WTF? Digimon?

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WTF? Digimon?; a rip-off of pokemon
Topic Started: Aug 13 2008, 11:52 PM (572 Views)
shinchanlessthan3	Nov 7 2008, 07:24 AM Post #31
1 2 3 Posts: 245 Group: Members Member #677 Joined: November 6, 2008	Linux>Windows Aug 16 2008, 12:33 PM Quote: proof:pokemon dont got an END DIGOMON got END That just proves that Pokemon can stand the test of time! i kind of find it humorous that you judge the quality of your anime by the ammount of time the creators milk the franchise for every penny it is worth. having used to watch both of these shows growing up i can tell you that their are similarities between the two but that doesn't exactly make the show a rip off from one or the other. if that is the case then from what i can see bakugan is nothing more than a hybrid rip off of yugioh and pokémon
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KoolKool	Nov 19 2008, 07:51 PM Post #32
The Warrior Posts: 3,035 Group: Global Moderators Member #680 Joined: November 7, 2008	I agree with Chester. Digimon is very different to Pokemon. There are similarities, like in the fact that they are about kids who have monster friends etc. But people don't seem to get the differences. Digimon is great. Pokemon is also great. I'm kind of sick of people acting as though you can only like one or the other. They are not the same. Watch it properly and find out. And by the way. And this name thing annoys me too. Their names were originally Pocket Monsters and Digital Monsters. Pokemon and Digimon are just titles using the same way of shortening the title to make it sound more appealing. It doesn't make them the same thing. By the way Pokemon started from a nintendo game and digimon started from a virtual pet. These are vaguely similar in that you raise a monster to become powerful but there are a million games like that. It's just that these two are the most prominent of them. Monster Rancher is another variation on the format. But I don't see many people saying that it is a rip off. Please stop complaining about this.
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pokemonandnarutoFTW	Dec 30 2008, 04:39 AM Post #33
jinchuuriki Posts: 215 Group: Members Member #606 Joined: September 18, 2008	Chester40 Oct 24 2008, 05:21 PM In Japan and other countries (even in Greece in the ancient times), copying/imitating was one of the highest ways of honoring something <:/ well,we're not in the ancient times anymore,are we?
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Chester40	Dec 30 2008, 01:20 PM Post #34
Over 9000 Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: September 5, 2008	Chester40 Oct 24 2008, 05:21 PM In Japan and other countries (even in Greece in the ancient times), copying/imitating was one of the highest ways of honoring something <:/ I meant to say "was" even as far back as the ancient times and "still is" today. Countries like Japan still consider what we may consider "copying" as honoring something. After all, Pokemon and Digimon were both created in Japan.



pokemonandnarutoFTW	Jan 15 2009, 09:39 AM Post #35
jinchuuriki Posts: 215 Group: Members Member #606 Joined: September 18, 2008	thekilog Aug 16 2008, 02:10 PM all good anima got end if it go on and on its so boring <_< (DIGIMON IS THE BEST) if the simpsons can stand the test of time,then SO CAN POKEMON!!!!!!!
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KoolKool	Jan 15 2009, 09:46 AM Post #36
The Warrior Posts: 3,035 Group: Global Moderators Member #680 Joined: November 7, 2008	Oh my god, this is just daft. There is no need to argue this point. It seems that neither of you is willing to change their opinion. I've already made mine known. But I just don't care this much. Can't you just agree to disagree? (Although I would like to add, in the hope that this won't start another debate, that The Simpsons is nowhere near as good as it used to be)
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1997dbz	Jan 6 2010, 02:23 AM Post #37
Trusted Member Posts: 56 Group: Members Member #7,217 Joined: January 4, 2010	pokemon going for a long time is actually good coz some people still like it and new people will like it and try watch the old ones again.but pokemon is a long show and digimon is pretty cool.i havent watched digimon that much



Chester40	Jan 30 2010, 04:34 PM Post #38
Over 9000 Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: September 5, 2008	KoolKool Nov 19 2008, 07:51 PM Their names were originally Pocket Monsters and Digital Monsters. Pokemon and Digimon are just titles using the same way of shortening the title to make it sound more appealing. It doesn't make them the same thing. By the way Pokemon started from a nintendo game and digimon started from a virtual pet. These are vaguely similar in that you raise a monster to become powerful but there are a million games like that. It's just that these two are the most prominent of them. Monster Rancher is another variation on the format. But I don't see many people saying that it is a rip off. Yes. You can look at Pokemon and Digimon as the same genre of anime: a Monster genre. In RPG games, you make your character train Monsters instead of directly having the character itself train like in Dragon Ball Z games for example. Having Monsters friends is not that unique of a concept that Digimon would have had to copy Pokemon to come up with the idea. Edited by Chester40, Jan 30 2010, 04:35 PM.



Chester40	Jan 30 2010, 04:48 PM Post #39
Over 9000 Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: September 5, 2008	pokemonandnarutoFTW Dec 30 2008, 04:39 AM Chester40,Oct 24 2008 05:21 PM In Japan and other countries (even in Greece in the ancient times), copying/imitating was one of the highest ways of honoring something <:/ well,we're not in the ancient times anymore,are we? We're not in Japan, either (I'm not, I don't know about the rest of you), and that's also part of the problem. We should look at Pokemon and Digimon from the aspect of the country they were created in. Digimon may be considered a copy in the United States, but not by Japan's standards. The Japanese imitate other things all the time to honor them, or to try to compete with the things they are imitating. Imitation is probably one of the reasons the animation styles in a lot of animes/mangas look so similar to one another. Do you think that without culture, people would come up with such similar animation independently of one another? Nothing can be completely original anymore. Because of our environment and all the information we take in, we may not mean to "copy" things, but we still will be influenced by something subconsciously. Today, unless they grew up blind and deaf and in isolation from all of humanity, all creators, writers, musicians, artists, etc., have influences.



Chester40	Jan 31 2010, 09:15 PM Post #40
Over 9000 Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: September 5, 2008	KoolKool Jan 15 2009, 09:46 AM this is just daft. There is no need to argue this point. It seems that neither of you is willing to change their opinion. ...yeah this argument would probably do better if it was in the Digimon instead of the Pokemon section. Most people that love Pokemon hate Digimon, like KoolKool said, die-hard Pokemon fans tend to act like they can only like one or the other, and I bet all the die-hard Pokemon fans (who tend to be biased towards Digimon, you racists! just because Digimon are made out of data doesn't make them... lol jk) at DBZ-Zone come here. Edited by Chester40, Jan 31 2010, 09:17 PM.


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