Digimon Ghost Game

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Digimon Ghost Game
File:Digimon Ghost Game Official Poster.jpg
Promotional poster
デジモンゴーストゲーム
(Dejimon Gōsuto Gēmu)
Anime television series
Directed by Kimitoshi Chioka
Masato Mitsuka
Written by Masashi Sogo
Music by Kow Otani
Studio Toei Animation
Licensed by
Network FNS (Fuji TV, Kansai TV, Tokai TV)
Original run October 3, 2021 – present
Episodes 22 (List of episodes)
Digimon franchise
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Digimon Ghost Game (Japanese: デジモンゴーストゲーム Hepburn: Dejimon Gōsuto Gēmu?) is a Japanese anime television series and the ninth anime series in the Digimon franchise. The series premiered on Fuji TV on October 3, 2021.[2]

Plot

In a relatively near future, an innovative technology has emerged. On social networks, rumors are circulating about strange phenomena whose authenticity is unknown, referred to as "Hologram Ghosts". Hiro Amanokawa is a middle school freshman at Hazakura Academy, who by activating a mysterious device left behind by his father called "Digivice", has the effect of making unknown creatures that cannot be seen by ordinary people, the Digimon, visible to his eyes.

Since the day he met Gammamon, a mischievous Digimon entrusted to him by his father, Hiro is caught up in various strange phenomena: A man with a sewn mouth steals time from human beings, a mummy wanders around every night and kidnaps humans... The hologram ghosts are all around us and take us for target. From now on, here is the story of this other side of the world that nobody is aware of. Alongside their friends Kiyoshirō Higashimitarai and Jellymon, and later Ruli Tsukiyono and Angoramon, Hiro and Gammamon dive into the mysterious world where these creatures live.

Characters

Heroes

Hiro Amanokawa (天ノ河 宙 Amanokawa Hiro?)
Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura[3]
A 13-year-old who attends the private school Hazakura Academy, an inquisitive and relatable youth who never turns down a request. He is a reliable person who can do most of the things on his own that others often rely on. He's very curious and started getting interested in Digimon after meeting Gammamon, whom he met through his father, Hokuto Amanokawa. Due to his upbringing, he tends to suppress his childish side while being energetic and caring for others. He has a scar on his left ear.
Gammamon (ガンマモン?)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro[3]
Hiro's partner, he is a white Ceratopsian Digimon with small wings on his back. Gammamon possesses multiple champion forms that he can Digivolve into.
Ruli Tsukiyono (月夜野 瑠璃 Tsukiyono Ruri?)
Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi[3]
Ruli is a first-year middle school student attending a combined middle and high school for girls. A friendly 13-year-old who attends an all-girls' school and runs a popular occult-related social media account. She is sociable and has lots of friends. She looks for things that suit her taste and wants to stick her nose into everything. Furthermore, she plays the piano, which Angoramon likes to listen to. Although she is an outgoing girl who is skilled and can do pretty much anything, she actually struggles to find things that she deems appropriate and therefore feels bored.
Angoramon (アンゴラモン?)
Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai[3]
Ruri's partner who is a large rabbit-like Beast Digimon with a pacifistic personality, initially following Ruri as he enjoyed her piano playing.
Kiyoshirō Higashimitarai (東御手洗 清司郎 Higashimitarai Kiyoshirō?)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida[3]
A 14-year-old genius who graduated from an American school and currently attends Hazakura Academy. He is afraid of ghosts and always look for talismans to ward them off. He usually talks in a condescending manner, but on the other hand, he's quite a coward when things get serious...? "An unfortunate hottie." While he yearns for strength, he is devastatingly cowardly, which is why his right hand is wrapped in bandages as a symbol of two extremes - one in which he poses as a martial artist who does "so as not to injure his fist" and the other, where he makes the excuse that "by hurting it, he cannot give it all". However, he could only have eight-degree syndromes.
Jellymon (ジェリーモン Jerīmon?)
Voiced by: Yū Shimamura[3]
A jellyfish-like Mollusk Digimon and Kiyoshirō's partner, whom she likes to scare.

Digimon

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Clockmon (クロックモン?)
Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata
A clock-themed Digimon. He was first seen stealing time from humans. Then he returned to affect the humans' sense of time.
Dracmon (ドラクモン Dracumon?)
Voiced by: Kōki Miyata
A vampire Digimon.
Crowmon (ヤタガラモン Yatagaramon?)
Voiced by: Yasunori Masutani
A three-legged crow Digimon.

Other

Akane
Ruli's Teacher. She has brown eyes and brown hair, and she wears a yellow t-shirt with a star on it.
Aoi Uwada (宇和田 アオイ Uwada Aoi?)
Voiced by: Arisa Sekine
Ruli's friend and classmate, she has yellow eyes and brown hair.
Mika Kashiwagi (柏木 ミカ Kashiwagi Mika?)
Voiced by: Kanami Taguchi
Ruli's friend and classmate, she has blue eyes and black ponytale hair.
Nana
Ruli's friend and classmate, she has brown eyes and dark brown hair with twin tails.
Moe
Ruli's friend and classmate, she has blue eyes and black hair.
Hokuto Amanokawa (天ノ河 北斗 Amanokawa Hokuto?)
Voiced by: Hiroki Takahashi
Hiro's father.

Production

Background

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Digimon Ghost Game teaser visual

Digimon Ghost Game was officially announced at Bandai's DigiFes 2021 event on August 1, 2021[4] with a first teaser visual for the series, by Tenya Yabuno.[5] The series is directed by Kimitoshi Chioka and Masato Mitsuka, with Masashi Sogo supervising series' scripts, Tenya Yabuno designing characters and Mariko Itō adapting those designs for animation, Kenji Watanabe designing the Digimon and Cho Shinozuka adapting those designs for animation.[3]

In the October issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine on August 19, 2021, the presentation specifically stated that Ghost Game is going to be the franchise's first horror-themed entry.[6] The creation of this series required putting thought into how to reinterpret the Digimon and the background lore that Bandai has created, for the horror context.[7] New Digimon have been created specifically for this new series and old Digimon that can fit in and play an active role in this story, not only through their background but also in their aspect, would make an appearance.[7] In this iteration, Digimon are seen as poltergeists from Japanese folklore ;[7] the first promotional poster introduced them as "Hologram... ?" and "Ghost... ? ".[4] The series is produced for an episodic format.[7]

Development

The announcement was originally leaked on Chinese social media on July 28, 2021.[8] On August 7, 2021, the teaser visual was updated on the official website with the only difference being, Kiyoshirō's left hand covered with bandages.[9] On September 3, 2021, Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine announced Digimon Dreamers, unrelated to the anime, with a first illustration from the monthly illustrated by Yabuno featuring Hiro, the main character of Ghost Game, with goggles.[10] The design of the protagonist wasn't finalized at the time of submission, and then changed to an original character in a new illustration revealed by the author via Twitter on September 4, 2021.[11] On September 10, 2021, the official website revealed the cast, the airing date, as well as the main visual featuring the characters in their school uniforms, design by Mariko Itō.[3]

Broadcast and distribution

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See also: List of Digimon Ghost Game episodes

The first trailer for the series was shown during the 65th episode of Digimon Adventure:.[5] The series premiered on Fuji TV on October 3, 2021, set to start after Adventure: in the same timeslot.[3] Digimon Ghost Game is broadcast on Fuji Television, and available for streaming on TVer, U-NEXT, Bandai Channel, Anime Hodai and Docomo Anime Store in Japan.[12]

Digimon Ghost Game is distributed simultaneously by Crunchyroll in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the MENA and CIS zones[13] with English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Italian, German and Russian (1-21[14]) subtitles for premium members within the first week of release. Starting in spring 2022, new episodes are available by subscription only, the first twenty-one episodes remaining available to all users.[15] The anime is also simulcast on VRV in the United States.[16] In France, the anime is also available on Anime Digital Network and J-One.[17]

On March 6, 2022, Toei Animation announced a broadcast hiatus for the following Sunday due to the Nagoya Women's Marathon.[18] On March 7, 2022, Toei Animation and Digimon Ghost Game's social network revealed that they had been affected by a computer hacking attack, the series produced by the studio faced postponements starting on March 20, 2022.[18] In Japan, Fuji TV decided to rebroadcast the first episode of Digimon Ghost Game on March 20 and a selection of episodes the following weeks.[19]

Soundtrack

The composer of the Japanese version is Kow Otani. Wienners performs the opening theme "FACTION",[20] with Aiiro Apollo performs the series' ending theme "Pedal".[20]

References

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External links

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