#anomalocarimon

I'm happy with it, it's all I can ever be

I was born this way and I know that I love it

My evolution lines for the Digimon of TACTICS team 7 (and Naito)

Ludomon/Ldmon’s line is self explanatory, it’s the one it’s had for years. Likewise, Monodramon’s is the one that’s established so far with a “???” to emphasize that I’d like him to get an all new Ultimate/Mega.

Shakomon’s uses Jellymon and Sangomon’s shared Baby forms because I think they just work for mollusks. The rest of the line keeps the emphasis on Ancient creatures, and also because I’d really like to see a story where Anomalocarimon gets to be a cool and bad ass Digimon instead of a joke for a change. That, and…well, I really want a Perfect that’s anything other than Sharkmon, due to the common fandom misconception that Tylomon is a shark (it’s not, it’s a Mosasaur). Plesiomon completes the line as a final prehistoric creature, and also makes every evolution above Child-level a completely different kind of animal lmao.

Okay, now I will give MetalSeadramon a better shot.

It's a shark! Nah, it's just Shellmon. I'm impressed how much the lifesaver is doing to pull this play off.

Your bias is showing.

It's fine, Tailmon. You can hold your Adult evolution as your base form, including after an exhausting battle with Perfect. And you told your old boss to fuck off for threatening Hikari. You guys are doing great ❤️.

Never trust a beach house in the Digital World.

Yeah, that will do it.

I love Taichi in this episode having the big brother instincts kick in. Younger children within grabbing distance? Protect.

"I trust myself to be quiet, but just in case I will help you be quiet." Is a much funnier image than if each covered their own mouths.

Kids for some food isn't that great of a look.

The contrast of a front shot (intimidating) compared to a profile shot (just a guy scuttling around) is very funny to me.

💪🐢

Why are you bringing him back? Just leave him on the beach.

Lilimon picture because fav ❤️

Oh dear why. I know he gave away kids for some food but this seems unnecessarily brutal lmao.

Ok, nvm, he's alive.

Maybe not.

Zudomon Express working at greater rates.

Crabmon is definitely drawn in an usual style for Pokemon, probably due to new artists being brought on as Sugimori moves his attention elsewhere. Regardless, it's a fine looking crab Pokemon, with some neat shapes and segmenting around the eyes and legs.

If there's one issue I have with this Pokemon, it's that it feels a bit generic. We've had other crab Pokemon before (like, shocker, Krabby), and this one doesn't have much to make it stand out. It does have blades on its oversized fiddler crab-style claw, which is pretty neat, but they're so tiny as to barely be noticeable.

Crabmon evolves into Coelamon—not a crab at all at this point but instead a fish-like creature. Ostensibly it's supposed to be a coelecanth, though it looks more like a dunkleosteus to me due to the head shape and segmented metallic plating.

Regardless, it fixes the main problem with Crabmon, going from being a fairly standard crab monster to a bipedal fish-like creature with exposed flesh, clawed mammal-like feet, and ripped, tattered fins. It's a really cool design, and one that's much more memorable.

The only problem with this design is that it's a bit too busy—I had to look up some other images of it just to fully grasp what was going on with it. Things like the amount of wrinkles in the skin, the arm-fins, and the "ribs" on the underside all could've been cut down on a bit. I also wish it kept the blade theme from Crabmon, as the only real connective bit here thematically is the seemingly metallic plating. Still, it's a much improved design as a whole.

Anomalocarimon (apparently called Scorpiomon in English) is honestly fantastic. Continuing on with the prehistoric feeling of Coelamon, it's not a crab or a fish but this time an anomalocaris, i.e., one of these guys:

And what a beautiful anomalocaris it is! It brings back the blade theme from Crabmon, but actually fully fleshes it out this time, making the blades much more obvious and giving it a sick scorpion-style tail to match. These blades and the matching spines on top give it a sense of repetition that makes the design easy to read despite the high amount of detail present.

I also love that it has two pairs of eyes—the striking blue eyes from Coelamon and a second pair of compound eyes for good measure. It also has a few markings on its body, which are carefully placed and really make things pop.

The only critiques I have are color nitpicks—I don't think the black at the ends of the "arms" in front was needed, the tan could've been a little lighter to give more contrast to the red areas, and the blue spikes could've easily been gray. Other than that, I really like this guy.