Introduction
Everyone in the world uses smartphone apps. But inside them lurks unknown creatures called "Appli Monsters," or "Appmon." The Appmon are AI lifeforms with the ability to think and act, and exist in the boundary between the human world and digital space. In the vast sea of the internet, the "last boss AI" Leviathan takes control of the Appmon with a virus and begins hacking every system, thus starting to control the human world from the world of the net. Haru Shinkai is led to acquire the Appli Drive, and uses it to materialize Gatchmon, a search app monster.
(Source: ANN)
Audience reviews
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DigitalRio
Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters was a hard reboot of the anime franchise. It was quite divisive. I tried watching it a long time ago, but dropped it quickly. Though last year I finally found the will to give it a real chance and I'm glad I did, because it is in no way a bad series.
It starts off slow and rather weak, BUT it quickly becomes much better when the plot starts to move. I was pleasantly surprised. The whole 'dangers of AI' story was well-executed and very relevant, even more so today than back when this season released.
The opening themes are great! Especially the first one, 'DIVE', and the evolution themes/general soundtrack too - Be My Light is a personal fave.
I know some people didn't like it, but the Appmon partners being in full CGI at all times once they evolve worke…
Read at the sourceLancelotSB
The storyline was pretty relevant in today's world with AI
This series is quite different from other Digimon series, except for the augmented reality (AR) field and the fusion aspects of the Appmon, which are borrowed from its predecessors, specifically Digimon fusion. To be honest, it felt more like Yokai Watch than a typical Digimon series. The only Digimon featured was Agumon. While I'm not a big fan of Gatchamon, I really loved Musimon and Dokamon. All the side characters were great and fun as well.
Unlike previous series, this one had no pacing issues at all. However, the storyline somewhat reminds me of Digimon Fusion, particularly with Rei's struggles to find his brother. Other than that, the story was pretty solid. The handling of AI-related issues was mature and well-executed.…
Read at the sourceVentus_S
What a masterpiece of Digimon serie which the spotlight got overtaken by Digimon Tri. (Tri is a complete dumpster fire)
If I have to use one sentence to describe this serie, it'd be this is a show on surface level catered and aiming toward kids, however have enough insight and theme for adults to fully enjoy and appreciate the show.
It's such a controversy approach because it may end up driving away both side of audience if they didn't give enough patience to sit through the whole show and digest the theme and characters. The show try to go through a deep and dark theme with flamboyant kid-vibe presentation. It never tries to be overly dark and edgy, yet it doesn't shy away from discuss about dark and serious topic.
Not to mention this is the first Digimon serie to feature REAL gay relat…
Read at the sourceCataOrShane
A quick note: Digimon fan since I was 7 years old... I'm 28 now and I've watched all Digimon media to this point and also played a few Digimon videogames.
Warning to everyone planning to watch this because it's related to Digimon: it isn't. The name is there to create buzz and bring viewers because there's absolutely nothing Digimon in this series. The monsters are mainly based on smartphone apps and I would have no issues with this if the show didn't try to leech off Digimon (or any other series). Oh and what are they called? AppliMonsters. As I said, the only Digimon here is in the tittle.
We have a main character that wears goggles like 90% of Digimon stuff but that's all the similarities. Why is there no creativity for character design when it comes to DigiKids?
Another thing is…
Read at the sourceUndpanzer
that was pretty good, not as good as Adventure 02,Tamers and Xros Wars which are my favorites but i think it's better than savers and as good as Adventure and Frontier
The story is fine, it has very interesting points and it's educative sometimes talking about the effect of I.A on our daily lives
*Spoiler*
I didn't like the protagonist but he got a nice ending starting to study A.I and everything
*End of spoiler*
Liked a lot the other characters like Eri,Astra and Rei, loved their histories.
Didn't like the Songs, the first opening was nice but the second was pretty lame and the only thing that kept me hyped for the evolutions was Haru's Grandpa funny voice
Art is good and i loved the designs they remind me of Yokai Watch i think that's why people say it's Digimon trying to copy Yokai Wat…
Read at the sourceLucasPSI
Appmon is one of those rare anime that comes along every once in a while. Where at first glance, you're already going to love it, or you're going to hate it. Whether it be because you're a longtime digimon fan who doesn't want change, or just because you're not a fan of its childish, bright and colorful art style, it's hard to go in with an unbiased mind. But I feel like if you're going in with the understanding of what the show is meant to be, and not what you desire, it's an absolute masterpiece in ever sense of the word.
Some people compare it to Digimon meets Yokai Watch with a sprinkle of kamen rider, and I couldn't agree more. It's without a doubt designed to be for a much younger audience than previous seasons. I wouldn't exactly call this a bad thing, but I could see how this coul…
Read at the sourceJaikeis
This review will contain minor spoilers.
Digimon Universe Appli Monsters is pretty atypical of a Digimon series. The protagonist isn’t a brash hothead and the monsters in the show aren’t even Digimon. They’re called Appmon, and Digimon exists only as some random game in-universe. There’s one episode featuring an Agumon as a special guest star and it’s better fanservice for Adventure fans than all of Tri but I digress. The show leans more heavily into the episodic kids show format more than any other Digimon series before it, with all the bells and whistles that entails. The episodic format is much in the vein of a Precure (big surprise, the director also directed Doki Doki Precure), and it keeps to it even late into the show’s run. Perhaps it’s unsurprising then that the plot does take ab…
Read at the sourceAceValiant
soo this is it...the final episode of appmon...for all the series i became very impressed and i love every single thing they did:the cgi,the characters,the semi reboot...
first of all, from july of 2016 i just begin to hate digimon,after 20 years consuming everything they did, but allways felling something like “this is fine but it’s not what i expected for a cybernetic life form story”, and for all this big mess this franchise became. But them, one month ago i simply whant to go back after see some applimon scenes and the openings(koji wada can rest in piece if all the songs have this quality).
i just yelled at myself “FINALY DIGIMON IS TRULLY DIGIMON”, i mean isn’t so hard to make an actually digital world not an magic alternitve world with some creatures, they are trully based on digi…
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