UPDATE ARCHIVE
15/10/05
Woah-KAY! We're fully back in business now with all the missing stuff
restored - fanart, my icons, the "Published Material" section. Just
those few fanfics left to get up now.
And even better, I've now seen "Runaway Locomon!" The Voice Actor,
Writer, Episode List, Production Crew and Trivia pages have been
updated with new stuff from this film, but I'm going to leave the
updating of the encyclopedia pages themselves until "Battle of the
Adventurers" airs. Similarly, I've been working on the Frontier encyc
(you probably thought I'd forgotten about it, honestly, at the rate I'm
going), but I've decided to hold off until the airing of "Island of
Lost Digimon" until I updated any more, so I can make the changes
before doing so - H is next, after all, and that's HippoGryphomon. Oh,
and there's a new nugget on the "Pop Culture" page.
So, then, what did I think of the "Runaway Locomon"? Well, I definitely
consider it to be one of the best movies, so it has immediately got
that going for it over "Revenge of Diaboromon," but at the same time,
while I was definitely looking forward to it, I have to say I just
wasn't as
excited about it,
because Tamers is still comparatively fresh in my mind, wheras 02's
been out of my thoughts for some time, and seeing the cast again was
seriously nostalgic. It was still great hearing the Tamers dub cast
again - Brad MacDonald's Kazu remains a delight, Terriermon was really
on form, and I actively cheered at the return of
"Aw, nuts!"
Similarly, actually seeing the movie professionally translated made me
realise how remarkably inept the fansub I had previously seen was,
which completely failed to put across one of the main points of the
movie - that the Digital Zone opens as a result of spatial distortion
caused by Locomon's frenzied circuit of Tokyo.
I haven't the foggiest notion who
played the guy, unfortunately - the heavy electronic modulation made it
next to impossible to deduce, but beneath it all, it seemed to be a
Johnny Cash impression, which I really liked, because it was a deep,
thundering, rrrrrolling, rrrrrrumbling voice, very good for a train
character, and subtle - the fact it was an impression wasn't being
beaten over your head like has sometimes occurred before, although his
final line, paying homage to Cash's "Ring of Fire," took the joke one
step too far and did that. Similarly, I'm unsure on Parasimon's voice
actor (though I
want to guess
David Lodge, who I notice also voices the head operator, supporting
that theory), but I don't think his goofy Texan accent worked for the
character, who lacked any of the manic, sinister edge of the Japanese
original (although that successfully comes across in the insane cackles
of the Parasimon swarm a little later). I never objected to
impressions and sometimes goofy-sounding voices for guest character in
the series, because that's just one episode or two out of fifty, but
for the movie, it's standalone thing and something goofy like that can
really pull you out of it.
There was a touch of unusual censoring at work - I wasn't surprised to
see Gallantmon's graphic impaling of the main Parasimon be snipped, but
it was strange to see large, full-screen white flashes occurring in the
middle of each Biomerge to cover up the kids' naked forms, when there
had been no problem with it before. And heck, Sakuyamon's boobie-bounce
was still there.
The Frontier music was still in use, clearly signaling that they no
longer possess the rights to the original tune. And what's weird is, I
would have sworn up and down that Tamers required it's unique theme
even more than 02 did, but the Frontier theme really,
really worked for Tamers,
complimenting the Digivolutions
very
well. Shows what I know! And speaking of music, you obviously can't
discuss this film without talking about Rika's song. It's a big part of
the movie, and I can't speak for anyone else, but as I've mentioned
before - I'm not fond of Rika, so when I heard the original Japanese
version, and for that brief, shining moment, genuinely cared about the
character, the treatment of this song in the dub was going to be a big
deal to me. And thankfully, it's been absolutely knocked out of the
park. The song is completely new, but successfully emulates the melody
and tone of the original, with some lyrics that are derived from it.
Melissa Fahn gives a beautiful performance that genuinely left me as
emotionally moved as the original Japanese song did. I get a little
shiver thinking about it. Great, great stuff.
And of course, we must be thankful that Fahn returned to the role at
all, as quite a few actors didn't - Mary Elizabeth McGlynn took
the role of Lopmon from Michelle Ruff, Mona Marshall stood in for
Wendee Lee as MarineAngemon, and Philece Sampler occupied the roles of
Riley and Jeri in the stead of Tifanie Christun (although oddly,
Christun remains listed in the movie's credits as Riley, when it's
clearly not her doing the voice) and Bridgette Hoffman, respectively. I
was really hoping to hear Hoffman as Jeri again - one of my, if not my
absolute, favourite performances from the series - but I guess she was
busy... well, maybe she can do Minami in "Battle of the Adventurers."
That would rock
so very hard.
Overall, I remain unsure of my opinion on this movie. Yes, it is a
good movie, and I definitely
enjoyed the dub, as I always have
done. But there's just something about it that I can't put my finger
on. There's no doubting the quality of Mary Elizabeth McGlynn's script
(despite her not having written many actual episodes of the series),
but I think, in this case, the dub felt like it was "more of the same,"
with the same general tone as the Tamers and Frontier series, where as
with "Revenge of Diaboromon," it was a serious, genuine effort by Jeff
Nimoy to vindicate himself after four years, which really showed
through and made the film stand out. "Runaway Locomon" is good, and as
a film, is much better than RoD, but as a dub, RoD is still lookin' to
be top of the pile.
10/10/05
Well, it's been a week at this point, and nobody's got a torrent of
"Runaway Locomon" up yet, so obviously, I haven't been able to see it,
and I'm not really down with updating the encyc if I haven't seen it
yet (particularly the voice actor info, 'cause I'm hearing conflicting
things). If anyone out there taped it, get it up, awready! I'm dyin'
over here!
Meanwhile, "Battle of the Adventurers" is now in
ToonDisney's listings for this Sunday, October 16th, although the
12 noon time was wrong for "Runaway Locomon," so it's almost certainly
wrong here too.
Hey, Derek Stephen Prince's Internet radio show,
WordPlay, how
has
previous
shows up to listen to. So if you couldn't make the time to catch
the show when it normally airs, here's your chance to hear the man
himself.
5/10/05
Here's an interesting little news-byte courtesy of Ally , who left the
message in my guestbook - on their official websites, actors Wally
Wingert and Tara Platt have confirmed that they will be providing the
voices of
Hyppogryphomon
and
Darkmon
(both spelled as they appear on the sites) in "The Island of Lost
Digimon." Platt is a Digimon newcomer, while Wingert played the small
role of Coco the photographer back in the Tamers episode, "Digital
Beauty."
Yuri Lowenthal (who fangirls are drooling over as Sasuke in
Naruto right now) has also
mentioned on
his website that he will be appearing in a Digimon movie, but hasn't
said what character he's playing. Well, I hope that Brian Donovan will
be resuming the role of Kai for "The Adventurer's Battle," so that just
leaves him with more "Island" characters. Dinohumon, perhaps?
2/10/05
Don't forget, "Runaway Locomon" airs on Toon Disney today
- check your local listings for times! After all, if you don't watch
it, who's going to make the torrent so's I can see it? :)
24/9/05
"Runaway Locomon" is now officially in
Toon
Disney's listings, airing on next Sunday, October 2nd, at 12 noon
Eastern Time (check your local listings!). It runs for an hour, so
there must be a fair amount of commercials to bring the half-hour movie
up to that length.
16/9/05
Well, this news comes just a day too late for the birthday
celebrations, but I've just received an e-mail from Jetix Network Exec
Dan
Evans, who informs me that - as claimed by other sources -
the remaining three Digimon movies will be airing in October, beginning
on the first weekend, and each weekend after. Unusually, "Runaway
Digimon Express" - apparently now titled "Runaway Locomon" - will be
airing first, rather than it's predecessor, "The Adventurers' Battle,"
and Evans notes that a new song has been recorded for it by Melissa
Fahn, who has returned to her role as Rika.
W00t!
15/9/05
Happy Birthday to us! As of today, the Digimon
Encyclopedia is five years old!
I'd planned to have that "special project" I keep obliquely mentioning
to be ready for the birthday, but it just hasn't happened yet. Keep
your eyes peeled!
9/9/05
Hey folks!
I've been back from my vacation for a little while now, and have been
steadily restoring assorted parts of the site on our new server.
Most of the site is now operational
again, but there are still some things missing - alas, I have
discovered that the "Published Material" section is not backed up on
this computer, nor is my fanart, or my collection of little head icons
and other relevant images, hence the big ol' X above this post, and the
blank background of the site. Thankfully, it IS still all saved on my
old computer - I just have to
figure out how to get it all across. Watch this space. I haven't
checked every single page for broken image links yet - if you spot any,
drop me a line.
That is not to say, however, that I don't have updates for you! We're
very centred around "Revenge of Diaboromon" for this update - the
Voice, Writer and Episode lists are all updated with its information,
as is the production crew page, and the relevant encyclopedia entries
have also been touched up, most notably the entry for the movie itself,
which has now been moved from under D as "Diaboromon Strikes Back" to R
as "Revenge of Diaboromon."
Also, in addition to all of this, we're proud to present:
Returning to the pages of the Digimon Encyclopedia for a second
interview, Mr. Nimoy shares more of his experiences while working on
the series, and talks about his surprise return to the franchise with
"Revenge of Diaboromon."
Whenever/8/05
Phew,
that was heavy bit of downtime, wasn't it? So much so that this update
is coming at you from the past - Marc's been good enough to put it up
for me, since as you read this, I'm on vacation in Canada.
Server took a big ol' fart on itself and we had to wait until the
higher-ups got it up and running again.
Consequently, of course, I was unable to remind you to tune in to
"Revenge of Diaboromon" on Toon Disney and ABC Family, but I doubt any
of you forgot about it, eh? I've even been
able to see the movie myself, with major thanks to Marc (godofchaos to
some of you out there), and I wanted to have the site updated before I
left, but it wasn't being compliant. When I return, the Adventure
encyclopedia entries, the Voice and Writer, and
the Production Crew page will all be brought up to date.
Man, it feels GOOD to be able to update stuff like that again.
My opinions of the movie basically consist of it reducing me to a giant
creamy puddle of orgasmic bliss. It was an unbridled joy for me to be
able to take a little step back in time a few years and revisit some of
the Digimon characters that I consider to be most endearing, and to
hear their English voices once again. I've already seen the subtitled
version of the movie, two years ago, but this was an even bigger treat
than seeing that was. It was something that, at this point, no-one had
any right to expect that we would ever see, and it's just a glorious
coincidence that it also happens to be one of
the
best Digimon dubs to boot.
The feature was just-the-right-amount of accurate to the dialogue of
the original, and with a grand total of one miniscule cut, the dub was
pure pleasure to endulge in. Although, while the Season Four theme
music worked well enough, and I understand the reasons it was used, I
have to admit that I'm still a bit disappointed that we couldn't hear
the classic 02 music - having imagined the dub of this move in my head
for two years now, not hearing it was a bit of a let down, but one I
can get over. Additionally, while his absence is an unfortunate one,
Joshua Seth is admirably replaced in the role of Tai by Jason Spisak,
who is a good match for the character's voice and performs him well,
just as Bridgette Hoffman does a fine job of filling in for Laura
Summer as Patamon.
The movie also heralds the return of Jeff Nimoy to Digimon, as he write
and directs, and is once again behind the mic for Tentomon, also
lending his voice to fill in for Gabumon and Hawkmon. Nimoy has been a
controversial figure in Digimon in the past, but this movie most
definitely vindicates him. It is highly notable that Nimoy has returned
alone,
without his
constant business companion, Bob Buchholz, and its something of a
revelation - the accuracy to the original, the fact that what few
additional
jokes there are are well-timed, non-intrusive and funny,
coupled with Buchholz's recent work as the writer of the wince-worthy,
lame-joke-crammed
Rave Master
dub, rather indicate that it was
he
who was responsible for most of the feeble humour that burdened 02. In
truth, there was never any evidence to pin this on Nimoy - I've always
rather thought that he caught the brunt of the flak because his name is
easier to spell.
But, y'know what? The nostalgia factor of revisiting the old
characters, hearing their old voices, and the excitement of just having
this move dubbed tend to overshadow one thing - that
Revenge of Diaboromon
is actually
not that good of a movie. It's too short, with a horribly rushed
ending; much of the first half is a lame rehash of the first Diaboromon
movie (head-stabbing gets really old really fast when you do it three
times in twenty minutes), and it puts way too much focus on too limited
a group of characters, particularly Matt and Tai, who really should
have stepped aside to make way for the 02 cast. I was looking forward
to the movie to see the old gang again and I can definitely say I
enjoyed it for that, and for the dub, but what I'm
really
looking forward to is
Runaway
Digimon Express.
And now, with that said - Catch y'all in
three weeks time when I get back from vacation! And hey, once again, if
anyone out there is attending the
Canadian National Anime/Comic Book/Sci-Fi/Horror/Gaming Expo, I'll be
there,
possibly dressed as a
KaibaCorp security guard for one day to accompany my girlfriend, who'll
be Kaiba him/herself. :)
25/7/05
Congratulations
to Digimon voice actor and friend
of the Digipedia, Derek Stephen Prince, who's now hosting and producing
his own independant radio program,
WordPlay,
in which audience members define the content of the show. Want to
participate? Then
check
it out!
17/7/05
Happy
birthday to me!
Sorry, though - still no new updates yet. I've recently been a bit too
involved in a Transformers-related project to work on the Frontier H's
- specifically, I'm playing a fairly big role in the upcoming release
of the anime,
Transformers: Headmasters.
It's
one of the series from the 80's that was previously exclusive to Japan,
and has never been released in it's entirety in the west before now -
I've been providing advice and information for those working on the
DVD, proof-reading the subtitles, and I'm writing the set's intro
booklet. Also, if you've ever wondered what my voice sounds like, you
might be interested in picking this sucker up, because I'm also
featured in three commentary tracks.
23/6/05
On the case, with news in your face!
Derek Stephen Prince has recorded his roles for the first three movies,
reprising his old characters (Ken, Veemon and his forms, Impmon and
Beelzemon) for movies 4 and 6, as well as taking on the role of
Takehito Uehara, Minami's father from "The Adventurers' Battle."
21/6/05
We gots the news rights heres, bunky!
Mona Marshall has shed a good bit of light on the process - she notes
that she recorded Izzy with Jeff Nimoy as director last week, but will
be recording Terriermon with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (the season 3 &
4) director NEXT week.
I must say, I'm really happy and *impressed* to see it being directed
like this. They *could've* just got one or the other of the directors
to do the whole job, but, no, they've specifically selected the
directors with the most familiarity with each season to do the job,
and that really makes me smile.
19/6/05
You want news? I got news! Colleen O'Shaughnessey confirmed today that
she recorded her part as Sora (and a couple of miscellaneous
characters) last
Monday. Also, fans of "Naruto" will probably be interested to hear that
she's playing Ino and Konohamaru in that show.
17/6/05
Yet more movie news!
Neil Kaplan confirms that he has yet to record anything, but that
Michael Lindsay (Joe) was recording this week. However, what really
surprised me was the news that Jeff Nimoy is directing!
I'm of two minds about that, myself. It's great to see him back
associated with Digimon again, but after the much-more straight-played
dubs of seasons 3 and 4, I must admit I'm kinda hoping if he's on
writing duty that he's dialled back on the jokes. Actually, given his
lack of familiarity with the Tamers and Frontier characters, I'd be
surprised if he was writing.
More as it comes in...
15/6/05
Another nugget of undubbed movie news!
Word has reached my ears that the movies are apparently intended for
broadcast - details are unclear, but probably on either ABC Family or
Disney. No-one in the recording studio when the question was asked were
sure.
10/6/05
FRONTIER
Gs NOW UP!
Read about Grumblemon, Gigasmon, Grizzmon and lots more!
4/6/05
MORE UNDUBBED MOVIE NEWS!
Although he had not heard anything at the time the news came out, I
received an e-mail this morning from Derek Stephen Prince (voice of
Ken/Veemon/Impmon and more), confirming that the four movies are being
dubbed this month!
C'mon, get happy!
19/5/05
Hey, I *finally* got the FanFic archives up again!
After FanFiction.Net dumped all my humour fics, they've been sitting on
my harddrive waiting for me to get them back up here, and now I've
finally done it. I'm still missing one or two - my movie parody, "The
Wizardmon of Oz" and the first Christmas fic, but I have those Word
files, so I'll recreate the HTML files soon enough.
Also, I think it has now become screamingly apparent that "The Mark of
Factory Mark" is never going to get finished. It's frustrating because
I have the idea of how I want it to end in my head - and have for a
long time - but I can't get it out. I just don't have the creative urge
any more. So, stay tuned for a special little project that'll show you
all how it would have gone on to end...
11/5/05
"DIABOROMON STRIKES BACK" TO
BE DUBBED?!
It's a Digipedia news
exclusive!
Not just "Diaboromon Strikes Back," but in fact, all four undubbed
movies.
It was during my interview with Colleen O’Shaughnessey that I got
the first hint that this might be happening – amidst the
questions, she mentioned that one of her directors had inquired if she
had been in the first season, because they had “some episodes
coming in.” Colleen assumed that they were “some lost
episodes,” but we all know there aren’t any of those. But
what *other* undubbed Digimon animated projects are there? The four
movies. Plus Colleen only ever voiced Sora, so that indicated to me
that if nothing else, “Diaboromon Strikes Back” could well
be getting dubbed.
I’ve sat on this for a little while now, but when Marc Levy
pointed me in the direction of
Megchan's Livejournal,
I knew for sure. Under recent entries, Megchan states that she’s
just translated movies 4-7.
Exciting times, my friends.
1/5/05
It's
here! My:
I talk with the voice of Sora about her life, career, goals, and
family. Join us, won't you?
Also!
Whipped these up to go with today's update since they're small, and
there aren't any Es or Fs for the movie.
24/4/05
The X-Evolution Encyclopedia has been updated again, and this
particular update covers most of the meat of the movie, covering all of
Dorumon's remaining evolutions, as well as the villain of the piece,
Death-X-Mon and his other forms and creations.
Things have been quiet on the Colleen O'Shaughnessey interview front
lately, but we're about to pick it up again. Still can't predict
precisely when you'll all see this, but keep watching!
Also, to any UK readers and/or Transformers fans, check out the second
of two
Transformers:
Robots in
Disguise DVD box sets
released last Monday for some crackin'
good episodes, and another set of character profiles penned by me.
9/4/05
Geez,
I mustn't be firing on all cylinders lately -
a bunch of twiddles made to the F page, including the correct
positioning of "From Dawn to Duskmon," the proper origin for "Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas," and the addition of FlameWizardmon, from the
Frontier movie, who I forgot about. Also, after a bit of convincing
prodding from Rkat3, I'm putting the tanks from the movie in, and have
retroactively added Arka to the As.
Also, many thanks to Aaron Thall, from whom I received the Omnimon
Warp-Digivolving figure yesterday - with the exception of the
KendoGarurumon Spirit Digivolver, Omnimon was the only remaining
American-released Digivolver mould that I didn't have. A review will be
coming soon!
4/4/05
Update-me-do!
FRONTIER
Fs!
Read about Flamemon, the Spirits of Flame, Fractal Code, Franken and
more!
Colleen O'Shaughnessey interview nearing completion, just a few more
responses to wait for.
Hey, do you like Transformers? If so, check out these Dorling
Kindersley Ultimate Guide style pages I've been making over the last
few months. Yeah, THIS is what I'm wasting my time with when I should
be doing the Encyclopedia. The first two suck, but you can see me
improve over time. I think I might do a few Digimon ones.
Humans
- -
New
Troops - -
Future
Autobots - -
Japanese
Series - -
Quintessons
RiD
Autobots
- -
Chaos
Rising
- -
Cybertron
Cities - -
Energon
Autobots
Sidebar: Thiis the
Best
Webcomic Ever.
15/3/04
Remember that I said you'd get the Frontier Es and Fs at the same time?
Well, I changed my mind - as I was doing them, I stopped for a little
while to do a bit to what I'd already got written for X-Evolution, and
before I knew where I was, I had the As, Bs and Cs done for it. So,
you're getting them instead of the Fs!
FRONTIER
Es!
Read about EmperorGreymon, the Spirits of Earth, and more!
X-EVOLUTION
A-C!
Read about Alphamon, Andromon, and a few more!
There is, of course, entirely too little to do for X-Evolution to
warrant each letter getting a separate page, so I have this set up for
now, which may be changed later on when I have more written, to balance
things out a bit more evenly. Enjoy for now, folks!
6/3/04
Having
now stewed in a pit of misery for a week
since my girlfriend went home, I figured I'd better do an update just
to let you all know I'm still alive. :) The Frontier E's and F's are
coming along okay, as is the Colleen O'Shaughnessey interview - can't
say exactly when they'll be done, but sometime in the near future (with
the interview, of course, it can only be done as quickly as the
interviewee responds, and Miss O'Shaughenssey's been fairly prompt so
far).
Let's see, what else, what else... oh, well, the next DVD volume of
Digimon is finally going to be out in the UK later this month,
unfortunately only clocking in with a very unimpressive three episodes,
which looks to be the norm for future releases. That's very
disappointing.
Oh, here's something silly for you all to look at - I made some
DVD-style covers for the CDs I burned my Frontier eps to, and for
X-Evolution, as well. Check them out:
X-Evolution
Volume
1
Volume
2
Volume
3
Volume
4
Volume
5
Volume
6
Volume
7
Haven't made 8 and 9 yet...
Oh, and here's a piece of fanart that has nothing to do with Digimon,
but which I'm too pleased with *not* to show you. :-p
80's Supervillain Cram!
11/2/05
Updates
will be on the down-low for the next two
weeks, as my girlfriend is coming to visit! Yay! :)
However, as you can see above, I will have something coming up in the
near future which I must confess to being very excited about - an
interview with Colleen O'Shaughnessey, the voice of Sora. Stay tuned
for
that one!
30/1/05
Hey
hey, now we're picking up speed!
THE FRONTIER D'S ARE UP!
Read
about Duskmon, Dynasmon, the Spirits of
Darkness and more,
including more "Revival of the Ancient Digimon"
entries on D'Arcmon and
Dinohumon!
Tried a little
something with this page I haven't bothered
to do before - justified the text. Hmmn. Looks okay. Might keep doing
it. Might go back and change the other pages. We'll see.
Other news - A tip of
the hat to Gamer3589 from
#digilegacy on IRC, who I downloaded the full-size subtitled version of
"Digimon X-Evolution" from. Man, I burned that to a DVD and got comfy
on my sofa to watch it. Awesome. Encyclopedia for it has a few entries
written now.
Also, I have been crowned King of Stupid this week, after I sprained
my
ankle mucking around with my brother. Pretending I was going to kick
him, unfortunatley twisted a little to far around, and ker-runch, my
ankle gave way underneath me. That was on Thursday night, and it's
Sunday afternoon now, and it's taken until now that I can walk on it
without limping (though going down stairs is a bit fiddly). Still a bit
stiff, but there's a heck of an impressive bruise coming up!
16/1/05
"Digimon
X-Evolution," the eighth Digimon movie,
aired on Fuji TV in Japan just under two weeks ago, and was very
promptly transferred online, and subbed by Wolfpack Productions with
surprising speed. There'll be an X-Evo encyclopedia some time in the
future (I may work on it simultaneously with the Frontier encyc, as it
WILL be small), and I may do out the full script for the Undubbed Movie
page, but I'm not sure about that yet, since it may be dubbed. In the
meantime, though, here's
a
summary for everyone who
couldn't watch it. Also readable over at
TVTome.Com.
7/1/05
And
so... after months of non-functioning CD
burners, broken power cables and fried laptops... the time has come...
THE FRONTIER
C'S ARE FINALLY HERE!!
Read
about Cherubimon, Calmaramon, Crusadermon
and more!
Note
that my new computer operates on a 1280x1024
resolution, and that's what this page is designed for. It *should* look
okay on smaller resolutions, I hope, but that's the way it's gotta
be, otherwise it wont display correctly for me. I'll have to
change some of the other pages on the site for this reason, too.
It's taken me a couple of days to get the last ten eps of Frontier
downloaded once again, and I'd like to thank Kouichi_Kimura on
#digilegacy on mIRC and DaDuke for supplying them, and Shining Celebi
for advice and for making the clip I needed.
However, I would most certainly NOT like to thank all the absolute
'tards on dial-up connections on mIRC who successfully slowed down my
acquisition of the episodes by forming large queues and taking ten
hours to download single episodes.
1/1/05
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It's just passed
midnight here in Ireland, and as all Transformers fans are saying right
about now, "It is the year 2005!" Have a good one, folks!
(Hey, I updated the
4th Tamers manga guide with pictures when you weren't looking!)
25/12/04
And lo, it came to
pass that Saint Nick paid a visit to this household last night, and he
didst bring with him a new computer... and it was GOOD.
Yee-ee-HEAH, baby!
24/12/04
Well, it's
Christmas Eve, and I have now only one day's use of this infernal grey
box left. Oh, my children, it will be such a joyous time. Doesn't look
like I'm going to get to smash the old thing up, but we can't have
everything, even at Christmas. :) Having now made this post to wish you
all the best of everything this season, I'm off to wade through a dire
Spyware infection to upload the files I want to keep from this machine,
so I can get things going as soon as possible with tomorrow's new
arrival. If everything's in order and I get it all up and running, I'll
make an update to let you all know - rejoice with me, won't you?
Happy Holidays!
15/12/04
Christmas pic is
now up! I'm quite pleased with it - I knew I wasn't going to be able to
top last year's effort, so I didn't try, although the idea of an
all-villains Christmas party did cross my mind. In the end, I settled
on just the evil Hybrids from Frontier - I really like these guys, and
I've barely drawn anything Frontier-related. When I was coming up with
ideas for the picture, the one that really convinced me to do this one
was Grumblemon's little Cherubimon plushie. That thing is adorable.
I was able to take this in to ex-work to scan it (my monitor's
knackered, remember), but I couldn't add the coloured lensflares that I
usually use for the Christmas tree lights there. So, I had to do that
at home, and could only just manage it on the larger version of the
picture- if they look like crap, it's because I was doing it colour
blind. I'll go back and fix it after I get my new machine!
Also, I realised that I never archived my St. Patrick's Day picture on
the fanart page. That's done now.
Made a few small
updates of things to the fourth Tamers manga guide, as well.
4/12/04
The season is upon
us once again, and it's time for the Christmas layout to make it's
appearance! Only three weeks to go, folks, better get your lists ready!
Look out for some Christmas fanart coming sometime in the near future!
And for today's
update, now completing the Tokyopop Manga page to date, the guide for
the final
volume of Tamers is now up! As previously noted, though, it's
currently without pictures, and will be until I get my new monitor so I
can see to scan 'em up right.
29/11/04
And the bad news
just keeps on comin'.
Everyone will
probably now be aware of my laptop frying itself. It is still out of
commission, pending repair. So the Frontier episodes, and what I have
written of the encyclopedia, are still sealed off from me. However, to
add the butter on the friggin' muffin, my PC's monitor died recently. I
was able to obtain a replacement from a friend of my mother's, who had
some old PC stuff lying around, only to find that the colour on it is
knackered - it's missing the G part of RBG. So, I'm typing this on a
distinctly purple-tinged screen right now. This screws up any hopes I
have of scanning images for the moment (for example, I've just snagged
the fourth and final Tamers manga volume, and will have a guide up soon
- but it'll be sans pictures). Also, I haven't a clue what I'm going to
do about my Christmas pic - I could take it into work and scan it, but
I finish at the end of this week, and I haven't even started it yet.
Aarrgggh.
I'm really sorry
about all of this. I know that my updates have slumped off in the last
year (since I started work, basically), and that lately, all I've had
for you lately is really just manga guides, but I can do no more than
ask for your patience and support. I know that Digimon websites are
dropping like flies across the 'net right now, but I refuse to let the
Digimon Encyclopedia be one of them. I'm still absolutely committed to
this website, and to seeing the encyclopedia through to it's conclusion
- and there IS a bright speck on the horizon. Aside from me finishing
up my work, creating some free time to work on stuff before I get a new
job, I will be getting... a NEW PC for Christmas! Yes, at last!
Finally, the processing power to play the Frontier episodes, to make
screencaps, to watch DVDs, to download STUFF! It will be most glorious,
dear readers, and you'll all reap the benefits along with me as I can
finally get things moving around here again.
And on Boxing Day?
Me and my old computer are going out into the backyard with only a
sledgehammer between us, and it ain't going to be pretty.
...oh, and there's
a bit of news about the new movie, "Digimon X-Evolution," too - I know
it's pretty much old now, but I should chronicle (heh) it.
Surprisingly, it turns out that it's a TV movie - it'll be airing on
Fuji TV on January 3rd, at a length of 75mins. The upside of this?
Fans'll have it online to download faster than you can say "Where can I
download the new movie?"
7/11/04
Major league props
to Bitstream, who's supplied me with the scan I needed to make
the background for the 2004-2005
Toys page!
A correction to the
last update - the second Digimon DVD volume was NOT released on
the 25th of October after all. Some lists were mixed up and some
stores and sites listed it as coming out then, but it didn't -
it'll be out along with the next wave of budget "Best
Sellers" titles, which is unfortuantely not until next March
(it'd be sooner, but the upcoming festive season interrupts the
regularity of the releases).
Okay, a real bitch
of a piece of news regarding the Frontier C's - my laptop's is
not in a state of good health. The power adapter has not been
fixed and returned yet, so the technician that who's dealing with
this for me got a new adapater for use in the meantime... only
the bloody thing superheated my laptop (and it was the same
voltage and everything, so there's no reason for this!). The
laptop contains the Frontier C's to date, as well as all my
Frontier episodes (though I've got them all on CD, except for the
last 10, which I never got to burning), and I need it's higher
processing and speed and all that to play the episodes at a
decent rate and make screencaps from them, because my f____ing
dinosaur PC can't handle that. Not exactly sure what's going to
happen here...
30/10/04
Freedom is the right
of all sentient beings!
No art for Halloween
this year, but ye trusty layout still gets it's yearly bit of
exercise!
And look, I've got an update for you, too! Finally, I've finished
the Manga Guides for 01 - check out the guides for
volumes 2-5 on the Tokyopop Manga page!
In more irritating
news, I THOUGHT I had my laptop cable fixed, but the absolute
'TARD at the repair shop put the wrong plug on the end of it -
one that *doesn't fit my laptop.* So it's gone back AGAIN, and
the Frontier C's are STILL inacessible... that's beginning to bug
me.
In other news,
though, UK fans will already know that the second Digimon DVD
volume was released this past Monday (the 25th), containing
episodes 6-9 of 01 (one volume had to contain four eps to get all
54 out, and this was the one). Also, in a shameless personal
plug, check out the "Transformers: Robots in Disguise"
boxset released on the same day for profiles written by me!
14/10/04
Just a reminder for
fellow UK fans - "Digimon Rumble Arena 2" is out on
PS2, XBox and Gamecube tomorrow, Friday the 15th October. Not
sure what version I'll be picking up out of the PS2 or GC
version, but a review will be pending. Also coming up as a review
is "Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui," which I justed
picked up on DVD today. As for other updates, once AGAIN, my
laptop's power cable has packed up, so the Frontier C's (quite
near to completion) are sealed off from me again.
26/9/04
Godammit. Time
really seems to be slipping away from me more and more. It
actively *annoys* me when I don't get as much done for the site
as I want to. Ah, hell, anyway, updates today! Real ones! Not
them fake ones likes ya sees on Tee-Vee!
The guide to Digimon
Tamers Vol. 3 is now up on the Tokyopop Manga page! Volumes
2-4 of 01 will be up in the near future.
Since Digimon toys
are now back on the shelves, the Toy Encyclopedia needed an
update! Since there's no season to name this section after, what
can I call it but 2004-2005
Toys. Oh, and hey - I knocked this background together
quick-like, given that I don't have any of the toys to scan the
packaging of. If anyone reading this has bought one of the new
line's toys recently and still has the backing card (or plans to
buy one), do me a favour - couldja scan it and e-mail it on over,
please? You'll get credit!
Also, for the first
time in a good while, the Pop
Culture Page has been updated with a reference I've been
meaning to add for a while, and a new one from Teen Titans!
And yeah, I know...
I said it wouldn't be ten months before my next fic, and if I
don't get one up by the end of next month, that'll make me a
liar. No promises. This friggin' story doesn't want to go
anywhere in my head.
Frontier C's still
under construction... up soon!
6/9/04
I LIVE!
Sorry about the
recent lack of anything folks - but I do have an excuse. For the
last few weeks, I've been on vacation in Canada, visiting my
girlfriend (some of you might remember I did the same thing at
the same time last year). I DID mean to do an update just to let
you all know before I left, but I didn't get around to it. For
that, I have no excuse. Sorry for leaving you in the dark, and if
I worried anyone!
Mind you, since I've
only just got back, I don't actually have anything to update with
right now. But there will be some stuff coming up soon. Thanks to
the help of my girlfriend, I've now acquired the four volumes of
the 01 Tokyopop manga that I was missing, and also bought the
third Tamers volume while I was away, so there's all of that to
add to the Manga guide pages. The Frontier C's are underway and
will be up soon, while I'm about to begin the script for
"Revival of the Ancient Digimon."
I know that by now,
some of you will also have noticed that my humour fanfiction
series has disappeared off of FanFiction.Net. If you checked out
my author page there, you'd see my thoughts on the matter. Yes,
the total fucktards removed by fics because... shock... gasp...
oh no! ...they were in SCRIPT FORMAT! Heaven forfend! The
universe will surely spiral into a slow energy death if fics are
written in script format! BAH. Anyway, I'll be getting them up on
my webspace here in due time.
In other news (OLD
news, now, which I never reported before, but hey, just for the
sake of it...) check out the trailer to "Digimon
Xevolution" HERE.
You'll need to have Bitorrent to download it, and all those
latest codecs and things to run it, or whatever. Don't e-mail me
asking why it won't work, because I don't know. Since my last
update, the movie's subtitle has been revealed - "The
Thirteenth Royal Knight."
Also, in the wake of
the launch of Bandai's new Digimon
CCG, Digimon toys can once again be found on the shelves.
They're almost all old toys re-released, but I'll be putting up a
page for them (and the new video games arriving) in the Toy
Encyclopedia once I get together all the information on precisely
what toys are available again, if there are any in excess of what
is now listed on Bandai's re-opened Digimon page.
In my absence,
Maximum Entertainment have released their first Digimon DVD,
containing the first five episodes of the series. Downsized from
it's original two-disc eight-episode specs to strengthen the
cheaper, budget range of titles, the disc retails for
only £5. Also, in a shameless bit of self-promotion, check out
their first volume of "Transformers: Robots in
Disguise," which I've written a series of character profiles
for.
21/7/04
Well... um... you
never know what you're going to find when idly surfing around.
Check
out this entry from UrbanDictionary.Com
Now... I have absolutely no idea who submitted that, to a site I
never normally visit. It's got me pretty curious, but I also
found it pretty darn hilarious. See that "thumbs up"
vote? That was me. :)
Also, got some REAL
news - the website for Bandai of America's new Digimon
Collectable Card Game is now up!
Pay a visit to: DigimonCCG.Com
17/7/04
Hey, it's my
birthday! 22 today - so I've got a present for you! (Wait, is
that right...?)
The FRONTIER
B'S are up!
Read about Beetlemon, Beowolfmon, Bokomon, BurningGreymon and
loads more! Also in the first entries for "Revival of the
Ancient Digimon," we've got Ball, Bearmon, Boarmon and
Bullmon!
Also, some news on
the UK DVD situation - in addition to having been pushed back
four weeks to August 23rd, the first volume was also been
downgraded to it's original specs: a one-disk release containing
the first five episodes. No extra features are planned, as the
disc is part of Maximum Entertainment's budget range of titles.
Retailers have encouraged this move, as a strong title like
Digimon only help to strengthen the budget range. On the plus
side, it's only going to £4.99. It was bumped from the opening
line-up of Digimon, "Transformers: Robots in Disguise"
and "Hero Turtles: The Next Mutation" for "King
Arthur and the Knights of Justice," to play off of the
current movie, "King Arthur."
(Also, for those of you keeping track at home, this doesn't
affect Transformers or Turtles, although both titles, along with
King Arthur, have been pushed back a weektop the 2nd of August
because production was really to the wire on them.)
1/7/04
Shock headline!
My local comic shop actually got a new Digimon manga in for
once! I didn't have to drive two hours to get one!
So, check out the new guide for
DIGIMON
TAMERS: VOLUME TWO
on the Tokyopop Manga page!
20/6/04
Laptop's running
again - so here's the
"RUNAWAY
DIGIMON EXPRESS" ENGLISH SCRIPT!
The second Tamers
movie, and sixth Digimon movie overall, takes place after the end
of the Tamers series, and gets all the characters together for a
big send-off. And for me, this movie did what I thought was
impossible - for this one, shining moment, I actually cared about
Rika.
VirginMegaStores.Co.Uk
has the cover image of first UK Digimon DVD volume up.
Click to pre-order
on the site. They also have the second volume listed for release
on 11th October. Pre-order it HERE.
However, this image
is unlikely to be the finalised version, as it gives the wrong
number of episodes, and may contain more extras. More news as we
get it.
After a long time,
my freeserve e-mail account has expired, so I'll now be operating
out of my previously-existing but not-used-that-often hotmail
address. The e-mail link in the menu bar has changed to reflect
this. Also, if you sent me an e-mail in the last two weeks or so
to be my freeserve address, I didn't get it.
4/6/04
My laptop is still
kaputsville, so the Frontier B's are still a-ways off, but I've
still got a proper update for y'all!
My
INTERVIEW
WITH MICHELLE RUFF,
the voice of Lopmon and Zoemon, is now up! This lady's a
fan-favourite actress in anime circles, and I've had the chance
to discuss her Digimon roles and other work with her. Join us,
won't you? :)
And now, the latest
update from Japan regarding "Digimon Xevolution," the
exciting new CGI animation coming in 2005. After some initial
ponderings over what the nature of this animated project would
be, all signs now indicate that it's going to be a movie.
Immediately, that may make you fear that it won't see the light
of day in an English-language format, like most of the other
existing Digimon movies, but the press release (which has
appeared on the Bandai of Japan website, confirming that this is
definitely the real deal) on the project states that they're
planning for it to reach the west. Although you've probably heard
all this and seen these before, check out the info and images
archived on Shining Celebi's site HERE.
More UK DVD news is
pending - I had hoped to offer and exclusive preview of the
package art for you, but Fox Kids has requested it be re-done, so
we must wait to see what comes.
22/5/04
Well, I got my laptop working again briefly...
only it turned out that the fools who "repaired" it's
broken cable used the wrong resistance of wire, and the thing
melted and split. Thankfully, before then I was able to get my
new wireless connection working on it, and transferred all the
Frontier encyclopedia files to my PC. And you know what that
means...
THE
FRONTIER A's ARE HERE!!
Read about Agunimon, Aldamon, Angler, Arbormon
and loads more!
And you know what the best thing about having
nice, big downloaded copies of the episodes is? I can screencap
them until the cows come home! This is the first time for any
series that I've been able to do this, and it means that the
Frontier encyclopedia will be the most image-extensive one. And
that's a good thing, too, because decent screenshots are hard to
come by online, and thanks to Toei creating a Flash site for the
series, instead of a plain html one, model sheet (official, white
background) images that *don't* look like crap are quite hard to
come by (thanks to Angel-kun from the WtW boards for the Asuramon
model sheet pic!). That said, my PC doesn't have the power to
play the episodes at their full capacity, so I think the B's may
have to wait until my laptop, which CAN play them well, enabling
me to get better-quality images than my PC would allow, is
working again.
Oh, and after covering all his episodes to
write his entry, I must disturb you all by saying - I love Angler
the Trailmon, and were it possible, would bear his giant, metal
German-speaking kinder.
Up next on the news front - REALLY EXCITING
NEWS FROM JAPAN!
Go check out THIS
PAGE. What does it say, you ask? Here's the translation from
the WtW messageboards:
Bandai to Start New "Digital Monster" Project
Developing a Full Length CG Anime and Game Soft for 2005
Bandai has announced a new project with their "Digital
Monster" characters. At the project's core will be
"Digital Monster X-evolution", a new anime released in
2005.
"Digital Monster X-evolution" is a full length
animation done entirely in CG. The creators include Kakudou
Hiroyuki (director of the TV series "Digimon Adventure"
and "Digimon Adventure 02") as director, and Itou
Kazunori, who worked on "Gamera" and ".hack",
and Kawasaki Miwa, who was in charge of the novelization of
".hack" and the script for "Air Master", as
scriptwriters. Done entirely in CG, it will concentrate on the
"digital" part of "Digimon".
Along with this new animation, there will be new games, cards,
figures, etc. Nothing concrete has been revealed yet about these
products, but a game based on "X-evolution" will likely
be released sometime in 2005.
"Digital Monster" was originally introduced by Bandai
as a type of "fighting Tamagotchi" handheld game. The
first of these handheld games was introduced in 1997 and soon
became a hit, selling 13 million units nationwide as of March
2004, and over a million units overseas.
Now, don't go screaming "Season five!" just yet - we
don't fully know what this is. It may just be an OVA or a movie -
which is still good news! And evidently, from the title, it'll
somehow be tied in to the "Digimon Chronicle"
mini-manga. All in all, it's exciting news, which is something
that has long been overdue.
And in news closer to home, UK company Maximum Entertainment, who
are bringing Digimon to DVD this summer, have reported that for
their first release, they'll be bringing out a two-disc set
containing nine episodes, an upgrade from the original report of
five eps on a one-disc release. This will be consist for the rest
of season one, splitting it up into six nine-episode
installments. Currently slated extras are character profiles and
stickers, with more likely to come. A cross-sell with the UK's
official Digimon magazine is assured. Watch this space for more
details as we get them!
- - -
Er, I missed saving a few updates here...
- - -
7/1/04
Congratulations to aaroNiGHTS,
who got the 500,000th hit exactly! He hasn't told me what he
wants for his pic yet, though.
However, just to let everyone know, it'll be a
little while before you see it. See that icon of my head up
there? While attempting to shoo away a stupid little yappy dog
while I was walking home, a hedge branch caught me in the eye,
and has scratched my cornea. I've got to wear this damn patch for
a day or two, and can't draw with only one eye workin'. Stupid
yippy dogs.
6/1/04
Some of you out there may
remember when I briefly flirted with hit gift pictures, but
stopped because I didn't have enough time to draw them. Well, the
site is now less than 200 hits away from getting 500,000 hits -
that's half a million! - and that'll be exceeded with the next 24
hours, so, I'm opening up the hit gift challenge again! Be the
500,000th visitor, and e-mail me a picture of the counter at
500,000, and you'll get a picture of your own choosing drawn for
you by my own fair hand! The only stipulations are: no yaoi, no
hentai, no gijinka. Cheesecake is fine - God knows, I draw my
fair share of that! :)
If no-one sends the
500,000th hit image, the winner is the one who sends the nearest
number to it - take a chance! And no constant refreshing! That's
cheating!
5/1/04
Back to the regular layout now. And there's a
new guestbook up! F*ck you, GuestOne, hello BraveNet!
Also, I've been doing something I've meant to do for a good long
while now - watching old episodes. I happened to watch a couple
of eps from the last arc of 02, and realised there's no denying
it - that's not Laura Summer as Noriko (post World Tour) and
Yolei's replacement voice, it's Bridgette Hoffman. That would
make this her first identified Digimon role, before Jeri.
Assorted pages are updated to reflect this.
3/1/04
A little belated, but I've just added
"Digimon Battle Spirit 2" to the Season 4 Toy
Encyclopedia.
Normal layout returning on Monday, and not before, dammit! ;)
1/1/04
It's just passed midnight here in Ireland, so
HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone!
Now, don't let it be said that I haven't been putting my time off
to constructive use! As we ring in the New Year, let's also ring
in two new sections here at the Digimon Encyclopedia!
UNDUBBED MOVIES
Read the scripts for the movies that didn't make it to
the west! "Diaboromon Strikes Back" now up!
TOKYOPOP MANGA
Your guide to the manga adaptation of the TV series! Digimon
Volume 1 now up!
That oughta keep you all busy for a little while!
(and we'll be switching back to the regular
layout soon!)
24/12/03
Phew! I cut it close with just one day left
until the ol' fella with the white beard comes calling, but I
finished my piece of Christmas fanart! I think you can see why it
took this long - it features FIFTY-TWO, count 'em, fifty two,
characters, including all the main DigiDestined, Tamers and
Digimon from all four seasons of the show! Click it for a larger
version!
Now, as a certain purple-skinned Myotismon-host
once said... "Enjoy the holidays... it's the most wonderful
time of the year!"
17/12/03
Proper Crimbo, I tell thee!
Finally... a new fic is HERE! Let's ALLLL ignore the ten-month
gap, as the mystery of FACTORY MARK continues in "Rage
Against the Machines!"
The promised piece of fanart is coming, I swear... but it's just
*really* taking a long time. When you all see, you'll know why,
believe me!
13/12/03
Christmas is getting close, folks, and the
Digimon Encyclopedia is ready to help you celebrate!
First, we've got our merry ol' Christmas layout up, and you can
while away this cold winter night with the Tamers Vs, which are
up at long last! Read about Vajramon, Vikaralamon and Viximon,
and since movie updates are already included, V-Pets are here
too!
That's all for the minute, but there's more festive fun coming in
the next just-less-than-two-weeks, as my latest fic FINALLY
arrives, and we rejoin the Digi-crew at yuletide as the mystery
of Factory Mark continues... and my Christmas piece of fanart is
coming soon, too.! It's quite possibly the biggest Digimon fanart
undertaking done - certainly tbe biggest I know of!
3/12/03
Did I hear someone say "GET OFF YOUR LAZY
ASS AND UPDATE THE DAMN ENCYCLOPEDIA, YOU SLACKING BASTARD!"
just now?
Well, I don't care for your tone, mister.
But I did it anyway. :)
The Tamers T's and U's are now updated with
information for "The Adventurers' Battle" and
"Runaway Digimon Express," bringing the existing encyc
fully up to date. Find updates to:
Takato
Tally
Taomon
and Terriermon
and new entries for:
Tamashiro, Ryuuji
Tylomon
Uehara, Takehito
and Urazoe, Watari
Keep an eye out for the V's - at least - to
appear before Christmas, along with some more festive silliness,
including the Christmas layout, some Christmas fan art... and...
choke... glurg... yes... A NEW FIC!
I also plan to create detailed summaries - or
perhaps full scipts - and screenshot galleries for the three
undubbed movies in my possession, so that those who have not seen
'em can get the full picture in one go.
And you thought I was givin' up on you! ;)
Finally, yes, I know the guestbook isn't
working, I don't know what happened to it, but I'll get onto
fixing it, or, more likely, creating a new one. Damn, and I had
over 200 sigs in there, too...
9/11/03
An off-topic, and surprisingly long and
thoughtful (for me) review of "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie"
is now up.
Sorry about the lack of all things Digi-related at the moment,
but you'd be surprised how hard I'm finding it to work on the
encyc. Something soon, I promise!
4/11/03
Finally got something done around here!
Courtesy of the Cowboy Bebop movie DVD, a picture of Beau
Billingslea has been added to the Voice List, and a newer Steve
Blum pic has gone up with it.
Also, on the off-topic side of things, a review of the spiffy
"Bionicle: Mask of Light" DVD is now up to read.
The Halloween picture, which has finally been belatedly titled,
is added to the Fanart page.
31/10/03
Okay, okay you guys. Today, I'm Homestar
Runner.
Seriously.
Happy Halloween, kids! :D
29/10/03
Puttin' the "Devi" in her name,
LadyDevimon's the star of the site's Halloween pic! Would you
object to being tricked by this li'l treat? :) Click for a
larger, textless version! And I'm following her lead with my
costume for today!
26/10/03
Told you you wouldn't be seeing updates just as
regularly... and this ain't even much of a one. It's just to go
along with the Halloween layout going up, and to say that
finally, I've created an archive page for the site's updates. I
should've done it ages ago. Also, I'm working on a Halloween pic
for the site, though, so expect to see it in the next few days -
I would have more of it done (and would have had this layout up
yesterday), only I sprained my ankle yesterday, and had to lay
around with it propped up all evening. Pain in the friggin' neck,
I'll tell you.
I wish I had the enthusiasm to go and alter a screenshot of my
head to give myself a NEW costume right now, but I don't. Watch
for some later in the week. :)
16/10/03
The Tamers S's are now updated with movie info!
Find updates to Sakuyamon and Suzie, and new entries for
Scorpiomon, Seasarmon and Sepikmon!
I don't have either of the two reviews that I mentioned recently
done yet - I need to watch Cowboy Bebop again before I can put my
thoughts into words, and haven't had the chance, while Unicron
has thus far failed to arrive. Sorry, folks! I might review
"Bionicle: Mask of Light," though...
11/10/03
Woah, it was a little quiet there for a while,
huh? Fear not, fear not! We got mo' movie mojo! It ain't mo' mojo
than befo', as only the Tamers P's and R's are updated, but it's
still something, aye? Find updates to:
Rapidmon
Renamon
Rika
Riley
Ryo
And new entries for:
Parasimon
Pipismon
Ponchomon
Pteramon
and "Runaway Digimon Express"!
But that's not quite all - I missed a little update to the
"Hypnos" entry for "Runaway Digimon Express,"
so I popped back and added that. And after a brief recent
discussion on Alt.Fan.Digimon about where certain buildings and
sights you see in Digimon are in real-life Tokyo, I've updated
the Odaiba entry in the Adventure encyc with some photos of
important places from the series.
Now, a bit of personal jazz - starting on the 20th of this month,
I'm going to be a workin' man. I've got a six-month placement at
a local printing shop, where I'll be working with computers and
programs like Photoshop. It's a great opportunity to expand my
skills. But, it's full-time work, five days a week, so odds are
you're not going to see the ol' Digipedia be as hopping with life
as usual. That said, there's not much left to the Tamers encyc
now (as I've said before, Yamaki is the only truly large entry
left to write), and I STILL can't begin the Frontier encyc, as it
has STILL yet to air in the UK. It's fast becoming a pain in my
ass. Anyway, though, there WILL hopefully be some more stuff up
before I start working - specifically, I'll try to update another
letter or two, and I just got "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie"
on DVD today, and I think an OT review of that will be in order
once I've watched it. And also on the OT review front, I think
you can expect to see me salivating over Transformers Armada
Unicron, once he finally arrives. This is the toy Transfans have
waited seventeen years for, and now that I know he's so close to
being in my grasp (it's been two weeks since he was sent, so
it'll not be long before he's here now), I am literally obsessing
over owning him. The anticipation is proving so distracting, I
had actually forgotten it's my own mother's birthday tomorrow
until my dad reminded me. Oy. Come to me, chaos bringer...
Oh, and the Halloween layout will be up soon!
26/9/03
More movie updates! Tamers H-O are now updated
with information from "The Adventurers' Battle" and
"Runaway Digimon Express." Find updates to:
Hata, Seiko
Henry
Impmon
Jagamon
Jeri
Justimon
Kai
Kazu
Kenta
Kiwimon
Kyubimon
Lopmon
Mako
MarineAngemon
Matsuki
MegaGargomon
MetalTyrannomon
Nonaka, Rumiko
Okinawa
and Otamamon
And find new entries for:
Kokuwamon
Labramon
Locomon
Mantaraymon
Mephistomon
Minami
and Omnimon!
Moved the third birthday pic to the fanart page.
Also, I've wound up with an extra copy of the issue of
"Wickid" that contains my story, "Ryo's
Story." If anyone out there would like it, y'all can buy it.
Drop me an e-mail. First come, first served!
20/9/03
Woo-hoo, we passed 400,000 hits today! Onward
and upward!
The Season Four toy list has been updated again, courtesy of
Jonathan Altig, who's filled in the blanks for "mystery
figure #4."
In other news, ARGH. I'm having an e-mail crisis at the mo, as
I'm bombarded with attempts to give me viruses. I had literally
over TWO-HUNDRED pieces of mail to download when I got online
yesterday, each of them with an attachment that made them take a
minute or two. Had another eighty this morning, too... like I
said, argh. Ho hum, my imminent 5th volume of "Neon Genesis
Evangelion" and reissue Transformers Soundwave shall cheer
me up. :)
15/9/03
Happy Birthday, Digimon Encyclopedia!
Entertaining and informing you for three years to the day!
My hand is killing me, because I had to knock that pic out in a
day, but it was worth it - I got a real buzz out of drawing Tai
and Davis again, which I haven't done in a long time, and it's
also the first time I've drawn Takuya. Damn... three years. When
I began the site, I never would've thought I'd have let this
madness go on for that long! Ah, well - here's to another three!
14/9/03
Updated the Season 4 Toy Encyclopedia page with
some more stuff about the Crystal Figures included with the most
recent sets, courtesy of Ethan Poehlmann. If anyone can add to
this, by the way, help would be appreciated! Also, Digimon Battle
Spirit's European release has been noted.
11/9/03
HAIL ILPALAZZO!
You guys ever notice that I seem to get too "into"
whatever new anime I'm watching at any given time? At the minute,
it's "Excel Saga," which is bloody hilarious. Only have
the first volume right now, but it's just another thing for me to
spend money on...
That is all. Go about your business. Site turns 3 on Monday!
8/9/03
Rather than update the Tamers encyc with
"The Adventurers' Battle" first, then go back and do
"Runaway Digimon Express," I've decided to do both at
the same time. And instead of doing all of the encyc, I'm doing
it in chunks. So, Tamers A-G are now updated with info from the
two movies! Dub names are used, even though the movies haven't
been translated. Find updates to:
Ai
Apocalymon
Beelzemon
Behemoth
Calumon
Cyberdramon
Digi-Gnomes
Digimon Tamers
Divermon
Doggymon
Gallantmon
Gargomon
Gekomon
Growlmon
Guardromon
and Guilmon!
And new entries for:
"The Adventurers' Battle"
Archelomon
Baronmon
BlueMeramon
Depthmon
Ebidramon
GrandLocomon
and Gulfmon!
More coming soon!
Also, I'm mildly concerned that I may have been virused, so be
wary of any funny-lookin' e-mails that might happen to have my
name on them, 'kay?
3/9/03
"Ryo's Story" has been updated with
the promised "Behind the Scenes" stuff - read the three
script drafts, including my original plot, plus see some artwork
I made!
Also, the mirror main page is up. View it at http://www.digibros.net/~digipedia
- remember to bookmark, so if Angelfire goes down, ya just pop
over there for all the news that's fit!
The site's third birthday is just under two weeks away!
30/8/03
Two big things this week! The Adventure
Encyclopedia is now updated with information from
"Diaboromon Strikes Back." Be aware that American names
are used, even though the movie hasn't been translated. Find new
entries for:
Armageddemon
and
"Diaboromon Strikes Back"
and updates to:
All twelve DigiDestined
All Rookie DigiDestined Digimon, and Gatomon
Kuramon and Diaboromon
Omnimon
Imperialdramon
DemiVeemon, Poromon and Upamon
ExVeemon, Stingmon and Paildramon
Angemon and Angewomon
"Digimon: The Movie"
Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02
Mode Change
and
Ultimate
"The Adventurers' Battle" is next, and there's a lot to
do for it!
"Notes For use" for the Tamers encyc are updated to
reflect the movie stuff.
Also, I saw "Return to Highton View Terrace" the other
day for the first time in years, and realised I'd made an error -
Tai and Sora DID know each other when they both lived there. So
I've caught any references to that in the encyc, and more
importantly, the Fanatic's Guide.
Finally, I've heard the main page here's been going down a bit
recently... I guess even just having one page on this sever has
grown to be more than Angelfire can handle. I've grown awfull
attached to this address, though, so rather than move outright,
I'll create a mirror on the Digibros address. Watch for that!
28/8/03
It's Thursday.
It's August 28th.
UK Fox Kids magazine "Wickid" #43 is on the shelves.
And that means..."RYO'S
STORY" IS HERE!
Click on through, and enjoy this published story that I co-wrote!
It's a big landmark moment - and come back soon, when we'll
hopefully be going beind the scenes, and you can read the various
script drafts to see how it all developed! I'm as giddy as a
freakin' schoolgirl, over here!
