Digimon Frontier: The "HATED" Season | Billiam
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Billiam You got it wrong. Adventure 02 was the hated one.
Hey why don you do a review of Bakugan
You think people hated this season? Look at the comments my man. Surprisingly a lot of love from it. LOL
damm man, i knew there was a reason besides the removal of partner digimon that made this the weakest show. I actually watched this one but i have zero memories of it, no reason to care about it. good job bringing up what the actual problem was.
The kids morphing into Digimon wasn't a major issue for me. The simple fact is it didn't really grab or keep my attention very well, and I was expecting a further continuation of the storyline from the second season.
I like that hey separated the concepts of "darkness" and "evil."
Me too. I liked the fact that they showed that darkness is not evil. It's just a tool
I really liked that the two big baddies of the series are both angel Digimon. It's a pretty big subversion of the usual angel vs demon thing the show has going on. I kinda think they maybe took inspiration from Guilmon being a virus Digimon but still a good guy.
One of the best uses of the Dark is Not Bad trope in all media imo
@@victoriawhitcomb6475 one of them is literally lucifer my dude
Sure he is an angel but most religions that has him play a role has him be a fallen angel if not a demon
I had no idea people hated this season until a few years ago. It was one of my favorites as a kid
I think people hate or like based on what their taste is before Internet hit them with other people opinion lol
RIGHT?!!!
Same like wtf? I thought frontier was awesome af
I hated it at the time.
It's edgy and the artstyle is borderline horror sometimes. I absolutely adored it.
I think it’s worth noting that towards the end of the series the Digidestined actually FAILED to stop the villain’s plot. The Royal Knights (on behalf of Lucemon) were gathering data by destroying the Digital World little by little, and despite the Digidestined’s best efforts to stop them, it wasn’t enough. In the end, you can actually see the Digital World reduced to nothing. While other Digimon series (and even other series in general)’s main focus is “How do we stop the bad guys from reaching their goal?”, this one is actually “We failed to stop the bad guys, so where do we go from here?” It taught us to keep going and pressing on even though all hope seems lost.
Wait so in the end, everyone just died???
@@JK-xw5rn they don't really mentioned, but I think it's safe to assume that the majority of the Digimon died. The main characters plus a few Digimon survived though, and all of the baby Digimon were gathered on the moon. It's still a pretty grim situation
@@JK-xw5rnit was a mass extinction event/genocide to say the least. Only a small fraction of Digimon actually survived. If I’m remembering correctly, there wasn’t even a “oh we restored the code and now everyone is magically back alive.” It was more so “well, we saved some digieggs. They’ll repopulate the Digiworld.”
@@DigiTism I thought the digimon were just turned to code when defeated, and the code of all digimon/ the world was returned. The current digimon were turned to eggs after defeat, so they weren't gone forever, just reverted to their baby form
@@danielcurren2119That is what happened to every digimon besides Bokomon, Niimon, Patamon, Plotmon and Lopmon. But that is also what digimon consider to be death, because they lose their identity and most if not all of their memories in the process.
Frontier is an excellent season tbh. They had already dragged out the Digimon+Partner concept. It needed something new. The only criticism I have towards it was the fact that only the two main characters could fusion their beast+human spirit. It would’ve been great to see the others evolving to that stage as well. Also the plot twist with Koichi was amazing
That's what I wanted for the rest. I wanted them to do fusion spirit evolution
I personally felt the Koichi thing was far to similar to what they did with Ken to think it was that great of a concept.
Well, apparently according to the powers that be, they CAN in THEORY, but it never happened.
in adventures also tai and matt had partners that could digivolve to the mega level and in both occasions id loved to see the other ones to reach peak strength
What??? A digimon show where the 2 “main/cool” characters get a special power that the others never get? That’s never happened before
Loved Frontier as a kid BECAUSE there was no partner. Made the kid feel relevant and not useless
You realize Digimon can't do anything without those kids?
@@KidSnivy69 the giant fire breathing yellow dinasaur is already more competent than the kid. Always felt the kid useless in a digital godzilla fight.
They were already pretty useful in Tamers since they could support their Digimon in battle with card effects and merge with them to reach their final stage.
I feel iffy about the bio-merge thing in Tamer honestly..
Which is why I love Tamers, they kept the partners and made the humans more useful with the biomergeing.
I liked Digimon Frontier. I always thought the concept of the kids becoming Digimon was hella interesting and pretty damn refreshing.
They took things too a new levell. I dout Gamefreek could ever go beyond the league champion storyline and try anything difetent. Pokemon human fussion would be too weird I think but Gamefreek should have tried something different a long time ago.
@@TheOmegazerox close example to seeing that would be the pokemon reburst manga iirc.
Right! Like it was so cool to imagine what kind of digimon you would turn into.
Yes so different that’s what kept my interests it was different
@@TheOmegazerox It wouldn't work in the pokemon world
what they should've done a long time ago was regional variations and forth evolutions, not mega
I ADORED this season the opening song oh man it feels powerful! And the fact the kids are the ones fighting really makes them feel like this is THEIR world
The song was soooo good still remember it to this day
Best intro of all Digimon series
I don't dream about having a digimon partner as much as about being able to turn into one like Frontier. I love the season.
Honestly the kids transforming was the coolest thing about the series.
The writers did this because I believe they got good reception from the biomerge idea.
As a kid who'd watch Digimon Adventure and 02 reruns whenever possible, I sometimes daydreamed about that idea. Granted, it was about the kids still having partners and just fusing with them, but the outcome is sorta the same. Imagine my shock, years later, when I found out Digimon actually *did* such a thing! It's too bad the season doesn't stack up that well against the more popular ones.
Me and my lil bro designed our own digiforms
The reason I liked it so much was that it felt like a continuation of what they did in season 3 with the kids fusing with their digimon. Frontier to me was really really good imo!
Yeah! As a kid I wanted to turn into a digimon too! :D
So I'm glad that every single comment is like: 'well frontier was my favorite session'
Jacky Kramer YEEESSSSS!!!! There’s something so dope about the character fusing with their fighter ally, like in MegaMan NT Warrior
It was my favorite season tho, for real LOL I used to wake up at 5am on weekdays just so I could watch it before getting ready for school
Yeah wth I adored renamon and Guilmon but nothing ever beat the spirits. And the spirits getting upgrades. I disliked eggs.
Me.too it's a close second. To tamers. I loved frontier ❤️
Melvin Britton bro megaman nt Warrior was HARD!
Man I used to be so obsessed with this show as a kid, I dreamt I was in that world and could spirit evolve into agunimon 😅😂
Haven’t even started watching the video and I wanna say this......this was one of my favorites seasons. How can you not like a season where you turn into a superhero digimon instead of standing on the sidelines?! Ok now back to Cruella and smoking this blunt I go!🤣
"Being attracted to your si-"
*"Yes officer, that's the one."*
Good wasn't the only one who went ˝wait...what?˝
ClaweD Lynx lol! That is my exact reaction. XD
Jeffrey Moespot glad u caught that too cuz I did Lmaoo
wait that was in the show? i legit never caught that as a kid
Reginald Bailey it wasn’t in the show. There was this rumour or something that people came up with about that one episode where tai goes back to the normal world about there being underlying tones of incest. I think there is a UA-cam video about this idk I can’t remember
'Leader, little kid, angsty boy' You just described every franchise anime
There's also #BigBoy and Girl.
Not every anime has a leader, little kid, and a angsty boy
Drago Dragneel every franchise anime does. Besides Pokemon funnily enough
@@DurtyDan dont forget about fat comedic relief guy with issues/feelings
Friggin Boom Toys
Naruto has the... Uh...
Hunter X Hunter has... Oh...
Dragon Ball Z is... well...
Inuyasha...
Soul Eater...
Ble-...
... shit.
Frontier is one of my favorite seasons. Did I have to wake up super early because it came on at 6 am and aired on a channel we barely got and would I have to spend 15 minutes adjusting the antenna so I could watch it? Yes, but it got me through a school year where I was bullied so badly and had so many issues academically and emotionally my parents transferred me to another school halfway through the year. I could relate to all the characters in one way or another and it still holds a special place in my heart almost 19 years later.
I liked the idea of Turing into digimon instead of just having a pet cause it’s good to see the kids having to work on their own rather than just relying on their pet for everything
well then you need to atch super sentai or power ranger or something dude. "not having pets" is a very legitimate criticism of this shit show, despite not being the most important one
Billiam: The "Hated" Season
The comments: Well no, but actually no
Frontier had the best theme since OG theme 🤷🏾♂️. I know it word for word. Its honestly one of the best english openings for an anime.
Me too and I 100% agree
That it did.
DI - GI - MON!!!!
Better than one piece?
Lol I think I watched the entire show just because of the theme. I watched the latinamerican version. Nice to know the english version is good too, unlike the digirap XD.
Honestly shoulda continued to build on this concept. Still one of the coolest digimon seasons concepts to this day. Wouldn’t mind a more mature take with higher stakes all while being able to transform in digimon.
I actually thought about how could i improve on this concept and I have an idea
Spirit digimon:
Basically they are sub species of digimon like appmon. I imagine them as the minicons of the digital world. On their own are weak but they can get stronger by combining. They can combine with other spirit digimon,digimon and yes even humans. When they biofuse digivolve with a human they become champion levél digimon. The design varies on how the human looks but usually the most noticable change is the gender. Like take flamemon as an example if it fuses with a boy it becomes agunimon but if it fuses with a female it becomes a female agunimon. For their ultimate I thought about making them more beast like and their mega form could have a wide varriety of designs. What do you think?
I will say I really enjoyed Frontier, although Tamers was my favorite season. I actually just rewatched Tamers on Hulu and the emotional core of the story still hit me as an adult. I appreciate that Digimon tried to evolve its core concept beyond "Kids with monster partners go on an adventure". Frontiers at least tried to do something different and set itself apart from Pokémon, which a lot of properties were trying to mimic at that point in time.
And then at a point, Pokemon did this EXACT concept with their franchise.
@@razgrizraven Yeah and it was fucking amazing. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is fire 🔥 🔥 🔥
Hated? Digimon Frontier was my favorite season.
Megared82 Yes hated. By many. Including me. It was a god awful show and I changed the channel the second I heard that gay-ass opening theme.
Megared82 same
John Doe At least it had a theme and not a fucking jingle like the dub had up to then.
John Doe good thing 300 plus of us here disagree 😊.
@@JohnDoe-tp5jj gay for you cuz here in brazil its cool af.
Ahhhh good times, the child me never skipped a frontier episode
I liked frontier too!
As a kid who didn't have cable,I didn't even discover the fourth season til my mom told me there were cartoons on one sunday morning.So I missed much of that series,which is why I'm here.
Same here and this was the one the that truly inspired me as an artist. I only stopped watching because of the hiatus.
The eng dub song is still living rent free in my head to this day. The lyrics captured some of the themes of the show.
No one hated this season! This was the best season.
Actually I hated it. How embarrassing! Lol
@@Jawonsito I despised it as a kid and it was my only unfinished season for like 20 years. But then I watched the sub and it was a lot better
I don’t remember this season but nothing beats DA02
I hated this season. The kids turning into Digimon was a massive turnoff for me, and to this day, I still do, couldn't even make past the first 15 minutes of episode 1
I hated it so much as a kid.
I had no idea it was so hated, i loved it as a kid. Seasons 1 through 4 were my all time favorite
same here. i didnt know until years later when i went to a convention and talked to fellow digimon fans. turns out many of them dropped off after season 3
I only found out via internet, because it's only hated in the US, everyone I talked to here in Germany really liked it
@@WallahNein in Mexico as well and the rest of Latin America
'the characters always had the option to go home.' you forgot about that one time takuya tried it, didn't you? that time he left to go home but he didn't really and was turned into this hybrid human digimon creature as punishment? yeah. that time. good times.
and even that only worked because the villains helped in order to get rid of him, i'm pretty sure a few of them also tried to just go back the way they came at the very start and it just didnt work.
The villians: Totally worth it
Yeah I already want to stop with this video lol
But I do get where he's coming from. In S1 the digital world had a really threatening vibe to it and in S3 there was a very clear goal. Here there really isn't, there is a goal but it's really vague.
@@MrMarinus18 ... save the digital world, defeat the bad guy... it's the same as seasons 1-3. i thought it had just as many stakes with the world itself freakin disappearing when the bad guys managed to steal the codes
I will say that I love EmperorGreymon. He’s one of my favorite Greyson evolutions and his design is completely underrated. It’d be cool to see him as a biomerged mega in the new anime with Tai
Before looking them up again and rewatching them again, whenever I thought back on Digimon, it was THIS SEASON that I would recall. The way the fused with the Digimon was *E P I C.*
That yellow thing was like the opposite of pooh bear. He was lean and wore red pants no shirt. Pooh is chubby and wears a red crop top with no pants.
Sebastian Gomez I don’t think it’s a crop top I think he is either just fat or the shirt is just 1 or 2 sizes to small for him
Dude was still high af tho
Neemon was a Digimon of very little brain too.
Frontier is nostalgic af. Id watch it satuday mornings after chinese class.
Nostalgic doesn't means good.
You need japanish class if you want to understand anime.
@@cc1610 *slow clap*
@@iara0 He never say that but okay.
Frontier was actually my favorite the world, music, and the characters. To these day I still remember the opening theme song.
Takuya: "Oh fuck evil digimon, I'm in danger"
Tai: "Oh fuck evil digimon, you're in danger Agumon"
Yea. In every other season all the kids feel little more then Glorified Batterys XD
@@TheAnimeEncyclopedia Like the tamers helping with cards?
@@leonardofarias8843 Tamers and also Fusion helped cure the problem also
OMG binge watching Digimon on UA-cam was my childhood
Chipflake Same with me
Totally
i member the days of 10 long videos and having to watch it in 3 parts
I loved watching digimon
Nope. I watched Digimon on TV back in the day.
The “Hated” season. More like my “2nd favorite” season.
My favorite of all of them
I hate 02(and it's sequels) undeniably more than even this season for being the closest thing any other animesque medium got a similar treatment to current Pokemon anime
I just don’t know why I either dislike or hate Tamers something about that season rubbed me the wrong way
@@bengianturco7926 I used to dislike or hate any Digimon seasons past first 2 ones until I realizes lot of things that make Digimon more than just Pokemon clone only found on these digimon seasons
@@Masonicon I think the reason why I dislike Tamers is by having a card game it feels like Yugioh and the first 2 seasons of Digimon were the best also Fusion season was something different from what any season has done before
I loved Frontier more did I did any other season of Digimon. I remember coming home every day from elementary school seeing how the show progressed and oh man, what a treat it was.
You watch Yey?
I remember being really sad when I watched the last episode of Digimon Tamers(which was my favorite season) on TV. I was a dumb kid and thought that it would just magically continue the next week, but instead the first episode of Digimon Frontier aired that day. I hated it because it wasn't what my dumb kid brain expected, I wanted Tamers to continue, but I kept watching it anyway since there was nothing else on TV that interested me. Over the next few episodes I started really liking it and watched it all the way to the end.
The vid's at 11k likes.......
Where's my cover lmao
Can we please up vote this comment... I want to hear that cover lol
we want your cover!
I want this cover
UltraEpicGamingHQ so where is the cover
Bombard his Twitter. We must have the cover!
I personally thought the gimmick off them turning into digimon was a nice Change because now the Kids are more involved into the action, instead off the Kids Just standing on the sidelines.
I liked that too. They pretty much throw out the digimon and act as cheerleaders while the digimon do all the fighting. The digimon need the kids for digivolving but seam to do all the physical work. Know the kids do thear owne fighting and that is bad in what way?
You realize the focus was on the kids personal growth and not the fighting?
@@KidSnivy69
What personal growth? The first two seasons of digimon have NO character development at all. They don't grow as people in the slightest. (Except maybe TK. He becomes less of a cry baby.)
Tamers did a better job than the first two, but frontier puts them all to shame. It spends a lot of time ensuring that all the kids grow as people and there major character flaws a fixed.
@maxie fuqua
HA HA HA! No they didn't! I can think of one episode where J.p and Zoey got development, Takuya had the two parter where he went back to the human world, Tommy gets a bit more lip serves but it is stock bullying issues. The only one with any real development are the twins (and even then most of it goes to Koji)
Yeah... That made it weird for me, for some reason. Maybe I'm just too used to them not doing anything. But then I liked the way they did the Action on Data Squad...
lmfaoo i love how he titled the "the hated season" but after reading the comments it seems like hes the only one who really hated this season😂😂😭😭😂😭😭 I persoanlly loved this season, my second fav next to season 2 for personal reasons but the turning into the digimon was always a fantasy of mine so when they did it i was def surprised and excited for this season!! 🔥🔥🔥
Honestly the brazilian version of the opening song is a big part of the reason why I absolutely love this series
Adventure, tamers AND Frontier are the best seasons...fight me.
None will compare any of those I am sure all of them are cool!
no idea about adventure, been 16 years since i watched it but tamers has a dark plot, which is great for such an anime for kids (yes, it was for kids at that time) and frontier has some actual plot other than "LETS FIGHT THE EVIL" they also had to restore world to its original
I agree. These 3 seasons are the best
Data Squad, Tamers, Hunters are the best in my opinion
wiitation Tamers was too creepy for kids.Some of the d-reaper's forms and voice really disturbed me back then.
I feel like this season had real stakes involved. From what I remember, they were genuinely afraid to die and I don't think any other seasons explored that. They also had some real world struggles. I loved this season.
Towards the end there was this ticking clock for the end of the Digital World. The Royal Knights were absorbing all the data from the Digital World little by little, and the Digidestined had to stop them. In fact near the end the World had completely disappeared! As a child it was really harrowing because at one point the children actually failed to save the Digital World (even though it was completely restored in the end).
uh… tamers? Digimon straight up died in that. Constantly. The end of the series is literally a nod to evangelion with a monstrous it’s consuming all of our reality?
Ioved the season. It's actually my favorite. People hate on it too much. I mean the kids were pretty much tricked into going there in episode 1. Then by the time we get to episode 30 huge chunks of the digimon's world has been consumed and probably thousands of them died because of it. Due to the kids failures. I actually loved the episode where Takuya becomes a digimon and see's the world through their eyes. I also love how one of the boys, I think his name was T.J. I don't remember but he had The MetalKabuterimon Spirit. literally tried to claim Zoe's human spirit (Kazemon) And I always laugh at that moment because well it wouldve been funny.
@@StarryOak76 at best tamers had the yui, on frontier the 6th guy borderline died.
@@cseijifja literally every monster defeated by Rika in the first few episodes she appears in was killed and absorbed by Renamon for their power, Leomon died brutally, and the D-Reaper caused massive destruction in the real world in an ending explicitly patterned after Evangelion.
And this isn’t like, a sign of quality or a dig on Frontier or anything, it’s just like, a basic fact of that me and my friend literally kept score of how many characters died or were killed in Tamers and got to double digits before we got distracted and stopped watching and didn’t even make it to Metalgrowlmon.
I always thought that JP had good character development and real problems to face off. I always remember that episode where he fights fake versions of his friends that represent his biggest fears. Cool stuff. Might need to rewatch it tho.
For me, Frontier was soo good, I remember RPGing as one of the Digimons while playing fights with neighbourhood friends. It was second best for me(favorite being Digimon Adventure 01,02 due to the added nostalgia).
"Being attracted to your sis-" I spat out my drink.
Is it true though?
I heard "sib" but still...
I never got that from DA.
Apparently the writer or something confirmed this? It was weird. I don't get it either. But yeah, something like this happened.
@@captainmega6310 I think it was confirmed by the creator so yeah
Yup. Japan loves their incest.
Unpopular opinion: Frontier is my favorite season of Digimon.
Same I hated Digimon Fusion or whatever it was called with that Shoutmon thing
More power to you. I hate this season, but that doesn't mean people can't like it. I just want them to make a distinction between Liking something and something being good. Because there is a diffrence.
This was the only season i liked
Frontier was my second favorite, and in my opinion, the *ONLY* time the soundtrack of the English version was superior to it's original Japanese version. The tribal musical theme of the English version was actually more varied in this outing than the original.
I feel like Frontier would have been a more enjoyable show without a connection to Digimon. Like if it was it's own thing.
Yo Billiam, what happened to that promise you said in the video at 10:00 to 10:05😅?
"Takuya has goggles. So he's the main character." I spat my water out when he said this.
I personally liked the idea of kids transforming into Digimon
People shouldn't hate it if they change things up. They arn't forced to watch it if they don't like it.
I loved it because it made me think i could turn into a digimon
John Constantine Exactly, it made the development and the plot bad, but at least it improved the fighting.
Ikr xd
John Constantine digimon fronteir is what introduced me to digimon and it’s one of the best shows of my child hood and life
All of what you said here is true and those were some of the reasons I disliked Frontier at first. However, you missed the fact that there IS a motivation, but it's not exactly clear since the beginning and it's exactly that what the whole Ophanimon/get to that place is about. The kids always had the choice to return to their world and the fact that they didn't is exactly why they were chosen, they were driven by something bigger than themselves and, at the same time, something they were looking for inside themselves.
The reason Frontier became my second favorite (nothing can beat Tamers) is because when I rewatched it about two years ago I noticed all this subtle character details I didn't notice as a kid. Sure, they have no clear motivation from the beginning more than "this seems interesting" but they have a lot more than the Adventure kids that were kinda forced into it. There's actually a whole arc that deals with their motivations and it's the one where they are inside Sephirotmon.
What I like the most about Frontier is that it talks about defense mechanisms and how their backgrounds and circumstances have made them develop these defense mechanisms that kinda alienates them from their true, vulnerable selves: Zoe? A tomboyish girl who had to learn to appear feminine in order to fit and always felt alone because her relationships were superficial. JP: a fat, rejected kid who learned to be accomodating and silly to be liked because he didn't like himself. Takuya, who was too scared of taking responsibilities so he became reckless and doesn't take anything seriously. Tommy: a spoiled kid who always just had to cry to get whatever he wanted and was used to depending on other for everything. Kouji who, after his parents split and his father prohibited from seeing his mother, kinda closed himself to any new relationships and lastly, Kouichi, of whom we don't know much but whose motivation is the clearest: hating his father but wanting desperately to getting to know his brother.
If you pay attention, whenever a character is the focus of an incident, it always has to do with their defense mechanisms. The idea behind their enemies and fights usually puts them face to face with those parts of themselves that they don't want to accept until the Sephirotmon arc where they finally realize that everything that they have gone through has shown them that without their defense mechanisms they are stronger.
There's even a part where Takuya goes back to the real world in order to run away from the fear of the fight, from his lack of confidence in his abilities and thanks to Ophanimon he realizes that he has always had it in him to rise up to the challenge (just by accepting he already had) and he decides to go back to see his responsibilites through.
There's a lot more that I like which is all about characters, like the part when Zoe, Tommy and JP complain that they don't have powerups and can only watch from the sidelines and JP tells them that even from the sidelines, they have a role to play.
I likes frontier and its concept but it needed a better plot for it's great villains. If Cheruibimon wasnt turned evil but manipulated instead it would have been great. The 2 royal knights great
Interesting. So, the kids turning into Digimon could have been like a representation of the kids changing and becoming stronger than those defense mechanisms.
I great analysis.
@@aaronmontgomery2055 isn't that technically the same thing
i liked adventure abit more then frontier honestly cause they were forced into it, and the plot didnt push motivies it made those clear form the start
it pushed the importence of family and friends
even different kinda familys
tai and kari: shows the loving sibling relationships, along with good parents
matt and tk: show a seperated family, but still shows the brotherly connection and brings out a part of matt he tries to hide
izzy: adoupted and ahving to deal with that alone cause his mind is sometimes abit much for him and his parents never gathering the courge to tell him
i could go on
the characters were interesting not cause of themselves but cause of there familys
I really liked Frontier as a kid. I was starting to play jprgs and Frontier feels like one. The lore about the warriors was great, and the villains felt really strong
Futuristic, modern and refreshing of the new concept it brought. Fusing with your chosen Digimon is very cool ! My favourite season ever. I loved it !
Believe it or not, I always refer to this show as Power Rangers: Digimon Edition
well you either were original or just copied it from every person who hates this show because thats on almost every Frontier video
Ernesto Gastelum you know what they say: “great minds think alike”, so some people could’ve thought of the same thing 🤷♂️
C Whitney you are not alone on this one. I To saw this as a Digimon Power Rangers Hybrid. Which is why it was my least favorite Season.
This is a common thought. Frontier had so much power ranger concept. Especially that combining into susanoomon.
Guys be honest, aside from Tamers did the Digimon partners have any personalities?
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Billiam: being attracted to your sis-
Me: wait what
Yes. It was actually a sort of mutual, uncomfortable attraction between Tai and Kairi.
There was an interview with some of the Japanese cast and I think one of the big writers a while back, and from what they said, they all understood, and made certain choices to carefully construct and deliver the lines to properly carry that subtext, particularly for that episode where Tai was back. That episode *feels* weird and awkward and frustrating even visually, and it's like that on purpose.
One of the most interesting features was the dynamic of Kairi and Agumon/Koromon, which they said was intended to carry the energy of a wife or girlfriend finding out about a mistress, but not wanting to make a scene.
I imagine none of that was carried into the dub, of course.
@@aprinnyonbreak1290 God I hope you're joking, ew. Ick. She was EIGHT YEARS OLD. Eugh.
Dude they had some heavy subtle insects going on
@@jfs983 u seem to forget tai wasn't an adult. What u should worry about is the incest lol...
@@aprinnyonbreak1290 yeah no, it had proven awhile ago that that interview was fake
no tai and kairi were not attracted to eachother
Y’all are forgetting that the SPIRITS are their PARTNERS 🤨 and this is a KIDS SHOW it throws away logic and everything, just enjoy where the story goes and the themes they introduce. These types of shows try to teach kids to just go with the flow and it succeeds at that through their characters.
Oddly, this was the series I caught the *most* of because I could catch it every morning before school
Hated? I really liked Frontier :D
God it was so boring
@Rodrick Young Idk they were in the same place doing the same thing over and over for like 30 episodes. It was a bit of a drag
And?
Iroh General mmkay...
Frontier made me cry on the later few episodes. It really had a good story imo. I recalled Takuya and Koji's eternal struggle against the royal knights, clashing with each other, again and again, but lost every single time. And the foreshadowing of Koichi actually already being dead and the eventual lead up to the last scene with "An Endless Tale" theme, was a truly touching and emotional moment.
Digimon Frontier is my favourite. The idea of them turning into Digimon was amazing
I agree
No, the show is about the connection between the kid and the digimon. I found this series weird so I didn't really watch it. Maybe it's good though.
That happened in Tamers too, except they still had partners.
@@Chocolatepain I like the show and it is good
@@danielcarrilho5217 That's why works better on Tamers
Just seeing the Fox Kids logo again got my eyes teary... I should sometimes remember the beautiful childhood I had.
Re watching season 3 tamers and having a hard time because it feels like season 1. Shoud I stop or skip to a carton ep episode?
The brothers conflict was genuinely nice i think
it was weird story line that wasn't necessary
@@supermanXL it was literally the most interesting part to many fans back then lol it could have been introduced better and the development later on was a bit rushed but definitely one of the best parts of the season
Totally agree:) I thought all the characters were really interesting and had different and good personalities.
It's just a Matt rehash. The only twists are that dad is a huge dick saying
"Sorry Kid, your mom is dead...
*whispers in inaudible voice (to me)"
And the mind control BS is to justify having an enemy then turned good because he wasn't really evil and character development is HARD.
Not going to buy it. I would rather liked to see the little brother as the new "Digimon Emperor".
I feel like it came out of nowhere, and like everything else, there was little consequence - Koichi joins the group, and that's it. He never really takes the time to get to know his twin brother or ask him about his life.
This is my Digimon guilty pleasure.
I enjoy aspects of Frontier (turning in Digimon, the theme song, the kids English voice actors, Bokomon and Namon, the battle in the last episode, small easter eggs like where Gailantmon was voiced by Brain Beacock and Steve Blum, the design of the Human Legendary Warrior forms); but as a whole I can't say it has the nostalgia I get from Adventure, a badass like Ken and more depth to the villain like Adventure 02, or the complex story and characters of Tamers.
I gladly own the first four seasons on DVD, but I can see why people have their problems with this season.
yeah the easter eggs were nuts in this season and i loved noticing each one
Am I the only one still waiting for Billiam to do a Cover of the Frontier song?
This will be my favorite season. I used to record it and watch it after school.
"If this video gets 10 thousand likes I'll do a cover of the Frontier song."
We're at about twice that now, gimme.
Played us like a fiddle
Imagine how much better Citizen Kane would be with partner Digimon
It would go from A to S tier
Rosemon
So this video now has over 25k thumbs and we still haven't gotten that damn intro cover.... BILLIAM.
I'm watching the season on Hulu and I got to say I'm glad that this was part of my childhood that I remember, I do find it weird that a lot of people didn't like 02, frontier and tamers when they were on TV. But I totally get it because the first season was so good but in terms of lore and in all around solid series season by season Digimon is extremely underrated
You call it the "hated" season. But the comments say otherwise. Myself included, it is my favorite season. Sorry you were bored.
Also, during my study abroad in Japan, I rode the same train line as Takuya in the beginning when he received the messages!
It's objectively inferior to previous seasons. Did you even watch the video?
Mike Spearman Nothing is objective when it comes to media.
Llllhbbbhdhhhd lol media can definitely be objectively bad. Low animation quality, bad voice acting, incoherent story, bad sound mixing and tons of other reasons
I think the only people who hate it are UA-cam critics and people who parrot UA-cam critics
Sleepy Gary Really? I’m no UA-cam critic, yet there are people who actually criticize the show. They don’t hate it because it is different. They hate it because it sucks.
Frontier is at it’s best during the Duskmon arc, and even then it went downhill during Cherubimon
Frontier is my favorite season dude.
Same
yahhhhh me too
Same here.
Same it’s my fav :) i live this season out of all honestly because they went in a different route instead of having them as tamers
Yeah
I've always thought Frontier was Digimon's take on the super Sentai concept. It took me awhile to warm up to it, but in retrospect I really enjoyed it as a stand alone series.
Butterfly playing softly in the background, I teared up.
Dude, Frontier was, and still is my favorite season. And if the comments and likes are anything to go by, I’m far from the only one that thinks that.
You and a lot of your fellows seem to just want Digimon to be Power Rangers, which is kind of dumb.
Mike Spearman I never said that I didn’t like the other seasons. People are allowed to have opinions, how about we don’t shit on others for them?
Umbuko DaJuko Same. I just finished rewatching Tamers since 2002 and about to rewatch Frontier next. It's been about 7 years
@@mikespearman1414 and you are seing digimon to be pokemon......
@@mikespearman1414 digimon aren’t Pokémon
When I see or hear comments like this all I can think of is that you just don’t get it. With frontier the themes of spiritual growth and reliance on discovering a solution were always present. Even some of the stand alone episodes like making burgers for petaldramon serve to show that the characters each have their own strengths. In the beginning of the show JP was more stand off ish. Which was refreshing because some shows try to use the heavier set characters as bullies but adding him to the main cast gave meaning to his redemption or realization arc. Something else they did well is that the cast still had some elements of being children. Such as the case of episode 2 where takuya and zoey have a little argument over whether or not being older makes someone a leader. Bringing in kojis brother cemented that he still needed to learn how to trust people and that he can let someone in and they won’t excessively lie to him. They served as opposites for each other in the sense that koji held the spirits of light and his brother held the spirits of darkness yet their personalities didn’t match their spirits. With the beast spirits it really threw Takuya for a loop when he finally found burninggreymon but couldn’t control it. Koji could control kendogarurumon relatively easy but Takuya just couldn’t. He was too hot headed and the spirit knew that and as a result he lost control. Another thing they did well were some of the beast spirits. They were offshoot species of digimon we already knew from the original adventure series. It was a nice reference that did a lot with the carrying design elements yet familiar feeling. And susanoomon was a nice reference to omnimon without feeling like a cut copy version of him.
Frontier is more underrated than anything because while some characters had to learn the same lessons over and over again it emphasized the face they are kids and sometimes kids don’t learn what they need to the first time and other times it takes painful reminders for a lesson to take hold as something they really need to pay attention to
You put this into words so much better than I could. This series felt like it was focusing more on gradual growth of the characters instead of quick growth. And like you said, they're children and often times children (and even adults) have to learn certain lessons multiple times before it sticks, especially when that lesson involves deeply rooted insecurities and past trauma. I can understand why the writing of this show doesn't vibe well with everyone, but to just dismiss it as objectively bad writing I feel doesn't do it enough justice.
@@StonedHunter I mean people just need to be more reasonable. It’s not like fusion which basically killed the franchise. With weird designs, confusing plot, and beyond lazy names. The only breath of fresh air we got after fusion/Xross wars is appli universe appmon. But even then they’re only a subspecies offshoot of digimon
Fully agree. I think the sentiment that people expected Digimon to be better than Pokemon definitely holds true, at least in the west. Also I never noticed the real decline of Digimon until the series between Frontier and Fusion, with Fusion being the metaphorical nail in the coffin. I really feel like people have such high expectations of Digimon and it might have negatively effected the franchise leaving us without new content because nobody wants to release it over here and get hated on for not being perfect. :/
@@StonedHunter you might be talking about data squad but that was also well received here. Fusion was the really guillotine for the franchise. I don’t think people tried to hold it to the same tier as Pokémon but it was competing for dominance in the market.
But if you want new content the best we have is a reboot of the classic adventures that starts out more or less the same as the original but quickly shifts to a new story in which all the main cast unlock their megas
I honestly enjoyed fusion as well when I was younger; although I don’t remember much since it got taken off Netflix before I could finish the series.
2 years and still waiting for the frontier cover
I find it interesting that so many people hated Frontier but adored Tamers... I had the exact opposite experience. Frontier had a fully formed plot that took on a massive effort to show as much of how life in the digital world is like. The twist with Koichi felt intentional, with subtle elements leading up to it. Not to mention that him being controlled by Cherubimon was a DIRECT result of his incredibly complicated feelings regarding his family and the spiral of loneliness he felt as a result. It was only possible for him to be taken advantage of because of the vulnerable depression he was in and we see the journey he goes through alongside his twin to come to terms with that. You could even make some comparisons to Ken of 02 in how depression can destroy a person. We also get a protagonist in Takuya who is selfish, providing a long road to learning to be more responsible. (I mean, he literally abandons his quest because he gets SO scared he runs off with the only goal of saving his own skin. And has to realize he's abandoning everyone else too if he does this.) I completely disagree that the characters lack depth or real world applicable growth. With Tamers I felt like the first half promised a lot and was very strong, and then completely falls off into a miserable slog of disjointed character beats. Impmon and Jeri carried the series and once the D-Reaper came into play, Jeri's possessed random acts of shock value got old very very fast. I watched both of these as a child (and one who was all about darker story plots) and I could tell you even 20 years later more about the cast of Frontier than anyone from Tamers. The main cast of Tamers to me had very little memorable about them, whereas the digimon societies in Frontier always kept me interested. To me personally, while I do agree Frontier had plenty of issues with its filler dragging on a little too long(this definitely didn't do it any favors with getting viewers to look past the "no-partners" aspect of the show.), Tamers' endless pacing issues were much much harder to sit through and were likely a big part of why Tamers' ratings tanked by its finale. I do find your perspectives here interesting, despite feeling most of your points against Frontier could easily be said for Tamers as well, but i think we got very different things out of each which i can respect.
Believe or not Digimon Frontier is the Real Dark Horse. There is a video somewhere on UA-cam or was that dived deep into the characters. And something shocking. All characters showed signs of Depression. That’s right. They all have it. The leader has a depression caused by the fact that their father never makes it home. The two brothers have Abandonment depression ( its real.) basically the family is split for no clear reason. ( Matt from Digimon adventure 01 has it) I’ll let you find out the rest.
Thank you!! Holy fuck glad I'm not the only one who realized how sucked up these kids were. Everyone was suffering from depression and had real issues for kids at that age which I found relatable especially Kochi
video link/name please
Could you link the video somewhere? I'm really interested in that character analysis, because I actually like the show and the characters.
neat
seriously though show me a link I'm intrested
Yeah ALOT of Digimon series, especially if you can find it uncut and properly fansubbed, is dark and depressing. Savers (aka uncut Data Squad) takes the cake though. It was intended for older viewers who grew up with the Adventure series 1 and 2, Tamers, and Frontier and as such it was incredibly adult themed not only with the typical anime fanservice, but also dark and depressing themes as well. The main character doesn't even care if he lives or dies and one of the female characters was a victim of sexual assalt so yeah Savers was as dark as hell. Characters in all Digimon series tend to be depressed or have a friend who is depressed.
This season is so underrated, such an amazing season. I think the only problem is not put so much emotions and development in the characters
"So much emotion and development in the characters"
You mean like Takuya giving Tommy words of wisdom with courage and vengeance not being compatible? Then Tommy returning the favor when Takuya went Berserk Beast Greymon?
Or the time Zoey saw a reflection of herself in Tsunomon when she always segregate herself in the real world and know how immoral that is?
Or what about Koichi being more trusting in individuals he doesn't know because he never liked interacting with strangers but always returns a debt he owes to them like say, saving his hide?
@@SiNKarnage that Zoey scene... So good.
@@SiNKarnage for me,the characters in frontiers are very..'normal'
They are normal kids having normal problems etc
It's like, they're relatable
Their struggle with family,adjusting with new environment,getting others' attention,having to open up to new people etc, it's all normal in our life
And, that's for me what made frontiers special
Of course,no adoption crisis/divorce etc from adventure but,every digimon media does not need to be like adventure,they are special in their own rights,
Heck every digimon anime has its own set of morals
Adventure/02-importance of having dream/hope
Tamers-embrace reality
Frontiers-how to live in society/with others
Savers-you can change your fate
Xros wars-teamwork is gold
Appmon-danger of technology
2020-journey makes you who you are(because of the crests is the accumulation of their journey experience)
Ghost game-still incomplete
As a kid who grew up with costumed superheroes, seeing kids become cool looking Digiheroes was the coolest thing ever to me att
I just realized the 3 celestials are the final forms of hikari, Takeru, and Willis’s digimon
I loved Frontier, the entire transforming thing was amazing to me.
ALSO SUSANOOMON IS SO COOL LITERALLY.
Yep, ultimate boss hero Digimon and ultimate final fight: Susan vs. Lucy!
Well, Takuya wears google, so he must be the main character!!!
Atleast he doesn't have bright neon green hair or something.
HOW IN THE HOLY FUCK DO YOU WEAR A GODDAMN SEARCH ENGINE
DVendy Goggles.
Did we ever get that cover of the frontier song?
Did we ever get that cover of you doing the theme song?
This is the season that got me into the franchise as a kid, the concept of turning into a digimon is really cool and the kids at school loved it.
But Humans turning into digimon It like humans turned into Pokémon
@@yarc9 mystery dungeons franchise bby, it slaps.
@@gambitchains I never played the mystery dungeon games I'm more off fan competitive side off pokemon
@@gambitchains I like to play Pokémon competitively
frontier was actually my introduction to digimon. it was the episode patamon was born. it played on jetix and i finished it, then watched adventure, 02, and tamers and re-watched all the rest of frontier haha.
Jetix. I was so sad when they canceled it.
Wow really my first serious was the very first one
@@evewhoo and they cancelled it without even announcing it my 7 year old ass was heartbroken so bad
I have enjoyed watching the season over the other ones more and was geeking over the final episodes and fights scenes! this was a huge throwback wow thank you!
This was my favorite season. It's been more then more than 20 years since I watched it and I still remember the words to the intro song 😅
Honestly this was my favorite season of Digimon.
Not gonna lie, the 4 digivillains with the "goofy voices" were some of my favorites. It's similar to Etemon with his Elvis impression. lol
Although, it did feel like they reused scenes a little too much this season. Also, the opening is great as well.
I adored Frontier! I loved how unique it was and it was amazing getting to know all the characters. I think the kids all had proper motivations and we actually saw issues with the whole going home thing, maybe you forgot some story details?
Still waiting for the season 4 theme cover that was promised in this video
Frontier is my favourite series just because of how different it was idea wise
Even more than the third series, yes I said it but it’s barely so
Same!
what the fuck
Same. Even tho tamers had better writing.
Same
Mindy Auron You had me... then you lost me.
I'm so glad for all the people saying it's their favorite season. It's mine too! I care a lot more about the human characters than the Digimon. Digimon are just glorified pets
eh i kinda think you're wrong about the digimon being glorified pets isnt completely true. This is bc they have feelings and stuff but yeah. I liked frontier one of my most favorites and i think with them doing it the way they did was genius and added some spice to a formula they were using a little to much.
Soul Punker Digimon frontier was the first season I watched and it was great I basically watch all the episode in 2 or 3 days and it was great. Even today I still rewatch the episode and the theme song is in my head. Don’t get me wrong Digimon adventure was really great it just frontier will always be my favorite
Its my 3rd favorite season behind Tamers and Adv 01
Congratulations on missing the point of normal Digimon
@@Soniman001 the norma digimon anime was about the human characters and how the digimon contrast their personalities and made them into better people
I was always afraid of having frontier as my favourite season because i thought no one liked it, but actually it seems as everyone loved it
My childhood in one video one my fav series close to my heart ❤️
"Being attracted to your sis-..."
The moment I broke down in laughter
Fun Fact: In the brazilian dub of Digimon Frontier, Takuya was dubbed by Fabio Lucindo, Ash Ketchum's voice actor. Both shows aired together at the time. He was the VA for Ash from episode 1 up until the end of XY Season 2.
Nada contra o Emmanuel mas não dá pra engolir o sun and moon por muitos motivos a voz infelizmente é uma delas
Concordo
De fato, não é que ele seja ruim, só que tira um pouco da conexão com o personagem
De fato meu caro. Mas o problema principal é que ele ta forçando a voz p parecer de criança, pois no começo quando ele dublou era desconfortavel mas mesmo assim era ''passavel'' sabe? Agora é insuportavel
Where is the link of him singing the theme?