Introduction The Conceptual Logs are archives where keywords that are important to the world of Digimon will be explained. The objective is to give a comprehensive view of the concept. This is the …
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Conceptual Log: Archived Research on Digital World and Digimon (1997~1998 Digital Monster)
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Conceptual Log: Archived Research on Digital World and Digimon (1998~2000 Digimon Pendulum)
IntroductionDigimon Pendulum 1.0 Nature SpiritsMagazines and BooksDigimon Pendulum 2.0 Deep SaversMagazines and BooksDeep Savers ProfilesDigimon Museum – The Last SummaryDigimon Pendulum 3.0 …
Conceptual Log: Digimon Gears Research
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Conceptual Log: Development of Digimon Gears
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Digimon V-Tamer 01 Volume 2 Digital Raws
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World Building in Log Horizon
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The Digital World Archive has Evolved
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Digital Manga: Purchasing on Overdrive!
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Digimon World: Game Creator’s Voice
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Product Review: Digital Monster 25th Anniversary Book –Digimon Device & Dot History–
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Lost Tales: The Digimon World exhibition
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Digimon Partners interviews with Asako Tsukahara on Digimon Ghost Game and Frontier promotional art
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Digimon Manga and Other Digimon Archive 15.02.24
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Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning: Balancing World with Character and Story
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Myriad Colors Phantom World Roundtable #2: Digital & Background Staff
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Anime Limited has announced that Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE is now available on a range of online platforms. All of the services listed will carry the film in Japanese…
Digital Realms
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Digimon and the Constant Inconsistency
The General Discussion When I started discussing fictional franchises on the internet, the subject of “canonicity” was one of the first concepts that I had to learn about.…
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Impact of Covid-19 on Japanese Animation Studios and the Need to Embrace Digital and Telework
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Digital Deal Hunting
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If Digimon Adventure 2020 Aired on Fox Kids
In the U.S., the first three seasons of Digimon aired on Fox Kids, which became FoxBox in 2002, then 4KidsTV in 2005. But what if Fox Kids still…
Digimon History 7: Digimon Revival
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Log Horizon
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2205 Mecha Design/Concept Research interviews
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REBEL 3199 Science Research, Part 1
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Digimon Tamers, Konaka, and Cancel Culture
In the latest episode of “Discovering Your Favorite Creators’ Alarming Beliefs,” the writer of Digimon Tamers, Chiaki J. Konaka, recently penned a new script for the show’s 20th…
Digimon Data File: Growth and Evolution
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The History of Kazumasa Habu and Digimon – The Revival of Digimon games
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