About Tamers’s OP, EDs, and insert songs

A translation of this post from Digimon Tamers lead writer Chiaki Konaka’s Digimon Tamers 2021 Blog, regarding Tamers‘s vocal music and the “Days -Information and the Extraordinary-” drama CD. (The text was originally posted on his Twitter in December 2017, and reformatted for this blog post and posted on April 2, 2021.)

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About “The Call of Dagomon”

A translation of this post from Digimon Adventure 02 episode writer and Digimon Tamers lead writer Chiaki Konaka’s Digimon Tamers 2021 Blog, regarding the episode he wrote for Adventure 02, “The Call of Dagomon” (episode 13). (The text was originally posted on his Twitter in December 2017, and reformatted for this blog post and posted on March 31, 2021.)

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Mimi Tachikawa and Lilimon

A translation of a blog post by Adventure and Adventure 02‘s director Hiroyuki Kakudou, discussing the Mimi and Lilimon MegaHouse PVC figure and the development behind character Mimi Tachikawa, posted April 27, 2018.

Director Kakudou often writes blog posts introducing various Digimon toys and figures, along with some trivia about Digimon production. Upon introducing the relevant Mimi and Lilimon figure, he then wrote about Mimi in a Twitter thread in response to a commenter, after which he decided to move the content back into the blog post due to its significance.

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Message from Digimon Adventure producer Hiromi Seki, to Toshiko Fujita

Translation of a message left on February 8, 2019 from Digimon Adventure producer Hiromi Seki to original Taichi Yagami voice actress Toshiko Fujita, after her passing in the December prior.

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Digimon Adventure director Hiroyuki Kakudou’s initial comments on the Digimon Adventure: reboot

A translation of various blog posts from original Digimon Adventure series director Hiroyuki Kakudou, discussing the lead-up to the Digimon Adventure: reboot and its relationship to the original Digimon Adventure series from 1999.

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The Mystery of the American Box Bug

The “American Box Bug” (アメリカハコムシ, America hakomushi) is a staff joke referenced in the preview for episode 17 of Digimon Adventure 02 (“Odaiba Memorial”) and the drama CD “Armor Evolution to the Unknown“. It otherwise has little relevance to Digimon, but Adventure 02 director Hiroyuki Kakudou described the backstory behind the joke on his website, so I took the liberty of translating it here.

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In regards to the new Digimon project

Translated from Hiroyuki Kakudou (director for the original Digimon Adventure and Adventure 02)’s blog post from May 30, 2018, discussing his involvement — and eventual lack thereof — in the project eventually revealed to be Digimon Adventure LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna.

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On Creation and Production for Super Evolution Stage: Digimon Adventure tri.

Translated from director and producer Kenichi Tani’s blog, posted August 6, 2017, with his notes pertaining to the stage play Super Evolution Stage: Digimon Adventure tri. ~The August 1st Adventure~, which ran for ten showings between August 3 and 15 in 2017 at the Zepp Blue Theater Roppongi.

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