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A nice and interesting batch of stuff for the weekend...
After Digimon Adventure: episode 43 aired, Digimon Web put up new social art of Volcamon & Etemon, who both had beyond memorable appearances in the episode. The attached message:
There is a doll show in Tokyo this weekend, so no art from Keni Watanabe (on occasion when he's been busy when an episode airs he swings back to it later.)
But a few different other staff members chimed in on Twitter (there may have been others, but these are ones we saw.)
An animator from the episode, Jubei 9, posted artwork after the episode aired and was quite happy to have it shared so more fans could see it. They also shared a message:
Kenji Konuta, the writer of the episode, also shared a quick thought regarding putting his life into writing the rap lyrics in the episode (said with a laugh.)
He's written for many anime, included but not limited to- Devilman Lady, Cyborg 009, Gaiking, and was the series composer for more than a few anime including Blood Lad and High School DxD Hero. On top of that, he's also written a few other episodes of Digimon Adventure:...
7. That Boy is Joe Kido
16. The Jet-Black Shadow Invades Tokyo
22. The Unbeatable Blue Sagittarius
29. Escape the Burning Jungle
35. The Glowing Angewomon
And we also heard from the hero of all, Volcano Ota, after the episode with a fun message of thanks:
And the last bit for Adventure: is a bit of toy related art...
Pre-oredrs for the Limited version of the 3rd series of Digimon Shodo figures close in a few hours in Japan, so they've shared the sketch version of the exclusive Kenji Watanabe artwork for the set box. A preview of how it fits with prior sets art was also previewed. (We may have gotten the art before, but I wasn't sure, so decided to toss it in.)
US Pre-orders for the limited box closed in February, while the standard versions should be on shelves shortly in Japan, when the limited set comes out there.
Previous details of Shodo Series 3 can be found here, here, and here.
We also got a small reference book update earlier in the week...
As chosen by fans to be the first of four added to the reference book with profile art...
BlackSeraphimon
And last up, for Tamers fans...
Konaka has been updating his Digimon Tamers 20th Anniversary Blog, with a few recent entries specifically being of note.
About Tamers OP, ED, Insert Song
Tamers Character Songs (and more)
Story Retrospective Introduction
Episode 1 Part 1
Episode 1 Part 2
Episode 1 Part 3
A few random things gleamed from them... A small list of bits from these (overall), as he goes over a lot, hopefully there is time for us to do a full translation later. Some of these details are things we knew, but perhaps further clarified... (these are quickly translations, but hopefully mostly accurate). Update- Made a few corrections thanks to Chiaki Konaka.
When he was first asked to write a new CD drama in summer 2017 (this was the audio drama included with the Tamers BD-Box), he went back and listened to Digimon music endlessly, and not just from Tamers.
He wasn't involved with the production of Digimon music and didn't know Wada Kouji. He was shocked at the news though.
When he first heard the demo of The Biggest Dreamer he was disappointed due to the sound of the orchestra, that first impression vanished quickly due to the powerful singing of Wada Kouji.
He believes Butter-Fly is immovable for those who watch Digimon and can't be shaken. He likes Strong Version personally. The acapella theater version shook him the most.
Target~Akai Shougeki~, the opening to Adventure 02, is his favorite musically.
The character song lyrics weren't something he was able to pre-check to make sure they were accurate to the show. He ended up being impressed how nearly everything was in line with the series, at least as related to the first half of the series (he mentions how characters change and evolve in story and relationships, like living people, rather than as the initial 'characters'.)
He had a meet & greet with Yasuko Kobayashi (writer of Battle of the Adventurers) at one point, and he knew what the film was about, so he believes by the end of the series, the film was tied in.
He views Runaway Digimon Express as 'another story' [to his Tamers], although he really enjoyed watching the movie. He is disappointed that animation director for the film Ken Ueno didn't end up being involved in the Tamers TV series.
He notes that, much like other Digimon movies, even with the same producers, things will be different, so there will inevitably be discrepancies with the show. The extent of this depends on the work and he accepts this as an inevitability.
He says he's long winded, and the blog format likely works better for him because he wants to write about 'this and that'. He mentions his Twitter having a bit under 9000 followers, but that most of them are overseas, which is the reason why he writes a lot of poor English tweets.
He is generally pleased that fans were able to see prior writings of his about the show.
The change in worldview for Tamers, from Adventure, having Digimon be a game, introducing the card game in the show, etc. was from Bandai, which was initially a headache, as he sees himself as a writer that does supernatural things with 'surprise', so trying to sync battle images with a card game was something he couldn't see initially.
It ended up being involved with evolution, which is indispensable for Digimon, but he sees no point in the cards being used on their own (when he was being shown option cards to use he apparently had issues groping for 'what' to do with them.)
The D-Ark scanning cards was based on the toy.
Director Kaizawa came up with the importance of the Blue Card, along with the action of card slashing.
The digital world being shown as it did initially as based on them not being clear how they wanted to show it, but being aware that viewers would already know the concept of the digital world, and not needing it explained to them, so showing it as you might think of the 'real internet', later this version of the digital world is taken to be a layer close to the real world.
The show was declared to be set in 200X when it originally aired by the discretion of producer Seki Hiromi, while it was written as if it were 2001-2002. The unspecified 'official' dates was based on it being better for those outside of Japan, when there might be a difference.
They added motion blur in the scene with the swirling sky and Takato in episode 1. He wonders if effects like this will end up feeling 'retro' if 4k60 becomes a standard for movies.
Culumon is a regular in the series, with no partner. Wiz and Bandai presented the character as being involved in evolution. Konaka thought that they intended to use the character to develop a product for girls.
Konaka assumed the number of Tamers would increase. Hirokazu, Kenta, and Juri would definitely become them since they were drawn raising D-Arks in the opening, but it wasn't an easy thing (this was added by series director Yukio Kaizawa, who also directed the opening.)
The show was simply a TV series, so he was unaware how much 3D CG they would be allowed to use. The full scale view in scenes (such as the one Guilmon runs through) was something he didn't imagine would be made for the show.
The 'Guilmon language' that Guilmon uses initially is something created by voice actor Masako Nozawa, which they had no choice but to be impressed by.
He tried to make continuity not too strong initially, due to wanting to make it easier for new viewers. He considers this an eternal problem for TV shows, although he wonders if that might be moved away from due to blockbuster movies and modern dramas.
He notes the director and scriptwriters are different from episode to episode, passing and relaying the baton of the story back and forth, so adjustments have to be made. He seems happy the first 4 episodes of the show was a continuous tale.
A really nice batch of art and details this weekend!
After Digimon Adventure: episode 43 aired, Digimon Web put up new social art of Volcamon & Etemon, who both had beyond memorable appearances in the episode. The attached message:
Thanks for watching episode 43 Clash, the King of Digimon！
Entertainment played out in song! Aim to be the King of Digimon by exercising with muscles!
Please watch episode 43 again many times & sing along
Please look forward to next time, episode 44, Hikari and the Moving Forest.
There is a doll show in Tokyo this weekend, so no art from Keni Watanabe (on occasion when he's been busy when an episode airs he swings back to it later.)
But a few different other staff members chimed in on Twitter (there may have been others, but these are ones we saw.)
An animator from the episode, Jubei 9, posted artwork after the episode aired and was quite happy to have it shared so more fans could see it. They also shared a message:
Kenji Konuta, the writer of the episode, also shared a quick thought regarding putting his life into writing the rap lyrics in the episode (said with a laugh.)
He's written for many anime, included but not limited to- Devilman Lady, Cyborg 009, Gaiking, and was the series composer for more than a few anime including Blood Lad and High School DxD Hero. On top of that, he's also written a few other episodes of Digimon Adventure:...
7. That Boy is Joe Kido
16. The Jet-Black Shadow Invades Tokyo
22. The Unbeatable Blue Sagittarius
29. Escape the Burning Jungle
35. The Glowing Angewomon
And we also heard from the hero of all, Volcano Ota, after the episode with a fun message of thanks:
And the last bit for Adventure: is a bit of toy related art...
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Pre-oredrs for the Limited version of the 3rd series of Digimon Shodo figures close in a few hours in Japan, so they've shared the sketch version of the exclusive Kenji Watanabe artwork for the set box. A preview of how it fits with prior sets art was also previewed. (We may have gotten the art before, but I wasn't sure, so decided to toss it in.)
US Pre-orders for the limited box closed in February, while the standard versions should be on shelves shortly in Japan, when the limited set comes out there.
Previous details of Shodo Series 3 can be found here, here, and here.
We also got a small reference book update earlier in the week...
As chosen by fans to be the first of four added to the reference book with profile art...
BlackSeraphimon
And last up, for Tamers fans...
Konaka has been updating his Digimon Tamers 20th Anniversary Blog, with a few recent entries specifically being of note.
About Tamers OP, ED, Insert Song
Tamers Character Songs (and more)
Story Retrospective Introduction
Episode 1 Part 1
Episode 1 Part 2
Episode 1 Part 3
A few random things gleamed from them... A small list of bits from these (overall), as he goes over a lot, hopefully there is time for us to do a full translation later. Some of these details are things we knew, but perhaps further clarified... (these are quickly translations, but hopefully mostly accurate). Update- Made a few corrections thanks to Chiaki Konaka.
When he was first asked to write a new CD drama in summer 2017 (this was the audio drama included with the Tamers BD-Box), he went back and listened to Digimon music endlessly, and not just from Tamers.
He wasn't involved with the production of Digimon music and didn't know Wada Kouji. He was shocked at the news though.
When he first heard the demo of The Biggest Dreamer he was disappointed due to the sound of the orchestra, that first impression vanished quickly due to the powerful singing of Wada Kouji.
He believes Butter-Fly is immovable for those who watch Digimon and can't be shaken. He likes Strong Version personally. The acapella theater version shook him the most.
Target~Akai Shougeki~, the opening to Adventure 02, is his favorite musically.
The character song lyrics weren't something he was able to pre-check to make sure they were accurate to the show. He ended up being impressed how nearly everything was in line with the series, at least as related to the first half of the series (he mentions how characters change and evolve in story and relationships, like living people, rather than as the initial 'characters'.)
He had a meet & greet with Yasuko Kobayashi (writer of Battle of the Adventurers) at one point, and he knew what the film was about, so he believes by the end of the series, the film was tied in.
He views Runaway Digimon Express as 'another story' [to his Tamers], although he really enjoyed watching the movie. He is disappointed that animation director for the film Ken Ueno didn't end up being involved in the Tamers TV series.
He notes that, much like other Digimon movies, even with the same producers, things will be different, so there will inevitably be discrepancies with the show. The extent of this depends on the work and he accepts this as an inevitability.
He says he's long winded, and the blog format likely works better for him because he wants to write about 'this and that'. He mentions his Twitter having a bit under 9000 followers, but that most of them are overseas, which is the reason why he writes a lot of poor English tweets.
He is generally pleased that fans were able to see prior writings of his about the show.
The change in worldview for Tamers, from Adventure, having Digimon be a game, introducing the card game in the show, etc. was from Bandai, which was initially a headache, as he sees himself as a writer that does supernatural things with 'surprise', so trying to sync battle images with a card game was something he couldn't see initially.
It ended up being involved with evolution, which is indispensable for Digimon, but he sees no point in the cards being used on their own (when he was being shown option cards to use he apparently had issues groping for 'what' to do with them.)
The D-Ark scanning cards was based on the toy.
Director Kaizawa came up with the importance of the Blue Card, along with the action of card slashing.
The digital world being shown as it did initially as based on them not being clear how they wanted to show it, but being aware that viewers would already know the concept of the digital world, and not needing it explained to them, so showing it as you might think of the 'real internet', later this version of the digital world is taken to be a layer close to the real world.
The show was declared to be set in 200X when it originally aired by the discretion of producer Seki Hiromi, while it was written as if it were 2001-2002. The unspecified 'official' dates was based on it being better for those outside of Japan, when there might be a difference.
They added motion blur in the scene with the swirling sky and Takato in episode 1. He wonders if effects like this will end up feeling 'retro' if 4k60 becomes a standard for movies.
Culumon is a regular in the series, with no partner. Wiz and Bandai presented the character as being involved in evolution. Konaka thought that they intended to use the character to develop a product for girls.
Konaka assumed the number of Tamers would increase. Hirokazu, Kenta, and Juri would definitely become them since they were drawn raising D-Arks in the opening, but it wasn't an easy thing (this was added by series director Yukio Kaizawa, who also directed the opening.)
The show was simply a TV series, so he was unaware how much 3D CG they would be allowed to use. The full scale view in scenes (such as the one Guilmon runs through) was something he didn't imagine would be made for the show.
The 'Guilmon language' that Guilmon uses initially is something created by voice actor Masako Nozawa, which they had no choice but to be impressed by.
He tried to make continuity not too strong initially, due to wanting to make it easier for new viewers. He considers this an eternal problem for TV shows, although he wonders if that might be moved away from due to blockbuster movies and modern dramas.
He notes the director and scriptwriters are different from episode to episode, passing and relaying the baton of the story back and forth, so adjustments have to be made. He seems happy the first 4 episodes of the show was a continuous tale.
A really nice batch of art and details this weekend!
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