a look at 22 digimon episodes that i think are pretty bloody good

so, this week marks the 20th anniversary of the animu side of digimon: wednesday was 20 years since the release of the pilot film for adventure, while thursday was 20 years since the debut of adventure proper. and of course, the franchise as a whole turns 22 in june. digimon, chiefly in its animu form, has been a massive presence throughout my entire life, so i thought it might be nice to give the anniversaries a nod with a look at just why that is. this is a list of 22 installments of the digimon animu (both television and films) which, to me, exemplify what makes digimon so special and why i hold it in such high regard: why, to me, digimon at its best is more than just a children's animu meant to sell toys. (i mean, it absolutely is that too, but at its best it goes far above and beyond that particular call of duty, you know what i mean?) think of it as 22 reasons why you, too, abstract concept of a reader who definitely exists, should sit the hell down and give it a watch sometime

fair warning: this is going to get very pretentious and rambly. as soon as i started writing this, i rapidly realised that i'm not very good at this sort of thing

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