That Part About HiAndromon Makes Me Think Thatll Be The Day They Would Start Using Him Is When Theres

That part about HiAndromon makes me think that’ll be the day they would start using him is when there’s an anime adaption of the general lore of Digimon.

I’m still waiting for the day he’ll finally appear, but for now, I guess he lies on the hands of the fans to be used in fanfiction even though I technically want him to be used officially so that others can be aware that this guy exists (I’ve seen some posts on a different website where it seems like some people aren’t aware that HiAndromon exists.)

Favorite Digimon from each V-Pet, part 1

Inspired by the recent V-Pet popularity poll, I thought of going through each iteration of the Digimon V-Pets and determining which are my favorite digimon introduced by them.

For today: The original Digital Monster (1997-1998), and the answer is very easy for me:

I’ve liked Andromon ever since I rewatched Digimon Adventure. His first appearence is wonderfully atmospheric, foregoing the fantasy elements of the previous episodes for pure “sci-fi” (soft sci-fi, but still), clearly aping “Terminator” for the tension and succeeding. Andromon was then mostly forgotten… until the Dark Masters arc, where suddenly we learn that he’s been fighting Mugendramon on his own for years, and he’s even become badass enough to trade blows with Piedmon himself (for a few seconds, but this is a minor character going up against the main villain of the arc). His later role in Digimon Tamers was also good, though admittedly he was only Andromon for a short time there. The Next manga has him as the leader of the resistance against Barbamon, helping Yuu overcome his trauma, fearlessly fighting a hopeless battle against Chaosdramon and his forces. Personally, he’s also been my ace in several Digimon games, and carried my team through a lot of the later portions of Digimon Story: Moonlight.

Design-wise, he’s my favorite example of how crude these first cyborg designs were. Later on, they’d become more polished and complete, clearly showing that the Crack Team had gotten better at this, but the half-finished look of this first batch remains my favorite. It gives the impression of being a process that is being perfected, the very start of a new type of creature. It also highlights how horrible it might be, as the uncovered parts of his body hint at what exactly might have been done to create him. It feels more “real” than later, cleaner designs.

His profile indicates he was one of the first “artificial” digimon to be created by the Crack Team, alongside Boltmon, and that he lacks any will or emotion. I picture a silent Andromon, unmoving inside the Crack Team’s base as the emotional Boltmon is “consigned to oblivion in the darkness”, uncaring for his fellow creation’s suffering. I picture the same Andromon, years later, being upgraded to HiAndromon and suddenly becoming self-aware, being able to feel, remembering how he stood by and did nothing as someone who might as well be his brother was banished. It’s a shame no digimon product (barring a Heroes card) has ever done anything with the backstory hinted at in these profiles, because its fascinating to think of the possibilities.

My favorite line for this digimon is: Choromon -> Caprimon -> Kokuwamon -> Guardromon -> Andromon -> HiAndromon. HiAndromon was explained above, and the reasoning for the pre-evolutions will come at a later date.

Honorary Mentions: MetalGreymon (virus), MetalMamemon, Coelamon, Raremon.

It’s also one of the moments where Andromon shows some expressions.

Love the way birdramon looks here

Andromon

Digimon Adventure

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Diatrymon for #digimontober day 3!

Goodnight Hyacinth

maybe it’s like earthworm jim, but in drix’s case, he’s a small pill piloting a giant robo suit.

of course, it wouldn’t make sense on drix’s case due to his head levitates, but it’s funny to think about.

hello osmosis jones fans