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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)
GenreAction, Adventure
Anime television series
Directed byTetsuya Endo
Written byRiku Sanjo
Music byKousuke Yamashita
StudioToei Animation
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run July 6, 2010 March 8, 2011
Episodes30 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms
Directed byTetsuya Endo
Written byRiku Sanjo
Music byKousuke Yamashita
StudioToei Animation
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run April 3, 2011 September 25, 2011
Episodes24 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Digimon Xros Wars: Time Traveling Hunter Boys
Directed byTetsuya Endo
Written byRiku Sanjo
Music byKousuke Yamashita
StudioToei Animation
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run October 2, 2011 – present
EpisodesOngoing (List of episodes)
Manga
Written byYuki Nakashima
Published byShueisha
MagazineV-Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 21, 2010 – present
Volumes16
Video game
Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars
Blue and Red
DeveloperNamco Bandai
PublisherNamco Bandai
GenreRPG
PlatformNintendo DS
ReleasedMarch 3, 2011
Related works

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 Kudou who utilizes the power of joining together Digimon in order to save the Digital World. The series aired on TV Asahi between July 6, 2010 and September 28, 2011, divided into two 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). A second season of Xros Wars subtitled Time Traveling Hunter Boys (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.

Plot

Xros Wars (2010-2011)

Taiki Kudou, a 7th grade boy, heard a mysterious melody where soon he chase over to an alley and a mysterious, legendary Digivice called the Xros Loader appears in front of him. Accompanied by his friends, Akari Hinomoto and Zenjirou Tsurugi, they been dragged into the Digital World. They soon realized that the Digital World was a place lived by living creatures named Digimon and now slowly been controlled 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, lead by their Emperor Bagramon.

When the Digital World been 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, who been considered a strong threats to the Bagra Army, and battle along with some other parties including another human boy Kiriha Aonuma and his Blue Flare group and a human girl Nene Amano with her Twilight group.

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 the Xros Heart along the process. Later on, Xros Heart learns that the Code Crowns have the power the wishes of those who reunite them come true, but Bagramon manages to take them all while Taiki, Akari, and Zenjirou 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 Zenjirou, 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 Zenjirou wait for their chance to return the Digital World to assist Taiki.

The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms (2011)

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, Yuu Amano, who become 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 Yuu'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 Zenjirou using two DigiMemories. In the final battle, Yuu'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.

Time Traveling Hunter Boys (2011-present)

A year has passed since the battle against Bagramon, and Team Xros Heart has become a basketball team consisting of Taiki, Yuu and his classmate, Tagiru Akashi. One day, Tagiru discovers a strange 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, Yuu and their Digimon, join the Digimon Hunt to protect their world from rampant Digimon, while clashing against rival hunters.

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 season and brief descriptions of the series and several main characters.[1] 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 September 25, 2011. Crunchyroll will begin streaming the series outside of Japan in November 2011.[2] The second season, Time Travelling Hunter Boys, began airing in Japan on October 2, 2011.

Theme Songs

Opening theme songs
  • "Never Give Up!" (ネバギバ!, Neba Giba!) by Sonar Pocket (Part 1)
  • "New World" by Twill (Part 2)
  • "STAND UP" by Twill (Part 3)
Insert songs

Manga

A manga adaptation of the series by Yuki Nakashima began serialisation in V-Jump magazine from June 21, 2010, featuring some plot differences from the anime.

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.

References

  1. ^ "Digimon's New Anime Titled & Dated: Digimon Xros Wars in July". Anime News Network. April 17, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-11-25/ultraman-saga-trailer-with-akb48-daigo-streamed
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