New Digimon to be featured in Digimon Liberator revealed at Digimon Con 2024.

Fluffymon is the Baby (In-training) II form of Pteromon.

GrandGalemon is the Perfect form of Pteromon.

Zephagamon is the Ultimate form of Pteromon.

Chaperomon is the Perfect form of Shoemon.

Cendrillmon is the Ultimate form of Shoemon.

Now it feels like we’re celebrating the 25th Anniversary 😍

This new art for an upcoming collaboration with Karatez is just simply stunning. The theme is (very obviously) “idol” and I personally love the futuristic pop concept they’ve added to the outfits. Although exact date and merch details haven’t been shared yet, they shared a few layouts of the key art.

The outfits are also great this time around because of their little references to the partner Digimon’s Perfect evolutions. Listing them down one by one as always.

Taichi: The blue markings on his jacket plus robotic arm markings on his right sleeve are a nice shoutout to MetalGreymon.

Yamato: We see WereGarurumon’s pattern on his jacket and a few belts wrapped around his hands that captures the punk-grunge vibe of WereGarurumon well. It may be Yamato’s affinity to music, but he looks extremely in his element in this art, it’s not often we see him so raring to go in official merch art (he’s more of a soft smiles guy usually).

Sora: Her gloves and the red bandana on her arm coupled with the feather in her hair are clear shoutouts to Garudamon. It’s kinda funny to me that being the girl who’s crest is a heart symbol, she’s making a victory sign while Mimi and Hikari are both making different types of finger hearts 😆

Koushiro: Honestly they were really subtle with the reference for him and even twitter couldn’t exactly answer my doubts so I’m gonna have to see Koushiro stans step up and answer whether the reference in his outfit limited to the markings on his jacket resembling AtlurKabuterimon’s chest?

Mimi: I think she’s the one with the most easy to catch references, her skirt resembles Lilymon’s and her hair tie looks like Lilymon’s flower canon. I love that she’s making the big finger heart because it’s just so very Mimi. If Yamato suits the passionate side of being an idol, Mimi is definitely meant for the cutesy visual vibe that can make fans go crazy over just a wink and a smile.

Jou: He’s wearing three belt like bracelets around one wrist like Zudomon which makes his a minimal reference though not as subtle as Koushiro’s. I do feel that they could’ve done a bit more with his look, maybe add a horn to the side of his headset? I also can’t wait to see the full art for each kid individually cuz I do think him and Yamato are wearing similar bellbottom pants!

Takeru: The feather on his headset and the yellow suspended straps are a decent reference to HolyAngemon. Considering that they wanted to keep the outfits limited to one colour per kid, I think this is the best way they could slip in the reference, though I wouldn’t have minded a few rings.

Hikari: The feather on the headset, the corset-ish belt around her waist and her gloves are very nice references to Angewomon. Keeping Hikari’s innocence as a kid intact while referencing a Digimon that is undoubtedly considered one of the most sexiest mons in the franchise would have been really tough and I salute the illustrators for coming up with this design! I also like the OG Korean finger heart she’s making, such a cute look on her.

The cherry on top are each of the Digimon partners holding supportive cheering goods for their kids. Piyomon’s love for Sora goes hard with her big name banner. Meanwhile, Agumon and Palmon kept it simple with haoris, Tailmon and Patamon too decided to go the simple route with light sticks. Gabumon, Gomamon and Tentomon seem normal from afar with their hand fans but when you get a closer look on all the hearts around Koushiro’s name on Tentomon’s fan, you know the three spent time making those themselves.

All in all, a pretty amazing illustration to be able to get merch of!

But wait that’s not all, andGallery has also teased a future cafe collaboration with Digimon Adventure on their twitter, more info will be announced on 19th Feb but they did share a preview of what to expect.

The New Card Game Project has been revealed

DIGIMON LIBERATOR

An online web series based on the card game, with serialization starting in January 2024!

My thoughts under the cut

To all who hoped for The Project to be something else, please don't direct your frustration at the Web series itself. The Artists, Writers, etc., surely worked hard on it and are really excited about the reveal, and the decisions of the higher ups and company aren't their fault.

Digimon Liberator didn't rob you of what you were hoping for. It wasn't coming to begin with.

Sorry if it sounds harsh, I personally would have much preferred an online client for the game, but that doesn't mean the Digimon Liberator can't be good. I think it's a good sign that they have the next story already lined up with Seekers reaching their end. The web series can also be enjoyed by people who don't play the card game in real life. It might even get more people into it.

It's looking like 2024 is going to be a great year for Digimon. There was just a big news drop with a few announcements and several hints for what's to come.

The teased card game related project was confirmed to be a webcomic named Digimon Liberators. I know a lot of people are disappointed it wasn't an online version of the card game and I may be a little biased since I don't play the card game, but I'm still excited. The new teaser art with what looks like 3 new partner lines is very cool and it looks like some Digimon that haven't gotten to be partners will, specifically Sunarizamon, Ghostmon, Sangomon, BEMmon, and Omekamon of all people. I definitely prefer giving underused Digimon a chance to shine instead of using the same 10 lines over and over so I'm excited for that. I almost wonder if using Omekamon is a bit of a reference to how overused Omegamon is by using his parody. I only hope they hire actual translators for the English version instead of using machine translation like with Seekers.

There's a hint of some celebration of the 25th anniversary of the first anime. Notably though, it says that it's 25 years of Digimon in animation, not just the 25th anniversary of Adventure That makes me think maybe we'll get something celebrating all the animes, like a crossover or (what I would prefer) a new anime or at least the announcement for a new anime. I'm not opposed to new Adventure content, especially something that wraps up the loose ends of Tri, Kizuna, and The Beginning, but something new would definitely be nice.

Digimon Con is still on, which is nice. Maybe they'll have some announcement for a new game or something. There was a statement that they wanted to do a new game a year. That got messed up by covid, but the last two years have given us Survive and the port of Digimon World Next Order, plus we just got an announcement of a crossover between Digimon and another game. I wouldn't be surprised if we got the announcement for Digimon New Century finally getting released outside of China or that the Digimon Story game featuring the Olympos XII will finally get a release date.

I really think 2024 is going to be a fantastic year for Digimon and I can't wait to see what's coming. I doubt Digimon will ever be able to rival Pokemon again, but I really do want it to rise back to its late 90s early 2000s heights and maybe even beyond.

Respectfully waiting for more news

Happy Lunar New Year!

May Holydramon's Holy Flame bring light, hope and luck to this Year of the Dragon!

I'm doing my best to manifest good things this year and I'm wishing you all the best in your endeavors too!

I love them your honor

The recent movie was so cool I had to draw something!

2024 Chinese new year!

digimon 02!!

Happy New Year!! 🥳🐉

Digivice 25th Color Evolution information is now up on YouTube.

Digivice will finally reach its ultimate evolution. Become one of the "chosen children" and embark on a great adventure in a brilliantly resurrected digital world！ Grab your DIGIVICE and let's go on an adventure!

Taichi and Yamato versions to be released.

MY DEPRESSION HAS BEEN CURED MY SKIN IS CLEAR MY CROPS ARE FLOURISHING ALL BECAUSE OF THIS ONE IMAGE THIS IS THE YEAR OF ADVENTURE PANDERING LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Let's break this down one by one ~

This is such a good Sora fit I don't even know how to explain how very much OG Sora this is, the pink tones of the overall sporty outfit perfectly capture all levels of her personality. To top it off she's sharing flower themed cream sandwiches with Piyomon AAAHHH the subtle reference okay merch team you can take a w. Not to mention Sora is perfectly matching with Taichi and the fruit in her sandwich is orange stoooopppp itttt!!!!!

TAICHI OMG who is dressing this boy because that's the most he's ever jocked as a 11 year old. The sweatshirt, cargo pants, matching wristband and the sense to put his goggles down, he is winning the sporty casual fashion show for sure. And of course him and Agumon are enjoying some chicken popcorn, love how they weren't even subtle with the packaging art we all know Japan's favourite fried chicken brand anyway 🤣

Yamato. YAMATO. Y A M A T O. You're 11 can you tone down the cool guy heartthrob behaviour for a minute because I am losing my mind THE DOGTAG CHAIN IM GONNA SCREEAAAMMM ACTUALLY I AM SCREAAAMING AAAAHHHHHHH. He looks so good, there is absolutely no wrong element in his entire outfit, everything is perfectly paired up, a fashionista is among us. The little thumbs up over the onigiri that Gabumon is offering him?? Is he telling Gabumon that he's okay with having one and Gabumon can have the rest because that's the sweet, protective, kind, caring baby he is at heart???🥹🥹🥹The blue and green gradient in the background tho?? Mimato math is mathing bestiesss 🤣

Takeru is just a lil guy, but such a perfect lil guy!!! I like how his outfit has the similar green shade as his anime outfit but they still chose to gave him a new beanie instead which doesn't really match the colour tone of the rest of the fit but it's Takeru so we know that he can pull any hat off and that's what he does!!! Him and Patamon sharing burgers, okay mood, but why is he looking so surprised? I need to know what happened, did he spill some sauce on his overalls? Was the burger too hot to bite? WHAT HAPPENED TAKERU????? 😢

Jou, I see you paired up the plaid pants with a nice long, muted, warm toned jacket BUT I SEE THAT PURPLE SHIRT POKING IN FROM INSIDE and excuse me sir but why that purple with the plaid 😭 I need to see a version where Jou isn't wearing the jacket so I can make an informed rating on this outfit but may I add that in the full merch pic he has paired this look with green and white sneakers...I cannot defend you I am sorry Jou, please try brown loafers next time 😭 But outfit aside, Jou eating a taiyaki with Gomamon is lowkey funny I just know that Gomamon cracked a Marching Fishes joke at least once.

Koushiro...I will not go into detail but I will say it's cute that you have a sweater with a little K on it, it's also very cute that there is a splash of orange in your outfit, who's attention are you vying for it isn't subtle at all bby boy and I am grateful you matched your shoes to your sweater even if the socks are definitely a choice and that blue with orange is also definitely another choice. Good to see your are making choices. I like that him and Tentomon are sharing dango, it's always nice to see Koushiro's fondness towards Japanese traditional snacks hinted at in some way.

MIMI. QUEEN. SLAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!! YOU NEVER EVER MISS MY SWEET BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL. The pastel tones matched with the grey stockings for contrast, that beret and the fuzzy hem boots, you just know she shops at Takashimaya and Isetan and anything below it will just not do 👏🏻 Plus Sora and Mimi are wearing the same tones, which probably means that they pre-planned the outfits together, cuties!!! Also Crepe is such a Mimi™️ choice of dessert but I always get teary eyes when I see Palmon mimic Mimi's gestures, there is just so much love and admiration between them for each other, pure childish wonder 💚 And the crepe even has a cutesy character face on it, which kinda looks like Monzaemon, though I can't be sure but if it is then another win for a subtle reference. Not to mention both Yamato and Mimi look like they've dressed in a more cool and elegant style than the rest like they might be on their way to a date THE MIMAT MATH IS MATHING YALLL!!!

Hikari looks super cute, I think there isn't much official art of her in casual clothing for OG stuff so it's nice to see her in a more cutesy fit suited to her age. The hairband matching the cardigan is such a nice touch!! I can't recall any other casual outfit for OG design Hikari except the War Game and Memorial Party dress, so I think this would be the first time we see Hikari with a hairband and it just looks adorable. Of course she is sharing an ice cream with Tailmon, it's kinda their brand now but like Takeru she's making a surprised expression, perhaps she wasn't expecting Tailmon to offer her a bite of her ice cream?

To conclude, this is probably the best OG artwork we've gotten since Idk maybe the Rainy Day stationery series. This will be sold in advance at the Kamio Store booth at Anime Japan 2024. No other details were mentioned, but the event booth sale feels like a pre-sale before the goods become available more widely at other outlets, hopefully, at some stores that international fans have access too as well.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

Ayushi out.

DOMINIMON!

Our man finally made it into the Reference Book!

A Dominion Digimon also known as a phantom. Dominimon does not answer in any way to the angelic chain of command, and instead acts on its own. When an especially threatening enemy appears, Dominimon will join forces with Digimon such as ClavisAngemon and SlashAngemon to defeat it. A rare type that suddenly manifests via mutation when the balance between the light and darkness of the Digital World is disrupted, Dominimon is almost never sighted. Valuing all life as a collective over any single entity, Dominimon does not consider its own life especially important. In order to escape a tricky situation, it will perform a death-defying attack without hesitation. In Dominimon's Final Excalibur technique, it pierces enemies with a blade of energy that manifests on its arm. For Zero Heavens, it fires superhot lasers in every direction from the shields on its shoulders. Finally, during its Devotion Field move, it emanates a holy aura from its entire body, sacrificing some of its own lifeforce to grant power to nearby angelic Digimon.

Also Luxmon and ArkhaiAngemon!

Year of the Dragon 2024

A spin off of my Pop Culture Paleoart series, and a tribute to the concept of the dragon, from the mythological beasts that inspire awe and wonder, to the plethora of dragons of pop culture... and of course the great reptiles that either probably inspired them or are named after.

From the lovable bearded dragon to the mighty Komodo dragon, and the creatures of the past that we also name after the awe-inspiring creature.

I'll leave y'all to guess which dragon is which in this piece, but I can give you the names of the dragons of our world:

Komodo Dragon

Bearded Dragon

Common Flying Dragon (Draco volans)

Sailfin Dragon

And for the past:

Quetzalcoatlus

Smok wawelski

Dracovenator

Guidraco

Ikrandraco

Guanlong

Technically the Year of the Rabbit is not over yet!