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Digimon: Digimon Series
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Digimon is a Japanese anime television series. It is about digital creatures called Digimon. Digimon ... has movies, manga, toys, video games and card games about these creatures. Digimon was created by the Bandai company. The Digimon are often used for evil by the main villain, depending on what season of Digimon. In the first season, the digimon are controlled by Black Gears.
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One thing that does differ from the Digimon game series and the TV shows is the naming of certain Digimon. In keeping with the ratings board for children’s television shows, some of the names had to be changed, and the game will reflect this.
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Digimania invaded the U.S. in August, 1999 when the animated children's series "Digimon: Digital Monsters" premiered on Fox Kids Network. The "Digimon" series, based on Toei Animation theatrical shorts from Japan, is not only the number-one rated show on Fox Kids weekdays and Saturdays, but was ... one of the top rated series among kids in all key demographics during the May 2000 sweeps.
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Digimon in the card game are ... classified into 10 different "Digimon families". These classifications are mostly trivial. They do not appear in the Digimon anime series, and have little bearing on actual gameplay in the card game.
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The Digimon Series definitely got sacked when it came to the USA. The problem was that it was released around the same time Pokemon was, and everyone assumed Digimon as a Pokemon Ripoff (even though Digimon is older than Pokemon).
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Digimon is a popular Japanese franchise loosely based off of Bandai's "Digital Monsters" digital pets released in 1997. In the years that followed, Digimon spawned into manga series, a multiple popular anime series, video games, card games, and more merchandise than you can shake a stick at.
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