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The Digimon Reference Book (デジモン図鑑 Dejimon Zukan?) is a section of Digimon Web, Bandai's official Digimon website, that contains the definitive profiles for many Digimon. It was launched on June 25, 2007 and has steadily grown since then, originally adding two Digimon a week but settling into its a rate of once a week in 2012 and then a few a month in 2017.

The site's profiles are sorted by name by default, but can also be sorted by level. The profiles themselves consist of the Digimon's name at top followed by its official romanization and then an image of the subject Digimon. It follows with its level, type, and attribute where applicable and then concludes with a list of its attacks and then its official profile.

Bandai Asia also launched its own Digimon Reference Book to coincide with its own dub of Digimon Xros Wars, titled Digimon Fusion Battles. It focuses on Digimon who make appearances in Digimon Fusion Battles and contains a Digimon's Japanese, English, and Chinese names as well as their attacks, also in each language. It features the Bandai art for many Digimon, though it sometimes confuses a Digimon with its X-Antibody version or one of its variations, uses an incorrect Digimon, or even places a question mark in its place. Despite this, it also features the official Bandai art for some Digimon which hadn't been released prior to its inclusion in this version of the Digimon Reference Book. Later profiles, however, decreased in the amount of information they provided until they were essentially bare-bones.

Prior to December 26, 2017, Digimon who originated in Digimon Xros Wars lacked both level and attributes. On that date, they gained the official level of Xros Wars. On September 25, 2020, Bandai announced they would be retconning all Xros Wars level Digimon to have regular levels and attributes,[1] with the change occuring on October 2. Digimon of the Xros Wars level had standard levels added to their original Xros Wars level and gained attributes.

On August 10, 2021 the Reference Book was updated to allow users to search by Type, as well as search specific words with the intention being to search for attack names. They also added X-Antibody to the profiles of Digimon with the X-Antibody.[2]

In late 2021 and early 2022, various profiles were slowly updated to have translations/localizations in English and Chinese (both simplified and tradition), with the English version named Digimon Field Guide. During Digimon Con, on February 27, 2022, Bandai announced all profiles had now been updated to include translations into said languages. Simultaneously, the Digimon Field Guide was renamed to Digimon Encyclopedia. On March 31, 2023, a Korean version was added bringing the total languages to five.

Errors and minor revisions[]

Originally, the Reference Book had two listings: sort by name, and sort by level. Occasionally, profiles would be posted to the server without being added to one or both of the Reference Book directories, or would be placed incorrectly therein, but these were eventually corrected. Additionally, while the content of the article is unaffected, some pages have conflicting urls with their topic.[3]

Sometimes, profiles will be revised to add or subtract information from the Digimon descriptions. Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, profiles that mentioned earthquakes or tsunamis were revised to redact these references. Around the same time, footnotes and translation aids were removed from several published profiles. The profiles redactions were later returned, but the translation aids were left out. When appropriate, several profiles have also been modified to correct information[4] or include descriptions of techniques or other characteristics that were being showcased in concurrent media.[5]

Jesmon X was originally listed as Vaccine but was later changed to be Data. Gyuukimon was originally listed as Virus and changed to Data to match what was stated in Digimon Ghost Game, but was changed back to Virus a few weeks later.

Destromon and Ragnamon were listed as Cyborg type Digimon and Virus attribute Digimon but were changed a day later to be Unidentified type/attribute Digimon. Their written profiles still referred to them as Cyborg Digimon, though this was later changed as well. Chamblemon was listed as a Food type but was changed a day later to Plant type.

Xiangpengmon's attack list listed an attack named Raikōben (雷煌鞭 (らいこうべん)? lit. "Bright-Lightning Scourge"), but its profile described an attack named Shikōrai (撕煌雷 (しこうらい)? lit. "Shred of Bright Lightning") with both attacks given the localized name of "Lightning Scourge". This issue was rectified three weeks later, when its profile was updated to replace Shikōrai with Raikōben.

When the Reference Book was updated to mark carriers of the X-Antibody as such, several formerly identified species were left unmarked. It is currently unknown whether this is an error or is intended as a retcon.[6]

On March 31, 2023, alongside the Korean version launching, Xiquemon's profile was removed. Hundreds of extra Digimon are stated to be X-Antibody carriers, while others were untagged, and the Xros Wars Level was also removed from every Digimon, as was the 20th Anniversary tag. Romanizations were changed to either what the URL said (for example, this caused Examon to now be "Exsaon", as the URL was already wrong whilst lots of Digimon become shorter versions of their names such as most Mode Changes losing Mode or X-Antibody Digimon shortening to only say X as the URLs used shortened versions of their names) or referred to them with the localized types (e.g., Cyberdramon was now "Cyberdramon Android" despite being Cyborg type in Japanese). This also extended to other localized media such as levels (The URL "Algomon Ultimate" originally linked to Algomon (Ultimate), as Ultimate is the name of the sixth level in Japan. After this change however, it now links to Algomon (Perfect) as Ultimate is used as the fifth level in localized media). In the early hours of the next day, they removed some of the X-Antibody from the incorrectly tagged Digimon (e.g., Argomon (Champion) still had it) — however they did not restore it to all the Digimon that incorrectly had it removed (e.g., Growlmon X) nor did they re-add Xiquemon, the Xros Wars level, the 20th Anniversary tag, or correct the romanizations. The Xros Wars level returned on 4 April, and some of the erroneous X-Antibody removals were corrected — though the others remained. On April 7, those Digimon had X-Antibody removed though the unusual names and other missing content remained gone. On 10 April, Xiquemon returned to the Reference Book.

Although most of the profile images used within the Reference Book are crisp, full-size versions of released Bandai art, there are a few that are either blurrier than other released art, or shrunken to use up only a portion of the allotted 320px square. Some images may instead contain other errors, such as incorrect designs, images of other Digimon, or graphics errors. In some cases, these images will be replaced with the correct profile image.

Digimon Web Profiles[]

Fresh (Baby I)[]

In-Training (Baby II)[]

Rookie (Child)[]

Champion (Adult)[]

Ultimate (Perfect)[]

Mega (Ultimate)[]

Armor[]

Hybrid[]

Unidentified Level[]

Bandai Asia Profiles[]

Fiction[]

The Digimon Reference Book is written by many researchers, one of which is Agumon Expert.[7]

Notes and references[]

  1. デジモンウェブ公式 (@digimonweb_net). "更新のお知らせこの度クロスウォー に登場したデジモンたちに、成長段階と属性を追加するリニューアルを行います 更新は1週間を予定し、シャウトモンとガムドラモンも作業に参加 終了までしばらくお待ちくださいね #デジモン #Digimon ※更新作業中もデジモン図鑑は閲覧可能です" September 25, 2020, 4:00 AM. Tweet.
  2. [デジモンウェブ公式 (@digimonweb_net). "【デジモン図鑑アップデートのお知らせ】デジモンウェブにて、デジモン名の検索に加え、必殺技、プロフィール内に含まれる単語からのデジモン検索が可能になりました。 是非、ご利用ください。 https://digimon.net/reference/ #デジモン #図鑑 #DIGIMON #REFERENCE" August 10, 2021, 3:30 AM. Tweet.
  3. The profiles for Examon, Lucemon: Falldown Mode, Caprimon, Jupitermon: Wrath Mode, Vemmon, and LoaderLiomon use "exsaon", "rucemonfalldownmode", "capromon", "jupitermmon wrath", "bemmon", and "loaderliomon". On March 31, 2023, most profile names were changed to match the URL causing all of these (other than Vemmon and Jupitermon: Wrath Mode, who remained as such) to become the romanizations despite all of them being inaccurate. Baalmon (X-Antibody)'s originally used "bemmon x", referring to an entirely different, non-existent, Digimon, but was fixed a week later to correctly display "baalmon x".
  4. Profiles referencing Imperialdramon: Dragon Mode initially named it "Dramon Mode", based on the direction of the Digimon Life profiles. The profile for Zurumon originally gave it the "Venom-tinged Bubbles" technique, but this was later revised to be merely a description of the "Poison Bubbles" technique it has in other media. The profile for Shoutmon X4K originally gave it only the Ultimate level, but this was later revised to include the Xros Wars level like other Shoutmon DigiXroses. The profiles for Galgomon, SaintGalgomon, Agumon -Yuki no Kizuna-, Gabumon -Yujo no Kizuna-, Kazuchimon, and PetiMeramon originally romanized their names as "Gargomon", "SaintGargomon", "Agumon -Yuki's Kizuna-", "Gabumon -Yujo's Kizuno-", "Kaduchimon", and "PetiMemramon". Similarly, the profile for Gladimon originally romanized its name as "Gradimon"—this was quickly revised to Gladimon, then back to Gradimon, before finally settling on Gladimon. LoaderLiomon was changed to LoaderLeomon in 2022, then was changed back to LoaderLiomon in 2023. The name of "Bombmon" in Japanese was updated to include(2010アニメ版)((2010 Anime Version)), though the romanization remained "Bombmon" rather than changing it to "Bommon".
  5. The profiles for SkullGreymon, Magnamon, and MetalGreymon (Vaccine) were revised to include new signature techniques they had been given to replace their previous techniques, which referenced sensitive topics. Shoutmon X4's profile was expanded to include its "Burning Star Slasher", which had seemingly been publicized as a result of misreading its "Burning Star Crusher". Beelzebumon (X-Antibody) was given a new technique that involved its Crown in order to coordinate with the other X-Antibody Demon Lords.
  6. The profiles for Dexmon, Dracmon, Sangloupmon, Matadormon, GranDracmon, Volcdramon, ClavisAngemon, and MedievalGallantmon do not mark them as carriers of the X-Antibody, despite several publications indicating or explicitly stating them to be so.
  7. Digimon Profile, "Digimon Basics: Reading the Digimon Field Guide" [009], "The Digimon Field Guide is a culmination of the painstaking labors of researchers such as myself."
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