D-1 Grand Prix

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The D-1 Grand Prix (Ｄ－１グランプリ, D-1 Guran Puri) is an official tournament hosted by Bandai to determine the "strongest Digimon Tamer". Originally held in major cities across Japan during the late 1990s, it allowed participants to compete using the Digimon they had raised on their Digital Monster virtual pets.

Competitors brought their own devices and battled through their communication functions in a tournament format. Participants were primarily elementary and junior high school boys, although elementary school girls and older students also competed. Prizes included the D-1 Special, a special edition of the Digital Monster Ver.4.

The tournament was revived as an online event in 2017 in conjunction with the Digital Monster Ver.20th. Fictional versions of the competition also appear in Digimon manga, anime, and video games.

1999 Series

1999 Trophy

The D-1 Grand Prix was celebrated since the creation of the Version 1 Digital Monster virtual pet, as of September 29th 2021 a post was created by an user on the Japanese Social Platform Digimon Partners claiming to be the champion of the 1999 Series of the original D-1 Grandprix run stating that it was one of many tournaments that the franchise held in the past.

At the time this tournament was held Pendulum 4.0 was already out in the market, and so a lot of the older devices had a lot of trouble trying to climb to the top and win. However, the champion fought his way to the top using a Ver.4 Digitamamon using a bug that they named "Awakening" which gave the user a 90% chance of victory against opponents from the Pendulum devices disregarding which evolution stage they were in. The champion also claims that 6 out of the 32 competitors made use of that bug.

During the finals, the champion faced against a Saber Leomon from the Pendulum 1.0, and emerged victorious from the encounter.

During the tournament they remember having seen other people using Digitamamon or in some cases Nanomon due to the "Awakening Mode" bug, but also saw a Marine Angemon and a Metal Seadramon.

The awakening bug can only be replicated on a Ver.4 or Ver.5 device, only with Digitamamon or Nanomon respectively. The following procedure is what the champion posted:

1: Change your weight to "10G" by training etc.

2: Feed Proteins and make the weight just "99G". At this time, if you feed proteins after reaching 99G, start over from step 1.

3: Reduce to just 10G by training. At this time, if you train after reaching 10G, start over from step 1.

4: Do step 2 and 3 again

5: Set the time to "12:00 AM" and let it sleep

6: Set the time to "12:00 PM" and wake up

7: Repeat step 5 and 6 twice more

This completes the awakening.

2017 Series

The D-1 Grand Prix returned in 2017 as part of the Digimon franchise's twentieth anniversary celebrations. This version of the tournament used the Digital Monster Ver.20th and its web registration feature, allowing players to enter Digimon raised on their devices and compete against other participants online.

The online format extended the competition beyond the physical venues used for the original tournaments.

Appearances

Anime

Digimon Tamers

The D-1 Grand Prix is a tournament for the Digital Monster Card Game. Before the events of the series, Makino Ruki reaches the final but loses to Akiyama Ryo. Ryo subsequently disappears and does not participate in the following tournament, which Ruki wins, earning recognition as the "Digimon Queen".

Following her victory, Ruki is approached by Digimon seeking to become her partner. Her demand for a powerful Digimon leads to the appearance of a Blue Card, which transforms her Card Reader into a D-Ark and allows Renamon to enter the Real World.

Manga

Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01

Yagami Taichi attempts to enter the D-1 Grand Prix with Zeromaru, the Digimon he has raised on his Digital Monster virtual pet. Despite their undefeated battle record, the tournament staff refuse to let them compete because Zeromaru's species, V-dramon, is not programmed into the device. His unusual appearance is treated as evidence of an illegitimate Digimon, and Taichi is disqualified.

Shortly afterward, Taichi is transported to the Digital World, where he meets Zeromaru in person and discovers that he is a living V-dramon.

Video Games

Digimon Adventure

The Chosen Children return to the Colosseum in Sub-Episode 10, "DigiOne Grand Prix", which happens after Episode 23, "The Fairy! Piccolomon". The Colosseum's entrance at this time was full of Digimon, such as a Flymon and an Orgemon arguing with each other, a Vegiemon, a Cockatrimon, a Meramon who trained for a year for the event and was sure it would win, an Unimon and a Gerbemon; due to the namesake event, and a Gazimon quickly entered the Chosen Children into it. Said Gazimon introduced the event as a once-per-year event which he, who did not work for Etemon, produced, with an amazing prize for the winner.

Entering the Colosseum, which had a Drimogemon, a Vademon, a Gizamon, a Mechanorimon, a Mojyamon, a Kuwagamon, an Andromon, a Scumon, an Anomalocarimon, a Monzaemon, and a Tankmon for an audience; the Gazimon producer explained the rules to the Chosen Children: three battles with no breaks in-between, and they would receive a "fabulous" prize if they won. The first fight was against a Mechanorimon and a Guardromon; the second against a Drimogemon, a Monochromon ★ and a Shellmon ★; and a Meramon, a Yukidarumon and an Elecmon. The Chosen Children emerged victorious, and Gazimon gave the victory to "the Agumon team", as well as their prize, a Lifeup.

External Links

• D-1 Grand Prix index on Digimon Web (Archived by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
• Digimon Partners 1999 Ex-Champion Post |(Requested by user AnalogKid A.K.A Hacker Hiro)