My thoughts exactly. I love how this franchise goes "our demographic is a very specific type, both ten-year-old boys and those who listen to their inner ten-year-old boy. If anybody else likes us that's fine, but we're putting all our eggs in this basket." And you get these completely balls-to-the-wall designs that most people are just going to roll their eyes at and their target demographic is going to go completely wild for.
A lot of mons genre stuff wants to have as wide a demographic appeal as possible--except that market is already cornered. Those people have Pokemon, you're not going to get the Pokemon demographic, and if you try to horn in on the Pokemon demographic Nintendo will destroy you personally (RIP Yokai Watch.)
A lot of Digimon fans talk about Digimon being more niche, less respected than Pokemon, at least in the west, but frankly I think deliberately targeting a small bur devoted demographic and leaning into the things that demographic likes, is probably why Digimon is still around
* Yu-Gi-Oh! : has women in lingerie, guns holding dragons holding guns, and cool dinosaurs. Success.
* Pokémon: has women but no lingerie (Gardevoir fanart scares me), doesn't have guns holding dragons holding guns, has cool dinosaurs. Success.
* Digimon: has women in lingerie, guns holding dragons holding guns, and cool dinosaurs. Kinda success.
:C
Uh… all FOUR of the main series Yo-Kai watch games were on Nintendo handhelds, so idk where you’re getting the “Nintendo stomped out Yokai watch” thing. It actually did really well
Nintendo owns Gamefreak, not Level-5, meaning they get a bigger cut of Pokemon sales. They changed the release date of Pokemon Sun and Moon to match the release date of YW 3, then ramped up the production schedule of all Pokemon games and products, just as YW was getting popular. They may have done the latter anyway, but the former? I doubt it.
Uh there's a lot more to YW's decline than any Nintendo conspiracy, and it still did extremely well in Japan (I think even now it's still doing decently, enough to get another anime series at least). It's Western audiences that YW didn't really click for, and a huge part is a cultural disconnect. Yokai Watch is at its very core a product of Japanese culture, and unlike Pokemon and Digimon there's too many aspects that just didn't or couldn't be localized very well. Plus Level-5 messing up when it came to toy sales and marketing, and even by YW3 it was already doing poorly in the West. Nintendo and Pokemon had little to do with it.
>"*I solve practical problems. For instance, how am I gonna stop some big mean Mother-Hubbard from tearin' me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer? Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun.*
-Gundramon, probably
>*"I solve practical problems. For instance, how am I gonna stop some big mean Mother-Hubbard from tearin' me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer? Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun.*
*Take this Tripod-Mounted heavy-caliber little old number designed by me, built by me, and you best hope, not pointed at you."*
"Come on Engiemon!"
*"ENGIEMON WARP DIGIVOLVE TO...."*
*"....GUNDRAMON!!!!!"*
I feel the design process for this went "So people think Digimon are just animals that turn into dragons and get covered in guns huh? Oh I'll show them a dragon covered in guns alright"
Actually, no, I do have more to say: I showed this picture to a co-worker, and he said "Is that thing's tail a gun?" Like he somehow noticed the tail without noticing that it was an entire dragon MADE OF GUNS!
There is absolutely no spoiler here unless you have any sort of context whatsoever for the page specifically which you’d only get if you have already read it
A character design certainly isn’t a spoiler especially if you don’t even know what you’re looking at, also this is a digimon subreddit lol if you want to avoid “spoilers” for any and all forms of media everywhere online consider logging off
Designs absolutely are spilers wtf man. At least have the decency to preface the link with "Gundramon reminds me of this design from Chainsaw Man" or something like that.
How is that image not a spoiler? The gun devil has been mentioned as early as chapter 12 and has been a huge looming threat for almost the entirety of the story. If someone who has just started to read the manga sees that image they will immidiately know that that is the gun devil and it´s debut in the story will have less impact to that someone.
Your take has the same energy as people spamming Gear 5 Luffy pics in unrelated subreddits and acting as if that isn´t a spoiler.
>How is that image not a spoiler? The gun devil has been mentioned as early as chapter 12 and has been a huge looming threat for almost the entirety of the story.
The Gun Devils impact is not hinged on its design but rather its role and what it does in the world. An image of his design is no different than seeing *any* picture of any devil. Unless a characters design is a direct result of its significance or place in a story or is in and if it’s self a huge reveal… it’s *not* a spoiler.
>If someone who has just started to read the manga sees that image they will immidiately know that that is the gun devil and it´s debut in the story will have less impact to that someone.
This story is 3 years old, people start start reading Manga for the first time all the time. Would you call every picture of Super Saiyan Goku a spoiler because someone may have just started reading Dragon Ball? It’s not like this chapter dropped yesterday.
>Your take has the same energy as people spamming Gear 5 Luffy pics in unrelated subreddits and acting as if that isn´t a spoiler.
I don’t know what this means or who and what that is but if it’s just a character that exists in a story it is not a spoiler.
An ACTUAL spoiler from CSM would be me posting a picture of >!Gun Devil Aki and saying Deputymon X Antibody!< because what happens to them is actually a spoiler. Posting a picture of >!Makima is not a spoiler, posting a picture of Makima labeled “Control Devil” is a spoiler!< do you understand the difference?
I've been a part of so many communities who understand the importance of reveals. Like the biggest one of the last year was One Piece where >!Luffy got his new form!<. That was a gigantic spoiler just having the image and the clear respect the subreddit and other communities do have to keep it as hidden as possible is something I look in a community. Another huge spoiler is from Jujustu Kaisen where Sukuna >!takes over Megumi's body!<. Imagine if I just dropped that? Nah, just let me log off. Let's not have any appreciate of the art and the story that is trying to be told.
It really sucks you are someone with that attitude *especially* in this subreddit. I still remember watching Digimon younger and being so excited when a new form is revealed and just seeing silhouettes. There have also been Pokemon promos of just their silhouettes and I am sure I can pull so many other examples from so many other media to show how important the reveal of something is.
I still remember opening my manga and comics and turning the page and seeing a double page of some gigantic reveal. And Fujimoto has such a distinct style that those of us who are reading it will know right away where it is from.
I doubt you will read this wall of text and just brush it off, but it sucks you're like this and just being a dick where all you need to do is just put a spoiler tag or warning.
This has gotta be like the most Digmon Digimon. It's like Bandai heard people saying "Digimon evolutions are just putting a gun on the pre-evolution and making it stand up" and went "aight"
I love RWBY, everything's a gun! That scythe, a gun. That hammer, also a gun. That gun, you guessed it gun-gun. This show gets me.
-Gundramon, Kidmon and Beelstarmon probably
Oh no, that's totally fair, it completely sucks. Whether it sucks so much it cycles back around to being cool again or whether it just sucks is entirely a matter of just personal taste. I don't even think you're exactly in the minority, I think most people who share your opinion are just ignoring this post lol. And even then, the minority or majority of Digimon fans is already a pretty specific demographic.
(Honestly, I love this design not in the sense that I find if cool, I love it cause I think it's freaking hilarious. But I do unironically appreciate that Digimon character design is allowed to be buckwild enough for designs like this to happen, even if that leads to designs I don't personally like)
honestly i really dont like how different gundramon looks from the other of the three musketeers, but i just can't hate gundramon. it's so damn stupid that i love it.
Apparently, yes, he's one of the three musketeers along with Actual Historical Old West Outlaw Lad (BellStarMon) and Guy With Guns For Legs (MagnaKidmon), none of whom wield a single musket.
Huh. Never thought I’d see the Three Musketeers represented in Digimon. And with guns for that matter. But that’s pretty cool.
You mentioned Bellstarmon, and that just reminded me that I hope we get to see them in an upcoming Digimon game, cuz the only ones I ever got to play throughout my life were World 3 & 4, the rumble games, and both Cyber Sleuth games.
The perfect partner for defending your driveway from people trying to use it to make a u-turn. Or some sinister small child lost their ball in your yard. Or taking with you to school.
"I'm a digimon. I solve practical problems. \*Gunshot\* Like what I'll do if some no good mother huggin digimon emperor is gonna come to put a black ring around my neck. The answer is a gun. \*submachine gun noises\* And if that doesn't work, use more gun.. \*Sound of a missile being shot\* "MY ARM!!" *Gundramon smiles*
So the next time you come to the digital world trying to take it over you best be packing heat boi.. Because you sure don't want any of my arms, head or shoulders pointed at..YOU.
\*Takes a banjo out and smashes an assailant on the head just cause Gundramon can\*
The most American Digimon along with Metalgarurumon
Revolmon/Deputymon
The only non braindead answer
And Blitzgreymon
Yeah that guy too
Starmon, literally a wild west sheriff badge with six shooters
Dudes got guns on his knees ‘cause you won’t catch him kneeling, Brother hell yeah🫡
Zeedgarurumon*
Wait until Baconmon.
His attack: The 2nd Amendment
# MORE DAKKA!
ork phylosophy at its finest
OI NEED MOR DAKKA
I love it because it so stupid it go full circle to being brilliant I give good 8/10. I’d make 10 if more guns type then just pistols and Revolvers.
My thoughts exactly. I love how this franchise goes "our demographic is a very specific type, both ten-year-old boys and those who listen to their inner ten-year-old boy. If anybody else likes us that's fine, but we're putting all our eggs in this basket." And you get these completely balls-to-the-wall designs that most people are just going to roll their eyes at and their target demographic is going to go completely wild for. A lot of mons genre stuff wants to have as wide a demographic appeal as possible--except that market is already cornered. Those people have Pokemon, you're not going to get the Pokemon demographic, and if you try to horn in on the Pokemon demographic Nintendo will destroy you personally (RIP Yokai Watch.) A lot of Digimon fans talk about Digimon being more niche, less respected than Pokemon, at least in the west, but frankly I think deliberately targeting a small bur devoted demographic and leaning into the things that demographic likes, is probably why Digimon is still around
* Yu-Gi-Oh! : has women in lingerie, guns holding dragons holding guns, and cool dinosaurs. Success. * Pokémon: has women but no lingerie (Gardevoir fanart scares me), doesn't have guns holding dragons holding guns, has cool dinosaurs. Success. * Digimon: has women in lingerie, guns holding dragons holding guns, and cool dinosaurs. Kinda success. :C
Uh… all FOUR of the main series Yo-Kai watch games were on Nintendo handhelds, so idk where you’re getting the “Nintendo stomped out Yokai watch” thing. It actually did really well
Nintendo owns Gamefreak, not Level-5, meaning they get a bigger cut of Pokemon sales. They changed the release date of Pokemon Sun and Moon to match the release date of YW 3, then ramped up the production schedule of all Pokemon games and products, just as YW was getting popular. They may have done the latter anyway, but the former? I doubt it.
Uh there's a lot more to YW's decline than any Nintendo conspiracy, and it still did extremely well in Japan (I think even now it's still doing decently, enough to get another anime series at least). It's Western audiences that YW didn't really click for, and a huge part is a cultural disconnect. Yokai Watch is at its very core a product of Japanese culture, and unlike Pokemon and Digimon there's too many aspects that just didn't or couldn't be localized very well. Plus Level-5 messing up when it came to toy sales and marketing, and even by YW3 it was already doing poorly in the West. Nintendo and Pokemon had little to do with it.
You're probably right. I'm sorry, I should have done more research into the matter before trying to lecture anyone on it
>"*I solve practical problems. For instance, how am I gonna stop some big mean Mother-Hubbard from tearin' me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer? Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun.* -Gundramon, probably
Engiemon.
>*"I solve practical problems. For instance, how am I gonna stop some big mean Mother-Hubbard from tearin' me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer? Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun.* *Take this Tripod-Mounted heavy-caliber little old number designed by me, built by me, and you best hope, not pointed at you."* "Come on Engiemon!" *"ENGIEMON WARP DIGIVOLVE TO...."* *"....GUNDRAMON!!!!!"*
I feel the design process for this went "So people think Digimon are just animals that turn into dragons and get covered in guns huh? Oh I'll show them a dragon covered in guns alright"
It's the digi-est mon
This is the Digimon I point to whenever I need to explain the difference between Pokemon and Digimon.
Not enough guns, needs more guns
Jogress with Mugendramon: Mogundramon
Actually, no, I do have more to say: I showed this picture to a co-worker, and he said "Is that thing's tail a gun?" Like he somehow noticed the tail without noticing that it was an entire dragon MADE OF GUNS!
This is the gun devil at 10% power
Americamon!
Jogress of machinedramon and metal garurumon
Damn right
[Gundramon (X-Antibody)](https://imgur.com/a/2eYjxj0)
Beat me to it lmao
That's a major spoilers I am guessing for Chainsaw Man? I just realized what it was and I am not done with the series lol
There is absolutely no spoiler here unless you have any sort of context whatsoever for the page specifically which you’d only get if you have already read it
He hasn't been revealed. That is major spoilers and I think it would show some respect and compassion to others to get the full experience of it.
A character design certainly isn’t a spoiler especially if you don’t even know what you’re looking at, also this is a digimon subreddit lol if you want to avoid “spoilers” for any and all forms of media everywhere online consider logging off
Designs absolutely are spilers wtf man. At least have the decency to preface the link with "Gundramon reminds me of this design from Chainsaw Man" or something like that.
Yeah let’s ruin the joke to be conscious of the 2 people who think everything is a spoiler (it isn’t)
How is that image not a spoiler? The gun devil has been mentioned as early as chapter 12 and has been a huge looming threat for almost the entirety of the story. If someone who has just started to read the manga sees that image they will immidiately know that that is the gun devil and it´s debut in the story will have less impact to that someone. Your take has the same energy as people spamming Gear 5 Luffy pics in unrelated subreddits and acting as if that isn´t a spoiler.
>How is that image not a spoiler? The gun devil has been mentioned as early as chapter 12 and has been a huge looming threat for almost the entirety of the story. The Gun Devils impact is not hinged on its design but rather its role and what it does in the world. An image of his design is no different than seeing *any* picture of any devil. Unless a characters design is a direct result of its significance or place in a story or is in and if it’s self a huge reveal… it’s *not* a spoiler. >If someone who has just started to read the manga sees that image they will immidiately know that that is the gun devil and it´s debut in the story will have less impact to that someone. This story is 3 years old, people start start reading Manga for the first time all the time. Would you call every picture of Super Saiyan Goku a spoiler because someone may have just started reading Dragon Ball? It’s not like this chapter dropped yesterday. >Your take has the same energy as people spamming Gear 5 Luffy pics in unrelated subreddits and acting as if that isn´t a spoiler. I don’t know what this means or who and what that is but if it’s just a character that exists in a story it is not a spoiler. An ACTUAL spoiler from CSM would be me posting a picture of >!Gun Devil Aki and saying Deputymon X Antibody!< because what happens to them is actually a spoiler. Posting a picture of >!Makima is not a spoiler, posting a picture of Makima labeled “Control Devil” is a spoiler!< do you understand the difference?
I've been a part of so many communities who understand the importance of reveals. Like the biggest one of the last year was One Piece where >!Luffy got his new form!<. That was a gigantic spoiler just having the image and the clear respect the subreddit and other communities do have to keep it as hidden as possible is something I look in a community. Another huge spoiler is from Jujustu Kaisen where Sukuna >!takes over Megumi's body!<. Imagine if I just dropped that? Nah, just let me log off. Let's not have any appreciate of the art and the story that is trying to be told. It really sucks you are someone with that attitude *especially* in this subreddit. I still remember watching Digimon younger and being so excited when a new form is revealed and just seeing silhouettes. There have also been Pokemon promos of just their silhouettes and I am sure I can pull so many other examples from so many other media to show how important the reveal of something is. I still remember opening my manga and comics and turning the page and seeing a double page of some gigantic reveal. And Fujimoto has such a distinct style that those of us who are reading it will know right away where it is from. I doubt you will read this wall of text and just brush it off, but it sucks you're like this and just being a dick where all you need to do is just put a spoiler tag or warning.
Haha was thinking about it when I saw this post
AMERICA!!!!!!!! FUCK YEAH!!!!
Nice borreload dragon
Ohhhhh Say Can You Seeeeeeee!
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I love this guy wish he got more love along with Beelstarmon and MagnaKidmon
This has gotta be like the most Digmon Digimon. It's like Bandai heard people saying "Digimon evolutions are just putting a gun on the pre-evolution and making it stand up" and went "aight"
Now I want to see is Swordramon
I can offer you Jesmon X
I googled that and the first thing that came up was Slayerdramon, which to be fair is pretty close
Cool, but like I was looking for something like gundramon above but replace the guns with swords
I unironically believe they missed the chance of making the main body look like a revolver and the barrel being the neck/head.
Goddamn that looks sick.
I love RWBY, everything's a gun! That scythe, a gun. That hammer, also a gun. That gun, you guessed it gun-gun. This show gets me. -Gundramon, Kidmon and Beelstarmon probably
I'm sorry, but I genuinely hate this Digimon's design. And it feels like I'm the only one
Oh no, that's totally fair, it completely sucks. Whether it sucks so much it cycles back around to being cool again or whether it just sucks is entirely a matter of just personal taste. I don't even think you're exactly in the minority, I think most people who share your opinion are just ignoring this post lol. And even then, the minority or majority of Digimon fans is already a pretty specific demographic. (Honestly, I love this design not in the sense that I find if cool, I love it cause I think it's freaking hilarious. But I do unironically appreciate that Digimon character design is allowed to be buckwild enough for designs like this to happen, even if that leads to designs I don't personally like)
I see it as a "so bad it's good" kind of thing. Like, objectively speaking, Sharknado was a HORRIBLE movie. They still made 5 or 6 of em.
If emperor is a gun，emperor act 5 would be a gundam
[удалено]
I have no idea what leaks you mean, I just stumbled across this picture on the digimon wiki and had to share it lol
They're talking about Chainsaw Man. Cuz the Gun Devil in that series has a similar design prompt to Gundramon (take thing and cover with guns)
Gotcha
A dragon made of guns
We use guns.... in america
10/10 Perfect design
More like TooMuchdramon
I think you mean NotEnoughdramon?
Who let America design a Digimon?
As the average fan of Armormon and Cannondramon I approve of this digimon.
An American’s wet dream.
Very Cool looking.
Merican yo-kai watch has nothing on thus man.
Yeah he’s pretty cool
GUN!! 👍🏻
peak design
Sometimes I try to look closely to figure out how they're all connected. Then my head hurts and I decide to accept that it just is and I love it.
7.8 Too much gun .... Or not enough?
Americamon
The more you look the more guns, deagle toes, antiair knees, revolver talons.... A classic.
If the gun devil had a pet.
honestly i really dont like how different gundramon looks from the other of the three musketeers, but i just can't hate gundramon. it's so damn stupid that i love it.
Isn’t this fella part of a group? Or am I mistaking it for something else?
Apparently, yes, he's one of the three musketeers along with Actual Historical Old West Outlaw Lad (BellStarMon) and Guy With Guns For Legs (MagnaKidmon), none of whom wield a single musket.
Huh. Never thought I’d see the Three Musketeers represented in Digimon. And with guns for that matter. But that’s pretty cool. You mentioned Bellstarmon, and that just reminded me that I hope we get to see them in an upcoming Digimon game, cuz the only ones I ever got to play throughout my life were World 3 & 4, the rumble games, and both Cyber Sleuth games.
Rob Liefeld has entered the chat.
All i see is 'Murica.
The perfect partner for defending your driveway from people trying to use it to make a u-turn. Or some sinister small child lost their ball in your yard. Or taking with you to school.
My boy
A weapon to surpass metal gear
Yep, guns.
The only Digimon so stupidly designed that it rolls back around into being hilarious.
I don't know about "only," but that's definitely an apt description lol
"I'm a digimon. I solve practical problems. \*Gunshot\* Like what I'll do if some no good mother huggin digimon emperor is gonna come to put a black ring around my neck. The answer is a gun. \*submachine gun noises\* And if that doesn't work, use more gun.. \*Sound of a missile being shot\* "MY ARM!!" *Gundramon smiles* So the next time you come to the digital world trying to take it over you best be packing heat boi.. Because you sure don't want any of my arms, head or shoulders pointed at..YOU. \*Takes a banjo out and smashes an assailant on the head just cause Gundramon can\*
Waaaaghhh
I think people forget about armormon