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1.0 Show
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1.1 Beginning Theme:
Pokemon: Pokemon has 4 different themes, and the current 1 is way cool.
Digimon: Digimon has 3 similar themes, and all of them are cool, especially the current 1. I love synthesizers.
Pokemon: 0 Digimon: 0.5
1.2 Animation Quality:
Pokemon: Pokemon has good animation. Its characters' shapes are in proportion.
Digimon: Digimon's animation isn't bad, but the characters' shapes are out of proportion. Their hands and feet are too big.
Pokemon: 1 Digimon: 0.5
1.2.1 Type:
Pokemon: Anime rules.
Digimon: Anime rules.
Pokemon: 101 J/K Digimon: 100.5 J/K
1.3 Cencorship:
Pokemon: US cencorship edited out needless things in Pokemon.
Digimon: US cencorship edited out a few things in Digimon.
Pokemon: 1 Digimon: 1
1.4 Songs:
Pokemon: Pokemon has a lot of songs, which are good, but some are too corny.
Digimon: I think Digimon has good songs, rock & roll, but playing them during the show is a bit disorienting.
Pokemon: 2 Digimon: 1
1.4.1 Type:
Pokemon: Pokemon has it all, except rock and roll.
Digimon: Digimon only has rock & roll.
Pokemon: 3 Digimon: 1
1.4.2 Background Music:
Pokemon: Pokemon's background makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Digimon: Digimon's background music gives too much conflict and little cheerfulness.
Pokemon: 3.5 Digimon: 1
1.5 Protagonists(Heroes):
Pokemon: Pokemon only has 3 protagonists at a time, while the others are only shown once in the series.
Digimon: Digimon has many protagonists.
Pokemon: 3.5 Digimon: 2
1.5.1 Character Development:
Pokemon: People get better as they train their Pokemon and themselves. Specifically, the
trainers have to work hard on their abilities to get stronger and their Pokemon's abilities. Each
character has mixed abilities.
Digimon: People get better as they train their Digimon and themselves. Specifically, the Digidestined
have to work hard on their crest/taming abilities and their Digimon's abilities. Each character has
specific abilities and weaknesses. That's why they have to work together, as in "team work".
Pokemon: 3.5 Digimon: 2.5
1.5.2 Hygeine:
Pokemon: People's houses are rarely shown with bathrooms. They are also wearing the same
clothes, except maybe some.
Digimon: Maybe not in season 1, but in season 2 and the beginning of season 3, everyone has good
hygeine.
Pokemon: 3.5 Digimon: 3
1.5.3 Education:
Pokemon: People only have an education on Pokemon.
Digimon: People have an education on both the standard school curriculum and Digimon.
Pokemon: 3.5 Digimon: 3.5
1.5.4 Fashion:
Pokemon: Each person's clothes have a wide variety of colors and types.
Digimon: Most people's clothes are the same and have only 2-3 colors.
Pokemon: 4 Digimon: 3.5
1.5.4.1 Hairstyles:
Pokemon: Most guys have almost exactly the same hairstyles.
Digimon: Everyone's hair is different.
Pokemon: 4 Digimon: 4
1.6 Antagonists(Villians):
Pokemon: Pokemon only has several antagonists, some of which are easy to defeat.
Digimon: Digimon has many antagonists, which are hard to defeat.
Pokemon: 4 Digimon: 4.5
1.7 Character History:
Pokemon: Pokemon only tells about the past of who the protagonists meet along their journey.
Digimon: Digimon is based totally on character history and how the digidestined started.
Pokemon: 4 Digimon: 5
1.8 3D:
Pokemon: Pokemon has none.
Digimon: It happens only when the Digimon are digivolving at high levels, matrix digivolving, and bio-merging.
Pokemon: 4 Digimon: 5.5
1.9 Plot:
Pokemon: To be the greatest Pokemon master. This affects only the inividuals who plan on joining the Pokemon League, and the story is simple.
Digimon: To save 2 worlds from evil. Not very original, but affects everyone in the two worlds, and the story is deep and complex.
Pokemon: 4 Digimon: 6
1.10 World:
Pokemon: Pokemon is made up of 2 places, Kanto and Jhoto, but still on the same planet. The Orange Islands were just a filler for the show. They did not want the Anime Jhoto out before the game, so they had to stall.
Digimon: Digimon is made up of 2 worlds. The Digimon world is considered as another dimension.
Pokemon: 4 Digimon: 7
1.11 Action:
Pokemon: Pokemon has nearly cheap explosions.
Digimon: Digimon has great action and big explosions. It even had a fist fight.
Pokemon: 4 Digimon: 8
1.12 Technology:
Pokemon: There is much technology shown, including video phones, Pokemon transferring, and pokeballs, like our modern world in the future.
Digimon: Technology is shown everywhere, just like our modern world.
Pokemon: 4.5 Digimon: 8
1.12.1 Science Fiction:
Pokemon: Pokemon rarely explains anything about Science, except the GS ball and Mewtwo.
Digimon: Digimon has a wide variety of fictional Science.
Pokemon: 4.5 Digimon: 8.5
1.12.2 Transportation:
Pokemon: Transportation is not shown that much in Pokemon.
Digimon: All types of transportation are shown all the time.
Pokemon: 4.5 Digimon: 9
1.12.2.1 Exercise(Walking):
Pokemon: People walk all the time, and rarely use faster forms of transportation.
Digimon: Protagonists might have walked in season 1, but in season 2 and parts of season 3,
everyone was using other forms of transportation.
Pokemon: 5 Digimon:9
1.13 Episodes:
Pokemon: Pokemon has made over 170 and less than 200.
Digimon: Digimon only made over 80 and less than 110.
Pokemon: 6 Digimon: 9
1.13.1 Seasons:
Pokemon: Pokemon is currently up to its 4th season.
Digimon: Digimon is up to its 3rd season.
Pokemon: 6.5 Digimon: 9
1.14 Rating:
Pokemon: Pokemon is aimed at ages 6-12 and rated Y.
Digimon: Digimon is aimed at ages 9-13 and rated Y7. The older the age, the better.
Pokemon: 6.5 Digimon: 9.5
1.15 Comedy:
Pokemon: Pokemon has corny comedy. Most of which I don't understand what's so funny.
Digimon: Digimon's jokes are funnier, but some are corny.
Pokemon: 6.5 Digimon: 10
1.16 Drama:
Pokemon: Pokemon has a little drama with sad songs supporting it.
Digimon: Digimon usually has heavy duty drama with lots of crying.
Pokemon: 6.5 Digimon: 10.5
1.17 Mystery:
Pokemon: Pokemon doesn't have that much mystery.
Digimon: Digimon has loads of mystery on every episode.
Pokemon: 6.5 Digimon: 11
1.18 Which Came First:
Pokemon: Pokemon was first heard about in 1989. The first Pokemon game came out in 1992. The Pokemon show first aired in September 1998 in Japan and spring 1999 in America. The Pokemon TCG came out in December 1998.
Digimon: The Digimon hand-held game came out in July 1996. The Digimon show first aired in April 1999 in Japan and August 1999 in America. The Digimon TCG came out in 1999, sometime after the show.
Pokemon: 7.5 Digimon: 11
1.19 Ending:
Pokemon: Every episode always ends with a happy ending.
Digimon: Every episode ends in a conflict that preserves climax.
Pokemon: 7.5 Digimon: 12
Overall:
Pokemon: 7.5
Digimon: 12
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2.0 Monsters
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2.1 Names:
Pokemon: Pokemon have different names according to animal class, except some.
Digimon: Digimon end in -mon and something gets added on whenever they digivolve, which makes it a lot longer.
Pokemon: 0.5 Digimon: 0
2.2 Types:
Pokemon: Each Pokemon may be 1 of 16 types.(Normal, Grass, Fire, Water, Psychic, Flying, Fighting, Ghost, Rock, Electric, Ice, Poison, Bug, Ground, Dark, Steel)
Digimon: Each Digimon ay be 1 of 4 classes.(Virus, Vaccine, Data, Unknown)
Pokemon: 1.5 Digimon: 0
2.3 Monster Lists:
Pokemon: I've seen many different Pokemon lists.
Digimon: I've only seen the Internet lists.
Pokemon: 2 Digimon: 0
2.4 Post-Battles:
Pokemon: Pokemon faint.
Digimon: Digimon die and get reformatted or reborn as a new Digimon.
Pokemon: 2 Digimon: 0.5
2.5 Big Monsters:
Pokemon: Most of the big monsters are not that scary and most of them aren't that big.
Digimon: Most of the big monsters have scary features and most of them are huge.
Pokemon: 2 Digimon: 1.5
2.6 Small Monsters:
Pokemon: Most of the small monsters are cuter and more powerful.
Digimon: Most of the small monsters are not that cute and attacks are horribly weak.
Pokemon: 3 Digimon: 1.5
2.7 Language:
Pokemon: Each Pokemon can only say its name, but some can learn to talk or communicate telepathically.
Digimon: Each Digimon can actually talk.
Pokemon: 3 Digimon: 2
2.8 "Volutions":
Pokemon: Evolution has 1-4 stages and is permanent.
Digimon: Digivolution has 6-7 stages and is not permanent.
Pokemon: 3 Digimon: 3
2.8.1 Ways:
Pokemon: Pokemon has 3 ways of evolving.(direct evolving, elemental stone evolving, evolution
through trade)
Digimon: Digimon has 7 ways of digivolving.(direct digivolving, warp digivolving, armor digivolving,
DNA digivolving, digi-modifying, matrix digivolving, and bio-merging)
Pokemon: 3 Digimon: 3.5
2.9 Design:
Pokemon: Most Pokemon are copied from animals and look a little cooler.
Digimon: Most Digimon are originally designed and look a lot cooler.
Pokemon: 3 Digimon: 4.5
2.9.1 Fashion:
Pokemon: Most Pokemon don't even have clothing, but their hair is good.
Digimon: Most Digimon have little pieces of clothing, like gloves and metal armour. Their hair is good
too.
Pokemon: 3 Digimon: 5
2.10 Attacks:
Pokemon: Pokemon have strong and powerful attacks.
Digimon: Some Digimon can destroy the world with their cataclysmic attacks.
Pokemon: 3 Digimon: 5.5
2.10.1 Types:
Pokemon: Pokemon have elemental and close combat attacks.
Digimon: Digimon have elemental, close combat, and missile attacks.
Digimon: 3 Digimon: 6
2.11 Independence:
Pokemon: Pokemon have almost no independence. They need orders to help them fight well.
Digimon: Digimon are treated like people. They need no orders from anyone.
Pokemon: 3 Digimon: 7
2.12 Monster Habitat:
Pokemon: Pokemon has almost a whole episode about a specific Pokemon's natural habitat.
Digimon: Digimon rarely explains what a wild Digimon does.
Pokemon: 3.5 Digimon: 7
2.13 Quantity:
Pokemon: There are over 250 Pokemon.
Digimon: I thought there were less Digimon too, but there are actually over 380.
Pokemon: 3.5 Digimon: 8
Overall:
Pokemon: 3.5
Digimon: 8
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3.0 Gaming
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3.1 Games:
Pokemon: Pokemon has great RPG strategy games.
Digimon: I never played any Digimon games, but they have 3D.
Pokemon: 1 Digimon: 0
3.1.1 Plot:
Pokemon: Games have great plots with many secrets and strategies.
Digimon: Games are based on the hand-held versions.
Pokemon: 1.5 Digimon: 0
3.1.2 Challenges:
Pokemon: Pokemon has very long games. You gotta catch'em all!
Digimon: I never played them, but I don't think they're as long as Pokemon's games.
Pokemon: 2 Digimon: 0
3.1.3 Quantity:
Pokemon: There are at least 19 Pokemon games.(Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal,
Pokemon Snap, Hey You Pikachu, Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Stadium 2, Pokemon Stadium 3,
Pokemon Advanced, Pokemon Puzzle League, Pokemon Puzzle Challenge, Pokemon Pinball,
Pokemon Trading Card Game, Pokemon Trading Card Game 2: Attack of Team Rocket, Pichu Bros.
Game)
Digimon: There are at least 25 Digimon games.(Digimon Card Battle, Digimon Pack, Digimon
Rumble Arena, Digimon Tamers: Evolution Battle, Digimon Tamers: Pocket Kurumon, Digimon
Tamers: Battle Spirit, Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamers, Digimon Tamers: Digimon Action, Digimon
Tamers: Digimon Medley, Digimon World, Digimon World 2, Digimon World 3, Digimon World 4,
Digimon World: Digital Card Arena, Digimon World: Digital Card Battle, Pocket Digimon World,
Pocket Digimon World: Cool & Nature Battle Disc, Pocket Digimon World: Wind Battle Disc,
Digimon Adventure: Anode Tamer, Digimon Adventure: Cathode Tamer, Saturn Digital Monster:
Version S Digimon Tamers, WonderSwan Digimon Adventure 02: Tag Tamers, WonderSwan Color
Digimon Adventure 02: D1 Tamers Digimon Battle Spirit Ver. 1.5)
Pokemon: 2 Digimon: 0.5
3.2 Virtual Pets:
Pokemon: Pokemon's v-pets don't have that many features.
Digimon: Digimon's v-pets have many features, including battling.
Pokemon: 2 Digimon: 1
3.2.1 Quantity:
Pokemon: There are only 5 different kinds of Pokemon v-pets.(Pocket Pikachu, Pocket Pikachu GS,
Pokemon Mini[about 3 different types])
Digimon: There are 24 different kinds of Digimon v-pets.(original Digimon v-pet[about 5 different
types], Digimon Pendulum[about 10 different types], D3[about 7 different types], D-Ark, D-Scan)
Pokemon: 2 Digimon: 1.5
3.3 Action:
Pokemon: Games have good action graphics.
Digimon: Games have great 3D explosions, although I never play any of the games.
Pokemon: 2 Digimon: 2
3.4 Trading Card Game (TCG):
Pokemon: I never played it, but I think it has more features.
Digimon: I never played it.
Pokemon: 2.5 Digimon: 2
3.4.1 Collectability:
Pokemon: Pokemon cards sell more and are worth more.
Digimon: Digimon cards are worth a lot less when you sell them.
Pokemon: 3.5 Digimon: 2
Overall:
Pokemon: 3.5
Digimon: 2
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4.0 Movie
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4.1 Plot:
Pokemon: Movies have well organized events.
Digimon: Digimon has all movies about the story's past, present, and future.
Pokemon: 0 Digimon: 0.5
4.2 Animation Quality:
Pokemon: Movies look better than the show.
Digimon: Movies make it look old.
Pokemon: 0.5 Digimon: 0.5
4.3 Quantity:
Pokemon: There are 4 Pokemon movies with 1 in the making.(Mewtwo Strikes Back, The Power of One, Spell of the Unown, Celebi's Timeless Encounter, Guardians of the Water City[in the making])
Digimon: There are 6 Digimon movies with 1 in the making.(Digimon Adventure, Our War Game, The Hurricane Touchdown/The Golden Evolution, Diaboromon Returns, The Adventurers' Battle, Runaway Digimon Express)
Pokemon: 0.5 Digimon: 1
Overall:
Pokemon: 0.5
Digimon: 1
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5.0 Miscellaneous
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5.1 Promotions:
Pokemon: Pokemon was promoted in Kellog's cereal, 3 in Burger King, numerously at baseball stadiums, Fruit Roll-Ups, and Rice Krispies Treats.
Digimon: Digimon was promoted only once in Taco Bell.
Pokemon: 1 Digimon: 0
5.2 American Channel:
Pokemon: Kids WB has a lot more shows.
Digimon: Fox Kids has a few shows. It is losing ratings.
Pokemon: 2 Digimon: 0
5.3 American Voice Acting:
Pokemon: The voices fit their characters perfectly.
Digimon: The voices make their characters sound too old for thir age.
Pokemon: 3 Digimon: 0
5.4 Manga:
Pokemon: Pokemon has 8 mangas.(Electric Tale of Pikachu, Electric Pikachu Boogaloo, Surfs Up Pikachu, Pokemon Adventures, Pokemon Adventures 2, Pokemon Adventures 3, Magical Pokemon Journey, Pikachu Shocks Back)
Digimon: Digimon has a couple of mangas.(Digimon Adventure, V-Tamers)
Pokemon: 4 Digimon: 0
5.5 CDs:
Pokemon: Pokemon made at least 36 CDs.(over 20 CDs of singles, 2 CDs per movie, 1 Christmas edition CD, 13 other CDs)
Digimon: Digimon made at least 48 CD.(2 CDs per show showcasing background music and other songs, 2 CDs per show showcasing singles of the opening and closing songs, 2 "radio dramas" from season 01, 12 CDs of the 02 cast singing exclusive singles, about 9 CDs from the Tamers cast, 1 CD per movie, 3 CDs of special songs from the 02 cast, 1 Christmas edition CD from each season)
Pokemon: 4 Digimon: 1
Overall:
Pokemon: 4
Digimon: 1
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6.0 Negatives
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6.1 Violence:
Pokemon: Pokemon doesn't have that much violence.
Digimon: Digimon has whole episodes full of semi-hard core violence, too much for younger viewers. It even has an episode wit blood.
Pokemon: 0 Digimon: -1
6.2 Seizure Incidents:
Pokemon: 1 happened in Japan. Over 700 people had to go to the hospital. The show was cancelled for 4 months.
Digimon: Luckily, none happened.
Pokemon: -1 Digimon: -1
6.3 Monster Waste(Feces):
Pokemon: Pokemon are clean and are never shown "doing their thing".
Digimon: Digimon are usually shown "doing their thing" everywhere. Their waste looks like frosting. Yuck. And there are some Digimon who throw those things.
Pokemon: -1 Digimon: -2
6.4 Evil:
Pokemon: There is not that much evil shown in the world of Pokemon. Everything is shown cheerfully.
Digimon: There is too much evil and conflict in the world of Digimon. It may cause some children to develop pessimism.
Pokemon: -1 Digimon: -2.5
6.5 Cross-Dressing:
Pokemon: A couple of antagonists cross-dress for showing their villainy, maybe in Japan. But it influences viewers in America.
Digimon: I never see people cross-dressing.
Pokemon: -2 Digimon: -2.5
6.6 Bans:
Pokemon: Pokemon was banned in Saudi Arabia, because it was suspected of teaching Zionism.
Digimon: I do not currently know of any bans for Digimon.
Pokemon: -2.5 Digimon: -2.5
6.7 World Pollution:
Pokemon: People are clean and do not use much things that pollute.
Digimon: The whole world is smokey and polluted, just like our real world.
Pokemon: -2.5 Digimon: -3
Overall:
Pokemon: -2.5
Digimon: -3
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Total Overall:
Pokemon: 16.5
Digimon: 21
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Analysis