#gomamonday2017

Digimon Adventure Card Series Part 2 - Jo & Gomamon

Happy Gomamon Day by buzzthebatgirl [a.k.a. @maireadralph here on tumblr]

We have our first art submission for Gomamon Day! Here’s a sneak peek :3

Remember, it’s happening THIS SATURDAY December 9th! :D

Digimon Adventure Card Series Part 1 - Jo & Gomamon

Gomamon Day is coming THIS Saturday December 9th!

Here’s a small FAQ of sorts about it:

-Why a digimon? I’ve seen a few days for celebrating other digimon (Flamedramon, Renamon), as well as days to celebrate pokemon (such as 7/28 as Popplio Day), and figured it would be nice to celebrate a specific digimon species; not necessarily “Jo’s Gomamon”, although that is the one that most digimon fans are familiar with.

-Why Gomamon? Many years ago, along with Patamon and countless virus types, he was established as one of my favourite digimon. I quickly got tired of the Adventure anime and am mostly familiar with them through the old PS1 games. About 10 years ago I decided to begin collecting digimon merchandise, with a main focus on Gomamon and Patamon. Over the years more recently, they appear to me as a sort of embodiment of positivity and happiness, and have helped me get through a lot of negative or otherwise not-so-great times in my life. So for me personally I think having one day to celebrate them would be great to show others how awesome this underappreciated digimon is!

-Why December 9th? December 9th is the day I got a special gomamon custom-made plushie of my own; in fact, he’ll be 4 years old this year! His name is Natticus, and you can follow his tumblr @natticusthegomamon (made by magnastorm; he’s the 3rd most popular “gomamon” art submission on DA!)

-How do I celebrate? You can draw or write about them, take some photos if you have a collection (no matter whether it’s gigantic or just one plushie), make a photo story of your own gomamon’s adventures, livestream a digimon game (Gomamon is obtainable in the newest official digimon video games; Cyber Sleuth and Next Order on PS4/Vita, and Digimon Links on mobile) or just reblog some relevant posts! Make a gomamon OC (or ask an OC owner to draw theirs!) You’re free to submit posts into this tumblr* anytime from now until then, or you can make your own and tag them with at least one of these hashtags below (within the first 5 in your post) on the day of so I can find them to reblog here! #gomamonday #gomamon day #gomamonday2017 #gomamon day 2017

*by submitting a post/posts you give me permission to publish said post on this tumblr blog.

-Any rules? No negative/hateful posts about anyone or mon; we can all love gomamon without being mean to other monsters right? No NSFW art here either, sorry. Late posts are okay, I’ll likely be celebrating at least all weekend long!

What is the inspiration behind gomamon’s design?

The Gomamon design links back to their name, which can be broken down into “goma” and “mon”. Of course, “mon” is short for “monster”, pretty much a digimon standard. The “goma” part is derived from the name of a real world animal called the Spotted Seal; in Japanese they are called Gomafu Azarashi. 

Those cute spots and head marking sure look familiar right? :3

Photo By Captain Budd Christman - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16466765

Here’s an early concept art and sprite of Gomamon based on it’s first appearance in the Deep Savers Pendulum versions 2.0 and 2.5 virtual pets!

ペンデュラム2のゴマモン ラフスケッチの段階では、ゴマフアザラシに近い感じでかわいい姿をしていたゴマモン。正式なイラストでは、長い爪が生え、目つきも鋭くなって強そうなデジモンにパワーアップしている。

[Google Translated Version] Gomamon of Pendulum 2 At the stage of rough sketch, Gomamon which had a cute appearance with a feeling close to the spotted seal. In the official illustration, long nails grow and the eyes become sharp and it is powering up to a strong Digimon.

And so, it became the tougher-looking mohawk-haired seal digimon we know today! :3

Digimon Adventure Tri: Reunion Clip

Gomamon’s appearance in the first movie in it’s original Japanese dub!

Jo: Gomamon?! Gomamon: Hehehe, I'm here!