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Digimon Xros Wars 
Japanese "Xros Wars" promo posterデジモンクロスウォーズ
(Dejimon Kurosu Wōzu)Genre Action, Adventure TV anime Directed by Tetsuya Endo Written by Riku Sanjo Music by Kousuke Yamashita Studio Toei Animation Licensed by Bandai Visual Network TV Asahi Original run July 6, 2010 – March 8, 2011 Episodes 30 TV anime Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms Directed by Tetsuya Endo Written by Riku Sanjo Music by Kousuke Yamashita Studio Toei Animation Licensed by Bandai Visual Network TV Asahi Original run April 3, 2011 – September 25, 2011 Episodes 24 TV anime Digimon Xros Wars: Time Traveling Hunter Boys Directed by Tetsuya Endo Written by Riku Sanjo Music by Kousuke Yamashita Studio Toei Animation Licensed by Bandai Visual Network TV Asahi Original run October 2, 2011 – ongoing Episodes Ongoing Manga Written by Yuki Nakashima Published by Shueisha Demographic Shōnen Magazine V-Jump Original run July 21, 2010 – ongoing Volumes 16 Game Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars
Blue and RedDeveloper Namco Bandai Publisher Namco Bandai Genre RPG Rating - CERO: A
Platform Nintendo DS Released March 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.
Contents
Plot
Main article: List of Digimon Xros Wars charactersXros Wars (2010-2011)
See also: List of Digimon Xros Wars episodesTaiki 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)
See also: List of Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms episodesUpon 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
- "WE ARE Xros Heart!" (WE ARE クロスハート! WE ARE Kurosu Hāto!) by Kōji Wada
- "Blazing Blue Flare" by Hideaki Takatori
- "×4B The Guardian!" by Kōji Wada
- "Sora Mau Yūsha! ×5" (空舞う勇者!×5 Sora Mau Yūsha! Kurosu Faibu, "Whirl Through the Sky! ×5") by Kōji Wada
- "Dark Knight ~Fujimi no Ōja~" (DARK KNIGHT～不死身の王者～, "Dark Knight (The Immortal Lord)") by Takayoshi Tanimoto
- "Evolution &Digixros ver.TAIKI" by Kōji Wada & Takayoshi Tanimoto
- "Evolution &Digixros ver.KIRIHA" by Takayoshi Tanimoto & Kōji Wada
- "WE ARE Xros Heart! ver. X7" (WE ARE クロスハート! ver. X7 WE ARE Kurosu Hāto! ver. X7) by Kōji Wada, Takayoshi Tanimoto & Ayumi Miyazaki
- "Tagiru Chikara!" (タギルチカラ!, "Overflowing Power!") by Psychic Lover
- "Shining Dreamers" by Takafumi Iwasaki
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
- ^ "Digimon's New Anime Titled & Dated: Digimon Xros Wars in July". Anime News Network. April 17, 2010. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-17/digimon-new-series-titled/digimon-cross-wars. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2011-11-02/crunchyroll-to-stream-digimon-xros-wars-anime
External links
- Official websites
- TV Asahi's official Digimon Xros Wars website
- Toei Animation's official Digimon Xros Wars website
- Toei Animation's announcement for american adaption
- Digimon website
- Data Carddass: Super Digica Taisen
- Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars, Blue and Red
- Others
- Digimon Xros Wars on Digimon Wiki, an external wiki
- Digimon Xros Wars (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Digimon Xros Wars at the Internet Movie Database
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