Digimon’s Most Overlooked Season | Appmon ULTIMATE REVIEW Series Retrospective

The Digimon season that many fans ignored or refuse to acknowledge is secretly one of Digimon's best.
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[@elemomnialpha]

As someone who did watch Appmon while it was airing I'm glad it's at least finally getting the appreciation it deserves as one of the best series

[@carlosblanco5975]

Appmon is the Digimon hidden gem. Such a beautiful Story, characters, soul and personality for days. I miss the old good days of watching the series weekly and being able to share the thoughts with other Digimon fans. I hope that Appmon will be integrated into the main Digimon anytime soon. It's part of the family, and one of the best ones if you ask me

[@meandmyfandoms1230]

One of my favorite parts of appmon was near the end, like right before they get god mode, and they get asked their activation question again. It happens in like an "are you still firm on your stance" kind of way. We find out that Rei's question was "are you alone?" and he chooses no. That made me tear up.

[@Luminaire180]

About 2 years ago I started watching every Digimon series with my son. We are only missing Xros wars and 2020. But, let me tell you. This one caught me by surprise. It's actually one of my favorites. Don't sleep on this one, guys. One thing I really liked was how creative they were with the Appmon abilities and how they use them in battle.

[@dramonmaster222]

Good job on making this Digimon Universe Ultimate Review. It really is the series that most Digimon fans don't know about.

[@krayzemo2094]

My most favorite season, never understood why it was so overlooked. Thanks for review.

[@Bezaliel13]

Did it get an English dub?

[@thebreed254]

@@Bezaliel13 as far as i know no, but i really think you should go with the sub considering the voice and story changes made have been a bit lackluster recently

[@Bezaliel13]

@@thebreed254 I suppose I should assume "recently" includes when it would have been.

[@thebreed254]

@@Bezaliel13 ? i just mean the newer ones dubbed havent been as good as the sub cuz of voices and story changes

[@Bezaliel13]

@@thebreed254 I do not even know if you are talking about this franchise particularly.

[@pinholes4669]

My favourite part of the show is the theme of A.I as appmon themes and topic is probably the most relevant in all Digimon series as now we're entering the era of A.I and the stuff appmon talks about A.I can be scarily accurate and hey perhaps one day a Leviathan would exist in real life

[@robertmahiques6218]

I am only watching half the video because you've convinced me to watch the show. Well made video and just wanted to drop a comment for the algorithm.

[@thedigiknow]

Awesome!! One of the best reasons to stop watching my video hahah

[@coolbluetj]

When I first started Appmon it didn't feel like Digimon and I stopped watching. Last summer, I resumed watching and quickly binged it within a few days. It's one of my favorite seasons.

[@TheAverageGatsby]

Watched it while airing, I'm glad to hear people enjoyed it. In hindsight, there is probably a larger discussion to be had here. Especially when it feels like ghost game with episodic feels, but with an actual payout.

[@digisplosion]

Just finished watching/rewatching appmon today! What timing 😊

[@salmanalseemare9821]

Digimon Xros wars feels to be the first to establish a veil world where digimon roam the real world, but isn't the digital world or a gate to/from it

[@Roto3]

Didn't got too far into appmon universe yet because ghost game grabbed my attention when ir came out. It look interesting so far.

[@LacertaZilla2024]

My favorite episode is when Agumon appears totally blew my mind

[@brilleon]

The binary numbers on Wargreymon body looks so cool here, and in this version he can fold the Dragon Claw 😂

[@creature6715]

I'm gonna have to check this out because while i liked ghost game, appmon sounds like it did everything that i *wished* ghost game would do.

[@AlexMartinez-gv7hy]

Love Appmon, it was such a great show. Love the characters and the stories they told, the character growth and the villains were really fun. Also had a crush on Rei

[@SophieSquid]

Ever since I got to this season in the binge and saw your original appmon video, at least briefly, I was so excited to give this season a try. And after being burned over and over by seasons 2, 4, 5, and 6 all having aspects of good in them and getting legitimately invested in some of them, only for them each to kinda crash by the end and be all somewhat mixed in quality to the point where I could not say I wholeheartedly liked them, I was afraid appmon would turn out the same. But upon watching it, I couldn't have been happier to have been proven wrong. Appmon has since been my favorite season of digimon and I have to absolutely thank you for giving me the hope for the season enough to commit to checking it out, and as well as being one of the only digitubers out there who has *truly* been giving this season a chance to be seen and recognized by fans all over. Thank you.

[@thedigiknow]

So happy!!! Yeah you're right about other seasons fizzling out. This one only gets better.

[@skistorm739]

​@thedigiknow maybe the digital field and ar feild exist because the digital world absorb digiquartz feild digital and both feilds are In 4d space because 4d internet is possible

[@skistorm739]

​@thedigiknow, but for now on, the internet is 5d space, but the digital field is closer to the real world, and the ar field closer to the net but still in the metaverse

[@lucasaugusto1020]

You were the reason that I, only last year, watched Appmon and I absolutely loved it ! One of the best Digimon experiences that I ever had. This did a lot of arcs that Tri, Adventure 2020 and Tri tried to did but failed so much better

[@ynnuf2455]

I will never forget "Globemon" First scene. Honestly, it's my favorite appmon.

[@husbandrew]

What a sensible review, nothing seems like over praising and is just genuinely a good time.

[@WyseWalker]

One thing I appreciate about Appmon is how it ramped itself up so subtlety. In the beginning episodes I didn't think too much of it and the plot but then all of a sudden we shifted into high gear once we started we started to get evolutions. My favorite character which surprised me was Astora, which again surprised me cause I paid closer attention and was ready to like Eri and Rei but as they progressed he just keep sticking out to me. Not to say I liked them less but I related to him more.

[@Yfighter2]

Man as someone who kept up with Ghost Game, Appmon sounds like it did everything better. Hope to get around to watching it soon

[@randomobscurity]

Thanks for the review! I love Applimon and for everyone watching this vid, this is only the surface of how great the series is. The character development is one of my favorite parts. Also the blend of 3D CGI with 2D art is gorgeous.

[@kesumadharma659]

what I like about Appmon is while it's design and formulated for younger viewer, it's have charm that I love form Digimon.

[@eikooowiesnowyowlchannels1921]

Appmon are my beloved oshis i still love them

[@Bruno15041998]

I just started watching it after watching this video, I’m on episode four and I’m loving it!!

[@Susarou]

Aplimonsters is such a great story with great characters. 🔥

[@MungBean2]

When both appmon and tri were ongoing, I felt more attracted to appmon. I don't know what it was about tri, but of the 2 I always preferred appmon more.

[@Don_LUSH]

To me Tri felt like an unnecessary attempt to use an old setting to expand on things nobody asked for nostalgia while Appmon's worst crime is having too much filler, I at least praise the 2020 reboot for telling it's own story but Appmon still felt like the best recent Digimon series

[@Doomroar]

Tri was just bad, it is an anniversary product that dedicates its entire run time to being an asshole to some random girl, to the point that the main villain ends molesting her, and by the end the protagonist even kill her partner, and for no good reason other than the writers having a boner for making her suffer Which of course has nothing to do at all with the idea of reconnecting with the old cast as we get to see them as grown ups

[@Justin_Watson23]

I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this. I was always drawn to Digimon bc of the themes: the "never give up" attitude that persists, how good qualities in real life became in-universe power ups, the bond between partners, character design, & etc. I've always struggled to pick up on the complexities of narratives in fiction, implicit or explicit, & plot holes were something I rarely caught onto (incomplete dark ocean story went right over my head as a kid & adult lol). It's also why I've loved seasons people have been tough on bc of story-related issues, but I'm glad I've gotten to see what others have through these in depth explorations.

[@TakatofanAgain]

When this was announced and I read the description, I thought it sounded awful and that it would "obviously suck", But I was very pleasantly surprised. It's one of my favorite seasons, I wish more people gave it a chance.

[@prohungary8614]

Dang you sent me back a few years.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

Appmon came out around the time Spyro was being absorbed into skylanders and got me a bit scared Digimon would be absorbed by its own spinoff. That didn't happen obviously but it seemed like it might at the time.

[@thedigiknow]

Interesting reference! I kind of forgot all about the Skylanders era AND the fact it was technically Spyro related. Weird times!

[@georgesagris3508]

Ive heard so many comments about how this is the best season ever, and it's the only one i haven't watched. Will likely watch your video/ commenting for the algorithm, and then consider watching the show after!

[@kieranroche597]

Harus evolution is similar to Pop's in the Dragon Quest Dai anime and he's the best character in the show. Starting off cowardly makes the change to bravery all the more impactful

[@saintneos1141]

I saw this season. It was good. Glad you covering it.

[@LordArchive]

Appmon still remains my forth favorite season of digimon after original Adventures, 02, and Tamers. I wish Ghost Game had gone the route of having cap stone episodes where the episodic stand alone episodes had connective elements leading to an end of arc boss episode. Where you could watch those episodes by themselves and not need more story, yet there's some minor parts that can be ignored but also work towards a story later on. The when the cap stone episode occurs it would reference those events so you didn't need to watch the previous episodes to follow the story of that episode. Sort of like how they used the black digimon appearing during Gullusmon episodes and then revealing them at the end of the series-- though more should have been done with them for all the build up they had. A better example for what I mean would be to have all the dark digimon that got away in the early episodes reappeared in the episode Vamdemon was the enemy, and make it clear in that specific episode that what they did was tied to him. Also, that there was a continuity editor to make sure that events that changed things actually changed, and we don't have episodes that feel as if they should have occurred much earlier in the series. It really feels like Ghost Game tried to be more episodic than Pokemon, yet not realizing that while Pokemon told a simple story through each season, that you can skip episodes and still understand what's going on-- they still told a story that was built upon bit by bit.

[@thekey0123]

I'm split on ghost game, on one hand I really enjoyed a good number of the individual episodes, on the other hand none of the shows character arcs were memorable to me, and the Overarching plot took way too long to progress, along with the Story Disapointing me for how long we were made to wait for it.

[@jamesrobson8308]

Just wanna say your stuff is great. Your voice is soothing lol

[@ben-10_and_digimon_is_goat]

Can't wait for digimon tcg will release digimon universe appmon or not

[@Luminaire180]

It's actually kind of sad that so many sets have come out and they have pulled Digimon from just about everywhere except this show. I hope they get cards also. I don't play the tcg often due to being a Magic player, but I do have a few decks and buy packs now and then to collect since I love Digimon.

[@AngelPerez-tu1nk]

The more I see of this the more badly I wanna watch it.

[@patrickmichaelis1783]

Thank you for the Review. I really loved Appmon and i hope because of this Video more People fall in Love with Appmon.

[@weebmeister-harry]

I remember when this came out (when I was in 6th grade) and thought it looked odd but I gave it a chance and watched up to the first 6 episodes cause it was hard to find the episodes. But it’s on Crunchyroll and after watching this review I can’t to finish and experience this for myself.

[@donkaito]

Thank you for this video.

[@LacertaZilla2024]

I love how the appmon evolve so cool

[@yurikatsuki]

after tis video, i've decided i'll give it a watch.

[@iantaran2843]

Ghost Game was definitely more about the theme of horror. That and being a commercials for the Vital Bracelet

[@gabzpot]

Now I'm going to watch it.

[@radamap7455]

Yes I love Appmon, Plus the Applidrive jingle is soooo catchy

[@DigiKing223]

Fine I’ll cave and watch it

[@metaltornado3457]

7:32 I don't have a problem with KZbinr protagonists when it makes sense for the story themes/universe. Appmon uses it to explore people's reliance on modern technology and its consequences, so it makes perfect sense. It's only cringy when a franchise retools in order to include social media elements, like the most recent My Little Pony generation, where they are no longer in a magical fairytale world but instead a modern world where they are all obsessed with social media.

[@necrosx1872]

This video reminded me that I need to watch the entirety of it, I think I only stuck on for two or three episodes, had to drop it because I became busy.

[@thekey0123]

I haven't seen Appmon yet, but I believe it's biggest mistake was Labeling itself as a Spinoff, right after a season that was devicive and already bucked a good chunk of the standered conventions to the point where it in and of itself felt like a Spin off. And my theory is when you make an actual spin-off right after a show that felt like a spin-off it kind of makes you wonder if this new show is even related to the original or if it's just using the name. I personally think it would have had a higher viewership if it came out around when Ghost game aired.

[@thedigiknow]

I agree about the naming convention. I think it had something to do with Tri being for old fans and this trying to create NEW fans. But a rebrand / spinoff title "Appmon" was a mistake imo.

[@pat1r1ck]

as a person who watch almost the entirety of the digimon anime, appmon is one of the better ones. the worst no doubt in my mind is xros wars hunters (i like xros wars, the take on it was interesting but hunters is where i draw the line)

[@kitsunepop1077]

seeing such obvious lgbtqia+ rep in appmon was something that really made me feel good, and I desperately hope future Digimon stories continue to make good rep! also appmon should be considered regular digimon imo. a lot of them are very obvious references to existing digimon and could very easily fit into digivolution trees. if xros wars can add levels to their characters then appmon (who already have a level system, literally just change the names) shouldn't be considered any different than digimon

[@170skeith]

I loved Appmon and it's a great premise for some Digimon story mobile game spinoff

[@waterdominic134]

8:33 my luck is be the only person to not know who he is😂😂

[@CD-Gaming]

Yeah, I copped for Appmon whilst trawling an Animé Streaming site, it was a result for "Digimon", I could only watch the first 11 episodes along with episode 14, but that was pre-Beer Bug and I can safely say that Appmon is now on my To-Watch List and will be coming up after Bakemonogatari and Full Metal Panic! Don't know what I'm going to watch after that, though... probably another Gundam, still need to watch X, Witch From Mercury and do we even have Urdr Hunt...?

[@LacertaZilla2024]

It be cool if there was appmon that looked like Godzilla or a trex

[@TheDiscoGenre]

Appmon's issues stem from the Yo-kai Watch trend chasing; as in the beginning is a bit too younger audience orientated even by kids anime standards.

[@thedigiknow]

Yep but with its proximity to Digimon Adventure Tri I could 100% understand why they thought "Tri will hit for lapsed adult fans and Appmon will create NEW young fans"

[@ikaika1]

I hope you enjoyed your trip to Japan!

[@thedigiknow]

I am! Couple more days (this video was pre recorded)

[@justarandomweeb8953]

I loved the show when it was airing Even now I'll go back to watching them beat up leviathan and globemon beating the virusmons xD

[@testudoeratnumen5554]

Applimon is based! I loved the story part about brotherhood.

[@Atmatan_Kabbaher]

Getting some major Aura x Morganna dot hack vibes.

[@jackycheung2781]

Appmon is still one of the best seasons of Digimon.

[@SophieSquid]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@pero02review47]

at the first glance, I kinda hate cgi that being use in this season. However I kinda like it and prefer it since cgi can make their action more smooth and consistent. Look how epic was the battle. The animator doesnt need to hardly draw action per second when they can just move the 3D model as they want.

[@Kevin_turner]

For this being not such a watched series the toys for it are soooooo expensive lol. When I watched it I loved and went to buy the toys and was like woah toooooo much for me lol

[@H3yPshot]

Yea this has a nice charm to it its different but Familiar spin off done well

[@tsohgallik]

No way that kid can do KZbin for only 30 minutes 😅😅😅 Need at least 2-4 hours so you can edit, produce, move locations...

[@thedigiknow]

Haha true it’s clear that the writers aren’t video editors / KZbinrs themselves 😅

[@Big-Image]

I believe the reason it was hated initially was because of the fact it was made during the Yo-kai watch craze at the time, hence why the Appmon look the way they are. Viewers and fans alike simply thought the anime was a blatant Yo-kai Watch clone.

[@Sishpoo]

Alright when’s the super ultimate review releasing?

[@Firedrake-SP]

I wish this anime will get an English dub in the future.

[@Dan55888]

That also explains why I never bothered to look further into this.

[@PyroKitsuna11]

On Twitter someone did a appmon mini comic with searchmon or i keep forgetting the main appmon there and he dis gabumon, gatomon, then he was stopped by rika and told you dont want to look into facts/ stuff about renamon

[@zack6283]

Do you know where I can watch all episode of digimon reboot 2020 Eng dub besides Hulu?

[@SharkWitchMeruna]

It breaks my heart this will never be dubbed and more widely known. I adored this season so much! 😭💖

[@ZephyrBW]

This series was so cool

[@metis7534]

Top 3 seasons just because it has Be My Light

[@elijahkillings7903]

I like appmon

[@SummerTokyoNeko]

Appmon > Adventure (2020) + Ghost Game

[@LeoBeastmode]

DOUBLE HACK!!

[@thedigiknow]

Double hack!!!

[@frankiemorga2873]

The reason most people dislike it when KZbinrs are represented in media is tends to be the influencer types instead of the smaller niche youtubers like yourself. It makes it harder to relate to them as characters.

[@kdup-hp6zm]

appimon feels like the writers were digimon fans and were just given free rein to write whatever they wanted cause it wasn't directly tied to the main series there are moment that are fanficish in the best way possible

[@NegaHumanX]

19:53 - Panjyamon evo? This Appmon actually looks like a good midway evo between Panjyamon and Grappleomon. MetalPanjyamon?

[@VTWS]

Appmon is just MGS2 but deeper

[@ivorydragon]

i was watching it while it was airing and i dropped it halfway through cuz it felt boring by then xD and this was around the time they were going deeper into the digiworld

[@Bezaliel13]

The Ghost Game disses were a bit annoying ngl, especially when the main point did not age well. Yeah yeah, I know he disliked how the overarching plot was an "Excuse Plot" for the "Monster of the Week" format. Wanting it to have been syndicated does not that was *not what it was going for.*

[@thedigiknow]

What main point did not age well? I kept them in *because* they still felt accurate and worth mentioning for people who are on the fence about Appmon looking for reasons why it's different from seasons they may have tried. I also make comparisons & critiques of Tri, Adventure 2020, Adventure 1999 throughout this video -- so why are my Ghost Game comments the issue? Maybe you just liked that season more than I did, and that's fine.

[@Bezaliel13]

@@thedigiknow 54:29 I know you dislike what the plot was, but I obviously was referring to the *critique of it focusing on being episodic instead of syndicated* when the backstory was meant to explain the Monster of the Week format. 54:29 You did not even talk about Ghost Game! Just wondered why I would have noticed it more, as though I would not have waited until the end to post a comment _and you did not end the video complaining about Ghost Game._ 54:29

[@thedigiknow]

@@Bezaliel13 I genuinely don’t understand your last comment. Sorry!

[@Bezaliel13]

@@thedigiknow My last comment was of three parts. First, my referring to how Ghost Game's plot was about the "Monster of the Week." Second, I pointed out how something taking up the end of your video would have been fresh on my mind after finishing the vid more than your "comparisons & critiques of Tri, Adventure 2020, Adventure 1999 throughout this video." Third, the timestamp of when you started complaining about Ghost Game *to end the video* throughout. *_(WARNING: I was a tad rambly.)_* Lastly, I feel obligated to elaborate on how Ghost Game plot was a backstory to explain the Digimon of the Week, MotW. I mean, it was "world-ending threat appeared, Digimon evacuated, and the protags had to deal with the fallout." Sadly, I am not knowledgeable enough on youkai works nor ghost story franchises to properly explain how *"Ghost* Game" does not sound like a syndicated plot, but I can stand by how the plot was more a *backstory than a goal.* Honestly, I do not see how an overarching big bad would really work for the horror of a ghost story anime, especially when the main threat was Gulus all along. I mean, I cannot imagine there being a ghost story anime with an overarching big bad, like Nurarihyon or something, when they are fighting stuff like spirits, and the characters knowing Gulus was the cause of everything earlier might have been awkward. Could have just undermined the scare factor of the MotW ngl, which were the point of each episode. Frankly, how would the idea of horror from Digimon not understanding humans had fit with some "mastermind" being behind everything?

[@benjaminacuna8013]

Haru and Yujin defo had a spark if you can’t see that you’ve never seen sparks, it happened in a couple seasons of pretty cure too

[@TerraEmperor1]

Honestly i don't think the name helped it out. It made it come off as a subset instead of a different season

[@MrHero109]

Will appmon ever be dubbed in English?

[@Oku_yappin]

Bro looks like Yuya Sakaki from Arc v

[@JeanJoseph25]

Where can I watch

[@thedigiknow]

I watched on Crunchyroll

[@SuperChucknorrisman]

Is that star platinum???? 23:15

[@superkroger]

😊

[@melissamurray8307]

I wish this was dubbed.

[@grumpywolfgaming]

Wasn't this all in Japanese? If I remember right I avoided it because I don't enjoy reading subs.

[@shadowclaw7210]

Yeah unfortunately it didn’t receive dub and only way to watch was sub.

[@zheaicalia8614]

Wait this was 2016!?

[@Atmatan_Kabbaher]

The female protagonist is almost literally a Hololive member 😂

[@aldendomino3523]

Xros Wars is my second favourite season after Tamers and I have no idea why people hate it so much. It doesn’t make sense to me that so many other people have bad taste

[@joshelderkin9592]

So thats where they got the shitty levels in cyber slueth

[@purkle200]

I love Applimon. The only thing I didn't like was Rei. He was just a *boring* and cliche character compared to the other character's. I loved his partner Hackmon though.

[@Path_To_Paradise_YT]

The protagonist not having a shade of Brown for his hair and the name were about the on only things that turned me off from watching it