Digimon: Digital Monsters - The Official Second Season

First of all I have to say I was hooked on digimon since the first episode back in the summer of 1999 and was waiting for years and years for it to come out on dvd. Considering the size of the season the price you can get it for is certainly worth it. Lack of features while disappointing is mitigated by the beautiful packaging with the character guide and eight discs that are label with a digidestined and digimon as well as all the episodes on it.While 02 is enjoyable continuing the story from the Digimon adventure or 01 giving us new digimon and new digidestined. It lacks one of the core themes from its predecessor about finding your inner virture and thus the middle of the season for the most part seems unfocused and the plot just kind of meanders along with a Frankstein's monster villain in Black-Wargreymon that falls short. The digimon emperor arc though is some of the best in all of digimon and the episodes set in the real world where the older digidestined appear prominently are really enjoyable even though the season then ends rather abruptly leaving many loose ends while also trying to tie up stuff with the infamous epilogue.For digimon fans who have waited over a decade it certainly worth having an appreciated its done well and at a reasonable price. For possible purchasers I can tell you have gotten my kids and several of their friends to share my joy of digimon. It would best to start with the first season but since after 02 digimon takes on the characteristic of power rangers where one season contains its own story so that the next seasons are only connected story wise to themselves. Digimon 02 is still a very fun story on the whole and nice to see T.K. and Kari and advance the story of the Odaiba digidestined

This is my second favorite season of Digimon next to season 1. In my own opinion, this is where the "real Digimon" ends. There were a few things that bugged me in this season though. One, I always kind of hoped Kari and TK would have gotten together, and I feel the fans of Kari and TK were robbed. Two, they didn't put Kari and TK together but were able to put Ken and Yolei together at the very end of the series. Never understood that one. Although, I did wish they did build up to the romance between Yolei and Ken which would have made more sense when they announced it at the end. Third, yes the "plot holes." One of the "plot holes" I didn't like that Toei did was stopping whatever plot they had going when they aired "His Master's Voice" (one of my favorite episodes this season next to Genesis of Evil). Don't know why Toei stopped it, they could have had a good plot and possibly let Kari have a story of her own. The few things I enjoyed about this season was seeing the old characters from season 1, the Ken saga, and the Davis/Ken friendship.Overall, great season of Digimon and one of my favorites! I always felt Digimon ended here when the second season finished. Digimon didn't feel the same in Tamers or beyond however I did surprisingly enjoyed Frontier. It truly was ashamed that Toei did not decide to continue using the Adventure characters for other seasons. They could have easily made them continue their adventures in high school or heck college and even continue building character development especially for the new kids in the second season.Shout out to New Video Group for another amazing release! Can't wait to get this in the mail:)

I had actually never watched Digimon before. I only bought to be signed by the voice actor of The Digimon Emperor/Ken Ichijouji. I watch the Tsubasa Abridged series alot and the Digimon Emperor is in a few episodes. The episodes he's in are absolutely hilarious, so even though it wasan abridged series of a totally different anime, I thought it be nice to have the actual Digimon Emperors VA to sign it. I have two friends who love the series and told me to watch it; when it finally came in, I thought bought it, might aswell watch it. I can see why friends like it. It's a pretty good series that made me laugh quite a bit. The DVD box it came in is really nice and so are the disks. Great, likeable characters and a cute and funny series overall. The only thing that bugged was the "Digimon Energize!" to the piont I started fast-forwarding it everytime they did it. I give it two thumbs up and may buy the other seasons now.

I've been waiting for these DVD re;eases for years, and it's really nice to finally see them. The quality of the video is wonderful, considering the show is over ten years old, and the episodes themselves are the original, uncensored dub versions that aired before 9/11, meaning you get some scenes or shots that make the sequences feel more complete, particularly with the destruction of the control spires. My one nitpick with the set is that some episodes are missing the recap of the last episode, or the opening sequence. This really hurts the very first episode, because there's a really sweet summary of what's happened over the last 3 years that's missing. Nevertheless, this is a great set, and I can't wait for the release of the other seasons.

For those who bought the first season on DVD, the box set is similar.PROS of set; I am 30 episodes in and so far ALL episodes are PRE 9/11 airings. This means that all shots of the control spires being destroyed are intact.CONS; 30 episodes in and some episodes (4 so far) are missing the opening and recap. One episode was missing the credits at the end. Again, only 30 eps in out of 50 so I'll let you know if anymore are missing openings and recaps. In addition, some episodes include a Y7 rating box for about 15 seconds at the start of each episodes. It makes it seem cheap like they ripped it off line for a bootleg.Overall, a nice set. Some flaws as mentioned but its a great price and packaged nicely. A must have for Digimon fans!