speculation made by fans of the show.
One suggestion for the lack of a film refers to the low ratings of the series as a whole, which could very well be the case. Another suggestion hints at the series not having an associated film is just another example of how the Digimon Fusion series has been mistreated by ♏the networks in general (the moving of channels and time slots, and the many episode delays). I’m sure I am not alone in wishing there had been a film – I would have been all for one! In fact, for the higher-ups in char🎃ge of the anime and related merchandise, it could have done really well for toy sells.