Completed Anime
Digimon Tamers

“Takato's card game fantasy becomes real when his self-designed Digimon Guilmon hatches, forcing him into battles as a tamer.”

Digimon Tamers

7.66
1,494 rank · 211,000 viewers · 2,066 favorites
Adventure Comedy Fantasy Isekai
51 episodes · 25 min per ep min · Spring 2001 · Toei Animation · PG - Children
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Episodes · 51 25/51 aired
EP 01 ~2 ep / stripe EP 51

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Synopsis

Takato's card game fantasy becomes real when his self-designed Digimon Guilmon hatches, forcing him into battles as a tamer.

Ten-year-old Takato Matsuda loves playing the Digimon card game with his friends and immersing himself in its imaginative world. One morning, he finds an unfamiliar blue card in his collection and swipes it through his card reader. Little does he know, his decision leads to its transformation into a D-Ark Digivice. When the mysterious device scans his designs for an original Digimon named Guilmon, it generates a Digi-Egg that later hatches into a living version of his own creation! Although Takato is thrilled to have a real Digimon, his idealized fantasy shatters when he realizes that his rambunctious new companion requires constant supervision. Adding to his troubles, Guilmon is targeted by Ruki Makino, a rival tamer who commands her partner, Renamon, to gain power by defeating other Digimon and absorbing their data. Luckily, Takato finds allies in his schoolmate Li Jianliang and his sassy Digimon partner Terriermon to help him on his journey as a real-life tamer. With sinister foes appearing at an alarming rate, Takato must strengthen his bond with Guilmon to protect both the human world and the Digital World.

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Community consensus

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8.1 /10

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97% recommend
Score distribution
median 8 mode 9 σ 1.63
1510
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σ 1.63 · some divergence

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4.8 pts

Recommenders 8.8 · others 4.0

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A Tv Production · Spring 2001

Toei Animation.
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Yomiko Advertising · Fuji TV

  • Format 51 × 25′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 21h 15m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2001 – Mar 2002 Spring 2001
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG Children
  • Ref. BS-0790 catalog

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