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Digimon Xros Wars
File:Digimon Xros Wars.jpg Japanese "Xros Wars" promo poster
デジモンクロスウォーズ (Dejimon Kurosu Wōzu)
Genre	Action, Adventure
Manga
Written by	Yuki Nakashima
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	V-Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 21, 2010 – March 21, 2012
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Tetsuya Endo
Written by	Riku Sanjo
Music by	Kousuke Yamashita
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	July 6, 2010 – March 8, 2011
Episodes	30
Anime television series
Digimon Xros Wars 2: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms
Directed by	Tetsuya Endo
Written by	Riku Sanjo
Music by	Kousuke Yamashita
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	April 3, 2011 – September 25, 2011
Episodes	24
Anime television series
Digimon Xros Wars 3: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
Directed by	Tetsuya Endo
Written by	Riku Sanjo
Music by	Kousuke Yamashita
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	October 2, 2011 – March 25, 2012
Episodes	25
Video game
Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars Blue and Red
Developer	Namco Bandai
Publisher	Namco Bandai
Genre	RPG
Platform	Nintendo DS
Released	March 3, 2011
Related works
Digimon Adventure Digimon Adventure 02 Digimon Tamers Digimon Frontier Digimon Data Squad

Digimon Xros Wars (デジモンクロスウォーズ, Dejimon Kurosu Wōzu, pronounced "Cross Wars") is the sixth anime television series in the Digimon franchise by Akiyoshi Hongō, produced by Toei Animation. It follows a boy named Taiki Kudō who utilizes the power of joining together Digimon in order to save the Digital World. The series' was broadcast on TV Asahi between July 6, 2010 and March 25, 2012, divided into three parts, with the second part subtitled The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms (悪のデスジェネラルと七つの王国, Aku no Desu Jeneraru to Nanatsu no Ōkoku). The final part of Xros Wars, subtitled The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time (時を駆ける少年ハンターたち, Toki o Kakeru Shōnen Hantā-tachi), began broadcast on October 2, 2011, and concluded on March 25, 2012.

According to ​Noam Kaniel who is the composer of the Power Rangers franchise, the anime listed 'DIGIMON 30X26 - SABAN BRANDS' on his LinkedIn profile immediately preceding the entry for Power Rangers Megaforce. This will be the first season dubbed by Saban, under their new company, since Digimon Tamers.

Plot

Main article: List of Digimon Xros Wars characters

Xros Wars (2010-2011)

See also: List of Digimon Xros Wars episodes

Taiki Kudō, a 7th grade boy, heard a mysterious melody and followed it to an alley where a mysterious, legendary Digivice called the Xros Loader appeared in front of him. Accompanied by his friends, Akari Hinomoto and Zenjirō Tsurugi, they were dragged into the Digital World. They soon realized that the Digital World was a place inhabited by living creatures named Digimon and is now slowly being taken over by an evil empire named the Bagra Army. Now, Taiki and his "Xros Heart" team become an important figure to free the world from the Bagra Army, led by their Emperor Bagramon.

When the Digital World was separated into 108 Zones with an element named "Code Crown" placed in each Zone, it invites few parties to collect the Code Crown to claim each Zone, to achieve the goal into uniting and taking over the Digital World. Feeling the strong responsibility to save the world, Taiki forms his own group named Xros Heart, which is considered a strong threat to the Bagra Army, and battles along with some other parties including another human boy, Kiriha Aonuma, and his Blue Flare group. Also a human girl, Nene Amano, with her team Twilight.

However, Nene is later revealed to be a figurehead for Twilight's true leader DarkKnightmon, who blackmailed her into aiding him. But when he attempts to dispose of her once she outlived her usefulness, Nene joins Xros Heart. Later on, Xros Heart learns that the Code Crowns have the power to make the wishes of those who reunite them come true, but Bagramon manages to take them all while Taiki, Akari, and Zenjirō are sent back to the human world along with Shoutmon and Tactimon. With Xros Heart's core members disposed of, Bagramon reveals DarkKnightmon to be his younger brother as they begin their reign over the Digital World.

Ending up in their hometown of Kyoto, the human Xros Heart members and Shoutmon meet Omnimon, a DigiMemory-sealed Digimon who gave Taiki his red Xros Loader. However, a giant Tactimon appears causing havoc, but thanks to the courage of Akari and friendship of Zenjirō, Shoutmon is able to digivolve to OmegaShoutmon and destroys Tactimon for good. Then, Omnimon use his remaining energy to send Taiki and Shoutmon back to the Digital World while Akari and Zenjirō wait for their chance to return the Digital World to assist Taiki.

The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms (2011)

See also: List of Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms episodes

Upon returning to the Digital World, Taiki and Shoutmon learn that Bagramon had it reconstructed into a empire surrounding by seven Kingdoms, each ruled by a denominated Death General with their own Darkness Loaders gained from their now-Admiral DarkKnightmon. Reunited with their allies, Taiki and Nene convince Kiriha to join forces with them and they set to travel together through the Kingdoms to defeat the Generals. They also have to face Nene's brother, Yū Amano, who becomes DarkKnightmon's human partner and joins the Bagra Army by thinking the Digital World as a game for his pleasure. Meanwhile, Bagramon adds negative energy, gained from his seven Generals, into his Code Crown and transforms it into the "Dark Stone" for his upcoming day for ultimate destruction, which he calls "D5". During the journey, more about the main characters past is revealed, some Digimon are killed in battle and a new DigiXros called the Great Xros giving Shoutmon the power to become Shoutmon X7. After defeating the Death Generals, and opening Yū's eyes to the truth, the Xros Heart United Army finally confronts Bagramon. But in a turn of events, having gathered the energy needed, Bagramon reveals that D5 is the "Dimension Delete and Deadly Destruction Day" that would cast both the real and digital worlds in darkness which would combine them with Bagramon himself reigning over a new world.

Though DarkKnightmon reveals his true colors in an act to absorb his brother by forcibly DigiXrossing with him, his actions only worsen things when Bagramon's destroys DarkKnightmon from the inside and reconfigures his brother's body into DarknessBagramon. In the process, Shoutmon dies while Bagramon sends Taiki and his friends to an empty space, where they are saved by Akari and Zenjirō using two DigiMemories. In the final battle, Yū's Darkness Loader turned into a yellow Xros Loader for his use. Taiki, Akari and Cutemon decide to go inside the Dark Stone to find Shoutmon where they are attacked by the metaphysical incarnation of Bagramon. When the completed Code Crown chooses Taiki and not Bagramon as its true owner, Shoutmon revives alongside all dead Digimon (including allies and enemies) while the DigiMemories regain their original forms. From there, the Digimon are all DigiXrossesed Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode who destroys DarknessBagramon and save both worlds. All the Digimon returned to the Digital World while Taiki and his friends resume their lives in the human world.

The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time (2011-2012)

See also: List of Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time episodes

A year has passed since the battle against Bagramon, and Team Xros Heart has become a basketball team consisting of Taiki, Yū and his classmate, Tagiru Akashi. One day, Tagiru discovers a strange, unstable realm in-between the human and digital worlds, known as the Digi Quartz (デジクオーツ, Deji Kuōtsu), where Xros Loader wielding children known as Digimon Hunters hunt down and capture Digimon that escape from the Digital World and feed off the negative emotions of humans. Given a Xros Loader by a strange old man and accompanied by a Digimon named Gumdramon, Tagiru, along with Taiki, Yū and their Digimon, join the Digimon Hunt to investigate and protect their world from rampant Digimon, while clashing against rival hunters.

In the end, the Clock Store Owner reveals to everyone the truth: The remaining power from Bagramon after his defeat and the Digital Power in the human world created a deadly Digimon called Quartzmon whose goal is to change the entire human world into DigiQuartz while eliminating every human. To fight that, the Clock Store Owner travels to different timelines, bringing known heroes from other Digital Worlds to unlock the "Brave Snatcher", created from Bagramon's right arm, in order to defeat Quartzmon. While a Hunter named Ryōma was chosen to be the one to hunt Quartzmon, Ryōma turned out to be manipulated by Quartzmon, gravely injuring Taiki. Tagiru is chosen as Taiki and Ryōma's replacement and, in a decisive battle, uses the power of the Brave Snatcher to defeat Quartzmon and capture his DigiEgg. With Quartzmon defeated, the balance between the Human and Digital Worlds is restored, forcing the Hunters, their Digimons and the heroes from other timelines to get separated and return to their original places.

A month after Quartzmon's defeat, Tagiru and Gumdramon are reunited and the Clock Store Owner reappears, revealing that there are still some Digimon running astray in the Human World. In the occasion, Taiki confirms his suspicion that the Clock Store Owner is actually the reincarnation of Bagramon, now dedicated to protect the Human and Digital Worlds instead of conquering them.

Media

Anime

Digimon Xros Wars was first publicly revealed in the June 2010 issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine, including the name of the series and brief descriptions of the series and several main characters. The series was the first be broadcast in widescreen 16:9 and in HD 1080i and aired on TV Asahi between July 6, 2010, and March 25, 2012. Crunchyroll began streaming the series outside of Japan in November 2011. Saban Brands licensed the first 30 episodes of the anime for an American release with an English dub, retitled "Digimon Fusion" (previously known as "Digimon Fusion Battles"), being produced by Studiopolis, with a brand new orchestral score to replace the original Japanese music and brand new completely different sound effects to replace the original Japanese sound effects and with the complete removal of episode title screens and next episode previews and with a lot similar edits and changes to that of Digimon seasons 1 to 4 but with far less cultural streamlining and Americanization and more Japanese text remaining.

Theme songs

Opening theme songs

• "Never Give Up!" (ネバギバ!, Neba Giba!) by Sonar Pocket (1-30)
• "New World" by Twill (31-54)
• "STAND UP" by Twill (55-79)

Insert songs

• "WE ARE Xros Heart!" (WE ARE クロスハート!, WE ARE Kurosu Hāto!) by Kōji Wada
• "Blazing Blue Flare" by Hideaki Takatori
• "X4B The Guardian!" by Kōji Wada
• "Sora Mau Yūsha! X5" (空舞う勇者!×5, Sora Mau Yūsha! Kurosu Faibu, "Whirl Through the Sky! X5") by Kōji Wada
• "Dark Knight ~Fujimi no Ōja~" (DARK KNIGHT～不死身の王者～, "Dark Knight (The Immortal Lord)") by Takayoshi Tanimoto
• "Evolution &Digixros ver.TAIKI" by Kōji Wada & Takayoshi Tanimoto
• "Evolution &Digixros ver.KIRIHA" by Takayoshi Tanimoto & Kōji Wada
• "WE ARE Xros Heart! ver. X7" (WE ARE クロスハート! ver. X7, WE ARE Kurosu Hāto! ver. X7) by Kōji Wada, Takayoshi Tanimoto & Ayumi Miyazaki
• "Tagiru Chikara!" (タギルチカラ!, "Overflowing Power!") by Psychic Lover
• "Shining Dreamers" by Takafumi Iwasaki
• "Legend Xros Wars" (レジェンド・クロスウォーズ, Rejendo Kurosu Wōzu) by YOFFY and Takafumi Iwasaki

Manga

A manga adaptation of the series by Yuki Nakashima began serialisation in V-Jump magazine from June 21, 2010, featuring several major plot differences from the anime. The manga consists of twenty-one chapters included in four volumes. The last volume was released on May 2, 2012.

Video games

Two arcade machines, Digimon X Arena (デジモンクロスアリーナ, Dejimon Kurosu Arīna) and Super Digicard Battle (超デジカ大戦, Sūpā Dejika Taisen), have been released, which utilise special cards. A videogame based on the series, Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars (デジモンストーリー超クロスウォーズ, Dejimon Sutōrī Sūpā Kurosu Wōzu), was released in Red and Blue versions for the Nintendo DS in Japan on March 3, 2011.

External links

Official websites

• TV Asahi's official Digimon Xros Wars website
  • The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms
  • The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
• Toei Animation's official Digimon Xros Wars website
  • Toei Animation's official Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time website
• Toei Animation's announcement for american adaption
• Digimon website
• Data Carddass: Super Digica Taisen
• Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars, Blue and Red

Others

• Template:Digimon Wiki
• Digimon Fusion (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Digimon Xros Wars at IMDb
  • Digimon Fusion Battles at IMDb