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===Anime=== {{See also|List of Digimon episodes and films}} ====Television series==== Multiple ''Digimon'' anime series have been produced by [[Toei Animation]] since 1999. The first of these was ''[[Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series)|Digimon Adventure]]''; it began as a short film, but after its storyboard was finished, a request for the film to become a television series was made. The film debuted in theaters a day before the series debuted on TV.{{cn|date=January 2025}} There are seven ''Digimon'' series were [[Dub localization|adapted]] into English for release in Western markets, with the first four treated as a single show under the collective title ''Digimon: Digital Monsters''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/digimon/episode1.html|title=Digimon: Digital Monsters Episode Guide|work=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Family Properties]]|access-date=2018-11-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010615125822/http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/digimon/episode1.html|archive-date=2001-06-15}}</ref> The sixth series, ''Digimon Fusion'', was only partially dubbed; its third season was never dub into English.{{cn|date=January 2025}} {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |No. ! rowspan="2" |'''Title''' ! rowspan="2" |Episodes ! colspan="2" |Originally aired ! rowspan="2" |Network |- !First aired !Last aired |- ! style="background:#FFA040;" rowspan="2" | !1 |''[[Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series)|Digimon Adventure]]'' (1999) |54 |{{Start date|1999|3|7}} |{{End date|2000|3|26}} | rowspan="5" |[[Fuji TV]] |- !2 |''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' |50 |{{Start date|2000|4|2}} |{{End date|2001|3|25}} |- ! style="background:#1F99F0;" | !3 |''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' |51 |{{Start date|2001|4|1}} |{{End date|2002|3|31}} |- ! style="background:#45C686;" | !4 |''[[Digimon Frontier]]'' |50 |{{Start date|2002|4|7}} |{{End date|2003|3|30}} |- ! style="background:#F0CF25;" | !5 |''[[Digimon Data Squad]]'' |48 |{{Start date|2006|4|2}} |{{End date|2007|3|25}} |- ! style="background:#FF7777;" | !6 |''[[Digimon Fusion]]'' |79 |{{Start date|2010|7|6}} |{{End date|2012|3|25}} |[[TV Asahi]] |- ! style="background:#007BA7;" | !7 |''[[Digimon Universe: App Monsters]]'' |52 |{{Start date|2016|10|1}} |{{End date|2017|9|30}} |[[TV Tokyo]] |- ! style="background:#8A2BE2;" | !8 |''[[Digimon Adventure (2020 TV series)|Digimon Adventure:]]'' (2020) |67 |{{Start date|2020|4|5}} ||{{End date|2021|9|26}} | rowspan="2" |Fuji TV |- ! style="background:#E35D5D;" | !9 |''[[Digimon Ghost Game]]'' |67+1 special ||{{Start date|2021|10|3}} ||{{End date|2023|3|26}} |- ! style="background:#EC22D6;" | !10 |''[[Digimon Beatbreak]]'' | |{{Start date|2025|10|}} || | rowspan="1" |TBA |- ! colspan="3" |Total !519 episodes ! ! ! |} ====Films==== {{Main|List of Digimon films}} Several ''Digimon'' films were released in Japan, with some of them seasonal tie-ins for their respective television series. Footage from the first three films was used for the American-produced ''Digimon: The Movie''. {| class="wikitable sortable" ! style="background:#000000;" class="unsortable"| !'''Title''' ! colspan="2" |Originally released |- ! style="background:#FFA040;" rowspan="6" | |''[[Digimon Adventure (film)|Digimon Adventure]]'' |{{Start date|1999|3|6}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!]]'' |{{Start date|2000|3|4}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure 02#Films|Digimon Adventure 02: Part 1: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! /<br>Part 2: Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals]]'' |{{Start date|2000|7|8}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series)|Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grand Prix!]]'' |{{Start date|2000|7|20}} |- |''[[Digimon: The Movie]]'' |{{Start date|2000|10|6}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure 02#Films|Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon]]'' |{{Start date|2001|3|3}} |- ! style="background:#1F99F0;" rowspan="2" | |''[[Digimon Tamers#Films|Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers]]'' |{{Start date|2001|7|14}} |- |''[[Digimon Tamers#Films|Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon]]'' |{{Start date|2002|3|2}} |- ! style="background:#45C686;" | |''[[Digimon Frontier#Film|Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon]]'' |{{Start date|2002|7|20}} |- ! style="background:#000000;" | |''[[Digital Monster X-Evolution]]'' |{{Start date|2005|1|3}} |- ! style="background:#F0CF25;" rowspan="2" | |''Digimon Savers 3D: The Digital World in Imminent Danger!'' |{{Start date|2006|7|8}} |- |''[[Digimon Data Squad#Film|Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!]]'' |{{Start date|2006|12|9}} |- ! style="background:#FFA040;" rowspan="8" | |''[[Digimon Adventure tri.|Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 1: Reunion]]'' |{{Start date|2015|11|21}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure tri.|Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 2: Determination]]'' |{{Start date|2016|3|12}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure tri.|Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 3: Confession]]'' |{{Start date|2016|9|24}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure tri.|Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 4: Loss]]'' |{{Start date|2017|2|25}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure tri.|Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 5: Coexistence]]'' |{{Start date|2017|9|30}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure tri.|Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 6: Future]]'' |{{Start date|2018|5|5}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna]]'' |{{Start date|2020|2|21}} |- |''[[Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning]]'' |{{Start date|2023|10|5}} |} ====OVA==== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |No. ! rowspan="2" |'''Title''' ! rowspan="2" |Episodes !First aired !Last aired |- ! style="background:#FFA040| !1 |''[[Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna#Digimon Adventure 20th Memorial Story|Digimon Adventure 20th Memorial Story]]'' |5 |{{Start date|2019|11|22}} |{{End date|2020|12|25}} |- ! style="background:#FFA040| !2 |''Digimon Adventure -BEYOND-'' |1 |{{Start date|2025|03|20}} |{{Start date|2025|03|20}} |} ====Distribution and localization==== In the United States, the first three series that made up ''Digimon: Digital Monsters'' first aired on [[Fox Kids]] from August 14, 1999 to June 8, 2002. The localized series was produced by [[Saban Entertainment]], which was acquired by [[The Walt Disney Company]] during the show's Fox Kids run. Some scenes from the original shows were modified or omitted in order to comply with Fox's [[standards and practices]]. The show also featured more jokes and added dialogue, along with a completely different musical score. As a cross-promotional stunt, 2001 and 2002 saw ''Digi-Bowl'' specials co-produced with [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]]; ''NFL on Fox'' commentator [[Terry Bradshaw]] provided interstitial segments in-between episodes as if the episodes were actually a football game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/digimon/digibowl/|title=Digimon: Digital Monsters: Digibowl 2002|work=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Family Properties]]|access-date=2018-11-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020123021428/http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/digimon/digibowl/|archive-date=2002-01-23}}</ref> Disney's acquisition of Saban resulted in ''Digimon'' airing on Disney's TV networks and programming blocks. Reruns of the show began airing on the [[cable network]] [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] on March 4, 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abcfamilynet.com/schedules/docs/march_sch.pdf|title=ABC Family March 2002 Schedule|publisher=ABC Family|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050917033116/http://www.abcfamilynet.com/schedules/docs/march_sch.pdf|access-date=2021-11-10|archive-date=2005-09-17}}</ref> while the fourth series, ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'', premiered on [[UPN]]'s [[Disney's One Too]] block.<ref name="erickson">{{cite book|title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003, Volume 1|last1=Erickson|first1=Hal|author-link1=Hal Erickson (author)|year=2005|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0786420995 |page=249}}</ref> UPN aired the series until late August 2003, when they severed their ties to Disney.<ref name="erickson"/> ''Frontier'' also aired in reruns on ABC Family and on [[Toon Disney]] under the [[Jetix]] branding. An English version of ''[[Digimon Data Squad]]'', produced by Studiopolis, premiered October 1, 2007, on Toon Disney. Around this time, the remaining Digimon Adventure 02 movie, both Tamers movies and the Frontier movie were dubbed and aired on Toon Disney in the US, with most actors from the TV series reprising their roles. The Data Squad/Savers movie however have not had a North American localised English dub produced. In September 2012, [[Saban Brands]], a successor to Saban Entertainment, announced it had acquired the ''Digimon'' anime franchise.<ref>{{cite news|last=Crowe|first=Deborah|title=Saban Brands Acquires Digimon Anime Brand|url=http://www.labusinessjournal.com/news/2012/sep/25/saban-brands-acquires-digimon-anime-brand/|access-date=September 26, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Business Journal|date=September 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Saban Brands Acquires Digimon Anime Franchise|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-25/saban-brands-acquires-digimon-anime-franchise|access-date=September 26, 2012|newspaper=AnimeNewsNetwork|date=September 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Sarah|title=Saban Brands Acquires Digimon Brand|url=http://www.bsckids.com/2012/09/saban-brands-acquires-digimon-brand/|access-date=September 26, 2012|newspaper=BSCKids|date=September 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928234026/http://www.bsckids.com/2012/09/saban-brands-acquires-digimon-brand/|archive-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref> Saban announced an English dub for ''Digimon Xros Wars'', retitled ''[[Digimon Fusion]]'', for broadcast on [[Nickelodeon]] in the United States starting September 7, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.c21media.net/archives/100265 |title=Nickelodeon dives into Digimon | News |publisher=C21Media |access-date=2013-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416084142/http://www.c21media.net/archives/100265 |archive-date=2013-04-16 }}</ref> [[Saban Capital Group]] sold most of Saban Brands' entertainment properties to [[Hasbro]] in 2018 and shutter the division in July of that year.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 1, 2018|title=Hasbro buying Power Rangers, other brands in $522M deal|language=en|work=ABC News|agency=AP|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/hasbro-buying-power-rangers-brands-522m-deal-54850725|access-date=May 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=May 2, 2018|title=Saban Brands Sells Power Rangers to Hasbro for $522M|work=Los Angeles Business Journal|url=http://labusinessjournal.com/news/2018/may/02/saban-brands-sell-power-rangers-hasbro/|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref> The ''Digimon Adventure tri.'' series were distributed in North America by [[Eleven Arts]]. The English dub utilized localized names from Saban's original dub, reunite several voice actors from the original cast, and feature a remixed version of the English opening theme,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicsverse.com/digimon-tri-american-release/|title=Eleven Arts CEO Ko Mori Speaks on DIGIMON TRI. English Release|publisher=ComicsVerse|date=July 8, 2016|access-date=July 24, 2016|archive-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809014918/http://comicsverse.com/digimon-tri-american-release/|url-status=live}}</ref> while retaining the original Japanese score.<ref name="dubpremiere">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-09-16/inside-the-english-dub-premiere-of-digimon-adventure-tri/.106537|title=Inside the English Dub Premiere of Digimon Adventure Tri|publisher=Anime News Network|date=September 16, 2016|access-date=September 17, 2016|archive-date=September 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916151745/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-09-16/inside-the-english-dub-premiere-of-digimon-adventure-tri/.106537|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shout! Factory]] acquired the broadcast and home media distribution rights for the films.<ref name="Shout! Factory">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-17/shout-factory-licenses-1st-3-digimon-adventure-tri-anime-films/.111152|title=Shout! Factory Licenses 1st 3 Digimon Adventure tri. Anime Films|date=January 17, 2017|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118013554/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-17/shout-factory-licenses-1st-3-digimon-adventure-tri-anime-films/.111152|url-status=live}},</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2017-10-26/digimon-adventure-tri-confession-collectible-dvd-and-bd-combo-pack-debut-in-stores-december-5-2017/.123210|title=Digimon Adventure tri. -- Confession Collectible DVD and BD Combo Pack Debut in Stores December 5, 2017|publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=November 5, 2017|archive-date=November 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104153912/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2017-10-26/digimon-adventure-tri-confession-collectible-dvd-and-bd-combo-pack-debut-in-stores-december-5-2017/.123210|url-status=live}}</ref> ====International==== In Canada, the English versions of ''Digimon'' were broadcast on [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]], with the exception of ''Data Squad'', which aired in [[Family Channel (Canadian TV network)|Family Channel]]'s Jetix block. YTV acquired ''Digimon Fusion'', but only the first 26 episodes were shown.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} In the United Kingdom, ''Digimon'' first aired on [[Disney XD (UK and Ireland)|Fox Kids]]. [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s children's slot [[CITV]] broadcast ''Adventure'', ''Adventure 02'' and several episodes of ''Tamers'' during after school hours from 2001β2002. The rest of ''Tamers'' aired on [[Disney XD (UK and Ireland)|Fox Kids]] from 2002β03.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'' was originally announced to be broadcast on Jetix, but the series was later dropped.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} The series eventually saw a release on October 29, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=3d7f23dcc3fa67ae73ba0c804&id=38734eff97|title=AW Slate|website=us12.campaign-archive.com}}</ref> In 2011, ''Digimon Data Squad'' aired on [[Kix!]]. According to Fox Kids' (2000β03) and Kix's (2010β) [[Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|BARB]] Television ratings, ''Adventure'', ''Adventure 02'' and ''Tamers'' have been the most popular series'/seasons in the United Kingdom and was consistently in the weekly top 10 broadcasts for both channels for new episodes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Viewing Data Top 10s|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-10?|publisher=BARB (Broadcasters' Audience Research Board)|access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> Broadcast rights and merchandising sub-licensing rights for ''Digimon Fusion'' in the UK have been acquired by [[ITV Studios#ITV Studios Global Entertainment|ITV Studios Global Entertainment]]. ''Digimon Fusion'' had aired since Spring 2014 on digital terrestrial channel, CITV.<ref>{{cite web|last=Clancy|first=Michelle|title=ITV to broadcast Digimon Fusion anime in 2014|url=http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2013101730346/itv-to-broadcast-digimon-fusion-anime-in-2014.html|publisher=Rapid TV News|access-date=22 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Dickson|first=Jeremy|title=ITV licenses Digimon Fusion|url=http://kidscreen.com/2013/10/18/itv-licenses-digimon-fusion/|publisher=Kidsscreen|access-date=22 October 2013}}</ref> In the Philippines, ''Digimon'' was first aired on [[ABS-CBN]] in Filipino English language from June 2, 2000 to October 21, 2001. And later, it was shift to Filipino in April 6, 2002.
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