Digimon

Digimon (デジモン Dejimon), short for Digital Monsters (デジタルモンスター Dejitaru Monsutā), began as a series of Virtual Pets, that expanded into a franchise centered around the creatures living inside them that quickly eclipsed the popularity of the Virtual Pets themselves.

Based partially on the sister franchise, Tamagotchi, the idea was to raise a creature called a Digimon that would evolve and change form depending on how it was cared for. Digimon could be pitted against each other in battle - the chief difference between Digimon and Tamagotchi. Digimon was designed to appeal to boys in the same way Tamagotchi were geared towards girls.

Digimon is based on a structure in which the various dramas are created by the encounters between the human beings of our reality and the Digimon from the unusual Digital World. Digimon's existence is abnormal and they are drawn as monsters, however their common senses change through meetings between Digimon and humans, with whom new relationships are created.

The original story behind Digimon is that mysterious beings, recognized as computer viruses, were publicly revealed in 1997 and are the target of investigations, used by hackers and trained through Virtual Pets by humans called Tamers.

The term Digimon may refer to the video game franchise, an individual Digimon, or a species of Digimon.

=Franchise= See Digimon History

While the most popular part of the Digimon franchise has always been the anime, other aspects include video games, Virtual Pets, a Trading Card Game, and manga, and much merchandise.

=Anime=
 * Digimon Adventure
 * Digimon Adventure 02
 * Digimon Tamers
 * Digimon Frontier
 * Digimon Savers
 * Digimon Xros Wars
 * Digimon Xros Wars
 * Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms
 * Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
 * Digimon Adventure tri.
 * Digimon Universe Appli Monsters

=Manga / Comics=
 * C'mon Digimon
 * Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01
 * Digimon Chronicle
 * D-Cyber
 * Digimon Next
 * Battle Terminal 02 Web comic
 * Digimon Tokyopop
 * Digimon Xros Wars
 * Digimon World Re:Digitize
 * Digimon World Re:Digitize Encode
 * Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
 * Digimon Universe Appli Monsters
 * Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker's Memory
 * Digimon Chronicle X

=Video Games= See List of Video Games

=Virtual Pets= See List of Virtual Pets
 * Digital Monster
 * Digimon Pendulum
 * Digimon Pendulum Progress
 * Digimon Pendulum X
 * Digimon Accelerator
 * Digimon Mini
 * Digivice iC / Burst
 * Digimon Twin
 * Digimon Mini (Xros Wars)
 * Digital Monster Ver.20th
 * Digimon Pendulum Ver.20th
 * Digital Monster X

=List of Digimon= See List of Digimon

=Additional Information=