Bandai-Town FAX Service Digimon Illustration Contest

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In late 1999 and early 2000, Bandai held a monthly series of Original Digimon Illustration Contests 「オリジナルデジモンイラストコンテスト」[N 1] through its Bandai-Town Fax Service (BTFS). The contests tasked fans with drawing their own ideas for new Digimon, and accepted illustration submissions via fax.

Some, but not all, winning entries into the Original Digimon Illustration Contests were adopted by Bandai as official Digimon.

1st Original Digimon Illustration Contest[edit]

The 1st Original Digimon Illustration Contest 「第1回オリジナルデジモンイラストコンテスト」 was held from September 21 1999 to October 21 1999. The contest supposedly received a total of 268 entries. Its results were announced on October 21 1999.[1]

Five winning entries are known. Of these five, two entries are confirmed to have been adopted as official Digimon.

Award Contest Entry Official Digimon Submitted By Official Debut Notes
Volcano Ota Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Zanbamon

 Zanbamon

Zanbamon

 Hirayama Arata
「平山 新」
from Chiba Prefecture[2]
BTFS Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Huntermon

 (none to date) (unknown) (none to date)
BTFS Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Irukamon

 Orcamon

Orcamon

 Kanno Shunpei
「かん野 しゅん平」
from Miyagi Prefecture[3] 		When it was adopted as an official Digimon, Irukamon was renamed Orcamon. This may be due to Rukamon already existing.
BTFS Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Punch Narabimon

 (none to date) (unknown) (none to date)
BTFS Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Nikkorimon

 (none to date) (unknown) (none to date)

2nd Original Digimon Illustration Contest[edit]

The 2nd Original Digimon Illustration Contest 「第2回オリジナルデジモンイラストコンテスト」 was held from October 21 1999 to November 21 1999. Its results were announced on November 21 1999.[1]

Four winning entries are known. Of these four, two entries are confirmed to have been adopted as official Digimon.

Award Contest Entry Official Digimon Submitted By Official Debut Notes
Volcano Ota Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Earthdramon

 (none to date) (unknown) (none to date)
BTFS Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Mummymon[N 2]

 Mummymon

Mummymon
(unconfirmed)

 (unknown) It has not been explicitly confirmed that the official Mummymon was adopted from, or based on, either contest-winner Mummymon. Unlike other adopted winners, Mummymon's Digimon Reference Book entry makes no mention of the contest.[5]
BTFS Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Flybeemon
(uncertain)

 Flybeemon

Flybeemon

 Takei Nao
「武井 奈穂」
from Gunma Prefecture[6][7]
BTFS Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Honeybeemon
(uncertain)

 Honeybeemon

Honeybeemon

3rd Original Digimon Illustration Contest[edit]

The 3rd Original Digimon Illustration Contest 「第3回オリジナルデジモンイラストコンテスト」 was held from November 21 1999 to December 21 1999. The contest supposedly received over 1000 entries. Its results were announced on December 21 1999.[1]

Four winning entries are known. Of these four, two entries are confirmed to have been adopted as official Digimon.

Award Contest Entry Official Digimon Submitted By Official Debut Notes
Volcano Ota Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Beso Bombmon

 (none to date) (unknown) (none to date)
BTFS Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Orochimon

 Orochimon

Orochimon

 Furuta Noritake
「古田 典丈」
from Niigata Prefecture[8]
BTFS Award[1] Devitamamon

Devitamamon

 Devitamamon

Devitamamon

 Kanai Kazuma
「金井 一真」
from Saitama Prefecture[9] 		When it was adopted as an official Digimon, Devitamamon underwent a significant redesign.
BTFS Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Danmon

 (none to date) (unknown) (none to date)
BTFS Award[1] The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Kandoushichaundamon

 (none to date) (unknown) (none to date)

4th Original Digimon Illustration Contest[edit]

The 4th Original Digimon Illustration Contest 「第4回オリジナルデジモンイラストコンテスト」 was held from December 21 1999 to January 21 2000. Its results were announced on January 21 2000.[4]

Three winning entries, all of which were supposedly submitted by a single fan,[4] are known. Of these three, one entry is confirmed to have been adopted as an official Digimon.

Award Contest Entry Official Digimon Submitted By Official Debut Notes
(unknown) The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Zombiemon

 (none to date) Mizutani Toshiki
「水谷 俊樹」
from Kanagawa Prefecture[10][4] 		(none to date)
(unknown) The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Mummymon[N 2]

 Mummymon

Mummymon
(unconfirmed)

 It has not been explicitly confirmed that the official Mummymon was adopted from, or based on, either contest-winner Mummymon. Unlike other adopted winners, Mummymon's Digimon Reference Book entry makes no mention of the contest.[5]
(unknown) The original illustration of this Digimon that was submitted to the contest is unavailable.

Pharaohmon

 Pharaohmon

Pharaohmon

Additional Information[edit]

References Notes
  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 "-ヒストリー1999年-". Digimon V-tamers Residence. 2005. (Archived by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
  2. ↑ Digimon Reference Book: Zanbamon
  3. ↑ Digimon Reference Book: Orcamon
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "-ヒストリー2000年-". Digimon V-tamers Residence. Date unknown. (Archived by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Digimon Reference Book: Mummymon
  6. ↑ Digimon Reference Book: Flybeemon
  7. ↑ Digimon Reference Book: Honeybeemon
  8. ↑ Digimon Reference Book: Orochimon
  9. ↑ Digimon Reference Book: Devitamamon
  10. ↑ Digimon Reference Book: Pharaohmon
  1. ↑ The Digimon Reference Book, when identifying Digimon as having originated as winning entries from these contests, instead refers to the contests collectively as the Bandai Town Fax Service Digimon Illustration Contest 「バンダイタウンFAXサービスデジモンイラストコンテスト」.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The only known extant source on Original Digimon Illustration Contest results, the Japanese fansite Digimon V-tamers Residence (DVR), reports that both the 2nd and 4th Contests had winning entries named "Mummymon." Whether this was actually the case, or whether DVR's reporting is in error, is unknown (as is whether the official Mummymon was actually adopted from a Contest entry).

    DVR acknowledges that its information on the 2nd and 4th contests is incomplete and expresses some uncertainty about some of the 2nd Contest's other winning entries, but not about either Mummymon.[1][4]
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