Yeah, that should have been a little more specific. While I agree with the result (DIGIMON RULEZZZ!!1!11!), Pokemon is one of the longest running anime of all time with a pretty big number of followers. Perhaps set it against...DBZ? Or Naruto? (Although I hate Naruto but whatever).
But I completely agree with the arguments, once again. I started out as a hardcore Pokemon fan and I got into Digimon simply because "it looked like Pokemon". After the first or second Pokemon seasons, I started realizing that it is simply endless. Trained catches new Pokemon, Team Rocket tries to steal them in a very lame way, trained beats gym leaders, trainer goes to Indigo Plateau or whatever they call it nowadays, Trainer loses, rinse and repeat. Not only that, but while us original Pokemon fans grew older, it felt as though I had to leave Pokemon behind not because I got tired of it, but because it couldn't keep up with me. it was all the same, it was too cuddly and it was never ending.
On the other hand, Digimon gives every single character a personality. The protagonists are truly human, they laugh, they cry, they're mean, etc. And above all? They deal with death. Many of the Digidestined (I'll admit they lose major points for having corny definitions like that) had relatives or even Digimon who died and this leaves them heavily scarred, you know, much like it might happen if they were real human beings. The most well known for doing that would be Koji from Season 2, who was originally the main antagonist of the season, and Jerry, who witnesses Leomon die for her after it took them ages to bond. Then a regretful Impmon tries to make amends to no avail. THIS is real. This I can relate to even if I am 80 years old. And the plot changes too! New characters, new stories, new Digimon, etc. Digimon makes me wanna go back and watch the series even if I know they're probably gonna reuse half the Digimon we already know.
As far as voices, I have yet to find an anime whose voices sound accurate. Ash needs to stop sounding like a tween about to lose her voice, the little kids in Digimon have to stop sounding like if someone's twisting their nipple and the rest of the characters have to stop getting that exaggerated, stereotypical voice. You know, "Oh, I'm a guuuuy. So therefore, I'll sound like oooooone" "And I'm a girl! Yeah! Desu desu kawaii ne!"
Pokemon gets points for being popular for this long regardless of its repetitive nature. But Digimon is just plain better at this point.
But yeah, we all know Ranma 1/2 is the best anime of all time, clearly.
Aureliano said:
Chris was in fine form today, but Gus...please don't bring that guy back. I appreciate about 30% of his enthusiasm. The rest just makes him seem like a monkey on amphetamines with a boner for anime. Nothing about that combination is good.
This. Oh, Maker, this!
