Digimon Frontier
Digimon Frontier (
2002) is the 4th
Digimon TV series. After receiving strange phone messages, five children go to the subway and take a train to the
Digital World. Once there, they meet
Bokomon and
Neemon (who act as guides) and learn that the DigiWorld is in danger. They must fight the evil
Cherubimon and his Evil Legendary Warrior servants before they destroy the world. In the typical Digimon fashion, it's up to the kids to save the world.
The biggest feature introduced in this season is "Spirit Evolution", where the Digi-Destined themselves evolve into Digimon to become
Legendary Warriors. For this special kind of evolution, they use "spirits", artifacts created by the
Ancient Warriors that were hidden in certain areas of the Digital World. When the characters first arrive in the
Digital World their cellphones turn into
digivices called
D-Tectors. The two types of spirits are the "human spirits" and the "beast spirits." Another interesting detail lies in the way the children travel within the regions of the DigiWorld. Unlike the previous seasons, most areas are connected by railroads, where train Digimon called "
Trailmon" act as a means of transport.
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Logo used in the English Dub |
After defeating the four Legendary Warriors that serve Cherubimon,
Koji discovers that Duskmon, the fifth evil Legendary Warrior, is really his estranged brother
Koichi. With Takuya's help, Koji is able to free his brother from the spirit. Afterwards the Spirits of Darkness regain their true form, and Koichi can now become the true Warrior of Darkness, Löwemon, and joins the group. After they defeat Cherubimon, the Digi-Destined learn that
Lucemon, an ancient, evil, angel Digimon whom the Anicent Warriors sealed away, was the one who was really behind it all. So now the Six Digi-Destined must defeat him and his two
Royal Knights before they scan away all of the Digital World, which would allow Lucemon to be free.
Frontier would receive lower ratings, and thus, the series did not have a successful run. Many blame its lack of partner Digimon and similarity to
sentai, however, Digimon's ratings began to fall through the end of its predecessor,
Digimon Tamers.
Digimon Frontier aired 50 episodes on
Fuji TV in
Japan from April 7th, 2002 to March 30th, 2003, then later on
UPN and
ABC Family Channel in the
United States from September 9th, 2002 to July 14th, 2003. For an overview see
List of Digimon Frontier episodes.
Main characters
Secondary characters
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Bokomon*
Neemon*
AncientGreymon (Movie)
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AncientGarurumon (Movie)
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Seraphimon (13, 50)/
Patamon (28-50)
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Ophanimon (1-35, 50)/
Salamon (47-50)
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Cherubimon (13-37, 50)/
Lopmon (47-50)
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Sorcermon (13, 44)
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Oryxmon (34-35)
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Nefertimon (46)
Villains
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Grumblemon/Gigasmon (6-14)
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Arbormon/Petaldramon (12-21)
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Ranamon/Calamaramon (12-26)
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Mercurymon/Sakkakumon (12-29)
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Duskmon/Velgemon (12-32)
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d'Arcmon -
HippoGryphomon -
Murmuxmon (Movie)
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Ornismon (Movie)
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Royal Knights (37-47)
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Dynasmon**
Crusadermon*
Lucemon (37-47)
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Chaos Mode (47-49)
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Shadow Lord Mode &
Larva (49-50)
Family
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Yuriko &
Hiroaki Kanbara: Takuya's mother and father.
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Shinya Kanbara: Takuya's brother. He and Takuya often fought each other, like most siblings.
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Kousei Minamoto: Koichi and Koji's father. He took custody of Koji when he divorced Tomoko and told Koji that she was dead. He later remarried Satomi.
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Satomi Minamoto: Koji's stepmother. She was depressed when she thought that Koji did not love her because he thought about his biological mother.
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Tomoko Kimura: Koji & Koichi's biological mother. She took custody of Koichi when she divorced Kousei. Though she suffered from sickness, she continued to work because she knew she had to support Koichi.
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Yutaka Himi: Tommy's older brother. He did not want Tommy to become spoiled, so he kept telling Tommy not to keep asking their parents for everything. This created a distance in their relationship. In the Japanese version, Tommy simply referred to him as 'brother'. The American dub gave him the first name of Yutaka.
Other children
These are all the other children that were brought by the Trailmon but not chosen to receive a spirit.
Ophanimon sent them a message asking them to go home but they chose not to. Orphanimon sent
Angemon to protect them, but they thought of Angemon as their Digimon and ignored what he told them. At some point in time, they came to the Beanstalk Village, where the
Mamemon gave them the last of their peas. The group planted the peas where a giant bean stalk used to be, and it grew into another beanstalk. After Angemon was killed by the Royal Knights they decided to go back to the real world, but the Royal Knights captured them and took them back to the Beanstalk Village and demanded to know where the code was. After Takuya and crew saved them, they boarded a Trailmon and went back to the real world.
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Katsuharu: He bullied Tommy in the past and forced him onto the Trailmon that brought him to the Digital World. He seemed to be the group's unofficial leader.
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Teppei: He also bullied Tommy in the past. He told Tommy to go back because he thought he was too weak to stay. When he saw Tommy spirit evolve, he took back what he said.
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Chiaki: She felt she could become stronger if she stayed in the Digital World.
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Teruo: He felt that his old life was boring and that he was freer in the Digital World.
The
Digital World (or DigiWorld for short) is a parallel, shadow world that coexists with Earth. This is where all Digimon live.
The history of this Digital World, which lacks any explained origins for its Digimon inhabitants, is one steeped in violence. In times past, Human-type Digimon and Beast-type Digimon battled in a war against one another that threatened the world. But the day came when the angel Digimon called
Lucemon, descended from the heavens and brought the war to an end, uniting the Digital World under his rule. But as the adage says, absolute power corrupts, absolutely. Lucemon became a tyrannical ruler, and ten powerful Digimon took up arms to battle and defeat him. These ten Legendary Warriors were successful in their attempt to stop Lucemon, sealing him away in the Dark Area. As time went on, with the absence of a ruler for the Digital World, three Digimon were chosen to rule "
Seraphimon,
Ophanimon and
Cherubimon, the Celestial Digimon, who worked together to restore peace, and to safeguard the Spirits left by the deceased Legendary Warriors.
The structure of this iteration of the Digital World is somewhat different to others we have seen " while it remains comprised of data, all matter also possesses a Fractal Code, which gives the data its form. All regions of the world " each representing one of the ten elements embodied by the Legendary Warriors and their Spirits - are connected by a massive global transport system of
Trailmon tracks, with each region having its own Trailmon terminal for the collection and depositing of passengers. The Digital World possesses three moons, one blue, one green-yellow and one red, which were dubbed the Seraphimoon, the Ophanimoon and the Cherubimoon, respectively, after the Celestial Digimon.
Eventually the time came when the Human VS Beast debate, quietly simmering under the surface over time, eventually resulted in an internal conflict in the Celestial Digimon, turning Cherubimon against his fellows when he was corrupted by Lucemon's influence. The Digital World erupted in violence again as Cherubimon critically wounded Seraphimon and captured Ophanimon, and his minions created through the power of the Spirits in his possession.
The last of the TV-based Digimon movies, but is not in continuity with the show (we can deduce this thusly: Takuya becomes BurningGreymon, hence it occurs after episode 12, but Bokomon does not have Seraphimon's egg, so it's before episode 13 - but Zoe becomes Kazemon in the movie, and at this point in the series, she does not have her Spirit to enable her to do so. Hence, not in continuity). Takuya and company end up on a floating island in the middle of a civil war between human and beast Digimon, instigated by an evil Digimon named
Murmuxmon. Murmuxmon was posing as the leader of each side in the war so that he could free an ancient evil - known as
Ornismon - that the Ancient Warriors,
AncientGreymon and
AncientGarurumon had defeated. The team then tries to end the war but it is too late and Ornismon is resurrected. However he is soon after defeated by the also resurrected AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon. The movie ends with the two sides finally making peace.
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A deleted dub scene from episode 15 |
* In episode 15, a scene where the words "Sexy Dynamite" was shown in the background was edited out. The scene depicted Zoe in a red bikini.
* From episode 48 onwards, when the children were in the Hybrids and Susanoomon, parts of their bodies were airbrushed out.
Cast, Japan
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Mari Adachi -
Swanmon*
Reiko Fujita -
Kapurimon,
Torikaraballmon #1
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Rika Fukami -
Ophanimon*
Yukiko Hanioka -
Minomon(5),
YukimiBotamon(8),
Gomamon 2,
Mamemon,
EbiBurgermon,
Trailmon Mole #2
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Kazuya Ichijou -
Baromon*
Tomoaki Ikeda -
Candmon #1,
KaratsukiNumemon #1,
Vademon*
Kouji Ishii - Trailmon of Darkness
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Kentarou Itou - Katsuharu
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Daisuke Ishikawa - Chamelemon #2
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Hiroaki Ishikawa -
Oldest Mushmon Brother/
Woodmon*
Massaki Ishikawa Masaaki - Trailmon Racoon Dog
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Eiji Iou - Moosemon (Movie)
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Tsuyoshi Ishizuka - Flawizardmon (Movie 7)
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Nobuaki Kanemitsu:
Toucanmon #4,
Gekomon,
Starmon #2, Prairiemon (Movie 7)
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Hitoshi Kamibeppu -
Trailmon Angler*
Araki Kae -
Patamon*
Taeko Kawata - Kotemon (Movie)
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Konishi Katsuyuki -
Pidmon, Mr. Minamoto
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Koten Kimura -
Jarimon*
Kazunari Kojima-
Sorcerymon, Candmon #4,
Kokuwamon #3,
Phantomon #2,
SuperStarmon.
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Nao Kouyama -
Floramon #2
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Kouhei Kowada -
Whamon*
Iho Matsukubo - KaratsukiNumemon lady #1
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Miwa Matsumoto - young Kokuwamon(5), Pucchiemon (Movie)
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Takeashi Matsuyama -
Snimon] (5)
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Hikaru Midorikawa -
Angemon(40) ,
HippoGryphomon (movie)
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Kenta Miyake - Dynasmon, Grizzmon (Movie)
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Yoshikazu Nagano - Yashamon (Movie)
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Ryuusei Nakao -
Lucemon Falldown Mode*
Kumiko Nishihara -
Lucemon*
Kazuhiko Nishimatsu - Bullmon (Movie)
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Tomohiro Nishimura -
Grottomon*
Hiyama Nobuyuki -
Seraphimon*
Kenji Nomura -
Arbormon*
Ai Nonaka -
Togemon (8),
Nefertimon (46)
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Yusuke Oguri - Nohemon (Movie)
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Akemi Okamura - Bearmon (Movie)
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Ryotaro Okiayu -
RhodoKnightmon*
Rumi Shishido -
Lopmon*
Haruhi Terada -
Ranamon*
Takako Uehara - d'Arcmon (Movie)
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Yuji Ueda - Dinohumon (Movie)
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Norio Wakamoto -
IceDevimon (36)
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Ken Yamaguchi - Murmmuxmon (Movie)
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Eiji Yanagisawa -
Trailmon WormCast, English
*All Characters listed here are referred to by their English Names.
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Brian Beacock -
Bokomon/Narrator (44-50)
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Richard Cansino -
Arbormon*
Tifanie Christun - Chiaki (26)
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Doug Erholtz - Dinohyumon (Movie)
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Barbara Goodson - Mama
Burgermon (19)
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Bridget Hoffman -
Patamon*
R. Martin Klein -
Gotsumon (10, 44)
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Wendee Lee -
Swanmon, Bearmon(Movie)
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Brad MacDonald - Katsuharu
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Mary Elizabeth McGlynn -
Ophanimon*
Dave Mallow -
Angemon (40)
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Mona Marshall -
Lucemon*
Peggy O'Neal -
Ranamon*
Daran Norris -
Mercurymon*
Bob Papenbrook - Murmuxmon (Movie)
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Tara Platt - d'Arcmon (Movie)
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Jamieson Price -
Seraphimon*
Derek Stephen Prince -
Grumblemon,
Dynasmon*
Melissa Fahn - Opening narrator (1-43)
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Michelle Ruff -
Lopmon*
Philece Sampler -
Floramon*
Joshua Seth -
Wizardmon(3), Teppei, Yutaka Himi (Tommy's brother)
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Peter Spellos - Grizzlymon (Movie)
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Michael Sorich -
Neemon*
Paul St. Peter -
Cherubimon*
Kirk Thornton -
Tsunomon (8)
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Dave Wittenberg - The
Trailmon family,
IceDevimon*
Brian Donovan - Tetsuo
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Wally Wingert - HippoGryphomon (Movie 7)
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Debi Mae West - Kotemon (Movie 7)
Theme songs
Original
* Opening: "FIRE
" by Wada Kouji
* Ending 1: "Innocent~Mujaki na Mama de~" by Wada Kouji
* Ending 2: "an Endless tale" by Wada Kouji and Ai Maeda (as AiM)
*Insert 1: "With The Will" by Wada Kouji
*Insert 2: "The Last Element" by Ayumi MiyazakiEnglish versionThe English dub of Frontier is the first Digimon series not to use the "classic" theme song.*Digimon Frontier plot summary
*List of Digimon Frontier episodes
*Digimon: Digital Monsters (anime)
*Digimon*Toei's Digimon Frontier website (Japanese)
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