Parents' Guide to Digimon Adventure

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Digimon Adventure TV poster: Taichi and Greymon center and surrounded by various characters

Common Sense Media Review

By Danae Stahlnecker , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 9+

Fast-paced reboot emphasizes battle, has some life lessons.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 9+?

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Parent and Kid Reviews

age 17+

Based on 1 kid review

What's the Story?

In DIGIMON ADVENTURE, Tai Kamiya (voiced by Yuko Sanpei in Japanese and by Zeno Robinson in English) discovers during a public disaster that he's one of the DigiDestined and is called to fight the evils in the Digital World that cause problems in the Human World. He and his Digimon companion, Agumon (voiced by Chika Sakamoto in Japanese and by Benjamin Diskin in English), journey to gather the other DigiDestined and protect both worlds from impending doom.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say : Not yet rated
Kids say ( 1 ):

This franchise children's cartoon remade for new audiences loses some of its classic charm because it's so fast paced. Digimon Adventure is still a fun installment in the media franchise, but its rapid pace leaves fans wanting. The stakes are high from the start, but conflict is solved too quickly to feel satisfying. Exciting battle sequences overshadow the positive social lessons that the original series was known for. Viewers still may appreciate how the characters and settings have been updated for a new era.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about virtual reality. The children in the show have lives in both the digital world and the real world. How does this affect them? How does this relate to how we use technology in our own lives?

  • Families can talk about positive role models. Are any of the characters in the show positive role models? What characters traits do they have that you'd like to model in your own life?

  • Families can talk about cross-promotion and how TV shows and movies are used to sell products. What other Digimon products are you familiar with (cards, games, toys)? Do you own any of them? How does watching TV affect your desire for items like these?

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