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It has been years since anything was said in the previous discussion thread, so it's a good time for a revival so everyone can be updated regarding what happened in the last few years.
Franchise-wide, since the last update, we have had the end of two anime (Digimon Adventure: and Digimon Ghost Game), the start of a new manga that is now becoming a webcomic (Digimon Dreamers), the start of a web novel (Digimon Seekers), various V-Pets releases, the end of Digimon ReArise, the release of Digimon Survive, and even a port of Digimon World Next Order for PC and Nintendo Switch.
We are still waiting for the next Digimon Adventure 02 movie, the start of the new manga made by a fan, and any future reveals for V-Pets and games. If we talk about non-Japanese materiall, there's also Digimon New Century that has started, a Chinese mobile game, and also various updates on Korean games like Digimon Masters (That will be remastered soon), Digimon RPG, and even new games being made.
In regards to what we are going to do here, the current blog posts are very outdated. We have planned a complete revision of the general Digimon understanding due to the changes in the tiering system, and although I started making a blog to explain that (in fact, I did that more than once), the huge amount of Digimon news has become overwhelming to just update the blogs since some changes to the very foundation of the series have been revealed. This isn't just for the new material like Digimon Survive; recently, a ton of Digimon guidebooks have been scanned, and that introduced a ton of new stuff.
The source for the image I used here, for example, says: Battles are performed by connecting Digimon machines together. When that happens, the Digimon will be transferred to a place called a Battlefield, where they will fight in an endlessly expanding space using hand-to-hand combat and special moves. When the battle ends, they will be returned to the main body, and if they are unlucky, they'll get injured.
This is something from the very first Bandai's Official Digimon Encyclopedia released for the first Digital Monster, and it's very interesting to argue about the general sizes of Digimon spaces.
There are also manuals, old live streams that have finally been translated, new interviews, the release of material like Digimon Survive, and even the 25th Anniversary Artbook. All of this changed a lot about how we understood the series and because of that, a complete overhaul is being planned. In order to make it work, I started releasing blog posts researching all the important available lore for each era of the series, and I just finished the review for Digital Monster Ver.1~5 (Started in 1997 and ended in 1998). After that I'll work on the review of Digimon Pendulum, Digimon Adventure, and so on until we finally reach the present with Digimon Seekers.
Since the last big revision, the tiering system changed a lot and some rulings are now more severe. That is why we want to give a complete understanding of the series so it can be in a solid place before even more changes start.
Franchise-wide, since the last update, we have had the end of two anime (Digimon Adventure: and Digimon Ghost Game), the start of a new manga that is now becoming a webcomic (Digimon Dreamers), the start of a web novel (Digimon Seekers), various V-Pets releases, the end of Digimon ReArise, the release of Digimon Survive, and even a port of Digimon World Next Order for PC and Nintendo Switch.
We are still waiting for the next Digimon Adventure 02 movie, the start of the new manga made by a fan, and any future reveals for V-Pets and games. If we talk about non-Japanese materiall, there's also Digimon New Century that has started, a Chinese mobile game, and also various updates on Korean games like Digimon Masters (That will be remastered soon), Digimon RPG, and even new games being made.
In regards to what we are going to do here, the current blog posts are very outdated. We have planned a complete revision of the general Digimon understanding due to the changes in the tiering system, and although I started making a blog to explain that (in fact, I did that more than once), the huge amount of Digimon news has become overwhelming to just update the blogs since some changes to the very foundation of the series have been revealed. This isn't just for the new material like Digimon Survive; recently, a ton of Digimon guidebooks have been scanned, and that introduced a ton of new stuff.
The source for the image I used here, for example, says: Battles are performed by connecting Digimon machines together. When that happens, the Digimon will be transferred to a place called a Battlefield, where they will fight in an endlessly expanding space using hand-to-hand combat and special moves. When the battle ends, they will be returned to the main body, and if they are unlucky, they'll get injured.
This is something from the very first Bandai's Official Digimon Encyclopedia released for the first Digital Monster, and it's very interesting to argue about the general sizes of Digimon spaces.
There are also manuals, old live streams that have finally been translated, new interviews, the release of material like Digimon Survive, and even the 25th Anniversary Artbook. All of this changed a lot about how we understood the series and because of that, a complete overhaul is being planned. In order to make it work, I started releasing blog posts researching all the important available lore for each era of the series, and I just finished the review for Digital Monster Ver.1~5 (Started in 1997 and ended in 1998). After that I'll work on the review of Digimon Pendulum, Digimon Adventure, and so on until we finally reach the present with Digimon Seekers.
Since the last big revision, the tiering system changed a lot and some rulings are now more severe. That is why we want to give a complete understanding of the series so it can be in a solid place before even more changes start.
