Before the Anime: How the Digimon Pendulum Shaped the Franchise | Retrospective | Gaming GAIDEN

The Digimon anime may be the franchise’s most recognizable face, but its DNA Digivolved from somewhere else. This video looks at how the Digimon Pendulum influenced the anime’s structure, tone, and ideas, and why the franchise makes a lot more sense when viewed from that starting point.

Time codes:
0:00 - The Making of the Digimon Pendulum
3:05 - Change of Setting & Design
4:30 - Stage 6 Evolution & Attributes
6:00 - The "Pendulum" of Digimon Pendulum
8:13 - Jogress Evolution
10:37 - Digimon V-Tamer & Pendulum Versions
14:39 - Bandai's Swerve Away from Virtual Pets (Closing Thoughts)

Endcard Artwork by OcaRockaRina (Twitter)

Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Tamers, Digimon Frontier, Digimon Adventure Tri © 1999-2002, 2014-2017 Bandai, Toei
Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 © 1998-2003 Bandai, Shueisha, Hiroshi Izawa & Tenya Yabuno

Featuring Music by:
Paul Gordon
Koji Yamada, Yuko Ishii
Satoshi Ishikawa
Hitotsuke Jin, Takagi Ryouge
Takanori Arisawa

This video exists for the sake of analysis and review and is thus protected under Fair Use.