Zebroid
25-05-2008, 03:29 PM
Because of seeing in the various anime threads that Digimon and pokémon are just copies of each other then here is an explanation I have found that sets them apart:
THIS IS QUITE A BIT TO READ!!
How is Digimon different from Pokemon?
Both shows are system-oriented phenomena. Each features a large number of creatures who can be organized and memorized in systematic ways and so can be manipulated through various kinds of gaming environments. Both shows feature fighting monsters that work with children and which can evolve to more powerful forms. However, there are differences between the two shows.
Digimon seems to be aimed at an audience two or three years older than the Pokemon audience, addressing more serious themes and using a more complex narrative structure. Pokemon is picaresque, with Ash and his friends traveling around from adventure to adventure, with each adventure following a certain formula. Digimon is structured more like a novel, with each season containing long story arcs that advance the fight against evil. Although the majority of episodes of both shows feature some sort of fight between their resident monsters, the Pokemon fights are in the form of sporting matches, while the world is at stake in the Digimon battles.
Pokemon is a comedy, whereas Digimon can be tragic, and the themes are also more sophisticated in the latter show. The problems facing the Pokemon children are seldom more serious than their own rivalries, whereas the Digimon children face a number of serious family issues, from adoption to divorce to the death of a parent or a sibling.
How are digimon different from pokemon?
Pokemon are essentially fighting pets, and their trainers will collect a number of them to use in appropriate circumstances. Over time, a pokemon will gain experience and power and evolve to a more powerful form. The bond between a digimon and a child is monogamous, so to speak, with one child bonding to one digimon through the digivice. The bond allows the digimon to evolve to a more powerful form in response to a threat, particularly a threat to the child from a more powerful digimon opponent. Unlike pokemon, however, the digimon’s evolved form isn’t permanent. The more powerful form takes much of the digimon’s energy to maintain, and a digimon will be drained to a less powerful form after a hard-fought battle. Some digimon may even be destroyed, returning in the form of a digi-egg which the child nurtures until it regains its strength. Digimon never really die, however; they are only reconfigured.
Digimon can also vary the forms of their digivolution to fight more effectively through various devices belonging to their child partners. These devices represent qualities of personality or character about which the child must learn lessons before the digimon can digivolve. Such qualities include reliability, hope, friendship, love, and knowledge among others, and such lessons often contribute to improved relationships with their families when they return home to the “real world.”
source: http://www.runet.edu/~lcubbiso/personal/research/grownup.htm
THIS IS QUITE A BIT TO READ!!
How is Digimon different from Pokemon?
Both shows are system-oriented phenomena. Each features a large number of creatures who can be organized and memorized in systematic ways and so can be manipulated through various kinds of gaming environments. Both shows feature fighting monsters that work with children and which can evolve to more powerful forms. However, there are differences between the two shows.
Digimon seems to be aimed at an audience two or three years older than the Pokemon audience, addressing more serious themes and using a more complex narrative structure. Pokemon is picaresque, with Ash and his friends traveling around from adventure to adventure, with each adventure following a certain formula. Digimon is structured more like a novel, with each season containing long story arcs that advance the fight against evil. Although the majority of episodes of both shows feature some sort of fight between their resident monsters, the Pokemon fights are in the form of sporting matches, while the world is at stake in the Digimon battles.
Pokemon is a comedy, whereas Digimon can be tragic, and the themes are also more sophisticated in the latter show. The problems facing the Pokemon children are seldom more serious than their own rivalries, whereas the Digimon children face a number of serious family issues, from adoption to divorce to the death of a parent or a sibling.
How are digimon different from pokemon?
Pokemon are essentially fighting pets, and their trainers will collect a number of them to use in appropriate circumstances. Over time, a pokemon will gain experience and power and evolve to a more powerful form. The bond between a digimon and a child is monogamous, so to speak, with one child bonding to one digimon through the digivice. The bond allows the digimon to evolve to a more powerful form in response to a threat, particularly a threat to the child from a more powerful digimon opponent. Unlike pokemon, however, the digimon’s evolved form isn’t permanent. The more powerful form takes much of the digimon’s energy to maintain, and a digimon will be drained to a less powerful form after a hard-fought battle. Some digimon may even be destroyed, returning in the form of a digi-egg which the child nurtures until it regains its strength. Digimon never really die, however; they are only reconfigured.
Digimon can also vary the forms of their digivolution to fight more effectively through various devices belonging to their child partners. These devices represent qualities of personality or character about which the child must learn lessons before the digimon can digivolve. Such qualities include reliability, hope, friendship, love, and knowledge among others, and such lessons often contribute to improved relationships with their families when they return home to the “real world.”
source: http://www.runet.edu/~lcubbiso/personal/research/grownup.htm