Things are starting to look a little non-canonical... which can mean only one thing — Digimon movie time! It's time for a delayed summer vacation to Okinawa for the 1st Tamers movie, "Battle of Adventurers". In this episode, we explore the difference between the "DigiDestined" and "Tamer" terminology and collectively sigh.
Chapters
- 0:00:00: Intro
- 0:02:17: General Impressions
- 0:09:57: Favorites
- 0:13:50: DigiDestined
- 0:23:07: Movie Trailer
- 0:28:09: Unanswered Questions
- 0:33:38: Stray Bits
- 0:48:25: RDD
- 0:52:23: Recommendation Articulation
- 0:58:45: Outro
Things Mentioned
- Movie Trailer [youtube.com]
- Toei Anime Fair [wikimon.net]
- Yonaguni Monument [en.wikipedia.org]
- Ryukyu Islands [en.wikipedia.org]
- Derek Stephen Prince [en.wikipedia.org]
- Seven Great Demon Lords [digimon.wikia.com]
- Mephistopheles [en.wikipedia.org]
- Chinese guardian lion dogs [en.wikipedia.org]
- Shisa Okinawan lion dogs [en.wikipedia.org]
- BonziBuddy [en.wikipedia.org]
- Clippy [en.wikipedia.org]
- Brianna Wu [twitter.com]
- How to Watch Television [amazon.com]
- Samurai Champloo [en.wikipedia.org]
Imagery Mentioned
Characters Mentioned
Recommendation Articulation
- Jeff: WaniKani
- Ashley: Snow Crash (Amazon)
- Asher: Kuromukuro (Netflix)
- Andrew: Time Travel Girl (Funimation)
Special Thanks
Our Calumon artwork is by the awesome Mary Cagle. If you want to check out more of her work—which, come on, you really should—she creates the webcomics Let’s Speak English, Kiwi Blitz, and Sleepless Domain. She’s also cubewatermelon on Tumblr and Twitter, where she posts lots of other cool drawings and fanart pieces.
The podcast is made possible with support from our awesome Patremon. If you want to support the show and get some cool rewards (like stickers, buttons, and early episodes), check out our Patreon campaign.
The intro, outro, and transition music for this episode feature the Japanese opening song for Tamers, “The Biggest Dreamer” by Wada Kouji. Additionally, the intro features the English opening for Frontier and the Movie 4-6 dubs, composed by Chris Horvath.
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