Why Digimon Didn't Work
BEAM Me Up (A Nerd-Culture Podcast)
English - May 01, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsArts comedy pop culture nerdy anime manga comic books video games movies black owned Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Digimon was supposed to be Pokémon‘s biggest rival? Someone should have told Digimon.
When it comes to monster companion anime, Digimon is probably in the top 5 all time but for a number of reasons, by the time Digimon Tamers wrapped up, Digimon was well in decline in terms of US popularity. The card game was cancelled, the next anime series (Digimon Frontiers) was widely panned and things never got better for the franchise promoting the question: What went wrong?
The crew or NICE Entertainment are tapping in this week and discussing what went wrong with Digimon? Was it the monsters? The stories? The kids? All of the above? What about the card games and video games? What would Digimon need to do to re-enter the public consciousness? All that and more on your favorite pop culture podcast.