Digimon (franchise)

Digimon (デジモン Dejimon), short for Digital Monsters (デジタルモンスター Dejitaru Monsutā) is a media franchise that began as a series of Virtual Pets and later expanded to center around the creatures living inside them, which quickly eclipsed the popularity of the Virtual Pets themselves. 
Originally based partially on its sister franchise Tamagotchi, the idea was to raise a creature called a Digimon that would evolve and change form depending on how it was cared for. Digimon could be pitted against each other in battle - the chief difference between Digimon and Tamagotchi. Digimon was designed to appeal to boys in the same way Tamagotchi were geared towards girls. 
Over the years, Digimon became based around a structure in which the various dramas are created by the encounters between the human beings of our reality and the Digimon from the unusual Digital World. Digimon's existence is abnormal and they are drawn as monsters, however their common senses change through meetings between Digimon and humans, with whom new relationships are created.Interview: We Talk Everything Digital with the Producer of Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
The original story behind Digimon is that mysterious beings, recognized as computer viruses, were publicly revealed in 1997 and are the target of investigations, used by hackers and trained through Virtual Pets by humans called Tamers.
The term Digimon may refer to the video game franchise, an individual Digimon, or a species of Digimon. 
=Franchise=
:See Digimon History
While the most popular part of the Digimon franchise has always been the anime, other aspects include video games, Virtual Pets, a Trading Card Game, and manga, and much merchandise.
=Anime=
* Digimon Adventure
* Digimon Adventure 02
* Digimon Tamers
* Digimon Frontier
* Digimon Savers
* Digimon Xros Wars
** Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms
** Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
* Digimon Adventure tri.
* Digimon Universe Appli Monsters
* Digimon Adventure 20th Anniversary Memorial Story Project
* Digimon Adventure:
* Digimon Ghost Game
=Movies=
* Digimon Adventure (Movie) 
* Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! 
* Digimon Adventure 02: Vol. 1: Digimon Hurricane Landing!!/Vol. 2: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals
* Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon Strikes Back
** Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grandprix!
* Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers' Battle
* Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express
* Digimon Frontier: Revival of the Ancient Digimon!!
* Digital Monster X-evolution
* Digimon Savers The Movie: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!
** Digimon Savers 3D: The Digital World in Imminent Danger!
* Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
* Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning
=Manga / Comics=
* C'mon Digimon
* Battle!! Digital Monsters
* Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01
* Digimon Chronicle
* Digimon Legendary Skies
* D-Cyber
* Digimon Next
* Battle Terminal 02 Web comic
* Digimon Tokyopop
* Digimon Xros Wars
* Digimon World Re:Digitize
** Digimon World Re:Digitize Encode
* Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
* Digimon Universe Appli Monsters
* Digimon Universe Appli Monsters: Appmon Academy!!
* Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker's Memory
* Digimon Chronicle X
* Digimon Dreamers
=Video Games=
:See List of Video Games
=Virtual Pets=
:See List of Virtual Pets
* Digital Monster 
* Digimon Pendulum 
* Digimon Pendulum Progress 
* Digimon Pendulum X 
* Digimon Accelerator
* Digimon Mini 
* Digivice iC / Burst
* Digimon Twin
* Digimon Mini (Xros Wars)
* Digital Monster Ver.20th
* Digimon Pendulum Ver.20th
* Digital Monster X
* Digimon Pendulum Z
* Vital Bracelet Digital Monster
* Vital Bracelet BE
=Discography=
:See Digimon Discography
=Books=
:See List of Books
=Stage play=
* Super Evolution Stage "Digimon Adventure tri. ~Adventure of August 1~"
=Recitation=
 	Work name 	Performance name 	Performance date 	BD/DVD release date	Stage director 	Recitation script
1	Digimon: One Night Stand 	MEMORIAL CONCERT IN ODAIBA 2003 -SPRING-	April 5-April 6, 2003	N/A 	Kakudou Hiroyuki	Masaki Hiro
2	DIGIMON SPECIAL DRAMA 	Digimon Adventure Fes. 2016 	July 31, 2016 	December 2, 2016 	Shimizu Masafumi	Nakanishi Yasuhiro
3	Digimon Special Drama Summer super evolution tournament 	Digimon Adventure Fes. 2017 	July 30, 2017 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
4	Digimon Special Drama Another August 1 	DigiFes 2019 	July 28, 2019 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
5	Digimon Tamers 2021 	DigiFes 2021 	August 1, 2021 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
6	Digimon Frontier: Another Mysterious Message! Who’s the Culprit?	DigiFes 2022 	July 30, 2022 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
7	The Huge Fight Over Fireworks Festival Tickets! 	DigiFes 2023 Day 	July 30, 2023 	N/A 	N/A 	Yamatoya Akatsuki
8	Everyone Gather! Great Search Line at Night! 	DigiFes 2023 Night 	July 30, 2023 	N/A 	N/A 	Yamatoya Akatsuki
=List of Digimon=
:See List of Digimon
=Additional Information=