Digimon Analyzer

The Digimon Analyzer (デジモンアナライザー Dejimon Anaraizā) is a feature of Digimon anime series in which profiles of encountered Digimon species are shown, providing data on them.

Digimon Analyzer profiles are most frequently non-diegetic: that is, they exist only as part of the narration for the benefit of the audience, and the characters in the show itself are not seeing or hearing any of the information. In some cases, however, they are diegetic and the feature or information is also available to the main cast in some form.

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Non-diegetic
For the majority of Digimon Adventure, Digimon Analyzer screens are non-diegetic. They are narrated by the series' narrator.

The Digimon Analyzer also becomes a diegetic feature available to the main cast as of, via Izumi Kōshirō's laptop.

In, when Patamon and Takaishi Takeru try to imagine what Patamon will evolve into, two joke Digimon Analyzer screens depicting their ideas—"" and ""—are displayed. The screens are crudely hand-drawn, and Kitto Konnamon's screen ends with it sucking up the rest of the Analyzer screen into its nostrils.

There are two different styles of Digimon Analyzer screen in Adventure. The first style (pictured bottom-left) is used for the first 24 episodes. The second style (pictured bottom-right) debuts in and is used for the remainder of the series; until, both styles continue to be used within the same episodes. In terms of content presented, the only difference between the two styles is that the second style does not present Latin-alphabet Digimon names.

Diegetic
Some time prior to the Chosen Children completely regrouping, Gennai had sent a Digimon Analyzer program to Izumi Kōshirō, which enables him to view Digimon Analyzer profiles on Digimon that he encounters on his laptop.

Access to Digimon Analyzer profiles is dependent on a Chosen Child having previously met the Digimon in question, so the program is initially limited to Digimon which Kōshirō has himself encountered. When the Chosen Children later visit Gennai in his home as they prepare to return to the Real World, Gennai installs a two-prong port into Kōshirō's laptop; when a Digivice is plugged into the port, data on any Digimon that the Digivice's owner has met is added to the Analyzer as well.

It is when they view Venom Vamdemon's Digimon Analyzer profile that Kōshirō and the others learn that the Ultimate level exists. They are shocked to learn of the existence of an Evolution Stage above Perfect.

The Digimon Analyzer's entry for War Greymon also includes information on his, including their effectiveness against Dramon-type Digimon. Kōshirō discovers this information and shares it with the rest of the group as an idea to help them fight the Dark Masters.

As in Digimon Adventure, Digimon Analyzer screens in Digimon Adventure 02 are narrated by the series' narrator (a.k.a. Takaishi Takeru as an adult). They are entirely non-diegetic.

In, a Digimon Analyzer profile is also shown for Tachikawa Mimi—who, up to this point, had been absent from Adventure 02—as a joke.

In Digimon Tamers, the Digimon Analyzer is entirely diegetic.

The ability to project Digimon Analyzer profile displays is a standard feature of D-Arks that is available to Tamers. Being able to view the profile is dependent on being able to read the target Digimon's data, which appears to be tied to whether the Tamer's partner Digimon is able to clearly see them. With the Deva in particular, it appears to be more difficult to read their data compared to other Digimon.

When Makino Ruki attempts to consult the Digimon Analyzer about Guilmon, it has no data on him at all, likely due to his origins as a creation of Matsuda Takato's.

On-screen, the only textual information that the Digimon Analyzer display shows is the Digimon's name. However, judging from their recitation of the information on the Digimon that they are receiving, the characters are evidently somehow being provided with further data.

Digimon Frontier 's Digimon Analyzer screens are purely non-diegetic. They are narrated by the series' narrator.

Non-diegetic
Digimon Savers ' Digimon Analyzer screens are, for the most part, non-diegetic. They are narrated by the series' narrator.

Diegetic
The computer systems at DATS' headquarters has a Digimon Analyzer utility which match detected Digimon signals to Digimon that have been recorded in their database. Like the other DATS systems, it is operated by Shirakawa Megumi, Kurosaki Miki and the two Pawn Chessmons. The DATS database is not comprehensive, as it has no record of Bancho Leomon.

Thoma H. Norstein also has a Digimon Analyzer utility on his laptop, which he occasionally uses while performing field work. Its interface is identical in style to the aforementioned non-diegetic narration Digimon Analyzer screens.

Digimon Analyzer profiles do not appear in the main body of episode content in Digimon Xros Wars. Instead, they are part of a comedic bonus segment included at the end of most episodes. As the series progresses, different segments appear.


 * Digimon Xros Wars (episodes 1-12): In Monitamon's Reconnaissance is Wonderful (pictured bottom-left), data for one Digimon who played an important role in the episode is displayed on a Monitamon's monitor. The Monitamons generally make inane comments about the Digimon, which frustrate the members of Xros Heart, especially Shoutmon.
 * Digimon Xros Wars (episodes 13-30) and Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms: In Digimon Data Collection (pictured bottom-center), the DigiMelody of one Digimon (who does not necessarily appear in the episode, or even in Xros Wars at all other than in this segment) is played three times for use with audience members' Digimon Xros Loader toys, while data about that Digimon is shown on-screen. Once the DigiMelody stops playing, one Monitamon describes the Digimon in more detail, then two more Monitamons chime in with inane comments about it (the Monitamons are usually wearing silly costumes).
 * Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time: In Digimon Introduction Corner (pictured bottom-right), the hosts—either the Old Clock Shop Man or a Xros Heart Digimon Hunter, plus their respective partner Digimon—introduce one Digimon who played a major role in the episode, while data about that Digimon is displayed on-screen. Then, Akashi Tagiru, Kudou Taiki or Amano Yuu perform a joke DigiXros between the featured Digimon and one other Digimon previously featured in any of the three Xros Wars seasons, to the horror of the others.

In Digimon Adventure tri., the Digimon Analyzer is entirely diegetic.

Izumi Kōshirō has a new Digimon Analyzer program, titled D-Analyzer, on his laptop. However, its information appears to be limited, as it has no data on Alphamon or JESmon other than their names.

The Digimon Analyzer-style profiles in Digimon Universe Appli Monsters are non-diegetic, but are shown to the audience while the characters describe or discuss the featured Appmon.

These profiles also appear non-diegetically at the end of the stock footage for Appliarising or AppGattai-ing of allied Appmon. In this case, the Appli Drive's voice also narrates a brief profile of the Appmon in question.

In Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, the Digimon Analyzer is entirely diegetic.

The DM_GATE_SYSTEM interface on Izumi Kōshirō's computer includes a Digimon Analyzer feature, titled DIGITAL_MONSTER_STATUS. A new addition to this system is that they also include brief blurbs describing the Digimon.

Digimon Analyzer profiles do not appear in the main body of episode content in Digimon Adventure:. Instead, they are the focus of a bonus segment titled the Great Digimon Reference Book which is introduced in "The Perfect Attacks", replacing introductory narration about Digimon and the Digital World. From episodes 9 to 17, the Great Digimon Reference Book is played at the beginning of each episode; from the 18th episode onwards, it is moved to the end of each episode.

The Great Digimon Reference Book is usually hosted by Izumi Koshiro. He brings up a Digimon Analyzer profile about a Digimon who (usually) plays an important role in the episode on his tablet computer and gives a brief profile of them. Once a loading bar on the Digimon Analyzer screen fills, he gives an editorial which he calls his "checkpoint" in which, while footage of the Digimon in question plays, he either makes a comment about a particular element of the Digimon, or shares an anecdote about Tentomon getting jealous of it.

The Digimon Analyzer profiles in the first 32 episodes of Digimon Ghost Game are non-diegetic, but they are shown to the audience while the characters (usually Angoramon) share with each other what they know about the featured Digimon.

From onward, Digimon Analyzer profiles no longer appear in the main body of episodes. Instead, they are the focus of a bonus segment entitled Hiro's Digimon Study Files, which runs after the end credits but before the preview of the next episode. In this segment, Amanokawa Hiro and Angoramon introduce the Digimon featured in the Digimon Analyzer screen, while Tsukiyono Ruli chats about related paranormal or conspiracy-theory phenomena and scares Higashimitarai Kiyoshiro.

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