Profile		Name & Etymology		Debut

Digimon Reference Book

Digimon Life

Virtual Pets

Anime & Manga

Video Games

⇨ Japanese
A Demon Man Digimon which has the appearance of a horse-riding warrior. It is a courageous warrior who reigns as the general of the Musyamon corps. Although it is a general, it voluntarily stands at the head of its own army, and prefers fighting styles which cut into the enemy. Its lower half is fused with its horse in order to move more easily about the battlefield, so that even during a pitched battle it is able to swing its sword without losing its balance. Its Special Move is using the gigantic zanbato "Ryūzan-maru" it holds in its right hand to unleash its "Uchikubi Gokumon", which has the power to cut through the opponent's armor with its gigantic blade, regardless of whether they are defending themselves. Its "Jūmonji Giri" is an attack it unleashes using the youtou it holds in its left hand, which releases a shock wave, generated by the nimble swings of its slender blade, that can cut the opponent apart crosswise.

Zanbamon was adopted from a winning Digimon entry in the "Bandai-Town FAX Service Digimon Illustration Contest" which belonged to Mr. Arata Hirayama from Chiba prefecture.

Digimon Reference Book

English

Japanese

Key

Contents

ZANBAMON

List of Digimon
Level	Ultimate	^[2]
Type	Demon Man	^[2]
Attribute	Virus	^[2]
Field	Dark Area	^[3]
	Nightmare Soldiers	^[4]
	Unknown	^[5]
Equipment

Attack Techniques[edit]

Name		Translation	Kanji/Kana	Romanization	Dub	Description
Uchikubi Gokumon	^[2]	Beheading Prison Gate	打首獄門	N/A	Vorpal Blade^[2], Hunting Knife^[6], Focal Blade^[7], Slicing Slash^[8]	Cuts through the opponent's armor with *Ryūzan-maru*.^[2]
Jūmonji Giri	^[2]	Cross Slash	十文字斬り	N/A	Mystic Flame^[2], Hunting Knife^[7]	A cross-slash with its magical katana that generates a cutting shock wave.^[2]
^{[N 2]}	^[9]					Fires the miniature katana on its equine head.^[9]

Evolution[edit]

Evolves From[edit]

Any Purple Lv.5 Digimon from the Digimon Card Game^[10]
Asuramon^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Digitamamon (with Gigadramon)^[5]
Dinobeemon^[5]^[11]
Dinohumon (with Kabukimon)^[15]
Duramon^[14]
Gigadramon (with Digitamamon)^[5]
Gyukimon^[14]
Hisyaryumon^[14]
Kabukimon (with Tekkamon or Dinohumon)^[15]
Metal Greymon (with Metal Tyranomon or Metal Tyranomon (X-Antibody))^[5]
Metal Greymon (Virus) (with Metal Tyranomon or Metal Tyranomon (X-Antibody))^[5]
Metal Greymon (X-Antibody) (with Metal Tyranomon or Metal Tyranomon (X-Antibody))^[5]
Metal Tyranomon (with Metal Greymon or Metal Greymon (Virus) or Metal Greymon (X-Antibody))^[5]
Metal Tyranomon (X-Antibody) (with Metal Greymon or Metal Greymon (Virus) or Metal Greymon (X-Antibody))^[5]
Mummymon^[16]
Musyamon^[4] (with or without Vajramon and Skull Baluchimon^[17])
Oboromon^[14]
Skull Baluchimon^[16] (with or without Vajramon and Musyamon^[17])
Tekkamon (with Kabukimon)^[15]
Vajramon^[11]^[4]^[15]^[18] (with or without Musyamon and Skull Baluchimon^[17])
Yaksamon^[4]

Evolves To[edit]

Appearances[edit]

Anime[edit]

Digimon Frontier[edit]

Zanbamon forms an attack group leading with Ultimate Griffomon, Gran Kuwagamon, an Armor Pteranomon and some Adult Airdramon to battle against the two Royal Knights who served Lucemon. They were unsuccessful, and most (including Zanbamon) were easily beaten and scanned.

Zanbamon from Digimon Frontier wielding the Ryūzan-maru.

Digimon Adventure:[edit]

In the past, Zanbamon's army, which consisted of Musyamon, fought against Cres Garurumon's army. Cres Garurumon won, however, Zanbamon's blade never went away and continued to exist in the shape of a curse. Cres Garurumon then used his own soul, his "Kijū Engetsutou", to seal said blade and calm the curse. However, it was unable to contain Zanbamon's curse forever, and it unleashed itself some time later, destroying several villages, starting from Strabimon's as it was sealed inside said village. As a curse, it had no physical body and could not be hurt by any attacks, but it was still able to attack others. However, it now could not exist in daylight, and would only appear at night.

Due to Zanbamon's destruction of their villages, several Digimon banded together under Mojyamon, creating a new village that would send Digimon at night to distract Zanbamon, so it would not find them as they hid in a cave. However, Zanbamon was able to kill said Digimon, with him doing so to Gryzmon and Hanumon, and nearly doing so to Strabimon, when Ishida Yamato and Gabumon first found it in "The Gold Wolf of the Crescent Moon". Gabumon, as Garurumon, saved Strabimon, then tried to attack Zanbamon with Fox Fire, only for it to go straight through the Ultimate Digimon's body. It disappeared afterwards, as day arrived, much to Yamato and Garurumon's confusion.

During the next night, Yamato and Gabumon took over the role of distraction, with the latter fighting Zanbamon as Were Garurumon: Sagittarius Mode, though he was still unable to harm Zanbamon. Yagami Taichi and Metal Greymon arrived soon afterwards and joined the fight, though they were just as useless, even after both Digimon evolved into their own Ultimate levels, Metal Garurumon and War Greymon. Nonetheless, they were able to survive the night.

In order to defeat Zanbamon, Yamato and Gabumon followed Strabimon back to his village, where they found the "Kijū Engetsutou". However, due to Zanbamon breaking out of it, it was in a broken, withered, beaten up state, which Strabimon believed made it useless. Nonetheless, Garurumon took it with him, as his dreams called him to it. During the night, Metal Greymon stalled Zanbamon, before Yamato and Were Garurumon: Sagittarius Mode arrived. The latter tried to fight Zanbamon with his newly-found weapon, only for it to break in their clash. Were Garurumon: Sagittarius Mode refused to give up on it, grabbing the piece of the blade that had broken with his bare hand and blocking Zanbamon's own giant sword with it, while Yamato unearthed the rest of the blade and used it as well despite being significantly bigger than himself. This caused the sword to regain its original form, which filled Were Garurumon: Sagittarius Mode's body with energy, allowing him to Ultimate Evolve into Cres Garurumon. In that form, he was able to easily kill Zanbamon, and this time its sword disintegrated with it.

Manga[edit]

Digimon Next[edit]

Zanbamon is one of the Three Commanders of the Commandments working for Barbamon.

He first faces Tatsuno Tsurugi and Agumon as they try to enter Light City, having predicted their plan to do so. Zanbamon proceeds to let the rest go, as he can beat Agumon in five seconds, later revised to three when he evolves into Geo Greymon, giving him plenty of time to catch up, and he backs up that claim by defeating Geo Greymon in one Jumonji Giri, which he only manages to survive thanks to being an Illegal and not without harm, as he's returned to Koromon.^[19]

After Tsurugi and Agumon, now Rize Greymon, reach System Base, Zanbamon faces them. During the fight, he reveals that he reached the Ultimate level by killing 99 dragon Digimon with his Ryūzan-maru and wants to make Rize Greymon his 100th kill. Acknowledging the power born from Tsurugi and Rize Greymon's bond, he destroys Tsurugi's Digivice iC in order to cut said bond^[9].

During the fight against N.E.O, Zanbamon joins Tsurugi's side alongside the rest of the Commandments, pointing out that he was never brainwashed but refuses to accept a future without the warrior's code^[20].

Digimon Xros Wars[edit]

Video Games[edit]

Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer[edit]

Digimon RPG[edit]

Digimon World 3[edit]

Zanbamon is a boss Digimon, and can be found first blocking the path in Jungle Boneyard. In order to across the path, Atsushi have to obtain Smelly Herb, an item that Zanbamon hates. Zanbamon later resides in the Catacomb and can be challenged in an optional battle for a Rusty Katana.

After the main storyline, Zanbamon can be fought as one of Zhu Qiao Leader's Digimon in Protocol Ruins, only if Atsushi has all 5 Epic Items in his possession.