Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters PV2 English Subbed

On July 31st, the Appmon joint project published its region-locked second preview video for the upcoming anime Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters. The latest entry in the Digimon franchise will begin airing weekly on TV Tokyo October 1st, 2016, at 7:00 AM every Saturday. It will be the earliest half-hour anime in TV Tokyo's children's block, accompanied by the biggest toyline and game series Digimon has seen since its Frontier days.

Rather than being "tamers," "Chosen Children," or "generals," the new generation of Digimon protagonists are called Applidrivers. The second video introduces the anime's core four human characters and their Buddy Appmon, using text messages between the Applidrivers and their Appmon as a framing device. In order we meet Shinkai Haru and Gatchmon, Karan Eri and Dokamon, Asuka "Astra" Torajirou and Musimon, and finally Katsura Rei and Hackmon. Tamer Union's subtitled version of the video is provided via an independent host above.

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Preorders have been open for Appmon's toylines since early July, with the Appli Drive getting special attention. Taiwanese seller matrix-king is still taking preorders for the Appli Drive SP Set--comprising the Appli Drive, Appmon Band, three R-rarity chips and a Premium Rare Scopemon--for $83.98. The overall markup on this listing is around $20 from base price.

The same seller is also selling a set of three Appli Drive Pair Ring covers together for $44.98. These include the blue Dokamon ring, orange Musimon ring, and black Hackmon ring. Introduced in lieu of alternate Digivice designs, the covers allow tamers to add a degree of personalization to their Drives, and come with additional Appmon Chips. Japanese seller okinawam1978 currently has the Pair Ring Cover Special Set listed at a total $47.

Appmon Plush Toys on Sale in October

The text reads 監修中 kanshuuchu "under revision." Images not final.

July 5th, 2016. Import store AmiAmi added eight new Appmon-themed products to its preorder list, with a release date of October 2016. First up is a line of four small plush toys featuring Gatchmon, Dokamon, Musimon, and Hackmon. Each of these is listed at 1620 yen, but a 20% discount during the preorder period puts them down to 1290 yen. (About $12.68 at the current exchange rate.)

Keychain mockup.

Gatchmon will also be available as a mid-sized plush for 3240 yen. (2590 after the discount) Finally, three keychains featuring Gatchmon, Dokamon, and Hackmon are also available at a list price of 972 yen, 770 after the discount.

New Key Art for Digimon Linkz's Kurihara Hina Shown in AppliSoft

A spread from the December 28th issue of AppliSoft magazine uncovered by Japanese Digimon fan @morimoriurf over January 9th revealed new key art of Digimon Linkz navigator Kurihara Hina hatching a Botamon. The upcoming smartphone game will be focus on raising Digimon to have 3-on-3 battles, and will be available both in the App Store and on Google Play.

The issue confirms that Botamon, Koromon, Agumon, Gabumon, Gomamon, Tailmon, Gaomon, V-mon, Guilmon, Kuwagamon, Scumon, Diablomon, Monzaemon, and Hackmon will all be available in the game, but no concrete launch date has been set as of yet.

Linkz was originally announced for a 2015 launch, but was delayed due to production issues. More than fifty thousand people have preregistered for the game, and as part of its promotional campaign Bandai has set up a special LINE messaging account for it that sends information about the game to users' phones.

Buster Dive & Classic Digimon World Techs Return in -next 0rder-

Turuiemon yells out "Buster Dive!" as they attack an Insekimon.

January 15th, 2016. The Digimon World -next 0rder- title site updated today with a new batch of screenshots. This latest batch shows protagonists Shiki and Takuto respectively scolding and praising their Digimon after battles, features that were previously leaked by first-hand accounts of early gameplay tests at Jump Festa 2016. Praising and scolding Digimon in the World series normally adjusts their Happiness and Discipline, which impacts their evolution conditions and the ways in which they execute their tamer's orders. The battle screens also show the classic techniques Buster Dive and Wind Cutter in use, spelled out by the Digimon using them. The previous batch of sreenshots showed off several major Digimon, including Mastemon and Susanoomon.

Digimon World -next 0rder- will launch in Japan March 17th, 2016, on the PlayStation Vita for 6,980 yen (7,539 JPY after tax). It is the latest entry in the World series, succeeding directly from Re:Digitize Decode on the 3DS, Re:Digitize on the PSP, and World on the PSX. Those that preorder the game will get access to five special DLC Digimon, a remastered copy of the 1999 Digimon World soundtrack, and two original Vita themes, "ver. Nostalgic" and "ver. Dot." Theme ver. Dot features a montage of original Digimon LCD sprites, while theme ver. Nostalgic turns the screen into the layout of a Digital Monster virtual pet.

Shiki scolds Gomamon & Hagurumon.

Gaogamon uses Wind Cutter against a Red Vegiemon, scoring 0rder Points.

Takuto praises Goblimon & Hackmon.