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Every piece of Digimon media is canon in some regard. Even when contradicting itself about the events of a specific piece of media while being referenced elsewhere.

Digimon is on some level a cosmic horror story except the horrors can be friendly.

Next week were getting Bombermon.

Are we going to see Ghilliedhumon and Zanmetsumon as well at some point? Gurimon has made his fair share of appearances so far to.

(The extended Ghost Game roster is getting some love in Beatbreak it seems, which is nice to see, plus we're not resorting back to the big hitters of the original runs which get re-used a lot.)

Appmon's writers could be worse in some other aspects, but their bravery is unmatched in the entire Digimon anime franchise.

But compared to the two people whose involvement folks generally acknowledge (Kakudou and Konaka), she is just so incredibly invisible to the fandom. And it is kinda insane to me.

Okay. I know I said in this post that Azhdarmon's neck spikes looked like they'll get in the way of Raito riding them but honestly that was... Kind of an oversight on my part since I was mainly basing that off of how Raito rides Rhamphomon in episode 24

He was sitting on their shoulders with his legs dangling, which is kind of an outlier to how he usually rides them closer to the center of their back (episode 18 and episode 33 for reference)

And well would you look at that, Azhdarmon actually doesn't have any spikes there!

I considered the possibility of this being a change (since I could have sworn that azhdarchid pterosaur had spikes galore) but nope they've never had spikes along their back (episode 19 for reference)

Which, honestly, call me slightly delulu but I find it kind of cute that they conspicuously don't have spikes around the area Raito usually sits

They had a pterosaur hailing from the earlier Late Jurassic period evolve into a pterosaur based on a family of pterosaurs belonging to the later Late Cretaceous period

Like zoinks

these four beasts sure are like inauspicious

personally I feel in peril

Jorogumon

I posted a sketch for this on Patreon three years ago or so and I mostly set it aside, but I finally got around to figuring out the details and the colors. I'll eventually finish it, but I'm not sure when I'll get to it.

Digimon's no stranger to having a jogress between polar opposites, but ExMaquinamon just stands out so well

The components are two different types of false angels. A perfect machine and a perfect beast. I love the parallels between their eyes, wings, and halos. The high-tech halo compared to the bone halo. The silver and gold color schemes both highlights their contrast and how they're each trying to emulate holy digimon despite not being officially classified as them

ExMaquinamon meshes both of its components incredibly well. It resembles a different type of angel, but the two divided halves make it obvious as a fake. It really sells that ExMaquinamon is a false god trying to impose its will on a world that doesn't belong to it. It even has 10 wings to mimic the highest ranking angels

It's also worth pointing out that Maquinamon is a cat digimon like Gatomon. That design choice could've been subtle foreshadowing that Maquinamon's evolution would emulate hers all along. An artificial cat becoming false angels in contrast to a real cat becoming true angels

Chaotic

And Kaijudo

These are two shows I grew up with and have elements that you don't see nowadays. Plus, both honestly feel a bit incomplete for separate reasons.

First off Chaotic, a series that follow around two worlds, four times and a game more than meets the eye. This show also has its own card game which is taken to completely different level unlike many card based shows.

How? In the show, players can become the Creatures in Drone Battles and even experience the actual world linked to these two versions of the game. It isn't just about the battles nor scanning the various creatures, locale and equipment but also see these two separate worlds interact!

I love dynamics such as 'Walking in Another's Shoes' and 'Two Worlds' collide especially with how Chaotic handles it. The dangers but also trust brought in the interactions between these two completely different worlds. Plus the show didn't get to shine long enough when the graphics updated to a more anime style.

Next is Kaijudo, a series that also encapsulates the two worlds collide but with a group of protectors that help keep the balance. This is a show with a found family dynamic between the human characters and the creatures they summon which is something Kaijudo knocks out of the ballpark.

It does this at a reasonable rate just like the character growth, twists, revelation and on how it expands with the worldbuilding. I've seen shows try to do this but never with the good enough build like how Kaijudo does it.

The second season just left a lot more questions at the end than answers when the show got cancelled. Something that a third season could bring but also expand on the interactions between characters as more now have knowledge on this secret world.