Digimon Data Squad, known in Japan as Digimon Savers (デジモンセイバーズ, Dejimon Seibāzu), is the fifth anime television series in the Digimon franchise, produced by Toei Animation. The series aired in Japan on Fuji TV from April 2, 2006 to March 25, 2007.[2] A standalone film based on the series was released on December 9, 2006.[3]
Digimon Data Squad
Promotional poster from the series, depicting the main characters
An English-language version was produced by Studiopolis, in conjunction with Toei Animation USA and Disney Enterprises, Inc., and aired in North America on Toon Disney's Jetix block from October 1, 2007 to November 1, 2008.
The Digital Accident Tactics Squad (DATS) is a government organization established to maintain the peace between the Real World and the Digital World, transporting any Digimon back to the Digital World. Marcus, a junior high school student, becomes one of the members for the organization. He learns that the Digimon Merukimon is opposing mankind. However, the past is revealed that the scientist Akihiro Kurata was responsible for invading the Digital World. He gained the support of the government to oppose all Digimon species, claiming they were a threat to mankind. When Kurata uses Belphemon, Marcus defeats them. Before dying, Kurata uses a bomb to make the Digital World merge with the human world. While the Digimon BanchoLeomon prevents the collision, Marcus meets King Drasil (Yggdrasil), the supreme ruler who attempts to protect the Digital World by destroying mankind, since they cannot exist in both dimensions. Marcus learns that his father, Spencer, was trapped in the Digital World for ten years, because Drasil possessed Spencer's body and BanchoLeomon kept the latter's soul. After Marcus defeats Drasil, Spencer's soul returns to his body. With both worlds restored, all Digimon partners return to their own world. Five years later, Marcus and his friends embrace their future.
Characters
Main characters
Marcus Damon (大門 大, Daimon Masaru, Masaru Daimon in the Japanese version)
Marcus is a 14-year old, 8th grader junior high school student. He does not wear any goggles unlike any main leader characters in any other Japanese Digimon anime. As a delinquent, he challenges himself to become the strongest street fighter. He is partnered with Agumon.[4] Marcus also appeared in the third and final season of Digimon Fusion.
Thomas is a 14-year-old teen genius of Japanese and Austrian descent.[4] He comes from a privileged background and his tendency to rely on carefully planned strategies causes him to clash with Marcus at times. He is partnered with Gaomon.
Keenan is a young boy who goes missing in the Digital World when a lab experiment had gone awry. He grew up with prejudice against humans. He is partnered with Falcomon.
Younger sister of Marcus Damon. She is partnered with Biymon.
Antagonists
Merukimon (メルクリモン)
Voiced by: Kosei Hirota (Japanese); Richard Epcar (English)
A mega-level Shaman Digimon who raised Keenan and met Spencer Damon a decade before the events of the series, believing there can be co-existence until Kurata's actions convinced Merukimon that humans are attacking the Digimon. But learning the truth from Kurata himself, Merukimon decided to try believing in Spencer's words again and sacrificed his life to save Keenan, Marcus, and the others from Kurata's Gizumon.
A mega-level Beast Digimon who hates all humans because of their actions against Digimon. He comes to the real world to fight the Data Squad, only to be stunned by Gizumon’s laser, and was destroyed by RizeGreymon.
The evil, hateful, and fierce mad scientist who is the antagonist of the first half of the series, Kurata was originally Spencer Damon's assistant during their exploration of the Digital World who believed Digimon are a threat to humans as he seeks to completely destroy most of them with his artificial Gizumon while subjugating the rest for world dominion. When the Tactics Squad learned his true plans, he turns the Confidentiality Ministry on them while awakening Belphemon. Later, he takes control of Belphemon himself. After Belphemon's defeat, he ends up becoming a victim of his space-oscillation bomb.
King Drasil is a host computer being in the form of a tree, serving as the main antagonist of the final half of the series when he took Kurata's actions as threat to the Digital World and sends the Royal Knights to attack humanity in retaliation. Drasil initially used the body of Marcus's father Spencer Damon before transferring into his King Drasil 7D6 avatar body, ultimately deciding to destroy both worlds to start anew. But upon being defeated by Marcus and Agumon, Drasil accepts his defeat and enters a deep sleep after reviving Spencer.
Leopardmon (ドゥフトモン, Dufutomon, Duftmon in the Japanese version)
The series was announced during the December 2005 Jump Festa convention in Japan[17] with advertisements showing a remolded Agumon as the lead Digimon. The name of the series was later revealed in January 2006 with the character designs coming a month later. The characters were designed by Sayo Aoi. It is the final Digimon series to be produced in 4:3.
The series aired 48 episodes on Fuji TV in Japan from April 2, 2006 to March 25, 2007. On April 25, 2007, Disney's ABC Network announced that it had signed an agreement with Toei Animation to license the show.[18] Much of the staff that worked on Digimon: Digital Monsters, including director Jeff Nimoy, returned to work on Data Squad. The series finished airing in the US on Jetix on November 1, 2008, thirteen months after it premiered on October 1, 2007.[19] Since March 15, the series began airing in the United Kingdom on Kix!
It was announced on February 12, 2009 that Toei Animation has signed Well Go USA with the DVD rights to Digimon Data Squad, and the first thirteen US edited English dub episodes has been made available on May 26, 2009.[citation needed] The release of the third DVD set was canceled.[20]Madman Entertainment have released all episodes across four sets on Region 4 DVD in Australia and New Zealand with only the US English Edited TV dub by Studiopolis.[21] Brazil had released several DVDs of the show. In 2014, Cinedigm Entertainment obtained the rights to the release of the season. A Complete Collection was released on March 11, 2014, in the US.[22]
Theme songs
Opening themes
"Gōing! Going! My soul!!" (強ing! Going! My soul!!) by Dynamite SHU
The series contained a number of related video games associated with the franchise.
Digimon World DS: A game featuring several Digimon Savers characters, but does not focus on them. It can arguably be seen as a side-story to Digimon Savers. The game, released in America before the concept of Data Squad, uses the original Japanese names of the DATS team, who appear in certain quests.
Digimon World Data Squad: A game focusing on the primary characters of the series, and which presents an original story that apparently runs parallel to the anime. It involves the members of DATS coming into conflict with the Seven Great Demon Lords.
Digimon World: Dawn and Dusk: Sequel to Digimon World DS, a set of two games with slightly different stories. At the end of the game, the four main characters from Data Squad appear to battle the main character.
Digimon Masters: A Digimon MMORPG where players take control of the primary characters of the DATS team. This game follows the storyline of the anime, however it is still incomplete and there are several story segments still currently missing.
References
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Digimon Data Squad known in Japan as Digimon Savers デジモンセイバーズ Dejimon Seibazu is the fifth anime television series in the Digimon franchise produced by Toei Animation The series aired in Japan on Fuji TV from April 2 2006 to March 25 2007 2 A standalone film based on the series was released on December 9 2006 3 Digimon Data SquadPromotional poster from the series depicting the main charactersデジモンセイバーズ Dejimon Seibazu GenreAdventure 1 Anime television seriesDirected byNaoyuki ItōProduced byAtsushiya TakaseAtsutoshi UmezawaHiroaki ShibataKoji Kaneda Shinichi IkedaWritten byRyōta YamaguchiMusic byKeiichi OkuStudioToei AnimationLicensed byAUS Madman EntertainmentNA Toei Animation Inc Original networkFuji TVEnglish networkAU Seven Network 7TwoCA Family Channel Jetix NZ TV2UK Kix Citv POPUS Jetix Toon Disney Original runApril 2 2006 March 25 2007Episodes48 List of episodes Anime filmUltimate Power Activate Burst ModeDirected byTatsuya NagamineWritten byRyota YamaguchiMusic byKeiichi OkuStudioToei AnimationReleasedDecember 9 2006Runtime22 minutesAnime filmDigimon Savers 3D The Digital World in Imminent Danger Directed byNakamura TetsuharuWritten byRyota YamaguchiMusic byTakanori ArisawaStudioToei AnimationReleasedOctober 3 2009Runtime7 minutesDigimon franchiseDigimon Adventure Digimon Adventure 02 Digimon Adventure tri Digimon Tamers Digimon Frontier Digimon Fusion Xros Wars Digimon Universe App Monsters Digimon Adventure 2020 Digimon Ghost GameAn English language version was produced by Studiopolis in conjunction with Toei Animation USA and Disney Enterprises Inc and aired in North America on Toon Disney s Jetix block from October 1 2007 to November 1 2008 Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 2 1 Main characters 2 2 Recurring characters 2 3 Antagonists 3 Production 4 Media 4 1 Anime 4 1 1 Theme songs 4 2 Film 4 3 Video games 5 References 6 External linksPlot EditThe Digital Accident Tactics Squad DATS is a government organization established to maintain the peace between the Real World and the Digital World transporting any Digimon back to the Digital World Marcus a junior high school student becomes one of the members for the organization He learns that the Digimon Merukimon is opposing mankind However the past is revealed that the scientist Akihiro Kurata was responsible for invading the Digital World He gained the support of the government to oppose all Digimon species claiming they were a threat to mankind When Kurata uses Belphemon Marcus defeats them Before dying Kurata uses a bomb to make the Digital World merge with the human world While the Digimon BanchoLeomon prevents the collision Marcus meets King Drasil Yggdrasil the supreme ruler who attempts to protect the Digital World by destroying mankind since they cannot exist in both dimensions Marcus learns that his father Spencer was trapped in the Digital World for ten years because Drasil possessed Spencer s body and BanchoLeomon kept the latter s soul After Marcus defeats Drasil Spencer s soul returns to his body With both worlds restored all Digimon partners return to their own world Five years later Marcus and his friends embrace their future Characters EditMain characters Edit Marcus Damon 大門 大 Daimon Masaru Masaru Daimon in the Japanese version Voiced by Sōichirō Hoshi Japanese Quinton Flynn English Marcus is a 14 year old 8th grader junior high school student He does not wear any goggles unlike any main leader characters in any other Japanese Digimon anime As a delinquent he challenges himself to become the strongest street fighter He is partnered with Agumon 4 Marcus also appeared in the third and final season of Digimon Fusion Agumon アグモン Voiced by Taiki Matsuno Japanese Brian Beacock 5 English Partner of Marcus Damon Has a very big appetite Thomas H Norstein トーマ H ノルシュタイン Tōma H Norushutain Voiced by Hirofumi Nojima Japanese Crispin Freeman English Thomas is a 14 year old teen genius of Japanese and Austrian descent 4 He comes from a privileged background and his tendency to rely on carefully planned strategies causes him to clash with Marcus at times He is partnered with Gaomon Gaomon ガオモン Voiced by Kazuya Nakai Japanese Skip Stellrecht English Partner of Thomas H Norstein Yoshino Fujieda 藤枝 淑乃 Fujieda Yoshino Voiced by Yui Aragaki Japanese Colleen Villard English Yoshi is an 18 year old field agent at DATS 4 She is partnered with Lalamon Lalamon ララモン Voiced by Yukana Japanese Dorothy Elias Fahn 6 English Partner of Yoshi FujiedaKeenan Crier 野口 郁人 Noguchi Ikuto Ikuto Noguchi in the Japanese version Voiced by Rie Kugimiya Japanese Brianne Siddall English Keenan is a young boy who goes missing in the Digital World when a lab experiment had gone awry He grew up with prejudice against humans He is partnered with Falcomon Falcomon ファルコモン Voiced by Chie Kōjiro Japanese Steve Blum 7 English Partner of Keenan Crier Recurring characters Edit Richard Sampson 薩摩 廉太郎 Satsuma Rentarō Rentaro Satsuma in the Japanese version Voiced by Taiten Kusunoki Japanese Jamieson Price 8 English Kudamon クダモン Voiced by Nanaho Katsuragi Japanese Sam Riegel 9 English Partner of Richard Sampson later revealed to be Kentaurosmon of the Royal Knights Miki Kurosaki 黒崎 美樹 Kurosaki Miki Voiced by Ai Nagano Japanese Kate Higgins 10 English Megumi Shirakawa 白川 惠 Shirakawa Megumi Voiced by Yukiko Hanioka Japanese Stephanie Sheh 11 English Homer Yushima 湯島 浩 Yushima Hiroshi Hiroshi Yushima in the Japanese version Voiced by Yuichi Nagashima Japanese Kirk Thornton 12 English He is partnered with Kamemon Sarah Damon 大門 小百合 Daimon Sayuri Sayuri Daimon in the Japanese version Voiced by Mariko Kouda Japanese Mary Elizabeth McGlynn 13 English Mother of Marcus and Kristy Damon Kristy Damon 大門 知香 Daimon Chika Chika Daimon in the Japanese version Voiced by Kokoro Kikuchi Japanese Melissa Fahn 14 English Younger sister of Marcus Damon She is partnered with Biymon Antagonists Edit Merukimon メルクリモン Voiced by Kosei Hirota Japanese Richard Epcar English A mega level Shaman Digimon who raised Keenan and met Spencer Damon a decade before the events of the series believing there can be co existence until Kurata s actions convinced Merukimon that humans are attacking the Digimon But learning the truth from Kurata himself Merukimon decided to try believing in Spencer s words again and sacrificed his life to save Keenan Marcus and the others from Kurata s Gizumon Gotsumon ゴツモン Gottsumon Voiced by Ken Maeda Japanese Michael Lindsay English A rookie level Rock Digimon SaberLeomon サーベルレオモン Saberureomon Voiced by Paul St Peter A mega level Beast Digimon who hates all humans because of their actions against Digimon He comes to the real world to fight the Data Squad only to be stunned by Gizumon s laser and was destroyed by RizeGreymon Akihiro Kurata 倉田 明宏 Kurata Akihiro Voiced by Masami Kikuchi Japanese Brian Palermo English The evil hateful and fierce mad scientist who is the antagonist of the first half of the series Kurata was originally Spencer Damon s assistant during their exploration of the Digital World who believed Digimon are a threat to humans as he seeks to completely destroy most of them with his artificial Gizumon while subjugating the rest for world dominion When the Tactics Squad learned his true plans he turns the Confidentiality Ministry on them while awakening Belphemon Later he takes control of Belphemon himself After Belphemon s defeat he ends up becoming a victim of his space oscillation bomb Belphemon ベルフェモン Berufemon Voiced by Masami Kikuchi Japanese Kyle Hebert 15 English A slothful catastrophic and aggressive Demon Lord Digimon who is sealed for years before Kurata freed him and later awakened King Drasil イグドラシル Igudorajiru Yggdrasill in the Japanese version Voiced by Rica Fukami Japanese Mona Marshall Jonathan David Cook 7D6 Mari Devon core English King Drasil is a host computer being in the form of a tree serving as the main antagonist of the final half of the series when he took Kurata s actions as threat to the Digital World and sends the Royal Knights to attack humanity in retaliation Drasil initially used the body of Marcus s father Spencer Damon before transferring into his King Drasil 7D6 avatar body ultimately deciding to destroy both worlds to start anew But upon being defeated by Marcus and Agumon Drasil accepts his defeat and enters a deep sleep after reviving Spencer Leopardmon ドゥフトモン Dufutomon Duftmon in the Japanese version Voiced by Takehiro Murozono Japanese Beau Billingslea 16 English Member of Royal Knights Production EditThe series was announced during the December 2005 Jump Festa convention in Japan 17 with advertisements showing a remolded Agumon as the lead Digimon The name of the series was later revealed in January 2006 with the character designs coming a month later The characters were designed by Sayo Aoi It is the final Digimon series to be produced in 4 3 Media EditAnime Edit Main article List of Digimon Data Squad episodes The series aired 48 episodes on Fuji TV in Japan from April 2 2006 to March 25 2007 On April 25 2007 Disney s ABC Network announced that it had signed an agreement with Toei Animation to license the show 18 Much of the staff that worked on Digimon Digital Monsters including director Jeff Nimoy returned to work on Data Squad The series finished airing in the US on Jetix on November 1 2008 thirteen months after it premiered on October 1 2007 19 Since March 15 the series began airing in the United Kingdom on Kix It was announced on February 12 2009 that Toei Animation has signed Well Go USA with the DVD rights to Digimon Data Squad and the first thirteen US edited English dub episodes has been made available on May 26 2009 citation needed The release of the third DVD set was canceled 20 Madman Entertainment have released all episodes across four sets on Region 4 DVD in Australia and New Zealand with only the US English Edited TV dub by Studiopolis 21 Brazil had released several DVDs of the show In 2014 Cinedigm Entertainment obtained the rights to the release of the season A Complete Collection was released on March 11 2014 in the US 22 Theme songs Edit Opening themes Gōing Going My soul 強ing Going My soul by Dynamite SHU Episodes 1 29 Hirari ヒラリ by Kōji Wada Episodes 30 48Ending themes One Star by Yousuke Itou Episodes 1 24 Ryusei 流星 Meteor by MiyuMiyu Episodes 25 47Insert song Believer by IkuoFilm Edit Main article Digimon Savers Ultimate Power Activate Burst Mode Video games Edit The series contained a number of related video games associated with the franchise Digimon World DS A game featuring several Digimon Savers characters but does not focus on them It can arguably be seen as a side story to Digimon Savers The game released in America before the concept of Data Squad uses the original Japanese names of the DATS team who appear in certain quests Digimon World Data Squad A game focusing on the primary characters of the series and which presents an original story that apparently runs parallel to the anime It involves the members of DATS coming into conflict with the Seven Great Demon Lords Digimon World Dawn and Dusk Sequel to Digimon World DS a set of two games with slightly different stories At the end of the game the four main characters from Data Squad appear to battle the main character Digimon Masters A Digimon MMORPG where players take control of the primary characters of the DATS team This game follows the storyline of the anime however it is still incomplete and there are several story segments still currently missing References Edit Digimon Data Squad Season 5 Complete Series Eps 1 48 Madman Entertainment Archived from the original on August 19 2018 Retrieved August 19 2018 Camp Brian Davis Julie August 2007 Anime Classics Zenttai Stone Bridge Press p 104 ISBN 9781933330228 Retrieved December 13 2020 デジモンセイバーズ THE MOVIE Digimon movie com Archived from the original on July 23 2019 Retrieved September 3 2013 a b c デジモンセイバーズ メインキャラクター Toei Animation in Japanese Retrieved November 1 2018 BrianBeacock December 26 2018 Yep that was me Tweet Retrieved December 26 2018 via Twitter Terrace Vincent 2008 Encyclopedia of Television Shows 1925 through 2010 2d ed McFarland p 261 ISBN 9780786486410 Steve Blum CrystalAcids com March 19 2019 Retrieved March 19 2019 Jamieson K Price CrystalAcids com March 19 2019 Retrieved March 19 2010 Sam Riegel CrystalAcids com December 29 2018 Retrieved December 29 2018 Kate Higgins CrystalAcids com December 29 2018 Retrieved December 29 2018 Stephanie Sheh CrystalAcids com March 19 2019 Retrieved March 19 2019 Kirk Thornton CrystalAcids com March 19 2019 Retrieved March 19 2019 Mary Elizabeth McGlynn CrystalAcids com March 26 2019 Retrieved March 26 2019 Melissa Fahn CrystalAcids com March 19 2019 Retrieved March 19 2019 Hebert Kyle DIGIMON DATA SQUAD AND APPEARANCE UPDATE Kyle Hebert official website Retrieved April 15 2015 Beau Billingslea on Facebook Beau Billingslea March 25 2019 Retrieved March 25 2019 Macdonald Christopher January 24 2006 Digimon Fifth TV Series Announced Anime News Network Retrieved December 31 2018 Disney Nabs 5th Digimon Anime ICv2 April 25 2007 Retrieved September 3 2013 Sarah Balsey August 3 2007 Digimon Data Squad to Debut on Toon Disney s Jetix Block Animation World Network Retrieved November 2 2018 Toei Names Well Go USA for Digimon Data Squad DVD Rights Licensemag com Archived from the original on July 24 2011 Retrieved July 16 2009 Digimon Data Squad Madman com au Retrieved September 3 2013 Digimon Data Squad Season 5 Amazon March 11 2014 External links EditPortal Anime and manga Official Site Japanese Fuji TV site Japanese Digimon Savers anime at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Digimon Data Squad amp oldid 1137783286, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
