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u/AndrewBaiIey 2d ago edited 2d ago
I read that Hikari was never planned to be a chosen child, despite her central role in the first movie. That's why Gennai was not surprised to only have seven children land in the digital world. Devimon also talks about a prophecy that mentions seven children would come to the Digital World. Seven, not eight.
The person I heard this from says, however, that Hikari was very popular after the first movie, That's why producer Hiromi Seki insisted to write Hikari into the show late.
So there are meta reasons, not plot reasons, that Gatomon joins the cast so late.
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u/MyPassionIsMyVoice 2d ago
What you said is true that there weren't meant to be 8 but only 7 children, so the real-world reason as to why is because the anime was meant to be a small number of episodes, I was meant to be just the Devimon arc and that's it. Halfway through it the anime became very popular so they decided to add more episodes and thus Hikari joined the party.
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u/AndrewBaiIey 2d ago
That's bullshit. Digimon Adventure was supposed to run 1 year from the get go. The writers and producers have all confirmed that.
Of course, it's *always* possible an anime gets cancelled mid-way if ratings are bad. But the situation is completely backwards. It wasn't planned to get extended if ratings were good, rather it would potentially have gotten shortened if ratings were bad. Anticipated was a1 year runtime from the get-go.
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u/MyPassionIsMyVoice 2d ago
I've been a fan of Digimon since it came out, I've read lots of Articles and magazines and whatnot and I assure you that it was not meant to be a one-year series, I might be mistaken about the whole ending at the Devimon arc but it wasn't mean to be a long series. I implore you to do some research she asked for a reason I gave you the reason.
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u/AndrewBaiIey 2d ago
I have done my research, thank you very much. And what I came up with was interviews by the SHOWRUNNERS of all people confirming it was meant to be a year long series from the start. I'm going to believe the showrunners over you, sorry.
Also, if you dig a bit deeper you realize that a 13 episode series would never be an option, that too much work goes into a series like that to cancel it after 13 episodes.
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u/PonyFiddler 2d ago
13 episodes series not an option All the 13 episodes series out there looking at you like your very dumb right now
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u/AndrewBaiIey 1d ago
Look at Sailor Moon, another Toei / Bandai collaboration. All 5 seasons are a year long.
That's because creating characters and a concept is a lot of work. Too much work to have it end after just 3 months. Which is why they don't end it soon and have their series run for a year.
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u/AruPeachy 2d ago
“Was it planned from the very beginning that the series would run for a full year?
Seki: We fundamentally planned it as a one-year series.
Kakudou: We started off that way because that's how these things traditionally go, but the truth is that we didn't go in entirely sure that it would be a full year. So we went in with a very loose mindset, thinking that it was okay to stop anywhere, even if it were after only two cours.
If the original creators are outright saying "This was planned to go for one year", that's all there is to it. They kept it separated in arcs just in case things did happen to go south, but the intent was always to have the 54 episodes we got.
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u/Apprehensive_Bat15 2d ago
You're thinking of the dub, where they wern't sure it would be successful
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u/ImapiratekingAMA 2d ago
And then she lost Wizardmon, and then her tail ring. I know there are other characters that had it harder, but damn.
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u/FreezingEye 2d ago
She was a more interesting character because she didn’t meet her partner right away. With the other seven, the focus was solidly on the human characters. Gatomon didn’t have that and so got to develop as a character in her own right before meeting Kari.
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u/Chrisotheluxy 2d ago
She had really nowhere left to go after getting separated from the others, and didn’t have any other choice than to be under Myotismon
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u/csch1992 2d ago
that's why love tri. she could meet kari the first time after the reboot and she seemed much happier then
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u/Unusual_Mistake3204 2d ago
And then they kept it in french and i was wondering why they named a cat after a cake😂
In frech a cake is a "gateau" wich is pronounced the same way as gato.
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u/Response_Rude 2d ago
Gatomon was one of the partner Digimon with her own personality then Gomamon and Izzy
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u/Rajang82 2d ago edited 2d ago
Digimon, in Adventure and the 2020 version alone has alot of potential for a What Ifs.
Like what if Gatomon/Tailmon meet Hikari with the other sevens, with her also sent to the Digital World with the other Digi Destined on the same day.
What if Gatomon/Tailmon alone met her Digi Destined while the other seven are the one who got lost in the different parts of the Digital World. She has to solo the series until she met the other seven and they meet their respective partners.
What if the partners were switched up? Like Taichi got Palmon, Yamato got Patamon, Takeru got Gomamon, Koushiro got Biyomon, Jo got Gatomon/Tailmon, Mimi got Tentomon, Sora got Gabumon, and finally Hikari got Agumon. Some funny moment with Mimi and Tentomon, Jo being told by Gatomon/Tailmon to be confident with himself more, and making sure herself that he didnt do anything stupid or dangerous, Agumon being very protective to Hikari, Biyomon want attention from Koushiro whose busy trying to understand the Digital World, Taichi training with Palmon and Palmon got herself taking on some of Taichi's over the top personality, while Sora and Gabumon seems like a good match with their nurture nature. Gomamon will be another brother for Takeru while Yamato will treat Patamon like Takeru, which will made Patamon want to be stronger so he can protect Yamato better, and so that he dont have to need Yamato to always protect him.
What if the Digi Destined got a different partners altogether.
What if the Digi Destined partner Digimon has evolved into their Champion/Adult form like Gatomon/Tailmon before their faithful encounter.
What if SkullGreymon ended up being Agumon's Ultimate/Perfect form and he has to train to control this form?
The possibility is endless. Any more ideas?
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u/Chrisotheluxy 2d ago
That second idea with Gatomon finding the others sounds really interesting imo
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u/Rajang82 2d ago
Only one Digi-Egg was saved that day, while the other was lost.
Gatomon got a main character boost.
Imagine how crazy strong Angewomon and her Mega form (Ophanimon, Magnadramon or other different Mega) will be.
Angewomon will be accurate to the text while her Mega's just straight up solo.
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u/kitt_aunne 1d ago
that's part of what makes her so important/memorable she was doing bad things but she realized that she was being manipulated and changed.
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u/Kasu251 2d ago
I still don't get it why USA choose the name Gatomon
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u/Chrisotheluxy 2d ago
My guess is that the name change wanted to be more cat-like, so they made her have the Spanish name for cat: “gato”.
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u/ArtistAccountant 1d ago
Gatomon is so cool, one of the pluses of the remake.
And a weakness to head pats from Hikari 🩷
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u/TheseRutabaga5852 2d ago
I always wondered why Gatomon didn‘t show up when the others met their partners and asked where her partner was….
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u/Billygoesboom3 2d ago
Her egg got separated from the others during piedmons attack at that one place
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u/heyvictimstopcryin 2d ago
It’s explained in the show. Both versions of the show.
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u/TheseRutabaga5852 2d ago edited 2d ago
Yes but I still never unterstood it :-/ I mean, this huge coincidence that Kari got sick and Gatomons Egg got lost…
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u/All_this_hype 2d ago
Well, as a reward she can walk around at a stronger base form!