Digimon: The Role of Appmon, Explained
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The Digimon franchise is now decades old, with the various anime, manga and video games introducing multiple generations to different types of digital monsters. When the property got its start, the general concept was meant to reflect the growing use of the internet. In the late 2010s, however, another iteration was created that followed a different technological trend.
Digimon Universe: App Monsters was introduced in 2016, with the anime/multimedia subfranchise radically changing the premise. Instead of Digital Monsters, this series fittingly focused on App Monsters that appeared through smartphone apps. Though similar to their digital brethren, these monsters were also quite different, from their appearances to their general uses.
Airing from 2016 to 2017, the Digimon Universe: App Monsters anime lasted for 52 episodes and was the seventh anime in the franchise. It was released four years after the end of Digimon Fusion, which was a return to a more traditional status quo and concept after the changes seen in Digimon Tamers,Digimon Frontier and Digimon Data Squad. From how the Digimon were portrayed to their relationships with human partners (or lack thereof), the changes seen in the contentious Digimon Frontier were especially immense. Thus, the next step in the franchise had to be both faimilar yet all-new. Set in the future of 2045, the new series showcased a societal evolution of technology that changed how the World Wide Web and connectivity are handled. As a result, this digital landscape has become home to various App Monsters, also known as Appmon. Created through mobile apps on people’s phones, these creatures are very similar to the Digimon from the anime franchise’s past.
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