Digimon Journal 5- Agumon, Arresterdramon: Superior Mode, & DarkKnightmon

[MarcFBR]

The new Digimon Journal has gone up, and we get a new Digimon Highlights!

Each Digimon highlights features 3 Digimon and includes:
Various art displayed at a decent resolution (not amazing, but decent), including some art never before seen clean or at good resolutions before.
A text profile, giving information on appearances and the character.
A list of Main Appearances
Showing off a card from the Card Game featuring them.
A link to their reference book entry.
At the end of the Journal, each Digimon gets a high resolution zoom in of some of their art, framed for use as an avatar whether square or circle.



The translations for these at a glance are decent, not quite as choppy as some of Digimon Profile was, although there are mixes of terminology.
For our coverage of these, we'll paste in text information as is, with some cleanup, along with the various art.



Digimon Journal 5 features Digimon Highlights: Agumon, Arresterdramon: Superior Mode, & DarkKnightmon

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Agumon

The face of Digimon ever since its appearance in the original Digimon Ver. 1 LCD game, making waves front-and-center in anime, games, manga, and all other Digimon media. A top class Digimon across all these genres, it has inspired a number of variants such as Agumon Hakase, Agumon (Black), ClearAgumon and ToyAgumon.

Agumon has also made regular appearances in video games, such as the recent Digimon Survive. Both the TV anime Digimon Data Squad and manga Digimon Next would see redesigns of the character. Even with this bevy of appearances, the most recognizable has to be within the Digimon Adventure series.

Agumon spent many years as partner to series protagonist Taichi Yagami, and the 2020 movie Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna would see the first time an Ultimate Digimon would take on the Agumon moniker: Agumon (Bond of Bravery). The valiant sight of Agumon expending its last strength to fight with friends and comrades moved many a viewer to tears.

Main Appearances
Digital Monster Ver. 1
Digimon Adventure series
Digimon World series
Digimon Story series
Digimon Survive

Arresterdramon: Superior Mode

In Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time, the TV anime broadcast in Japan between October 2011 and March 2012, protagonist Tagiru Akashi's partner Digimon Gumdramon would evolve into Arresterdramon.

From there, it ended up fighting Quartzmon, the last boss who appeared while it was chasing after MetallifeKuwagamon. Responding to the feelings of the endangered Tagiru, Arresterdramon evolved into Arresterdramon: Superior Mode to protect its partner. The Kinkoji that once kept its power in check now bestowed further strength upon Arresterdramon.

There also exists a version of Arresterdramon: Superior Mode that DigiXrosed with Brave Snatcher, a weapon born from the right arm of Lord Bagra, the Bagramon who fought tooth and nail against Xros Heart during the events of Digimon Xros Wars.

Main Appearances
Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time

DarkKnightmon

First appearing in the TV anime Digimon Xros Wars, this Digimon was affiliated with Twilight, an army led by Nene Amano. The DigiXros of SkullKnightmon and DeadlyAxemon, DarkKnightmon was actually the younger brother of the Bagramon known as Lord Bagra. It conspired behind the scenes to revive the Darkness Loader—a device allowing Forced DigiXros—in order to succeed its brother as the Digimon emperor.

From taking Nene's younger brother Yuu as a hostage, to tricking Yuu into joining the Twilight Army as its general, its evil deeds are too numerous to count.

In contrast to the manga, the anime version of DarkKnightmon has its body taken over by Bagramon during a Forced DigiXros, effectively dying.

In the manga, it is protected by Bagramon when Argomon tries to take it down. The death of its brother caused a change of heart. Its body turned white, and SkullKnightmon (White) would go on to journey with Luminamon and others in the final chapter.

DarkKnightmon also makes an appearance in the Digimon Adventure: anime, as a character pursuing the Chosen Children. Its plan to revive Millenniummon ends up thwarted at the last minute. Afterward it regained its memory, helping WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon evolve into Omegamon. As such, DarkKnightmon served as more than a mere antagonist.

Main Appearances
Digimon Xros Wars series
Digimon Adventure:
Digimon Xros Wars Digimon Mini DarkKnightmon Black
Digimon Ghost Game



And the avatars for them...

Pairing up Agumon with a couple of well known Xros Wars Digimon makes more a fun update.


More to come!


The final Digimon Profile, the predecessor to Journal, can be found here. It includes an index of all Profiles.
Digimon Journal 1 through 3- Alphamon, Dorugoramon, Gammamon, Beelzebumon, BelleStarmon, Clockmon, WarGreymon, Shoutmon x4, & Ginryumon
Digimon Journal 4- ULForceV-dramon, Ragnamon, & Angoramon

 

[Hydranoid413]

Oooh, that’s an offical name for the SkullKnightmon variant from the end of the Xros Wars manga

 

[Lord Bearmon]

Another Digimon that is not in the DRB gets mentioned, PureSkullKnightmon.
Just add them already!

 

[CloneWarrior]

Another Digimon that is not in the DRB gets mentioned, PureSkullKnightmon.
Just add them already!

And the Brave Snatcher version of Arresterdramon Superior Mode.

 

[Tarama]

Shouldn't it be tomorrow? Not that I'm complaining though. Maybe Bandai have other things to release tomorrow.

 

[Chimera-gui]

Another Digimon that is not in the DRB gets mentioned, PureSkullKnightmon.
Just add them already!

And the Brave Snatcher version of Arresterdramon Superior Mode.

Technically the latter was added.... as an image in the Arresterdramon Superior Mode profile.

Additionally, it seems that "PureSkullKnightmon" (at least as a name) was wholly made up as the form was unnamed in the actual manga and the only source for "Pure" seems to be a vjump leaker wondering if the white SkullKnightmon from the manga is the same as the one from the Xros Loader vpet and doesn't seem like it's meant to be an actual name so much as a description.

 

[Noni]

Another Digimon that is not in the DRB gets mentioned, PureSkullKnightmon.
Just add them already!

And the Brave Snatcher version of Arresterdramon Superior Mode.

Technically the latter was added.... as an image in the Arresterdramon Superior Mode profile.

Additionally, it seems that "PureSkullKnightmon" (at least as a name) was wholly made up as the form was unnamed in the actual manga and the only source for "Pure" seems to be a vjump leaker wondering if the white SkullKnightmon from the manga is the same as the one from the Xros Loader vpet and doesn't seem like it's meant to be an actual name so much as a description.

Yeah, this is what Arresterdramon: SM page looks like. It's the second image there, with Brave Snatcher and everything. As far as the Reference Book is concerned, those are the same digimon now.

To anyone wondering, here is a comparison image between Arresterdramon and it's original anime Superior Mode:

And the Brave Snatcher version, later retconned to be both a single digimon:

You can see the changes are small and incremental, with the Brave Snatcher form (now Superior Mode) adding most of them with the new face, Bagramon wood/bone arms and feet, the codpiece and chestplate and the horns. All to make the connection with Bagramon clear.

I guess they felt the changes of the original Superior Mode were not significant enough when placing Arresterdramon: SM in the traditional level system, so it became a single digimon with the more changed Brave Snatcher design taking it's place.

I do feel somewhat conflicted about it, like many other fans do. They could easily have had the anime SM design as a Perfect-level and the Brave Snatcher as an Ultimate-level Digixros Enhancement-type. Still leaving open space for a future Ultimate for Arresterdramon.

But as it is, the current design for Superior Mode has all these Bagramon elements, instead of an Arresterdramon evolving with it's own traits. And is a little bit weird, but I don't see them walking back on it now.

 

[Muur]

More Digimon mentioned that aren't in the DRB, who then don't get into the DRB. How annoying this new version of Digimon Profile is turning out to be. The Brave Snatcher version instead gets added to the regular profile meaning both are lv5 which screws Arresterdramon and his lack of lv6 over even further. This report even mentions that the BS form is its own thing as well. It also still doesnt make sense, when the original form has the Bagramon arm apaprnelty. What does the Brave Snatcher add I guess just something to whack dudes with

Mention of the WhiteSkullKnightmon, was a good time to put that into the DRB too it could be an interesting subspecies especially if redesigned to be anything but a recolour.

 

[Chimera-gui]

This report even mentions that the BS form is its own thing as well. It also still doesnt make sense, when the original form has the Bagramon arm apaprnelty. What does the Brave Snatcher add I guess just something to whack dudes with

I got the impression that rather than claiming that BS is its own thing, the blurb was meant to allude to the profile being updated and that Superior Mode's profile was supposed to have both images from the start like Abbadomon Core since it was added before the update allowing multiple images to a single profile happened.

Shouldn't it be tomorrow? Not that I'm complaining though. Maybe Bandai have other things to release tomorrow.

I suspect that this was because Thanksgiving is this Thursday which pushed everything forward a day which means we may be getting the Encyclopedia update tomorrow instead.

 

[Tarama]

List of Arresterdramon Superior Mode

1. The anime, the original. Last we saw it in Tagiru parallel card from BT12.
2. The DRB without the Brave Snatcher.
3. The DRB look with the Brave Snatcher connected to the tail.
4. The DRB look with the Brave Snatcher but not connected to the tail.

As some-mon who doesn't have an Ultimate form, Arresterdramon sure is interesting to have four Perfect form looks.

 

[zoosmell]

I find it peculiar that the english version of the page gives the white SkullKnightmon the "SkullKnightmon (White)" name. The original japanese just calls him SkullKnightmon without any additives.

Also peculiar that they mention DarkKnightmon helping WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon form Omegamon...like, I guess, technically, that is something the entity that was DarkKnightmon did, but it feels so disconnected from the time she actually spent as DarkKnightmon that I don't quite get the point of the comment in a profile like this. It obfuscates more than explains.

I may be forgetting something though, colon was a year ago.

 

[CloneWarrior]

Technically the latter was added.... as an image in the Arresterdramon Superior Mode profile.

Huh, how long has that been there?

 

[Chimera-gui]

Since at least the posting of the Journal report last night @CloneWarrior.

 

[The Chaos Entity]

This report even mentions that the BS form is its own thing as well. It also still doesnt make sense, when the original form has the Bagramon arm apaprnelty. What does the Brave Snatcher add I guess just something to whack dudes with

I got the impression that rather than claiming that BS is its own thing, the blurb was meant to allude to the profile being updated and that Superior Mode's profile was supposed to have both images from the start like Abbadomon Core since it was added before the update allowing multiple images to a single profile happened.

Shouldn't it be tomorrow? Not that I'm complaining though. Maybe Bandai have other things to release tomorrow.

I suspect that this was because Thanksgiving is this Thursday which pushed everything forward a day which means we may be getting the Encyclopedia update tomorrow instead.

Why would thanksgiving have anything to do with a Japanese website and franchise, though?

 

[Chimera-gui]

Why would thanksgiving have anything to do with a Japanese website and franchise, though?

It because BT-12 also releases November 25th, Thanksgiving Day.