Ahhh, Digimon.
I loved it when I watched it in Dutch as a child. Those were only seasons 1 and 2(3, 4 and 5 never aired in the Netherlands. Damn you, Fox Kids/Jetix!).
Later, I decided to watch those two seasons again, this time in English, and I still loved it. Digimon got me into anime!
After season 1 and 2, I decided to go watch Tamers (3), Frontier (4) and Savers (5) as well.
Digimon Tamers is probably not only the best Digimon season, it's also the best kids anime, if not the best animated series for children, if not the best kids show. The show is written by Chiaki J. Konaka, who also did Serial Experiments Lain, a really good unconvential anime, which resulted in Digimon Tamers strongly resembling Neon Genesis Evangelion, which is, for all you anime noobs, one of the best, if not the best anime ever made. Digimon Tamers is quite dark at times and casually toys with philosophical and psychological elements, which makes it a great watch for almost everyone.
Digimon Frontier was also really good IMO, even though most people hate this season because there weren't any partner Digimon. I didn't care. On the contrary, I think Digimon Frontier had a lot of great character development because of that fact. Ah well... maybe it was because Frontier was the first series I saw in Japanese instead of in stupid dubbed English...
Savers was by far the worst Digimon series. A lousy attempt at ressurecting the series. The only cool thing was the main character falcon punching enemy Digimon.
Those who say Digimon is a Pokémon rip-off are uninformed. The only argument you could make is them both ending with -mon, but that argument falls apart if you know that Digimon is just Digimon in Japan, while Pokémon is Pocket Monsters.
The stories are different, Digimon is epic and continuous, while Pokémon is episodic. Pokémon has waaaay more filler episodes.
Also, Digimon can evolve way farther, resulting in Digimon resembling Mecha anime near the end. Which fan doesn't remember the fights WarGreymon/MetalGarurumon vs. VenomMyotismon? Omnimon vs. Diaboromon? Imperialdramon Paladinmode vs. Armageddemon? Dukemon, MegaGargomon, Sakuyamon vs. the D-Reaper?
About Pokémon I can be brief: MAYBE I'll following the newest episodes in Japanese this summer break.
EDIT: Does anyone know where to get full fansubs for Digimon seasons 1, 2 and 3? Do they even exist?
