Editing Digimon (section)

==Conception and creation==
{{see|Digital Monster}}
[[File:Digimon Mini.jpg|thumb|left|Virtual pet model distributed on the Japanese market by [[Bandai]],<ref name=relic>{{cite web|language=en|url=http://www.tamatalk.com/pixelmood/digimon.htm|publisher=Tamatalk|author=Pixelmood|title=Pixelmood - ''Digimon''|access-date=22 March 2014}}</ref>]]

The ''Digimon'' franchise began as a series of virtual pets created by WiZ and Bandai, intended as a masculine counterpart to the more female-oriented [[Tamagotchi]] pets.<ref name="dgart">{{cite book|chapter=渡辺けんじスペシャルインタビュー|trans-chapter=Kenji Watanabe Special Interview|title=デジタルモンスター ART BOOK Ver.1～5&20th|trans-title=Digital Monster ART BOOK Ver.1~5&20th|publisher=Bandai|date=2017-12-09}}</ref><ref name="dgpnd">{{cite book|chapter=デジモンペンデュラム開発者インタビュー|trans-chapter=Digimon Pendulum Developers’ Interview|title=デジタルモンスター ART BOOK Ver.PENDULUM|trans-title=Digital Monster ART BOOK Ver.PENDULUM|publisher=Bandai|date=2018-11-21}}</ref> It was released in June 1997<ref name=relic/> with the name [[Digital Monster]],<ref name=nytimes-richtel>{{cite news|language=en|url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/010198digimon.html|title=From Virtual Pet to Virtual Pit Bull: Fighting Cyber Toys|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|author=Matt Richtel|date=January 1, 1998|access-date=March 22, 2014}}</ref> shortened for ''Digimon''.<ref name=adventure-volume-2>{{cite web|language=en|url=http://www.beyondhollywood.com/dvd-review-digimon-adventure-volume-2/|title=DVD Review: ''Digimon Adventure'' – Volume 2|date=March 28, 2013|author=Dedpool|publisher=BeyondHollywood.com|access-date=March 28, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401163818/http://www.beyondhollywood.com/dvd-review-digimon-adventure-volume-2/|archive-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|language=en|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=''Pokémon'', G-Boy Lead Parade of Toys at Fair|page=60|volume=112|number=13|date=March 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sg4EAAAAMBAJ&q=digimon&pg=PA60|access-date=April 18, 2014}}</ref> This device shows to players a [[virtual pet]] composed entirely of data and designed to play and fight.<ref name=relic/><ref name=nytimes-richtel/><ref>{{cite web|language=en|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2000/07/06/digimon-world|website=[[IGN]]|title=''Digimon World''. We promise not to say the word ''Pokemon'' at all in this entire review.|author=David Zdyrko|date=5 July 2000|access-date=March 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liberation.fr/vous/1997/12/10/le-nouveau-tamagotchi-sera-sexueune-gamme-pour-assurer-la-rente-du-fabricant_224494|language=fr|title=Le nouveau Tamagotchi sera sexué. Une gamme pour assurer la rente du fabricant.|date=10 December 1997|author=Tiphaine Clotault|newspaper=[[Libération]]|access-date=April 11, 2014}}</ref> In February 1998, the ''DigiMon'' fighting game was announced. It was developed by Rapture Technologies.<ref>{{cite web|language=en|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bandai+Digital+Entertainment+%27Ready+To+Rumble%27+in+June+with...-a020310291|title=Bandai Digital Entertainment Ready To Rumble in June with ''DigiMon'' CD-ROM|publisher=The Free Library|author=Bandai Digital Entertainment Corp.|date=17 February 1998|access-date=15 April 2014|archive-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911114853/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bandai+Digital+Entertainment+%27Ready+To+Rumble%27+in+June+with...-a020310291|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] [[manga]] ''[[C'mon Digimon]]'', designed by Tenya Yabuno, was published in the Japanese magazine [[V-Jump]] by [[Shueisha]] in 1997.<ref name=digitalnimonstra>{{cite web|language=cs|url=http://digitalnimonstra.cz/cmon.php|title=Digimon C'mon|publisher=digitalnimonstra.cz|access-date=22 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124400/http://digitalnimonstra.cz/cmon.php|archive-date=2014-04-13}}</ref>

A second generation of virtual pets was marketed six months after the launch of the first, followed by a third in 1998.<ref name=bellaonline>{{cite web|language=en|url=http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art45160.asp|title=Digimon|author=Lesley Aeschliman|publisher=Bella Online|access-date=9 May 2014}}</ref> Each player starts with a baby-level digital creature that has a limited number of attacks and transformations<ref name="vp">{{cite web|language=en|url=http://www.virtualpet.com/vp/farm/digimon/digimon.htm|title=''DigiMon'' Virtual Pet Page|publisher=virtualpet.com|access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref> and to make the creature stronger by training and nourishing the creature;<ref name=relic/><ref name=nytimes-richtel/> when the player is successful in a workout, the Digimon becomes strong, when the player fails, the Digimon becomes weak.<ref name=relic/><ref name=nytimes-richtel/> Two devices can be connected, allowing two players to battle with their respective creatures, an innovation at the time,<ref name=relic/> however, the battle is only possible from the moment the creature is in the child level or bigger.<ref name=relic/> Playgrounds and subways were where the majority of users of the apparatus were concentrated; the virtual pet was banned in some Asian schools, being considered by parents and teachers as very noisy and violent.<ref name=video-game-explo>{{cite book |last1=Wolf |first1=Mark |title=The Video Game Explosion: A History From PONG to Playstation and Beyond |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiM0ntMybNwC&pg=PA218 |year=2008 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=978-0-313-33868-7 |page=218}}</ref> The first Digimon were created by Japanese designer Kenji Watanabe, influenced by American [[comics]], which were beginning to gain popularity in Japan, and as such began to make his characters look stronger and "cool." Other types of Digimon, which until the year 2000 totalled 279,<ref name=sarahryle>{{cite news|language=en|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/may/14/sarahryle.theobserver|title=Digital pests invade Britain|author=Sarah Ryle|date=14 May 2000|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=15 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=en|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/DIGIMON%27S+COMING%3b+New+monster+toys+may+KO+Pokemon.-a062079625|title=''Digimon''{{'}}s coming; New monster toys may KO ''Pokemon''|publisher=The Free Library|author=Ruki Sayid|work=The Mirror|date=15 May 2000|access-date=15 April 2014}}</ref> came from extensive discussions and collaborations between the Bandai company members.<ref>{{cite magazine|language=ja|url=http://www.famitsu.com/news/201307/05035910.html|script-title=ja:『デジモンワールド リ：デジタイズ デコード』 イラストレーターインタビュー！|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|date=5 July 2013|access-date=12 February 2014}}</ref>

The original Digital Monster model that was released in 1997 sold {{nowrap|14 million}} units worldwide, including {{formatnum:13}} million units in Japan and {{formatnum:1}} million overseas, up until March 2004.<ref name="new-digimon-for-2005">{{cite news|language=en|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-05-25/new-digimon-for-2005|title=New ''Digimon'' for 2005|date=25 May 2004|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=23 March 2014}}</ref> By 2005, more than {{nowrap|24 million}} Digital Monster units had been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bandai Unveils New Digimon Virtual Pets |url=http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives-nov30/ |work=Anime News Service |date=November 11, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513065731/www.animenewsservice.com/archives-nov30/ |archive-date=2017-05-13 |access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref>