Digimon Frontier | The Full Story

In this video, we will take a comprehensive look at the full season of Digimon Frontier. I cover everything from the story to the characters and provide my overall thoughts of this 4th season of Digimon.
Timestamps:
Intro - 00:00:00
Characters - 00:01:13
Story - 00:04:40
Overall Thoughts - 02:31:35
Outro - 02:40:10
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[@raytaku_]

Sorry it took so long to get this out to you guys. I hope you enjoyed the video. What are your thoughts on Frontier? If you enjoy this sort of content, as a way to support the channel please consider liking the video and subscribing 🙏🏽💙

[@SonicLegends]

I do think Frontier got undeserved hate, but can understand why some would be skeptical of it as even as a kid I thought it baffling of them to not only have no Digimon partners, but what it meant for their development with them until the humans become the Digimon like how Tamers wonderfully executed it. That said still enjoyed it when it comes to the original 4 shows with the hiatus left after Frontier my ranking goes like this: Tamers > Adventure > Frontier > 02 Lastly, I have no thoughts on the next Digimon shows as that is when I jumped shipped and the Savers/Data Squad impression I got from it didn't help (as what I can say that turned me away was when the main character had to reuse Agumon and not even getting started on him punching and managing to beat Digimon which was way more absurd than the criticism Frontiers got from some of the fandom). Other than that I would be very interested if you'll be looking into and share your thoughts on Digimon Survive's story and cast!

[@raytaku_]

@@SonicLegends ah you definitely should give Savers a chance, it’s such a novel take to series and also follows the format of the games much more so then previous series. I’m certainly planning to cover the games too once I’ve got videos out on most of if not all the anime series 🙏🏽🍻

[@michaelwilson-xw4hz]

Honestly I enjoyed Frontier and understood why they decided to start at Champion Level for the most part, but wish they did feature Rookie Level content.

[@ralfsstuff]

Frontier is still my favourite season to date although I can't say it's the best. A part of it is that the "digi -destined" this time have to put themselves at risk by having to fight instead of "just" supporting their partners. Then there's probably also the power fantasy inherent to turning into a powerful Digimon. The story has been so-so. I like the episodic storytelling in the beginning of Frontier just as much as older seasons with a more involved story because it's still fun to see whatever plot (pun intended) the children have to deal with. Their Digimon guides are also likeable, if a bit annoying at times.

[@SventFulgur]

I'm very fond of Frontier, the theme song for the dub was the first time they branched out from the original dub theme from adventure (not counting the slight variation in Tamers that I still enjoyed) and man was it a banger! I remember getting to watch an episode here and there before school and I was always excited to see the characters grow. I agree they didn't follow through with all of their issues but all of them were relatable even if Takuya's is the most childish but it does help show just how much he's grown by contrast by having to take on the role as leader. All in all I have fond memories of the series and rank it highly among the series I grew up watching. Sadly this is where my knowledge of the series falls off as the next series I saw glimpses of was Data Squad and I was not fond of the MC just punching Digimon randomly. I know I'm probably being reductive and am willing to give it another shot from the beginning but it was more jarring than anything Frontier did for me. I'm happy the franchise has gotten a massive boost since the recent Story and World games alongside Tri, the reboot to adventure AND the reboot to the card game which I find incredibly fun. Thanks again for all the awesome content and I'll be waiting excited for more to come while replaying World 3 😁

[@ChrisAmador-jv6tg]

Before I watch this, I just want to say and proclaim season 4 had the best theme song in all of digimon

[@raytaku_]

1,000,000,000,000,000,000% agreed it does!!! Greatest Digimon theme of all time🔥

[@whoaskedyoutolookatthis]

Digimon tamers spanish version has something to say about it.

[@0axis771]

All the yes! You cannot begin to imagine how often I sang that song. It was as meaningful to me as the Pokemon theme song back in the day.

[@SnowyWolborg]

On god! 👍🏾

[@justajoshy]

All the Latino Spanish dub songs are bangers.

[@MrJourdonf]

So basically Koji’s dad left his wife, split his twins up, lied to him about being an only child and that his (real) mom, who was actually the woman his dad left his wife for, died, and probably made him feel bad for not accepting his new stepmom fast enough?? Geez Digimon. These storylines are deep.

[@raytaku_]

Jeeezzz 🥶… Thanks for sharing this!! 🙏🏽🍻

[@blackromeoKOK]

I have to ask though, how does someone just forget they have a twin? Like how can you grow up with a twin and just be told you're an only child? And believe it?

[@cathrienkeysha3111]

@@blackromeoKOK Because they were separated at birth. Their parents relationship was already falling apart during the pregnancy and they agreed to just each take a baby and go their own ways without ever informing the children about each other. They spent ten-twelve years being never told they had a twin and being told their other parent was dead/not part of the picture anymore. So of course they wouldn't know, it was only their grandmother who finally spilled the beans right before dying.

[@blackromeoKOK]

@@cathrienkeysha3111 So it's purely the parents being pieces of shit? Because I never got that from the show. I'm not saying your wrong by the way, just surprised. I always thought it was some weird anime BS that made it so he forgot his family in like a year or two. Because it's not unheard of for shows to literally forget what they wrote previously and just figure the audience will fix it in their head. Okay, well that changes my opinion on the situation.. but I still like my "fix" for a situation I read wrong.

[@cathrienkeysha3111]

@@blackromeoKOK Also don't forget that Japan has VERY different views on family structure and that things like divorce are not seen as lightly there. They've been getting better about it, but there's serious stigmas that still follow divorced families around there. The whole "we got married too early and turns out it didn't work out between us after all" doesn't cut it as well over there, even though they still have arranged marriages and such that would make "we didn't work out" more believable. And this show is almost 20 years old at this point, and as it's backstory then add another ten years and expect slightly dated views to be presented. But yeah, they likely thought it was better all around and made everyone's lives easier to just cut all ties and pretend the other person died. At least, Kouji was under the impression his mom was dead since he was at least very, very little. I don't remember anymore if Kouichi had always been told the same thing or not. Just look at how the flower lady reacted to the news that Kouji's parents had only been married three years to see how uncommon it was in Japan at that point. But they definitely had never been told they had a twin and their parents had never intended for them to cross paths with the other half of their family.

[@geoffreybui7086]

This is my favorite season. Everyone else seems to dog on it, but watching humans becoming digimon on Jetix was awesome to 10 year old me.

[@raytaku_]

💯!!!!

[@craigford33]

Man. Jetix. That’s a word I haven’t heard in a minute. I wish they’d bring back all those cartoons on jetix.

[@inuyasha989]

I still say the 3rd and 4th season of digimon are the best seasons i didnt mind fusion either but i can understand the hate there lol this season aside from the typical 4kids issues id argue it was one of the best saturday morning/jagex anime weve gotten the privilege to see when it aired something kids today wont be able to experience anymore

[@jonmc6573]

watching humans become digimon is what turned me off of digimon for decades

[@hereticFox716]

Only problem i have with frontier is that the partner digimon were removed in favor of becoming the digimon, didnt like that, still dont, but the season wasnt as bad as people say it was

[@RS-yk7xh]

I'm a little sad that this show has had a lot of hate. There were also some missed opportunities, like not seeing the others with their fusion hybrids, or the other 4 kids having the purified spirits. I still love this show for its unique approach.

[@raytaku_]

Frontier was bold, I will always respect it for that reason! I agree the hate it got was unfortunate 😌

[@kdup-hp6zm]

there was a game that had fusions for the other kids but they kind off terrible in my opinion

[@callumcrane241]

Yea who wouldn't want to be a digimon?^^

[@RS-yk7xh]

@@callumcrane241 Same. but I can see why some people didn't like it as it gave off the whole superhero vibes that didn't seem to fit well with the Monster raising franchise. Either way I still enjoyed it for its lore.

[@jaycomplexkidrandle1889]

​@kdup-hp6zm what game was it?

[@Ardent_Sylph]

DIgimon Frontier is my favorite of the franchise honestly. And I grew up watching Adventure, 02, and Tamers. The uniqueness of the DigiDestined turning into digimon was so amazing to me. Without digimon partners, it forced the children to not only be more proactive in their journey but think outside the box when transforming wasn't an option to them. And when it was, what would they do? They now had the power to fight other digimon themselves. What I especially loved about it was that it explored the children's own insecurities and how that influenced their relationships with each other. Instead of having a partner digimon to talk to, the children talked to each other or their guides.

[@raytaku_]

Yes!! 👏🏽 - it’s a major reason why the chemistry between this group of kids was solid!

[@zaktilton1680]

I always felt Frontier got too much hate. I really really enjoyed it. To me the series kinda like digimon / power rangers in a way with spirit evolution. I loved how the kids actually have something to do besides stand there and be a digivolution source.

[@raytaku_]

Agreed! 💯

[@Captain_Chaz86]

Power Rangers was seen as a series for toddlers at the time. The comparison to power rangers hurt Digimon Frontier. It doesn't help the dub doesn't take the source material seriously until the dark area arc

[@SnowyWolborg]

I'm glad that other people are of this opinion. Not having a partner Digimon may the Digidestined children stand on their own, and the danger felt a lot closer.

[@aksghazi868]

@@Captain_Chaz86 Over half of Power Rangers' fanbase are adults nowadays who grew up with seasons like Time Force and SPD.

[@ForrestFox626]

I still don't see the big deal in the kids fighting themselves

[@An_average_BA_enthusiast]

The moment Takuya and Koji got fusion spirit evolution while no one else go one was the start of the decline in frontiers

[@raytaku_]

Agreed!

[@xironheadx-4590]

Oh yea that's a huge problem with frontier. And I love EmperorGreymon, literally my favorite greymon variant but shit man the favoritism for Takuya and Koji made it so hard to enjoy when the other characters and even Koiji that was running their shit just became irrelevant

[@inconemay1441]

It started earlier when they start losing repeatedly every episode

[@OtherDude]

Takuya and Koji got the Goku and Vegeta treatment.

[@Tokolope]

I used to despise this season when it was airing, but as a 30 year old I think I was just jealous that I couldn’t transform into a lizard with the power of friendship.

[@raytaku_]

😭

[@reicherwallace6774]

I was thinking that'd be cool too.

[@mattjvr6189]

Frontier's biggest weakness is that it has so many great ideas that don't get executed in great ways. The spirit evolutions is fantastic and thry play it out well, but how the digidestined find the spirits is often by chance. I think it would have been more interesting if the team had to work harder to get the spirits through a side quest that leads to a big confrontation. After watching this video I do think I was in the camp that was too hard on the show when it released, its new take is a fresh way to do the series, especially as it was the fourth entry show they probably felt they needed to do something unique.

[@raytaku_]

I agree with your feedback for this season! And I’m glad your view on this season is more positive upon recalling it. It definitely is not all bad 👍🏽

[@maxfightmaster4832]

In regards to dub differences with Kouji's backstory in the Japanese version his father never told him that his mother had died, but that Kouji hadn't seen her since his parents divorced. Other than some minor censorship there isn't really a whole lot of differences between the sub and dub. Frontier's dub is actually one of the most accurate to the original version.

[@raytaku_]

Thank you for sharing this 🙏🏽💙

[@GeteMachine]

For Digimon, as funny of a gag dub Adventure is, thats saying something.

[@HORRIOR1]

The Hybrid level digimon of the spirit evolutions are meant to be stronger than your average digimon. That is why Agunimon was able to take down Cerberumon at the very first episode. Even then there are large gaps in power between different spirits, and they can all be influenced by their elements and team work. In addition, the fusion spirits such as Aldamon and Beowolfmon possess all the power of AncientGryemon and AncientGarurumon, making them significantly stronger than average megas. What really ruins the show's powerscaling are EmperorGreymon and MagnaGarurumon, as it makes no sense that these two would have difficulties fighting against the Royal Knights. Overall I think having the entire team unlock double spirit evolutions and learning teamwork, would have made for a much better later half.

[@raytaku_]

Thank you for sharing this, very insightful! 🙏🏽… I agree with you, the other kids should have gotten fusion forms too!

[@emeraldpichu1]

Personally, I think it’s too big a jump because it’s an ultimate level digimon souped up on the data of an entire region, which is shown to vastly increase the power of the antagonists. At those levels of strength being able to win means that a lot of the fights, they lose handedly become unbelievable, considering the circumstances here.

[@kevbauer1994]

They should have gotten fusion forms AND they should have been able to pilot the unity evolution digimon as well instead of standing there!

[@midnightfox3157]

This has always been my fav season of digimon ever since I was little from the action to the element system to the kids actually being useful instead of just standing on the sidelines everything about this season just works for me especially the opening in the dub was amazing and it has my fav cast of characters and how each character has their own struggle to overcome I also think the cast benefits from being so small cuz it gives each character their own time to shine well atleast it kinda did anyway

[@raytaku_]

Frontier has a lot of heart for sure and I love the chemistry between the characters too. Haha the Dub opening for this season is my favourite!!! 🍻

[@JayceCH.]

The NA ost REALLY enhanced my like for this series of Digimon.

[@t-god2439]

It’s hard to believe so many hated this season. When I feel this is a natural progression of what tamers already established

[@midnightfox3157]

@@t-god2439 agreed tamers started it off and frontier just went full throttle with it and that’s part of why I love it so much

[@t-god2439]

@@midnightfox3157 why didn’t more people love it tho ?

[@koskk_]

I remember being in daycare and watching this along w/ yugioh almost every day. Man what a childhood :)) Still absolutely love this series. Rewatched it a couple years ago and it still holds up along w/ the previous series.

[@raytaku_]

That’s awesome!!! 😊

[@kuntress6005]

I always thought Seraphimon, Ohphanimon and Cherubimin were such a cool trio ❤ And I love how Ohphanimon and Seraphimon are Mega forms a nod to Patimon and Gatomon from the Season 1 Digi destined’s Digimon.

[@raytaku_]

Agreed! And I love all the call backs this season made to the seasons prior 🍻

[@kuntress6005]

@@raytaku_ I remember seeing all the Gomamon for the first time in this season and I was all excited 😆

[@yuyuyashasrain]

Honestly, i like that lopmon got another bit of spotlight, but why do lopmons always end up being probably evil? Cocomon and... antylamon, i think, both already had lopmon confused between good and evil. Then here comes cherubimon, starting out just caring too much, like so many villains do. It’s enough to drive anyone crazy but for some reason it’s always lopmon. Just like how leomon usually dies. For the record, this series is one of my favorites and frequently trades first place with tamers. I love how koichi was able to use darkness to get stronger, unlike pokemon, which can’t seem to separate darkness from evil. I know, the translation, but still. Gary has an umbreon and honestly i like gary. He’s clearly the better trainer, cares deeply for all his pokemon, and does a great job with that aerodactyl. Even if gary didn’t have an umbreon, they evolve through friendship. Into dark pokemon. They’re clearly not evil. And that houndoom rescued togepi, and max had that episode with the poochyena, and so on. But i feel like i distinctly remember brock, of all people, painting all dark pokemon with one broad stroke, and that just never sat right with me

[@Cutekuramon]

Frontier is my absolute favorite digimon season. The imagery with the kids boarding the busses and being spirited away stayed with me for years. The eng OP also fucks so hard! All the kids where so relatable too and I really appreciate how the show handled each characters complexes and found their character arcs very touching.

[@raytaku_]

🤜🏻🤛🏽

[@mikemiller8430]

I always did love this season. Great start but when Koji and takuya fused their spirits I started to get mad cuz the others didn't. Those 2 got 2 more forms than the others.

[@raytaku_]

Yeah I agree, the other kids got majorly sidelined cos of that too!

[@ForrestFox626]

I just with they didn't have to give up their spirit for a certain form

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

What's worse is that Fusions for them exist.

[@mikemiller8430]

@@saphiriathebluedragonknight375 and those spirit fusions suck. Most make no sense

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

@@mikemiller8430 Like why is Ice a giant penguin?

[@dramonmaster222]

Thanks for making this retrospective. Digimon Frontier is one of my favorite seasons even if towards the end the focus on Takuya & KOji and sideling the other kids is annoying. Still, I LOVE the idea of humans becoming monsters because then it focuses on the interrelationships between the humans.

[@raytaku_]

I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed Frontier, and I agree with you about the sidelining of the other kids which began the moment Koji and Takuya gained the ability to fusion evolve 🧐

[@noztk]

it really really made me mad seeing the main character(s) getting new forms over and over while the side characters stay stuck with 2 evolutions. quite a shame. thats one thing i enjoy more in Tamers

[@raytaku_]

Yes it’s a common sentiment, the rest of the kids got majorly sidelined upon Fusion evolution being introduced

[@rbraunbeck96]

Yeah, it goes from being essentially Super Sentai, to being more like Kamen Rider where only the main 2 actually keep getting powerups

[@milesbradshaw6643]

Yeah, it would have been cool seeing RhinoKabuterimon and Rhihimon.

[@dudewithnolifepoop]

on the bright side data squad/savers fixed that issue

[@tyustarks]

They could have given Zoe a hyper evolution since they were lening still the rpg aspect e.g. swordsman, gunner, assassin, and mage. I hope they make a remake of frontiers

[@kdavis2686]

I like the idea of humans turning into digimon. It gives the humams something to do besides standing on the sidelines.

[@raytaku_]

Absolutely! It’s a shame the rest of the kids where sidelined towards the end as they had to lend their spirits to Takuya and Koji. But they did get to fuse all as one for the final battle so there’s that 😊. It’s a shame the kids turning into Digimon was so poorly received when Frontier first released ..

[@midnightfox3157]

@@raytaku_ yess but honestly in recent years I’ve seen a lot more ppl show love of frontiers concept

[@kdavis2686]

I always loved the concept. Most partner digimon did not have enough of a personality to warrant them being their own character imo.

[@Kappi__]

Takuya and Koji have such good Digimon designs. I really loved all their forms as a kid :)

[@raytaku_]

💯 🔥

[@Kappi__]

goosebump episode when JP gets his Spirit

[@midnightfox3157]

Agreed

[@jozeph2932]

Ah yes, Digimon Frontier the one that introduced me to the digimon franchise. I have a lot of nostalgia for this series and loved it even if others don't.

[@raytaku_]

Honestly I think people are coming around to this Season. You can't help but respect how BOLD Frontier was in some of the choices it made 🍻

[@jozeph2932]

@@raytaku_ People probably wouldn't hate it as much if the kids had the rookies of the spirits as partners and they spirit evolve into the spirits by merging with their digimon just like tamer's matrix evolution except its the entire evolution line.

[@jac0736]

I liked Frontier a lot. It was like Digimon meets Power Ranger/Beetle Borgs. But I do remember the airing was all weird. I found it on accident when it was almost done and mostly missed it until it re-aired on jetix

[@raytaku_]

It aired way too early here in the UK. I’m glad you managed to catch it when it re-aired on Jetix 👍🏽

[@yuyuyashasrain]

I was unfortunate to come across the burger episode at like 13 years old. No patience for that, but i did fall madly in love with kendogarurumons first appearance before that, so i gave it a fair chance. I’m a sucker for a blue lancer

[@xtradany5398]

The evolutions alone made this series worth it to me.

[@raytaku_]

👌🏽👌🏽

[@calebglasscock7392]

I don't think I ever gave Digimon enough credit for being another great intro anime for kids Frontier showed just how action packed the Digital World can really be and it made something very unique with the Spirt Warrior Digimon when they let the kids actually transform this time.

[@raytaku_]

💯percent agree!

[@calebglasscock7392]

@@raytaku_ I just hope Digimon can keep their popularity going you know how some anime tend to be forgotten over a long time which is why I hope you will watch and review the series Bakugan next.

[@raytaku_]

@@calebglasscock7392 Bakugan is on the agenda 🍻

[@calebglasscock7392]

@@raytaku_ Thanks man it's good know that even with all the amazing anime and manga out there that all the series that started it all for a whole generation of fans will never be forgotten because of people like you.

[@jerrym2135]

Best Digimon theme ever

[@raytaku_]

💯 🔥

[@RosaleeSmith]

That is true.

[@geoxaga6507]

This season has the best evolution theme, it had a techno tribal feel to it that really paired well with the aspects of spirits and digital world.

[@raytaku_]

And each progressive evolution increases the amount of tribal music played. Susanoomons evolution music was awesome!!! 🔥

[@milesbradshaw6643]

Someone seriously needs to upload the ost of the dubbed version.

[@luxhenri]

Please tell me that comment was meant to be ironic, please. All related to eng dub in Digimon SUUUUUCKS, you don't even have to compare it to the original which is beyond beautiful, it sucks in its own

[@luxhenri]

I don't even know where to start, well the "it's time" before evolving sounds very out of place, even though Ophanimon communicates through it, the "tribal" as well out of place, the "execute" just why? The di di di sounds, gross as well. And please don't let me talk about the opening theme repeating DI GI MON, we know what we're watching duh. But it doesn't defeats the first intro in eng dub, that's the worst amongst the eng dub songs, names and/or terms

[@luxhenri]

And Fractal code? Doesn't eng dub tend to add Digi to anything, as digivolve (original term is only evolution / shinka) and they just removed the Digi from Digicode to change it to fractal code? And I could continue for hours

[@onlineskitty]

i first watched this season in 5th grade. i was dealing with a lot of isolation and alienation that came from undiagnosed neurodivergence, and I turned to digimon for comfort. I loved to imagine myself as a character in the show, befriending and traveling alongside the other digidestined. It's one of my favorite seasons even though that seems to be an unpopular opinion and i may be biased thanks to nostalgia.

[@raytaku_]

I’m sorry to hear that and I’m glad that you found some comfort via this season 🙏🏽👍🏽

[@wish154]

I remember when I was binge watching all of the Digimon series about 10-ish years ago that during the 3rd gen I had the thought "woudn't it be really cool if humans could digivolve?" Since they fused with their digimon in that show. Low and behold, the next series did just the thing that I wanted it to do. So I was a happy anime fan that day.

[@raytaku_]

That’s awesome! I loved the concept of Biomerge Digivolution… Frontier went all the way, and for me at least, given the story Frontier was trying to tell; Having the kids become Digimon, made sense 🙂

[@GeteMachine]

I'll always give credit to Frontier for introducing those variant versions of Adventure-named mons in their Beast forms. Like BurningGreymon, KendoGarurumon, Korikkakumon, MetalKabutarimon, etc. As a nod to Adventure for that parallel with this Anime's concept. Though oddly Zoe got Zephirmon for her beast spirit, and not something like "ZephirBirdramon."

[@raytaku_]

Yes agreed!

[@cajapeydoesthings]

Frontier and Tamers have always been my favorite season of the franchise. They’re stories always held my attention more as a kid. Because the characters to me seem more like real people, like I've met people like them. And for awhile I was like Zoey, and Rika in my own life growing up. Which probably help with my connection to thise stories and these seasons as a whole. Also the world building was so fascinating to me. Frontier especially, I want to know more about this Digital World and the lives of the digimon in it. And that this setting has so much potential! There use to be an amazing fan comic/fanfic that is unfortunately discontinued as the creator is no longer in love with the series. Luckily you can still find it. But it will no longer be posting new chapters. It's Digimon Frontier ReBirth if you google it, highly recommend people still check it out. Anyway a note to end on this long comment. And to sum it all up, Frontier is and has always been one of my favorites. It's the one I come back to the most out of the older seasons of this franchise, and because of that it will allways have a special place in my heart.

[@raytaku_]

Thank you for sharing this 🙏🏽and I’m definitely gonna check out that Comic, it sounds like an interesting read😊

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

I agree with pretty much everything you said in your assessment. This was my favorite season, but I also see its flaws, especially in the latter part of the season. I especially agree with J.P. having so much potential as a character that was never explored. There were some pieces there implied, like lacking confidence, possibly because of his weight, and the way the other kids he entertained didn't really consider him to be a friend or close friend, more like an acquaintance. It was all very relatable for me because my childhood was like that too, amusing other kids to try to make friends while not really having close ones. Yes, that does create trust issues.

[@raytaku_]

JP's character got lost on many, his backstory is sort of implied throughout the show but they could have done a much better and deliberate job explaining it by covering it more in depth with say some of the examples you listed. Thank you for sharing your story. For what its worth you've got a community of friends here on this channel 🍻😊

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

@@raytaku_ exactly! For all the time they spent reiterating what being a brother means for Takuya and Koji, they never spelled out J.P.'s story. Thank you! Much appreciated :)

[@brianlaureus]

My personal favorite digimon series and in my opinion one of the most underrated I feel. Like this show came out one on the wrong channel and at a time where people just weren’t really looking for digimon.

[@raytaku_]

Episodes would air way too early here in the UK which made it hard to watch when it first released which is a shame 😌 I’m glad you enjoyed this season 🍻

[@crayyonnyadrav4055]

Frontier really was and still is a blast to watch. The only thing that I thought was a missed opportunity was to not give JP, Zoe and Tommy Fusion Evolutions as well, which made them kinda obsolete in most of the battle scenes later on.

[@raytaku_]

Agreed, it’s awesome but the latter parts had the other kids majorly sidelined 😞

[@jesserivera2043]

I grew into liking this through a Japanese social economic lens in that almost all of the main characters demonstrates some aspect of collectivist culture, which I appreciate. Examples include filial piety as demonstrated through takuya and Tommy, as well as Zoe's osterization as someone who isn't purely Japanese and grew up in a different country. Even JP's character is a nod to unaddressed mental health in Japanese teenagers. The most apparent example is Koji and Koichi and the taboos of divorce in Japan and how the father would rather say the mother died than say they were separated.

[@raytaku_]

Wow! Thanks for sharing this very insightful comment 🙏🏽

[@zaktilton1680]

I also love the kinda techno, tribal theme for the spirit evolution and the intro theme.

[@raytaku_]

Yeah, the music really stuck out for me. It became more and more tribal leading up to Susanoomon’s evolution sequence

[@ggrarl]

I wondered if you would touch on the Frontier movie. Two armies - Human-type led by Darcmon vs. Beast-type led by Hippogriffomon, both leaders secretly Murmuxmon egging on the war to revive Ornismon. In the original Japanese, it's clever how the beast spirits of Light and Dark are both named after a creature from Norse mythology: Garmmon (a massive dog) and Velgrmon (a giant eagle)

[@raytaku_]

Yup, I plan to cover the movie too 🙂🍻

[@xXViralEdgeXx]

Wonderful video I remembered most of the series, but I usually stopped around the Knights because of the shift in pacing. Thanks for making this! I acknowledge that Tamers is the best, but Frontier is my favorite.

[@raytaku_]

🤜🏽🤛🏻

[@jepoken]

was my favorite season as a kid, still my favorite as an adult!

[@raytaku_]

Im so glad to hear that 😊🍻

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

Same here

[@logicallgaming]

I think this is the most unique and high stakes digimon story. Afterall who didnt think about being omnimon/omegamon, or angemon etc. best pilot for a new season agunimon was the best way to start it. You see the stakes and a true villian in lucemon (deadly sin of pride) plus crusadermon and craniamon (two royal knights and i believe the first time we get a mention of it). Also Susanoomon was insanely badass.

[@raytaku_]

🔥🔥🔥

[@toxicity791]

I'm writing this before watching the video just to see if it comes up later: The biggest problem I had with Frontier was the power gap between the kids as time went on. The three side liners each got an episode or two of feeling powerful as they received their respective beast spirits but it rapidly descended into the Takuya and Koji show from then on. The other three were pulled into the final Susano transformation, granted, but it almost felt like a cop out after over a dozen episodes of them contributing really nothing. Every season has its main protagonist from the bunch, but it felt the most egregious in Frontier, whereas I felt it the least in Tamers. Fun series though, liked it a lot

[@raytaku_]

I 💯percent agree with this!! 🍻

[@LiliMinoTari]

I guess the fact that my cell ringtone to this day, is an instrumental version of digimon frontier op.. says it all... I was 8 when it aired...

[@raytaku_]

😮👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[@wowf0rl1f3]

This was the last season of the show I watched the entirety of every week as a kid. I was extremely sick so it kinda had the whole vicarious living thing going on. Had trouble making friends because the more I hurt the easier it is for me to lash out because aggression in fight or flight is bad combo especially when the flight option isn't there and weirdly strong. Wasn't until one person helped me rather than bullied me or avoided me and she changed my outlook and I guess that's why this one resonated with me so well. She has no reason to other than being kind, thankfully I still have that violent reputation so people get shocked by meeting me and discovering I'm pretty chill, got that guard dog aura though. A newer friend I asked why he always seemed shy around me, told him to be honest because I care, he told me he didn't want to offend me because he was scared I'd hurt him for it. All I said was my boundaries are don't hurt someone for no reason and don't be dishonest with me because I'll know. Best friend ever since

[@raytaku_]

Ah dude, I’m sorry to hear you went through that! Being sick and picked on is the worst. I’m glad to hear someone was kind enough to reach out to you and help you out in such a meaningful way 🙏🏽. You should definitely check out Data Squad, it’s a complete departure from the previous seasons but is such a fun watch 🔥😊

[@unnamed12346]

51:33 Every time I see Gallantmon/Dukemon in the armory, all I wonder is what happened to make a Royal Knight like Dukemon have to go shopping in an armory like this. I know there are evil Royal Knights and they ended up splintering, but I just think "Man, that's kind of a steep dive from 'Servant of Yggdrasil' to "Market Shopper" and I wonder where Omegamon, Magnamon, and the others are.

[@raytaku_]

I honestly think Gallantmon was added there just as a fan service to reference to previous seasons. Just like Gabumon, Biyomon and Gomamon etc

[@chavaz06]

You're probably joking BUT other than Magnamon, Jesmon (?) and probably Alphamon (?) there can be more than one digimon of the same species as one of the RK but only one of them belongs to the organization.

[@unnamed12346]

@@chavaz06 It was a joke. It was for the sake of just imagining going from answering to entities around God level to having to shop at a Supermarket filled with Rookies and Champions. It's very likely this was not much more than a "If you recognize this Digimon, good for you" moment. As for multiples of a Royal Knight, it is confirmed that depending on continuity, there are multiples in the canon. Cyber Sleuth confirms that in terms of continuity, multiples exist for each universe, since the Cyber Sleuth UlforceVeedramon was lost to the dimension between the Digital World and Real World and VeeVee was the only other UlforceVeedramon available in a dimension close by. It's very plausible to have multiples as a result, meaning JESmon in Cyber Sleuth would be able to interact with JESmon from Digimon Adventure tri., for example.

[@michaelpitter9193]

I wish we got to see Kouichi being able fight and do more in combat. But due to him coming into the group so late in the show, as well as what the narrative required of him, we didn't get to see Kouichi assimilate in with the rest of the characters in better fashion. Here's hoping a Digimom Frontier reboot happens in the future.

[@raytaku_]

He was so badass as Duskmon. Once he joined the kids he sort of fell into the shadows of Takuya and Koji , just as the others did. I do hope we get a sequel or soft reboot even like Adventure 2020

[@michaelpitter9193]

@@raytaku_ Actually, you could apply that fact to rest of the cast during the tail end season.

[@michaelpitter9193]

@@raytaku_ Still love the show regardless!

[@vidlover885]

One of the most interesting episodes to me is the Trailmon race episode. Mainly because it is literally just a Trailmon Wacky Racers episode.

[@raytaku_]

💯

[@twooey8232]

Frontier came out when I was in high school. I remember getting up and sitting infront of the TV by 6am every day, so that I could watch it before getting on the bus.

[@raytaku_]

Woah! It came on around that time here in the UK, but was way to early for me to watch 🥱…. How did you find the season overall?

[@twooey8232]

@@raytaku_ It was definitely the low point from 01,02 and Tamers, but it wasn't bad. I remember it fondly.

[@kentuckser3133]

Omg I just finished the Tamers video and was so looking forward to this 😭

[@raytaku_]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🍻

[@karenbonds264]

Who would win: A guardian with the power of wind who helped defeat literal satan Or Three Mushrooms in a trench coat. They did Zoe so dirty in this series.

[@raytaku_]

Fair point!

[@juliap.6163]

Yeah… when they first spirit evolved, Izumi and Tomoki were not the ones who defeated and scanned their opponents!! Takuya and Koji did it. At least, Junpei was able to defeat his opponent by himself…

[@watcher1245]

Digimon. The one good game franchise that actually tackles real issues. This is why while pokemon can be all that and whatever. Digimon will always be a cult classic and favorite for us adults.

[@raytaku_]

💯

[@rukariorodenberger5463]

This was, and still is, one of my favourite seasons. Wonderful character development, and very original idea for Digimon.

[@raytaku_]

💯!!! I’m glad that you enjoyed this season 🍻

[@gregoryfuller9736]

This was the last season I watch I heard Digimon saver was really good those

[@raytaku_]

Savers (DataSquad) is awesome. It follows a much older cast, it’s really good imo 👍🏽

[@gregoryfuller9736]

I really like shinegreymon in the video game and card game

[@Ascalon90-0]

This season is way better than I gave ist credit for, when I was a kid. After beeing a huge fan of the first, second and third season, I used to hate Frontier. But I watched it years later, and I appriciate the story and characters, but I still think the first and second season had a deeper and better understanding of the themes.

[@raytaku_]

Thank you for sharing this, I felt very similar about this season too

[@bluebutterfly5062]

Yeah i love this season but the writing and symbolism is pretty weak in comparison with the others. This season seems to focus more on world building and the history of the digital world. Which is done fantastically, but it takes away from the focus of the characters and plot

[@BobThePenguin.]

51:33 Dukemon just casually being a trader when hes not out saving the world is really amusing to me. I can only imagine the other knights having regular ass day jobs like omnimon being an accountant, or Jesmon as a cashier. And obviously Alphamon is homeless

[@raytaku_]

‘Alphamon is homeless’ ngl that made me laugh 😂

[@xXdarrynXx]

This season got me into the tcg. Loved everything about this season.

[@raytaku_]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

On episode 8 - Odd One Out Zoe, J.P., Bokomon and Neemon come across a Digimon School run by a Togemon. One of the Digimon name Tsunomon is having a hard time fitting in with the other little Digimon because he can digivolve to Gabumon. Zoe can understand Tsunomon feelings being different towards others because she's from Italy and her and her parents moved into Japan a year ago during the flashbacks it seems like the kids wanted to be her friend and hang out with them but it seems like Zoe wants to be left alone

[@raytaku_]

Even what people consider filler episodes have so much meaning behind them, thanks for sharing this 🙏🏽🍻

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

​@@raytaku_your welcome 😊

[@buster3041]

Best digimon season

[@raytaku_]

🤟🏽

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

👍😁

[@aibadenshi]

My first ever Digimon episode was the episode where they first fused into Kaisergreymon and MagnaGarurumon. And because of that those two becomes my favourite Digimon.

[@raytaku_]

😮that’s awesome!! 😊

[@briankeithevans7972]

Idk how this doesnt have a million views. This is a great way to get refreshed on the series if you dont have time to watch it again

[@raytaku_]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@seanlewis163]

I was WAITING. Nobody has a good long form video for frontier

[@seanlewis163]

kinda sucks still that zoe was the only one that didnt win her first fight

[@raytaku_]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🍻

[@kenslycarpel3140]

Frontier is one of my favorite seasons, with the all-time best opening. And speaking of the opening, I love the subtext in some of its lines, like "Through us, let your spirit evolve" being a double meaning, the kids, through learning about themselves, allow the legendary warriors to let their spirits evolve in a physical sense, while the spirits, through being the catalyst of the journey the kids are on, allow said kids to let their spirits evolve in an emotional sense. I just love when works of fiction do things like that. This was a great retrospection, can't wait for Data Squad.

[@raytaku_]

So much deep meaning behind that OP and just the overall franchise as a whole, especially the older seasons. Thank you for sharing this, for supporting the channel and for the kind words🙏🏽🍻

[@cww2490]

My favorite digimon season. Tamers I feel is the best, but Frontier is my personal favorite.

[@raytaku_]

🫱🏼‍🫲🏿🍻

[@ubermaster1]

As a kid, I absolutely LOVED Frontier, even had the GBA game, and its theme song I still remember word for word to this day. I completely get why people dislike it, it's for sure the "black sheep" of the series, but god was it quite unique.

[@raytaku_]

Unique it indeed was 🤜🏻🤛🏽

[@harimenon7898]

Loved that we got to see the digital world like the original series and they interacted with a ton of new and old digimon from the prior series

[@raytaku_]

Agreed! 👌🏽

[@denimvelvet4670]

The intro music is great. Pacing and tone I think were some of the drawbacks for me. Also every series likes its callbacks to the former series, but it feels like half of the dogimon in this series were just there to be nostalgia traps.

[@raytaku_]

100 percent, the Digimon also had the same voice actors from the original, like Gabumon, Gomamon, Biyomon and Palmon too

[@garyoaks8749]

Hey man I just found your channel earlier today and I have to say these retrospective videos you make are amazing, I never saw Frontiers, Tamers was the last one I watched growing up but I'm excited to watch this vid and find out what I missed out on!

[@raytaku_]

Thank you so much, I appreciate the kind words and support 🙏🏽

[@unnamed12346]

It may have been considered not as big an entry as Tamers, but I still absolutely love Digimon Frontier

[@raytaku_]

🍻

[@Absolhunter251]

I always remembered the opening, so catchy. And the series is very much interesting, I sadly never got to watch it all in full. But I like this!

[@raytaku_]

You definitely should finish it when you get the chance. The writing does drop in quality towards the final arc, but its still a fun watch and concludes the story nicely all things considered 👌🏽

[@MediumDSpeaks]

This was on at 5:30am when i was starting Middle school, which started at 6:30. I was barely able to finish an episode. What an odd time for a show for kids. It feels now in retrospect like they might've been trying to bury it.

[@raytaku_]

Yeah that was a major issue with this season, so many kids couldn’t watch it cos of how early it would air 😖

[@berrykuda4666]

It’s absolutely wild that I was literally just looking for a review of Frontier today

[@raytaku_]

All hail KZbin’s algorithm!! Thank you for watching and supporting the channel 🙏🏽🍻

[@lano2000]

I was shocked when I grew up and heard that people hated this. I love this version more than the others. The theme song, the charisma from the characters, the intensity of the story, I didn't want it to end

[@raytaku_]

I’m so glad to hear that you enjoyed this season, it definitely didn’t deserve all the hate it got when it aired.

[@lano2000]

@@raytaku_ for sure I enjoyed. I never finished the last few episodes as a kid, but finished all of it multiple times as an adult. I loved every second of it

[@Kappi__]

Thanks for your work. i love Retrospectives and how you recap the shows. I will probably watch this video multiple times in the next month. Thanks again :) (even if the awesome Lofi beats are a little loud at times)

[@raytaku_]

Thank you so much for the kind words and support 🙏🏽 & thanks for flagging the background music volume. I’ll adjust it down some more for the next video 🍻

[@Kappi__]

@@raytaku_ its really not that bad, i can hear your voice pretty good, but Lofi beats have sometimes parts that are just loud. :)

[@l.b.3642]

Fuck yeah thanks for this. Monster Rancher next? :P

[@raytaku_]

🙏🏽🍻, I’ll add Monster Rancher to my list of videos to make 🤜🤛

[@kittenanders694]

This was honestly my favorite in all of Digimon this did my heart good seeing it again 💜💜

[@raytaku_]

💜🙏🏽🍻

[@MikeJr9284]

As someone who watched Digimon growing up, this was the series I remember the most.

[@raytaku_]

👌🏽

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

Opening theme song Lyrics (DI-GI-MON!!!) Look to the past, as we head for the future to reclaim the Digital World! With faith in ourselves, and trust in each other, we live by the lessons we've learned! As we work towards one solution, through a Spirit Evolution! I am the one! I am the one! (DI-GI-MON!!!) Forever, united as one, (DI-GI-MON!) together the battles are won. (DI-GI-MON!!!) Through us let your spirit evolve! If we're all for one world, there's a world for us all. If we're all for one world, there's a world for us all! DI-GI-MON!

[@raytaku_]

The absolute best Digimon OP!!!!!! 🔥 🐐

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

​@@raytaku_ Thanks 😊

[@amead78]

Great video. Frontier and Tamers didn’t really hold my interest until I watched them in Japanese. Frontier did a great job with its human characters and gave them real growth throughout the series. I agree that JP’s backstory should have been explored more. They never showed why he felt that he needed to buy friendship with magic tricks and chocolate bars.

[@raytaku_]

🫱🏼‍🫲🏿

[@alanhegewisch4486]

"Beats the fractal code out of them" 😂😂😂 Might be my new favorite phrase

[@raytaku_]

🤣

[@SafirasTube]

The only low point for me is the under use of Zoeys habilities. Shes the only one without a diginame referencial to season 1, she is constantly put in the position to be saved and her digicaracthers are reduced to pety fights with Ranamon

[@raytaku_]

I agree!

[@TristanDumantay]

I actually rreally liked Frontier! It was kinda nice to see the tamers actually IN the battle for a change of pace. Rather than sitting side line kinda just cheering on the digimon.

[@raytaku_]

I’m glad to hear you enjoyed this season 👌🏽🍻

[@guiovannycalvillo2912]

just found you randomly on youtube like a week ago and im glad i did. great video

[@raytaku_]

Thank you for the kind words and for supporting the channel 🙏🏽🍻

[@freetory]

Not only did frontier have the best digivice toys, but apart from 02 which introduced armor evolutions and more dna evos, I felt frontiers was the next unique and fresh season

[@raytaku_]

Agreed!

[@carlostapia2822]

Watched the entire thing in hits and pieces when I had some down time. Absolutely awesome to go down memory lane. This was my favorite Digimon szn growing up. Thank you for bringing it together in this way!

[@raytaku_]

That’s so awesome!! Thanks for watching and for supporting the channel 😊🍻

[@raionbomber75]

Man i definitely need to give this a rewatch, i remember liking it cause i was into that transformation sequence lol

[@raytaku_]

You definitely should!!! 🍻

[@Kevin_turner]

I’m not going to lie this is my favorite season. Can’t wait to hear what you think

[@raytaku_]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@nicocastaneda8914]

I remember when I was younger watching through all the digimon shows in order and getting to Frontier. It was so different from everything else and the initial premises hooked me instantly. This show is extremely interesting and the process of spirit evolution is what undoability got me hooked on the show and to some extent the Tokusatsu genre as a whole. The process of these kids chaining to become more powerful rekindled my love for shows like power rangers and led me to explore other aspects of the genre. And for as much as the show faltered in the back half it is still one with awesome characters who are very relatable. All and all I wish this series could get some more love.

[@raytaku_]

Thank you for sharing, I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed Frontier so much 😊

[@samrobot6]

Finalllyyyy I was waiting for it !!! ❤❤❤❤ After watching the whole video I agree with u about the characters! There was so much but yet so little ! I mean they tackled many issues yet they didn’t actually gave any depth to these issues ! However I really loved how the kids and the spirits got combined … also like you said I needed more for the story of the twins because it made no sense how he just went to meet his mother, how he didn’t ask WTH were their parents thinking separating them like this !! Also yes I feel like the way koiji became suddenly close with them felt rushed and for me I feel like starting from the episode they finally saw koyechi everything was reaaalllyyy rushed and just the ending was so so it felt like they didn’t know how to end it so they just did if that makes sense!! Despite everything this is my favorite season after adventure 1 … I think one of my favorite characters was koyechi just because it felt like he was the character that developed the most for me !!! Thanks for the video it’s so nostalgic and yeah the ost in my mother language was superb as well probably the best out of all the seasons

[@raytaku_]

🍻🙏🏽

[@samrobot6]

@@raytaku_ 🍻

[@mayborneflower]

I had good times watching this series. Though I gotta say, the Royal Knights portion of the show was obnoxious. Takuya and Koji get super forms that “transcend” the full might of the Warriors Ten, which were all high end Megas in their own right, and then immediately go on to be mopped up by two Royal Knights (who are each inexplicably stronger than a fractal-amped Cherubimon on their own) and occasionally held up by lesser Megas under their command, not getting their much deserved win till the world is already destroyed and the Royal Knights’ much stronger boss is back on the loose. I’m kinda reminded of this obscure JRPG for the DS called Luminous Arc 2, where the good guys in that series also regularly fail to foil the villains’ preliminary plans at each turn. But I’d say that game broke up the string of heroic failures (helped by them not spouting hope only to immediately faceplant at each encounter). Not to mention that they actually killed their hypercompetent right hand villain right before the darkest hour instead of in the middle of it, and that said darkest hour was “the apocalypse is inevitable but we put a two-day stop gap on it,” to which their solution was to arm themselves, storm the villains domain preemptively, and kill the hell out of everything within before they got a chance to invade.

[@raytaku_]

I agree with you! 😌

[@sirwoodofeast9497]

So glad this season is getting the love it deserves.

[@raytaku_]

💯🙏🏽

[@Zthewise]

This show was pretty intense for digimon when it came out. It's one thing to say the fate of the world is at stake, but to show it getting more and more consumed is something else.

[@raytaku_]

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@helixsol7171]

I just love how Patamon randomly had Bokomon's sash around his waist when he hatched.

[@raytaku_]

😭

[@helixsol7171]

@@raytaku_ Cursed but funny thought. Imagine if they let Neemon carry the egg around and Patamon was born with his pants.

[@Friyanda29]

the japanese opening of frontier are so underrated, its so good in my opinion and that was the reason I stick up with the series until the end (when they broadcast frontier in my country they keep the japanese opening and digivolving musics while the rest of the dialogue are dubbed)

[@raytaku_]

From what I heard every version of the OP for this season are bangers 🔥

[@RoyalGuyful]

Can’t wait for the Data Squad retrospective

[@raytaku_]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🍻

[@Zero0Zero0000]

Before I start watching this video some thoughts I have are: - Frontier has so much lore potential it could've gotten at least three more seasons just to explore all of the lore. Ancient digimon, fusions for all the missing legendary warriors, etc. It is the biggest wasted potential if not for it receiving a huge amount of undeserved hate. - Frontier deserves its own game with the technology we have now. The least: An RPG-style game like "Chained Echoes". - Just for me this is my 3rd favorite series after Adventure and Tamers. But this was the one that my friends and I used to fanboy over the most.

[@raytaku_]

They definitely had a lot of interesting material to use but definitely needed more than one season to flesh it all out.

[@lano2000]

I wanna say thank you for making this video, and you did an amazing job. I'm really glad that people enjoyed this series of Digimon as much as i did.

[@raytaku_]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@OmegaStrike-hopper]

Can't wait for the data squad review

[@raytaku_]

Working on it 🙏🏽🍻

[@OmegaStrike-hopper]

​@@raytaku_ yeah

[@bladetrinityisagoodmovie]

Great content. I honestly can't believe how much of this long form content I've watched.

[@raytaku_]

Forever grateful for your support, thanks for watching 🙏🏽🍻

[@mikankitsune0440]

Out of all the Digimon seasons I watched growing up this was my favorite. I never missed it when it came on JetX. I even rewatched it in college as a comfort when I needed a break.

[@SlimeThe1st]

This is my favorite Digimon.

[@raytaku_]

👌🏽🍻

[@Aodhanbaby]

Great to see you covering this. Digimon and Beyblade are my favorite series that you’ve covered 😊

[@raytaku_]

🙏🏽🍻