a fire emblem translation mill

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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oh goddamnit, toei. you cannot be serious right now. you're leaving us on such a colossal cliffhanger for six goddamn months? really? it'd be easier and less excruciating to just murder me right now. yeah. just fire a toy digivice out of a cannon at high velocity and let it wreck me. you're already half-way there so just commit to it already

anyway, you know the drill. here be spoilers. if you haven't watched it yet, go fix that on crunchyroll right now, then we'll talk. alternatively, don't, because this is one hell of an excruciating cliffhanger

oh, and my thoughts on part 1 are back over here

( KORE IJOU SHARATERU JIKAN WA NAI )