#dancemon

Musimon - Entertainment Type | App: Music Attacks: Music Hour, Happy Playlist

A musician whose motto is "Music Changes the World". The music it creates moves with great force the hearts of all who hear it. - Translation by Wikimon.

Musimon’s inspiration is obvious: he’s a music player Appmon. iTunesmon if you will. Spotifymon. Googlemusicmon.

He’s also the only Appmon in the main four aside from Gatchmon that has absolutely no direct callbacks to an original Digimon. The unusual ears as hands are sort of broadly similar to Terriermon, but aside from that, Musimon is his own animal. He’s designed to be cool and trendy looking, and he’s sort of got a 90′s “mascot with attitude” thing going on, though the anime would play him more as a well meaning sweetheart sort of character.

For an Appmon wearing so much, his design doesn’t look overly busy, and everything fits well enough to feel natural. Even the “speaker armor” he’s wearing slots in well, and I like the added touch of the note-shaped tail and the note lines on his arms.

Musimon manages to feel “classic” without being based on a classic Digimon character, partly because a character based on playing music is such a no-brainer for a show like Appmon, and partly because of how well executed he is. Gatchmon gets...

FIVE STARMONS!

MCmon - Type: Navi | App: Broadcasting Attacks: Soul Shout, Live Crisis [Jikkyo Crisis]

A talented speaker who has poured its heart and soul into commentary. Anyone who listens to its heated commentary will exhibit above-average power, even those who are otherwise feeling unmotivated.

Musimon’s first recolor is MCmon, who switches from being an Entertainment Appmon to one centered around navigation and live-event commentary. This is a pretty easy and natural way to repurpose the Musimon design, and the addition of the sunglasses and microphones give him a bit of his own identity. Appropriately enough, the big “M” on his forehead keeps from being a huge design artifact thanks to his name.

Most of the Appmon recolors would put a bit more effort in than their Digimon counterparts, either by just reusing the basic silhouette or skeleton of a design and adding completely new details, or giving them accessories in addition to new categories. MCmon falls into the latter category.

MCmon gets...

THREE STARMONS!

Dancemon - Type: Game | App: Rhythm A born dancer that cannot resist dancing the moment it hears music. It dances even in battle, using its music-fists that grow stronger the more it gets into the groove.

Dancemon, meanwhile, is a Game Type Appmon, and is specifically themed around rhythm games. His design does just as much to try and set himself apart with the baseball cap and the addition of the little fangs, but I don’t think it stands on its own as well as MCmon does. With his name change being different, the “M” on his head just sort of stands out as not really fitting, and honestly they could have removed just a few lines to make it not as much as an issue.

That being said, his stock artwork at the beginning of he post showing him using his ear-arms for breakdancing is a pretty natural fit.

Dancemon gets...

TWO STARMONS!

That’s all for this week! Join us next week when we cover Palmon’s evolution line, the Human Spirit of Thunder, and a certain offline game Appmon.