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Digimon Tamers (デジモンテイマーズ, Dejimon Teimāzu?) is the third animated series based on the Japanese Digimon franchise, first broadcast in 2001 on Fuji TV in Japan and on Fox Kids in the United States. The story takes place initially in a "alternative" universe, a world much like ours where Digimon is just a franchise, composed of video games, a collectible card game, and a cartoon series. A group of 12-year-olds (10-year olds in the Japanese version), Takato, Henry and Rika (fans of the Digimon card game) meet their own Digimon friends and start to duel "bio-emerging" Digimon who cross the barrier between the information network, synthesizing proteins and becoming real. Most of it set in the modern Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, Japan and only changes scenario to the Digital World for a short time.


Plot summary
The English logo for Digimon Tamers (Season 3)

One day Takato creates his own Digimon Guilmon when he slips a mysterious blue card he found in his deck through his hand-held card reading device, changing it into a D-Power (called a D-Arc in Japan), the Tamers version of a Digivice. The appearance and powers of this Digimon come from Takato's sketches that were scanned into the device. Guilmon bio-emerges from the Digital World and is found later by Takato. Henry meets his Digimon Terriermon when he rises from the screen of a computer game, while Rika's Digimon Renamon approached her to ask to be made stronger, since Rika was famous for her skills on the Digimon card game. Early in the series, the three Tamers and their Digimon duel foreign Digimon that are emerging into their world. Takato, Henry and their partners begin working together, while Rika and Renamon prefer to fight on their own; however, they all soon realize that much more is at stake during their battles and the six unite as a team. Other characters, Kazu, Kenta, Jeri (Takato's friends from school) and Suzie (Henry's little sister) become Tamers later on in the series, and Ryo (Rika's rival and legendary Digimon Tamer) is introduced after the team enter the Digital World. They also encounter two more Digimon, who become regular characters in the series: Calumon, a mysterious Digimon that has the power to make other Digimon digivolve, but dislikes fighting, and only wants to play and eat junk food, and Impmon, a Digimon that left his Tamers because he was sick of their bickering and selfishness, and thinks that all Digimon with Tamers are a disgrace.

Along the way, the kids learn to be responsible for those creatures as a mysterious man known as Yamaki tries to stop wild Digimon from coming to the real world. From the secret government agency called Hypnos, Yamaki was in charge of monitoring all Digimon activity around the globe. Later, when a series of evil Digimon calling themselves the Devas, who, serving the Digimon Sovereigns, believe that true Digimon shouldn't pair up with humans (it is later revealed they were actually misguided), the trio of Tamers and their Digimon defend their world against them. The Devas' true purpose for entering the human world was to capture Calumon, and take him back to the Digital World, so that they could use his power of Digivolution. The Tamers and their friends then decide to leave for the Digital World to rescue Calumon. They destroy all but one of the Devas (Antylamon turned to the side of good and became Suzie's Digimon partner) and confront Impmon, who had digivolved to his mega form, Beelzemon, after making a deal with the Sovereign for more power, in exchange for eliminating the Tamers. Jeri's partner, Leomon, is killed by Beelzemon, which causes Jeri to fall into depression. Beelzemon is defeated by Gallantmon. After traveling the Digital World on their quest, the Tamers meet (and fight with) one of the four Digital Gods, but finally agree to work together in order to destroy the D-Reaper, a computer program initially designed to keep digital life from getting out of control, but it itself became rampant. The Tamers not only must save both worlds from the D-Reaper, but also rescue Jeri, who has been taken by the renegade program and is, unwilling and unknown to her, feeding it information with her sadness. A huge battle ensues with Takato, Henry, Rika, Ryo and their Digimon versus the D-Reaper, with Takato trying to rescue Jeri while the others try to finish of the D-Reaper for good. After a massive battle, the D-Reaper is finally defeated when Henry and Terriermon implement a plan created by Hypnos and the Monster Makers and manage to devolve the D-Reaper back to its original, harmless state, and send it back into the Digital World. Takato and Guilmon succeed in rescuing Jeri, and everyone is rescued by Takato's friends Kazu and Kenta and their Digimon. The Digimon however, are forced to return to the Digital World.

Several new elements are introduced in this season, including the use of game cards in conjunction with the Digivices to give different powers to the Digimon, the presence of Calumon, a lone Digimon responsible for the Digimon evolutions, and the use of "biomerging" to bring the Digimon to their final Mega levels, by merging their bodies with their human partners. The season also continued the progression from Digimon Adventure, which was set in the Digital World with only a temporary return to the real world, through Digimon Adventure 02, where the characters returned from the Digital World to rest after most episodes: in Tamers the action is entirely within the real world, with a journey to the Digital World mid-season.

Episodes

For an overview see List of Digimon Tamers episodes.

Digimon Tamers aired 51 episodes on Fuji TV in Japan from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002, and on Fox Kids in the United States from September 1, 2001 to June 8, 2002.

Takato Matsuki("松木啓人")
Takato Matsuda (松田 啓人 Matsuda Takato) Brian Beacock (EN)
Makoto Tsumura (JP) Guilmon Steven Blum (EN)
Masako Nozawa (JP)
An imaginative young boy who created his own partner Digimon, and gradually emerges as the unofficial leader of the Tamers. He imagined Guilmon and brought him to life after discovering his Digivice.

Henry Wong
Li Jianliang (李 健良Rii Jenrya) Dave Wittenberg (EN)
Mayumi Yamaguchi (JP) Terriermon Mona Marshall (EN)
Aoi Tada (JP)
A half-Japanese/half-Chinese boy, the voice of reason in the group. He chose Terriermon as his partner in a video game.

Rika Nonaka("野中理香")
Ruki Makino (牧野 留姫 Makino Ruki) Melissa Fahn (EN)
Fumiko Orikasa (JP) Renamon Mari Devon (EN)
Yuka Imai (JP)
A tomboyish, headstrong female Tamer who is a champion Digimon card player and initially the most experienced against fighting Digimon. She chose Renamon out of her desire for the strongest partner.

Ryo Akiyama
(秋山 リョウ Akiyama Ryō) Steve Staley (EN)
Junichi Kanemaru (JP) Cyberdramon Lex Lang (EN)
Ikkei Seta (JP)
An enigmatic tamer that went missing after beating Rika, and taking first place in the Digimon Card Tournament.

Jeri Katou
Juri Kato (加藤樹莉 Katō Juri) Bridget Hoffman (EN)
Yoko Asada (JP) Leomon Paul Rugg (EN)
Hiroaki Hirata (JP)
A female tamer who is one of Takato's friends from school. She has a poor relationship with her father, as a result of her mother's death.

Kazu Shioda
Hirokazu Shiota (塩田 博和 Shiota Hirokazu) Brad MacDonald (EN)
Yukiko Tamaki (JP) Guardromon Richard Cansino (EN)
Yanada Kiyoyuki (JP)
A comedic tamer who is very good friends with Takato and Kenta, and often defeats them in the Digimon Card Game. He also idolizes Ryo.

Kenta Kitagawa
(北川 健太 Kitagawa Kenta) Steven Blum (EN)
Tōko Aoyama (JP) MarineAngemon Wendee Lee (EN)
Ai Iwamura (JP)
A Tamer who is very good friends with Takato and Kazu.
Image:Suzie and Antylamon.jpg Suzie Wong
Shaochung Lee (李 小春 Ri Shiuchon) Peggy O'Neal (EN)
Ai Nagano(JP) Lopmon Michelle Ruff (EN)
Aoi Tada (JP)
Henry's little sister, and the third youngest Tamer (after Ai and Makoto).

Ai and Mako
(Ai and Makoto) Rebecca Forstadt & Wendee Lee (EN)
Haruhi Terada & Miwa Matsumoto (JP) Impmon Derek Stephen Prince (EN)
Hiroki Takahashi (JP)
Two young children whom Impmon first met during his first time in the human world; his experiences with their sibling rivalry gave him a strong dislike for humans. They reconciled with Impmon near the end of the season