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{{Anime Infobox
{|style="float:right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
 
 
|title=Digimon Tamers / Season Three
|{{Infobox animanga/Header|
 
 
|katakana=デジモンテイマーズ
title_name=Digimon Tamers / Season Three
 
|image=Digimon Tamers.jpg
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|japname=Digimon Tamers
 
|image=[[File:Digimon Tamers.jpg|x250px]]
|size=250px
 
|caption=Digimon Tamers
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|titles_other=('''South America:''') Digimon 3
 
|genre=Action, Adventure, {{w|Shonen}}
|ja_name=デジモンテイマーズ
 
 
|director=[[Yukio Kaizawa]] (Japan)<br>[[Ralph Bakshi]] (U.S.)
|ja_name_trans=Digimon Tamers
 
 
|studio={{w|Toei Animation}}
|genre=Action, Adventure, {{w|Shonen|Shonen}}
 
 
|network={{w|Fuji TV}}
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|network_other=('''US:''') {{w|Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox}}, {{w|ABC Family|ABC Family}}, {{w|Toon Disney|Toon Disney}}<br>
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('''CA:''') {{w|YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV}}<br>
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('''MA:''') {{w|NTV7|NTV7}}<br>
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('''UK:''') {{w|Jetix (UK)|Jetix (formerly Fox Kids)}}<br>
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('''IND:''') {{w|Indosiar|Indosiar}}<br>
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('''PL:''') {{w|Cartoon Network Philippines|Cartoon Network (Philippines) ABS-CBN(Philippines)}}<br>
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('''BR:''') {{w|Globo|Globo}}<br>
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('''GER:''') {{w|RTL II|RTL II}}, TV3, {{w|Tele 5|Tele 5}}<br>
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('''IT:''') {{w|Rai 2}}<br>
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('''POR:''') {{w|SIC (Portugal)|SIC}}, {{w|Canal Panda|Canal Panda}}<br>
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('''DR:''') {{w|Fox Kids|Fox Kids}}<br>
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('''BO:''') {{w|Televizija OBN|Televizija OBN}}
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|run=[[April 1]], [[2001]] - [[March 31]], [[2002]]
 
|episodes=[[List of Digimon Tamers episodes|51]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{nihongo|'''''Digimon Tamers'''''|デジモンテイマーズ|Dejimon Teimāzu}} is the third animated series based on the [[Digimon]] franchise, first broadcast in 2001. The story takes place initially in the "real world", a world much like ours where [[Digimon]] is just a franchise, composed of {{w|video games|video games}}, a {{w|collectible card game|collectible card game}}, and a {{w|Cartoon|cartoon}} series. A group of 12-year-olds (10-year olds in the Japanese version), Takato, Henry and Rika (fans of the Digimon card game) meet their own Digimon friends and start to duel "bio-emerging" Digimon who cross the barrier between the information network and their world, synthesizing proteins and becoming real. Most of it set in the modern {{w|Tokyo|Tokyo}} {{w|Special wards of Tokyo|ward}} of {{w|Shinjuku|Shinjuku}} and only changes scenario to the Digital World for a short time.
{{Infobox animanga/Anime|
 
title=
 
|director=Yukio Kaizawa (Japan)<br>Ralph Bakshi (U.S.)<nowiki/>
 
{{!}}-
 
{{!}} style="background: #e6e9ff;" {{!}} '''Head writer''' {{!!}} {{w|Chiaki J. Konaka|Chiaki J. Konaka}}
 
|studio={{w|Toei Animation|Toei Animation}}
 
|network={{flagicon|Japan}} {{w|Fuji TV|Fuji TV}}
 
|network_other={{flagicon|US}} {{w|Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox}}(2001), {{w|ABC Family|ABC Family}}(2002-2006), {{w|Toon Disney|Toon Disney}}(2004-2009)<br>{{flagicon|Canada}} {{w|YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV}}<br>{{flagicon|Malaysia}} {{w|NTV7|NTV7}}<br>{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{w|Jetix (UK)|Jetix (formerly Fox Kids)}}<br>{{flagicon|Indonesia}} {{w|Indosiar|Indosiar}}<br>{{flagicon|Philippines}} {{w|Cartoon Network Philippines|Cartoon Network (Philippines) ABS-CBN(Philippines)}}<br>{{flagicon|Brazil}} {{w|Globo|Globo}}<br>{{flagicon|Germany}} {{w|RTL II|RTL II}}, TV3, {{w|Tele 5|Tele 5}}<br>{{flagicon|Portugal}} {{w|SIC (Portugal)|SIC}}, {{w|Canal Panda|Canal Panda}}<br>{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} {{w|Fox Kids|Fox Kids}}<br>{{flagicon|Bosnia}} {{w|Televizija OBN|Televizija OBN}}
 
|first_aired=April 1, 2001
 
|last_aired=March 31, 2002
 
|num_episodes=[[List of Digimon Tamers episodes|51]]
 
}}
 
{{Infobox animanga/Movie|
 
title=Battle of Adventurers
 
|director=
 
|studio={{w|Toei Animation|Toei Animation}}
 
|release_date=July 14, 2001
 
|runtime=50 mins
 
}}
 
{{Infobox animanga/Movie|
 
title=Runaway Locomon
 
|director=
 
|studio={{w|Toei Animation|Toei Animation}}
 
|release_date=March 2, 2002
 
|runtime=29 mins
 
}}
 
{{Infobox animanga/Other|
 
title=Related works
 
|content=
 
*''[[Digimon Adventure|Adventure (Season 1)]]''
 
*''[[Digimon Adventure 02|Adventure 02 (Season 2)]]''
 
*''[[Digimon Frontier|Frontier (Season 4)]]''
 
*''[[Digimon Data Squad|Savers/Data Squad]]''
 
*''[[Digimon Xros Wars|Xros Wars/Fusion]]''
 
}}
 
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
 
{{On Wikipedia|10/17/07}}
 
|}
 
{{nihongo|'''''Digimon Tamers'''''|デジモンテイマーズ|Dejimon Teimāzu}}, known as "''Digimon 3''" in South America, is the third animated series based on the [[Digimon]] franchise, first broadcast in 2001. The story takes place initially in the "real world", a world much like ours where [[Digimon]] is just a franchise, composed of {{w|video games|video games}}, a {{w|collectible card game|collectible card game}}, and a {{w|Cartoon|cartoon}} series. A group of 12-year-olds (10-year olds in the Japanese version), Takato, Henry and Rika (fans of the Digimon card game) meet their own Digimon friends and start to duel "bio-emerging" Digimon who cross the barrier between the information network and their world, synthesizing proteins and becoming real. Most of it set in the modern {{w|Tokyo|Tokyo}} {{w|Special wards of Tokyo|ward}} of {{w|Shinjuku|Shinjuku}} and only changes scenario to the Digital World for a short time.
 
   
 
The tone of this season has many elements from head writer {{w|Chiaki J. Konaka|Chiaki J. Konaka}}'s other works, especially {{w|Serial Experiments Lain|Serial Experiments Lain}}, including a few aspects from {{w|Neon Genesis Evangelion|Neon Genesis Evangelion}}. Thus, the series had a very dark tone in nature, much more so than its predecessors. The show's English dub had little editing compared to previous seasons.
 
The tone of this season has many elements from head writer {{w|Chiaki J. Konaka|Chiaki J. Konaka}}'s other works, especially {{w|Serial Experiments Lain|Serial Experiments Lain}}, including a few aspects from {{w|Neon Genesis Evangelion|Neon Genesis Evangelion}}. Thus, the series had a very dark tone in nature, much more so than its predecessors. The show's English dub had little editing compared to previous seasons.
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|image1=digimon3.png
 
|image1=digimon3.png
 
|caption1=English dub logo
 
|caption1=English dub logo
|image2=DigimonTamersLogo.jpg
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|image2=Digimon Tamers Logo.gif
 
|caption2=Japanese logo
 
|caption2=Japanese logo
 
}}
 
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==Characters==
 
==Characters==
{{Main|List of characters in Digimon Tamers}}
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{{main|List of characters in Digimon Tamers}}
   
 
===Main characters===
 
===Main characters===
 
{|class="infobox bordered" width="98%"
 
{|class="infobox bordered" width="98%"
 
|-
 
|-
!width="125"|Screenshot !! Character !! Voice actor !! Digimon !! Voice actor
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! !! Character !! Voice actor !! Digimon !! Voice actor
 
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|-
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
|-
 
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| rowspan="2" | [[File:Takato and Guilmon.jpg|125px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Takato and Guilmon.jpg|125px]] || '''[[Takato Matsuki]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Takato Matsuda|松田 {{hover|啓人|Furigana: 「タカト」}}|Matsuda Takato}} ||('''En:''') [[Brian Beacock]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Makoto Tsumura]] || '''{{c|Guilmon|t}}''' || ('''En:''') [[Steven Blum]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Masako Nozawa]]
 
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|| '''[[Takato Matsuki]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Takato Matsuda|松田 {{ruby|啓人|タカト}}|Matsuda Takato}}
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||('''En:''') [[Brian Beacock]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Makoto Tsumura]]
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|| '''{{c|Guilmon|t}}'''<br>{{nihongo|Guilmon|ギルモン|Girumon}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Steven Jay Blum]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Masako Nozawa]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="4" | An imaginative artist who created his own Digimon. Takato is somewhat the leader of the group.
 
| colspan="4" | An imaginative artist who created his own Digimon. Takato is somewhat the leader of the group.
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| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
|-
 
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| rowspan="2" | [[File:Henry and Terriermon.jpg|125px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Henry and Terriermon.jpg|125px]] || '''[[Henry Wong]]'''<br>{{hanyu|Jianliang Lee|{{hover|李 健良|Japanese: 「リー・ジェンリャ」}}|{{hover|Lǐ Jiànliáng|Japanese: Rī Jenrya}}}} || ('''En:''') [[Dave Wittenberg]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Mayumi Yamaguchi]] || '''{{c|Terriermon|t}}''' || ('''En:''') [[Mona Marshall]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Aoi Tada]]
 
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|| '''[[Henry Wong]]'''<br>{{hanyu|Jianliang Lee|{{ruby|李 健良|リー・ジェンリャ}}|{{ruby|Lǐ Jiànliáng|Rī Jenrya}}}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Dave Wittenberg]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Mayumi Yamaguchi]]
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|| '''{{c|Terriermon|t}}'''<br>{{nihongo|Terriermon|テリアモン|Teriamon}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Mona Marshall]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Aoi Tada]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="4" | A half-Japanese/half-Chinese boy, a voice of reason type character. He chose Terriermon in a video game.
 
| colspan="4" | A half-Japanese/half-Chinese boy, a voice of reason type character. He chose Terriermon in a video game.
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| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
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| rowspan="2" | [[File:Rika and Renamon.jpg|125px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Rika and Renamon.jpg|125px]] || '''[[Rika Nonaka]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Ruki Makino|牧野 {{hover|留姫|Furigana: 「ルキ」}}|Makino Ruki}} || ('''En:''') [[Melissa Fahn]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Fumiko Orikasa]] || '''{{c|Renamon|t}}''' || ('''En:''') [[Mari Devon]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Yuka Imai]]
 
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|| '''[[Rika Nonaka]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Ruki Makino|牧野 {{ruby|留姫|ルキ}}|Makino Ruki}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Melissa Fahn]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Fumiko Orikasa]]
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|| '''{{c|Renamon|t}}'''<br>{{nihongo|Renamon|レナモン}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Mari Devon]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Yuka Imai]]
 
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| colspan="4" | A tomboyish, headstrong, female tamer who is a champion Digimon card player.
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| colspan="4" | A tomboyish, headstrong, female Tamer who is a champion Digimon card player.
 
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|-
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
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| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
|-
 
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| rowspan="2" | [[File:3-28 01.png|125px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:3-28 01.png|125px]] || '''[[Jeri Katou]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Juri Katō|加藤 {{hover|樹莉|Furigana: 「ジュリ」}}|Katō Juri}} || ('''En:''') [[Bridget Hoffman]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Yoko Asada]] || '''{{c|Leomon|t}}''' || ('''En:''') [[Paul St. Peter]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Hiroaki Hirata]]
 
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|| '''[[Jeri Katou]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Juri Katō|加藤 {{ruby|樹莉|ジュリ}}|Katō Juri}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Bridget Hoffman]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Yōko Asada]]
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|| '''{{c|Leomon|t}}'''<br>{{nihongo|Leomon|レオモン|Reomon}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Paul St. Peter]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Hiroaki Hirata]]
 
|-
 
|-
| colspan="4" | A female tamer who is one of Takato's friends from school.
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| colspan="4" | A female Tamer who is one of Takato's friends from school.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
|-
 
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| rowspan="2" | [[File:3-38 01.png|125px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:3-38 01.png|125px]] || '''[[Ryo Akiyama]]'''<br>{{nihongo||秋山 {{hover|遼|Furigana: 「リョウ」}}|Akiyama Ryō}} || ('''En:''') [[Steve Staley]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Junichi Kanemaru]] || '''{{c|Cyberdramon|t}}''' || ('''En:''') [[Lex Lang]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Ikkei Seta]]
 
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|| '''[[Ryo Akiyama]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Ryō Akiyama|秋山 {{ruby|遼|リョウ}}|Akiyama Ryō}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Steve Staley]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Jun-ichi Kanemaru]]
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|| '''{{c|Cyberdramon|t}}'''<br>{{nihongo|Cyberdramon|サイバードラモン|Saibādoramon}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Lex Lang]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Ikkei Seta]]
 
|-
 
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| colspan="4" | An enigmatic tamer that went missing after beating Rika to take first place in the Digimon Card Tournament.
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| colspan="4" | An enigmatic Tamer that went missing after beating Rika to take first place in the Digimon Card Tournament.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
|-
 
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| rowspan="2" | [[File:3-46 01.png|125px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:3-46 01.png|125px]] || '''[[Kazu Shioda]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Hirokazu Shioda|塩田 {{hover|博和|Furigana: 「ヒロカズ」}}|Shioda Hirokazu}} || ('''En:''') [[Brad MacDonald]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Yukiko Tamaki]] || '''{{c|Guardromon|t}}''' || ('''En:''') [[Richard Cansino]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Yanada Kiyoyuki]]
 
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|| '''[[Kazu Shioda]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Hirokazu Shioda|塩田 {{ruby|博和|ヒロカズ}}|Shioda Hirokazu}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Brad MacDonald]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Yukiko Tamaki]]
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|| '''{{c|Guardromon|t}}'''<br>{{nihongo|Guardromon|ガードロモン|Gādoromon}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Richard Cansino]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Kiyoyuki Yanada]]
 
|-
 
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| colspan="4" | A comedic tamer that is very good friends with Takato and Kenta and often beats them in DigiBattle Card Game.
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| colspan="4" | A comedic Tamer that is very good friends with Takato and Kenta and often beats them in DigiBattle Card Game.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
|-
 
|-
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| rowspan="2" | [[File:3-46 02.png|125px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:3-46 02.png|125px]] || '''[[Kenta Kitagawa]]'''<br>{{nihongo||北川 {{hover|健太|Furigana: 「ケンタ」}}|Kitagawa Kenta}} || ('''En:''') [[Steven Blum]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Touko Aoyama]] || '''{{c|MarineAngemon|t}}''' || ('''En:''') [[Wendee Lee]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Ai Iwamura]]
 
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|| '''[[Kenta Kitagawa]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Kenta Kitagawa|北川 {{ruby|健太|ケンタ}}|Kitagawa Kenta}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Steven Jay Blum]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Touko Aoyama]]
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|| '''{{c|MarineAngemon|t}}'''<br>{{nihongo|MarineAngemon|マリンエンジェモン|Marin'Enjemon}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Wendee Lee]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Ai Iwamura]]
 
|-
 
|-
| colspan="4" | A young tamer who is very good friends with Takato and Kazu.
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| colspan="4" | A young Tamer who is very good friends with Takato and Kazu.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
|-
 
|-
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| rowspan="2" |[[File:3-46 03.png|125px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:3-46 03.png|125px]] || '''[[Suzie Wong]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Shaochung Lee|{{hover|李 小春|Japanese: 「リー・シウチョン」}}|{{hover|Lǐ Xiǎochūn|Japanese: Rī Shiuchon}}}} || ('''En:''') [[Peggy O'Neal]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Ai Nagano]] || '''{{c|Lopmon|t}}''' || ('''En:''') [[Michelle Ruff]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Aoi Tada]]
 
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|| '''[[Suzie Wong]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Shaochung Lee|{{ruby|李 小春|リー・シウチョン}}|{{ruby|Lǐ Xiǎochūn|Rī Shiuchon}}}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Peggy O'Neal]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Ai Nagano]]
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|| '''{{c|Lopmon|t}}'''<br>{{nihongo|Lopmon|ロップモン|Roppumon}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Michelle Ruff]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Aoi Tada]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="4" | Henry's younger sister.
 
| colspan="4" | Henry's younger sister.
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| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#FFA040"|
 
|-
 
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| rowspan="2" | [[File:3-51 01.png|125px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:3-51 01.png|125px]] ||'''[[Ai and Mako]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Ai and Makoto|アイとマコト|Ai to Makoto}} || ('''En:''') [[Rebecca Forstadt]] and [[Wendee Lee]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Haruhi Terada]] and [[Miwa Matsumoto]]|| '''{{c|Impmon|t}}''' || ('''En:''') [[Derek Stephen Prince]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Hiroki Takahashi]]
 
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||'''[[Ai and Mako]]'''<br>{{nihongo|Ai and Makoto|アイとマコト|Ai to Makoto}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Rebecca Forstadt]] and [[Wendee Lee]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Haruhi Terada]] and [[Miwa Matsumoto]]
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|| '''{{c|Impmon|t}}'''<br>{{nihongo|Impmon|インプモン|Inpumon}}
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|| ('''En:''') [[Derek Stephen Prince]]<br>('''Ja:''') [[Hiroki Takahashi]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="4" | Two young children whom Impmon first met during his first time in the human world; his experiences with their sibling rivalry gave him a strong dislike for humans. They reconciled with Impmon near the end of the season.
 
| colspan="4" | Two young children whom Impmon first met during his first time in the human world; his experiences with their sibling rivalry gave him a strong dislike for humans. They reconciled with Impmon near the end of the season.
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==Digital World==
 
==Digital World==
{{main|Digital World}}
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{{main|Digital World (Tamers)}}
   
 
The '''Digital World''' (or DigiWorld for short) is a parallel, shadow world that coexists with Earth, created as it was by it. This is where all Digimon live.
 
The '''Digital World''' (or DigiWorld for short) is a parallel, shadow world that coexists with Earth, created as it was by it. This is where all Digimon live.
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Time passed, and four Digimon evolved into their highest stages, becoming the "gods" of the Digital World – the four [[Digimon Sovereigns]], [[Azulongmon]], [[Baihumon]], [[Ebonwumon]] and [[Zhuqiaomon]]. The Digital World eventually grew to be composed of six planes – the earliest was the desert, while the sixth is the highest plane where the Sovereigns dwelled, along with the Shining Digivolution—the power source that provided the energy to allow Digimon to Digivolve. On the four planes in between are "miniverses"—specialized environments created by the Digimon that inhabit them. There are a great many of them, but ones seen included: an area of clouds and clockwork where [[Clockmon]] and [[Hagurumon]] lived, a warped, black-and-white town where the [[Nohemon]] dwell and a [[Knightmon]] patrolled its castle at night, an area of forests, lakes and rivers where [[Orochimon]] is a dictator over the [[Gekomon]]'s village, a 'world' entirely composed of water and underground caverns within them where a [[Divermon]] lived and protected the [[Otamamon]] there, and a region of ice. Huge Data Streams connect the regions of the Digital World to Earth, as digital matter from the Digital World is manipulated and utilized by computers on Earth. In the void between the Digital World and the real world, there is a warped area where reality is in flux, and is defined only by the perceptions of those within it.
 
Time passed, and four Digimon evolved into their highest stages, becoming the "gods" of the Digital World – the four [[Digimon Sovereigns]], [[Azulongmon]], [[Baihumon]], [[Ebonwumon]] and [[Zhuqiaomon]]. The Digital World eventually grew to be composed of six planes – the earliest was the desert, while the sixth is the highest plane where the Sovereigns dwelled, along with the Shining Digivolution—the power source that provided the energy to allow Digimon to Digivolve. On the four planes in between are "miniverses"—specialized environments created by the Digimon that inhabit them. There are a great many of them, but ones seen included: an area of clouds and clockwork where [[Clockmon]] and [[Hagurumon]] lived, a warped, black-and-white town where the [[Nohemon]] dwell and a [[Knightmon]] patrolled its castle at night, an area of forests, lakes and rivers where [[Orochimon]] is a dictator over the [[Gekomon]]'s village, a 'world' entirely composed of water and underground caverns within them where a [[Divermon]] lived and protected the [[Otamamon]] there, and a region of ice. Huge Data Streams connect the regions of the Digital World to Earth, as digital matter from the Digital World is manipulated and utilized by computers on Earth. In the void between the Digital World and the real world, there is a warped area where reality is in flux, and is defined only by the perceptions of those within it.
   
==Movies==
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==Related media==
===Battle of Adventurers===
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===Movies===
{{main|Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers}}
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{{main|Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers|Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon}}
[[File:Digimon Movie 5.jpg|right|125px]]
 
Takato visits his cousin Kai in {{w|Okinawa|Okinawa}}, only to learn of an evil plan conducted by [[Mephistomon]].
 
   
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===Video games===
This movie is often mistakenly believed to be out of continuity based on mistranslations of early promo information.
 
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{{main|Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley|Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer}}
   
===Runaway Locomon===
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===Audio Dramas===
{{main|Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon}}
 
[[File:Digimon Movie 6.jpg|right|125px]]
 
Six months after the D-Reaper was destroyed, the Tamers are planning to throw Rika a surprise party, but are forced to try and stop the train Digimon [[Locomon]], who is being controlled by [[Parasimon]]. The movie focuses on Rika's relationship with her father and friends, as well as showing that the Tamers reunited with their Digimon after the events of the TV series.
 
 
Chiaki Konaka was not consulted on ''Runaway Locomon'', but stated that he was grateful to Tetsuharu Nakamura and Hiro Masaki, staff from ''Tamers'' who did work on the film, for illustrating facets of Rika's background that were not touched upon in the TV series.
 
<!--use as refs:
 
Chiaki Konaka states in his [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/character-e.html character notes] (for Rika) that he "was not consulted" on ''Runaway Locomon''. On this he also says: "However, ...Mr. Tetsuharu Nakamura [the director], [who was] an assistant director of the TV series... [and] Mr. Hiro Masaki,... a regular writer for the series... paid a great deal of attention to the psychological aspects of the series when completing the movie... I am very grateful to them for boldly illustrating the parts of Rika's family life that the TV series never explored."-->
 
 
==Short Story==
 
===Digimon Tamers 1984===
 
This short story, written by Chiaki J. Konaka and illustrated by Kenji Watanabe, was published in 2002 in Volume 5 of SF Japan, a Japanese science fiction magazine. Tamers 1984 was intended for a more mature audience, specifically the adult fans of Digimon Tamers, and focused on the creation of the original Digimon program by the Monster Makers at Palo Alto University in the United States. It revolved around the roles and thoughts of each of the Monster Makers, and dealt largely with the philosophical and technological issues surrounding the creation of artificial intellligence.
 
 
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Digimon Tamers (デジモンテイマーズ Dejimon Teimāzu?) is the third animated series based on the Digimon franchise, first broadcast in 2001. The story takes place initially in the "real world", a world much like ours where Digimon is just a franchise, composed of video games, a collectible card game, and a cartoon series. A group of 12-year-olds (10-year olds in the Japanese version), Takato, Henry and Rika (fans of the Digimon card game) meet their own Digimon friends and start to duel "bio-emerging" Digimon who cross the barrier between the information network and their world, synthesizing proteins and becoming real. Most of it set in the modern Tokyo ward of Shinjuku and only changes scenario to the Digital World for a short time.

The tone of this season has many elements from head writer Chiaki J. Konaka's other works, especially Serial Experiments Lain, including a few aspects from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Thus, the series had a very dark tone in nature, much more so than its predecessors. The show's English dub had little editing compared to previous seasons.

Plot summary

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Takato creates his Digimon partner Guilmon when he slips a mysterious blue card he found in his deck through his hand-held card reading device, changing it into a D-Arc, the Tamers version of a Digivice. The appearance and powers of this Digimon come from Takato's sketches that were scanned into the device. Guilmon bio-emerges from the Digital World and is found later by Takato. Henry met his Digimon Terriermon when he rose from the screen of a computer game, while Rika's Digimon Renamon approached her to ask to be made stronger, since Rika was famous for her skills on the Digimon card game. Other characters, Kazu, Kenta and Jeri (Takato's friends from school) and Suzie (Henry's little sister) become Tamers later on in the series, and Ryo (Rika's rival and fellow Digimon Tamer) is introduced later on. They also encounter two more Digimon that they frequently run into: Calumon, a mysterious Digimon that has the power to make other Digimon digivolve but dislikes fighting and only wants to play and eat junk food, and Impmon, a Digimon that left his Tamers because he was sick of their bickering and selfishness and thinks that all Digimon with Tamers are a disgrace.

Along the way, the kids learn to be responsible for those creatures as a mysterious man known as Yamaki tries to stop Digimon (who he calls "Wild Ones") from coming to the real world. From the secret government agency called Hypnos, Yamaki was in charge of monitoring all Digimon activity around the globe. Later, the new Tamers are forced to fight a group of evil Digimon calling themselves the Deva, who serve the Digimon Sovereigns and believe that Digimon shouldn't partner with humans. Their true purpose to come into the human world was to capture Calumon and take him back to the Digital World so they could use his power of Digivolution. The Tamers and friends then decide to leave for the Digital World to rescue Calumon. They destroy all but one of the Devas (Antylamon turned to the side of good and became Suzie's Digimon partner) and confront and defeat Impmon, who is now Beelzemon after making a deal with Zhuquiaomon for more power in exchange for eliminating the Tamers. After traveling to the Digital World to rescue Calumon the Tamers meet (and fight with) the digital god, but finally agree to work together in order to destroy the D-Reaper, a computer program initially designed to keep digital life in check, but it itself went out of control.

Several new elements are introduced in this season, including the use of game cards to Digi-Modify and give different powers to the Digimon, the presence of Calumon, a lone Digimon responsible for the Digimon evolutions, and the use of "biomerging" to bring the Digimon to their final Mega levels by merging their bodies with their human partners. The season also continued the progression from Digimon Adventure, which was set in the Digital World with only a temporary return to the real world, through Digimon Adventure 02, where the characters returned from the Digital World to rest after most episodes: in Digimon Tamers the action is entirely within the real world, with a journey to the Digital World in midseason.

Episodes

Digimon Tamers aired 51 episodes on Fuji TV in Japan from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002, and on Fox Kids in the United States from September 1, 2001 to June 8, 2002. It was aired in Fox Kids in the United Kingdom, as well as on CITV, but on CITV, they only aired the first four episodes, just like Vol 1 of a VHS copy that were sold there. A Vol 2 was also made, but they missed nine episodes off and went straight from fourteen to seventeen. Digimon Tamers marks the very last Digimon series to be aired on CITV.

Characters

Main characters

Character Voice actor Digimon Voice actor
Takato and Guilmon Takato Matsuki
Takato Matsuda (松田 啓人 (タカト) Matsuda Takato?)
(En:) Brian Beacock
(Ja:) Makoto Tsumura
Guilmon
Guilmon (ギルモン Girumon?)
(En:) Steven Jay Blum
(Ja:) Masako Nozawa
An imaginative artist who created his own Digimon. Takato is somewhat the leader of the group.
Henry and Terriermon Henry Wong
Jianliang Lee (李 健良 (リー・ジェンリャ) Lǐ Jiànliáng (Rī Jenrya)?)
(En:) Dave Wittenberg
(Ja:) Mayumi Yamaguchi
Terriermon
Terriermon (テリアモン Teriamon?)
(En:) Mona Marshall
(Ja:) Aoi Tada
A half-Japanese/half-Chinese boy, a voice of reason type character. He chose Terriermon in a video game.
Rika and Renamon Rika Nonaka
Ruki Makino (牧野 留姫 (ルキ) Makino Ruki?)
(En:) Melissa Fahn
(Ja:) Fumiko Orikasa
Renamon
Renamon (レナモン?)
(En:) Mari Devon
(Ja:) Yuka Imai
A tomboyish, headstrong, female Tamer who is a champion Digimon card player.


Secondary characters

Screenshot Character Voice actor Digimon Voice actor
3-28 01 Jeri Katou
Juri Katō (加藤 樹莉 (ジュリ) Katō Juri?)
(En:) Bridget Hoffman
(Ja:) Yōko Asada
Leomon
Leomon (レオモン Reomon?)
(En:) Paul St. Peter
(Ja:) Hiroaki Hirata
A female Tamer who is one of Takato's friends from school.
3-38 01 Ryo Akiyama
Ryō Akiyama (秋山 (リョウ) Akiyama Ryō?)
(En:) Steve Staley
(Ja:) Jun-ichi Kanemaru
Cyberdramon
Cyberdramon (サイバードラモン Saibādoramon?)
(En:) Lex Lang
(Ja:) Ikkei Seta
An enigmatic Tamer that went missing after beating Rika to take first place in the Digimon Card Tournament.
3-46 01 Kazu Shioda
Hirokazu Shioda (塩田 博和 (ヒロカズ) Shioda Hirokazu?)
(En:) Brad MacDonald
(Ja:) Yukiko Tamaki
Guardromon
Guardromon (ガードロモン Gādoromon?)
(En:) Richard Cansino
(Ja:) Kiyoyuki Yanada
A comedic Tamer that is very good friends with Takato and Kenta and often beats them in DigiBattle Card Game.
3-46 02 Kenta Kitagawa
Kenta Kitagawa (北川 健太 (ケンタ) Kitagawa Kenta?)
(En:) Steven Jay Blum
(Ja:) Touko Aoyama
MarineAngemon
MarineAngemon (マリンエンジェモン Marin'Enjemon?)
(En:) Wendee Lee
(Ja:) Ai Iwamura
A young Tamer who is very good friends with Takato and Kazu.
3-46 03 Suzie Wong
Shaochung Lee (李 小春 (リー・シウチョン) Lǐ Xiǎochūn (Rī Shiuchon)?)
(En:) Peggy O'Neal
(Ja:) Ai Nagano
Lopmon
Lopmon (ロップモン Roppumon?)
(En:) Michelle Ruff
(Ja:) Aoi Tada
Henry's younger sister.
3-51 01 Ai and Mako
Ai and Makoto (アイとマコト Ai to Makoto?)
(En:) Rebecca Forstadt and Wendee Lee
(Ja:) Haruhi Terada and Miwa Matsumoto
Impmon
Impmon (インプモン Inpumon?)
(En:) Derek Stephen Prince
(Ja:) Hiroki Takahashi
Two young children whom Impmon first met during his first time in the human world; his experiences with their sibling rivalry gave him a strong dislike for humans. They reconciled with Impmon near the end of the season.


Digital World

The Digital World (or DigiWorld for short) is a parallel, shadow world that coexists with Earth, created as it was by it. This is where all Digimon live.

The Digital World that runs parallel to the Earth inhabited by Takato and the other Tamers originally started out as a barren desert, which became home to the digital life forms created by the Monster Makers in the 1980s – the Digimon. Some organisms even evolved on their own from the Digital World, the DigiGnomes. But in the early days of life in the Digital World, it was attacked by the deadly D-Reaper deletion program, which had been created to destroy all artificial intelligence that moved beyond its limits. However, as it deleted many Digimon, it absorbed their data, and was mutated by it, gaining sentience and more power. It entered a period of inactivity, and buried itself away, deep beneath the Digital World.

Time passed, and four Digimon evolved into their highest stages, becoming the "gods" of the Digital World – the four Digimon Sovereigns, Azulongmon, Baihumon, Ebonwumon and Zhuqiaomon. The Digital World eventually grew to be composed of six planes – the earliest was the desert, while the sixth is the highest plane where the Sovereigns dwelled, along with the Shining Digivolution—the power source that provided the energy to allow Digimon to Digivolve. On the four planes in between are "miniverses"—specialized environments created by the Digimon that inhabit them. There are a great many of them, but ones seen included: an area of clouds and clockwork where Clockmon and Hagurumon lived, a warped, black-and-white town where the Nohemon dwell and a Knightmon patrolled its castle at night, an area of forests, lakes and rivers where Orochimon is a dictator over the Gekomon's village, a 'world' entirely composed of water and underground caverns within them where a Divermon lived and protected the Otamamon there, and a region of ice. Huge Data Streams connect the regions of the Digital World to Earth, as digital matter from the Digital World is manipulated and utilized by computers on Earth. In the void between the Digital World and the real world, there is a warped area where reality is in flux, and is defined only by the perceptions of those within it.

Related media

Movies

Video games

Audio Dramas

Manhua

Main article: Digimon Tamers (manhua)

Short Stories

Main articles: Digimon Tamers 1984 and Ryo's Story

Songs

Japanese

Opening Theme: The Biggest Dreamer
Artist: Kōji Wada
Songwriter: Hiroshi Yamada
Composer/Arranger: Michihiko Ohta

Ending Theme #1: My Tomorrow (ep. 1-23)
Artist: Ai Maeda (as AiM)
Songwriter: Yu Matsuki
Composer/Arranger: Okubo Kaoru

Ending Theme #2: Days ~Aijou to Nichijou~ (ep. 24-51)
Artist: Ai Maeda (as AiM)
Songwriter: Uran
Composer/Arranger: Okubo Kaoru

Insert Song: SLASH!! (Card Slash Theme)
Artist: Michihiko Ohta
Songwriter: Hiroshi Yamada
Composer/Arranger: Michihiko Ohta

Insert Song: EVO (Evolution Theme)
Artist: Wild Child Bound
Songwriter: Omori Shouko
Composer/Arranger: Watanabe Cheru

Insert Song: One Vision (Matrix Evolution Theme)
Artist: Takayoshi Tanimoto
Songwriter: Hiroshi Yamada
Composer/Arranger: Michihiko Ohta

Insert Song: 3 Primary Colors (ep. 9, 51)
Artist: Tamers
Songwriter: Hiroshi Yamada
Composer/Arranger: Michihiko Ohta

English

Opening Theme: Digimon Theme
Artist: Paul Gordon

Credits

Main article: Voice credits for Digimon Tamers

See also

General

Locations

External links


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