Digimon - Season 1

Digimon - Season 1
by Wendee Lee, Jeff Nimoy, Mamoru Hosoda, Minoru Hosoda, Yukio Kaizawa

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Movie Review: Digimon- Digital Monsters vs. Pokemon- Pocket Monsters
Summary: 5 Stars

Pokemon is basically the journey of a boy and his Pikachu. Digimon is he story of how a group of kids with different strengths and weaknesses become friends with the help of their monsters. They learn more about themselves and become better people. Their relationship with their parents also improves too.

I like the characters better. Instead of just Ash, Misty, and Brock all the time helping new-people-that-you- are-probably-only-going-to-meet-once on every episode fighting the same trio of villains (Jessie, James, and Meowth), there are many children all with different personalities. Some are smart, strong, funny, responsible, caring, and sometimes snobbish with all sorts of combinations to form their character. You can also see that the Digimon reflect their partner's personalities. It also has more of a plot. While saving the digital world, they are finding themselves and you can see them maturing and learning. In Pokemon, Ash and Misty are on a quest to become a great Pokemon something-or-other. They do mature, but the series seems to drag on a bit.

Unlike Pokemon, the "Digidestined" do not go out and try to beat up monsters to catch them. Instead the monster and the child were meant for each other. Plus they can talk. They don't have to say their name a million times to communicate. The Digimon consider themselves to be friends more than pets. The monsters can also "Digivolve" into many different forms depending, and go back to a previous form. In Pokemon, once they evolve, they can't go back. Pokemon can die, but Digimon never really die, they just get reconfigured.

I think Pokemon is great for little kids, but I think Digimon is a step higher than that. They are both great shows to watch, but Digimon allows you to compare yourself and match your personality up with one of several kids. A lot of the kids I know like it better because it allows them to pick out and pretend who they want to be.