Digimon Xros Zero

'''NOTE : This article was eventually a Fan-Made idea and I do not own Digimon Series. Also this is for commemoration 10th Anniversary of Digimon Xros Wars -The Young Hunters who leapt the Through Time- broadcasted.'''

Digimon Xros Zero (デジモンクロスハンター, Dejimonkurosuhantā) is a direct-sequel to the original Digimon Xros Wars and reboot version of it's third arc, Digimon Xros Wars -The Young Hunter who leapt the Through Time-, while the series would be following a different standard from the regular direction of Digimon Series, as it considered as a standalone digimon series or spin-off with creating sub-franchise brings announcement for several new greenlight season which are completely new work sequel from the rebooted one.

Information
Digimon Xros Zero is a direct-sequel to Digimon Xros Wars and completely reboot version to third arc of Digimon Xros Wars titled The Young Hunter who leapt the Through Time which was broadcasted back in October, 4 - 2011. The Xros Zero storyline follow a different direction of the story, while the characters from Third Arc is still same for their story and characterization, but in completely new and different outcomes, however, it also greatly expanded into a sub-franchise and standalone crucial from standard Digimon Series where it focuses on Shonen Audience instead Kids Audience, while being served as the true sequel to Digimon Xros Wars -The Death Generals and Seven Kingdoms-.

It also created new four seasons following a first one, which second is continuation, while three seasons are completely new works from the original however, the finale one is completely reboot and remake from the three final episodes of the Third Arc.

A Failure of Digimon Xros Wars: Third Arc
The creation of Digimon Xros Zero was came from idea in mind, due to Digimon Xros Wars Arc 3: The Young Hunters who leapt the Through Time was poorly received by many fans and viewers alike due to lack of story, excitement and character development which made results the story been branded as a Filler which the third arc storyline has no holds for plot development treatment. Because of this, it impacts to several outcomes for the third arc such as how it didn't received a english dub and deemed as a failure sequel to the Digimon Xros Wars, followed by Digimon Xros Wars Arc 2: The Death General and Seven Kingdoms.

While the protagonist of the third arc, Tagiru Akashi received a bad performance of his motives, character drivens and lack of character development as it deemed as failure same as the storyline, while the characters from the third arc was also been described as a "Poorly developed entire characterization".

The Second Chance
With the second chance to be made and since the commemoration 10th anniversary of Digimon Xros Wars Arc 3: The Young Hunters who leapt the Through Time in made decision to find a ways to revive the third arc stories, while it doesn't mean just to revive, as the series tries finding it's own identities and distinctly different from Xros Wars and Xros Wars: Young Hunters in order avoid the same mistake as before. They also tries to find a way how they can developed the story plots, and characters in completely new settings and balanced between old and completely new styles in order to distant themselves from the previous title, while bringing a fresh new story that would change direction of the third arc completely.

Although the challenges is that how to revive the series that already failed, while also make it distantful but not too distant that much from Xros Wars since it validately connected together, but while focused on completely new direction, new story and characters as it is much important to discussed with all parties and staff alikes. They very consistent wanting Tagiru Akashi's story to be completely different from previous protagonist like Taiki Kudou or Taichi Yagami, but while the spirit of it's character still there, they want to focus on his character and story more shonen alike, rather than kid alike. That is how they pushed toward in order to make a second chance for the series to shine.

New Series, New Difference, and Completely Reboot Sequel to Xros Wars
As Digimon Xros Wars Arc 3: The Young Hunters who leapt the Through Time turn into a completely brand-new series and sequel, Digimon Xros Zero which is a standalone from generic standard of Digimon concept while a brand-new installiment of Digimon Series, as it explores themes, concepts, plot-driven and character-driven in a brand-new direction from it's original third arc leads to a new insight, different and completely new reboot sequel from it's predecessor, Xros Wars.

Xros Zero will focused on Tagiru Akashi's story in a different direction from his counterpart in the third arc and as the story would be reimagined and reboot from the original while it would greatly validates to explore different themes stories like about Hunters, Trigger, Royale, and Fighters brings for an impact toward the character motivation and plots to the series. As while the genres of the series would be a Adventure, Fantasy and Sci-FI, it also adds a mystery surround the settings, atmosphere, characters, plot, and the digimon who were transported from the Digital World to the new world called the Digi-Quartz also a mystery surround everything in that world which brought viewers and fans to experience the plot-twist that came unexpected as the storyline progressed. Although while the story is based from it's third arc of Xros Wars, they wanted to reimagined the story in brand-new direction to validates fitting places for plot and character-driven.

And so the series completely new and fresh while reimagined the story from it's third arc in new direction brings a new opportunity to further and further developed not just Tagiru's character, but also all Hunters character in completely reimagined, new turned and fresh from the original, bringing a greater impact to his story and the plots surround Xros Zero series along with the mystery surrounding in Digi-Quartz. Xros Zero is completely different from generic standard and formulas from previous digimon series as the series would be completely new shonen series rather than kid series as the previous digimon title did, while offers a new complex story, settings, characters and unexpected plot twist progression that could made a turning point to the story.

The Xros Zero will offers three sequel titles which is completely original story with featuring a brand-new characters, new settings, new digimons, new areas, and much more things that soon could change what they know about the first and second season which is reimagined story from the original, also a new mystery plot surround the hunting, and any places that connected roams between Real World and Digital World, and that means that Tagiru and Gumdramon will face a greatest new challenges than he previously experienced as Digimon Hunters.

Completely new Tagiru Akashi's characterization and Deeper Themes between him and Gumdramon in Digimon Xros Zero
Tagiru Akashi in Xros Zero would be different from his counterpart in the Xros Wars: Young Hunters where he is distinct from each other. while his character also match his situation with Gumdramon, but in different place and different time brings us how strongest match and connection between Human and Digimon which also how it became related as well where he was a rebel boy who wants to be notice by someone or wanted to be someone that really fitted in, but get into a several problems and ends up getting punishment which is how Tagiru and Gumdramon is deeply focused through it's parallel toward each other.

As how Xros Zero given a different version from his original counterpart, Tagiru is basically rebelled, mature, stubborn, sarcastic and cocky who always become distantful toward anyone who make a contact about him and he always seeking for attention on anything but always failed at anything, while in the end he got a lot punishment, however, he's determination and never giving up is the only things that kept pushing him forward, even he had thought that the world is against him, as he encountered Gumdramon and become Digimon Hunter, he's seeking for greatness and stronger in order to surpassed Taiki Kudou while realizing he and Gumdramon might destined something bigger, not as a hero, but as a Superstar. However, he has mysterious past that he didn't aware or didn't know which are very mystery in Xros Zero that connected between him and Digi-Quartz that become one of the key to the plot development.

While Gumdramon's personality is still same, while expand his characterization and given depth to his existing one which can be fittingly parallel with how Tagiru did too brings a strong connection toward each other which is a majorly important to the series and their characters driven that becomes a key to this story that brings us to explore every new complex and elements toward their journey and the people he had met, seeing how struggle had impacted him can turn in different way. Two of them bring forth to the stories adventure together in Digi-Quartz and explores not just two of them, but many new characters that they had met.

From Kids Ratings to PG-13 Ratings
As the Digimon Xros Zero is completely different generic standard and formulas from any other series as it focuses on Kids ratings, the Xros Zero would be a PG-13 which contains violence, some blood, some sexual and some gore. As the Xros Zero would take on for shonen audience which are not for kids audience, as it is for those who already watched Xros Wars and Xros Wars: Young Hunters, or can be watched for new audience for reaching that ages, with the story, atmosphere and more contains a lot mystery, might had more actions and dark tone could be presented in this series as it continues progress from lighter tone to darker tone. According to the directors that the series would be something that people or fans didn't even see this coming and very different from what they watched Digimon since their kid or previous one, which Xros Zero is definitive totally new experience for shonen audience also it's very inappropriate for viewers under 13 years old to watch.

Scenario & Themes
Digimon Xros Zero has faithful originality about bonds between Human and Digimon, however as the series would be fully-fledged for shounen audience and for old viewers who already watched Digimon Xros Wars. As this series would be completely different themes from it's predeccessor, it shows a different types of the plot and characters that would become as the story progresses, but the important themes through the stories and characters is about Seek, Common, and Goals that matchs on different things for each of those characters, what they'll seeking, the common between Human and Digimon and the goals they want to reached that can be simple or much higher than of it, although other representation can be shown throughout stories which can be additional one, but what's important is how the story brings interpret their characters between Human and Digimon itselfs, and their relationship can be same or complex in trivial matters, importance is how they shared same personal in common or logical in common.

The story brings more on not just plot-driven and characters-driven, but mystery surrounding the atmosphere, settings, world, lores and more would be depicted as it would brings very unexpected twist that could become turning point to the story, as well the mysterious past and connection Tagiru become a key to the series that would be told as episode continue in progression. Hunters, Royal, and Fighters is a three meanings that would happen in the major setting of Digi-Quartz as the major story progression and how brings up the understanding the challenges of what they will gone through.

[EDITOR NOTE: It seems I can't tell much what kind themes would take in Digimon Xros Zero, but one day I would revise it and add more of it, but don't expect it soon]

Settings
Digimon Xros Zero took place three years following the Second Gigantic Digital War which is event of Digimon Xros Wars Arc 2: The Death General and Seven Kingdoms. In the real world the setting would be in Shinonome, Tokyo, Japan in Shinonome West High School Senior and the Digimon World would be set in Digi-Quartz. There two key events that describes a major importance in Digimon Xros Zero, such as:

Digi-Quartz
The series would be reimagined from the third arc of Xros Wars as it's main setting would be in the fictional alternate real world, Digi-Quartz where all wildlife of Digimon lived there and bounds with no rules or anything that matters, which is the place they could call freedom or much dangerous places for low-life Digimon or even for Human who were stepped into that world, place that can be ruling or be ruled, hunt or being hunted. That place is also where Digimon Hunters are gathered there, hunting more Digimon and become their partner for their collections or something else entirely, however, the strongest digimon can be hunt, it requires more challenges that they would face and strengthening bonds between Human & Digimon become pathway to overcome the challenges.

However, there are so many secrets, so many things that were hidden beneath that world and no one could ever find it or no one could able to reach it. The mystery about the existence of Digi-Quartz that lead to Digimon's disappearance in the Digital World brings us lot of questions, so many things are left unanswered and that world holds the key that would answer something that becomes responsible for what happened to the Digimon and Human who were participated in Digimon Hunters.

Dimensional Phenomenon Incident
The events that were originated from the effect of Second Gigantic Digital War, between Xros Heart Alliance against Bagra Army along with the battle between Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode against DarknessBagramon. As the human all over the world turned into a stone caused by D5 Power effects, Shockingly that over 200 testimonies stated that they had witnessed the strange giant battling each other along with the small creature that which they made assumption that whether there are resistance toward the effect that prevents them being turned into a stone is yet unknown, but any phenomenons like this are yet to be found or never even discovered before which is very new are recorded on history.

Following the dimensional phenomenon incident, while the rest of them didn't even know about that incident than 200 peoples, the news roaming around the world tells them what happened during that incident, however, no one wants to buy that fake stories and treated them as people who had hallucination psychological problem or being delusional is such cause lead to immense unrest, however, it only last for three months following that incident with unknown reason, while the rumors about that incident became grow over the internet, although gained a pros and cons from community or viewers alike, but thus become always rumor for few years and up until now, no one knows what happen, except 200 peoples who had witnessed that events.

Thus that incident become a major key and plot mystery to the series, and everything has lead to this moment where people had find out the existence of Digimon brings them to direction of an unknown and thus this story would tell.

Season Titles

 * Digimon Xros Zero Season 1 -Hunters- (Episode 1 - 25)
 * Digimon Xros Zero Season 2 -Trigger- (Episode 1-25)
 * Digimon Xros Zero Season 3 -Royale- (Episode 1-25)
 * Digimon Xros Zero Season 4 -Fighters- (Episode 1-25)
 * Digimon Xros Zero Season 5 -Genesis- (Episode 1-25)
 * Digimon Xros Zero Final Season -Infinity- (Part 1: Episode 1-13, Part 2: Episode 1-13, Part 3: Episode 1-13)

Episode
List Episode of Digimon Xros Zero

Characters
List Characters Summaries of Digimon Xros Zero

OVA
Original video animation of Digimon Xros Zero contains a special episode or side of them which set between episodes or before or after which might served as a room breather to the character development or story or some shed light toward mystery which has several new facts as it progress through. As the director of the OVA series directed by Norizuki Takeda along with the script writer by Yuko Terada, there would be a new writer story who would wrote the original video animation and single purposely to ties-in for the events or as a standalone to the game. It would be available as a special Blu-Ray Box Disc for each of them which contains a one OVA disc.

[COMING SOON]

Movie
Digimon Xros Zero would also includes a new original movie story with main directors and writers are involved toward the production of the Theatrical Movie, while the team staff animation who worked on Anime and Movie are different, but keep consistently. Unlike in the previous movie of Digimon series which are validately non-canon stories (Except, Theatrical Film Series that set in Adventures Timeline) as the movie storyline would be canonically to the Xros Zero timeline and it's main storyline that would connected toward each other and ties to what comes next to the chapter.


 * Digimon Xros Zero The Movie: The Summer Island Wars
 * Digimon Xros Zero The Movie 2: Illusions of the White Joker
 * Digimon Xros Zero The Movie 3: One Star, One Wish
 * Digimon Xros Zero The Movie 4: Dark Spiral
 * Digimon Xros Zero The Movie 5: Dimension World of Legendary Heroes.
 * Digimon Xros Zero Final Movie: The IMMORTAL DUSK

Media
Series has a different media like Manga, Game and Novel series which told same or different perspective and it was authored & illustrated by different person, however, Riku Sanjo and Norizuki Takeda would be supervise the story of the media. While one of the most important media works is Coordinator Bullet Report would be a long-running novel series focused on Nuada Kawaguchi as Network Analysis Investigator Police who's investigate the phenomenon that happens which seems related toward existence of Digimon and Digi-Quartz, and director considered those novel series as more important and perfect ties-in to the series from his perspective, while expand the connection and ties in for two series title like Digimon Xros Wars and Digimon Xros Zero.


 * Digimon Xros Zero (Manga Adaptation)
 * Digimon Xros Zero (Video Game)
 * Digimon Xros Zero -The Memories of Song- (Manga Spin-Off)
 * Digimon Xros Zero -War Zero Knight- (Manga Spin-Off)
 * Coordinator Bullet Report (Novel)

Comparison between Third Arc and Xros Zero
There's a comparison and difference between Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters who leapt the Through Time and Digimon Xros Zero which would be noticed as the story episode progressing through exclusively for Season 1 and Season 2.


 * Third Arc took place a year after the events of Digimon Xros Wars, while the Xros Zero took place four years following the event of Second Gigantic Digital War.
 * In Third Arc, prologue of it's story narrated by Taiki Kudou as it said "A year after that battle". However, in Xros Zero, Prologue story would be directly focused on Tagiru Akashi who were awake and realizing he didn't turned into stone from the effect of D-5 Crown and witnessed the day even of the battle between Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode against the DarknessBagramon until the end of that battle, suddenly obtained the Xros Loader which has an unique mechanics that unlike Taiki and the other has, which described as a new version.
 * Tagiru's Personality in Xros Zero is different from his counterpart in Third Arc. In the Third Arc, he was energetic and reckless and always does things without thinking. in Xros Zero as during in the beginning of the series, he was rebelled, mature, stubborn, sarcastic and cocky who always doing for seeking attention, but being distantful from his classmate and got a lot punishment, except his childhood friends. Following his fateful encounter with Gumdramon brought his new goal together with Gumdramon to seeking something greater and becoming a Superstar, and as his story progressing through, he become determined, brave and always risking his life anything to protect his friend, even though it would risk his life.
 * As the Third Arc episode filled with filler that made little plot and no plot progression, Xros Zero would be focused on plot and character driven while faithfully reimagined the story from Third Arc in whole different direction, while adds new mystery, plots, evolutions, digimon and more things would come as the episode story progress, also creating three new sequel to the Hunters Arc which would completely new story which was never seen before in the Third Arc.
 * Tagiru's first met with Taiki would be different, Third Arc explained that Tagiru had always admire Taiki since 6th Grader Elementary School, and he was energetic and wanted to surpassed him, as he joined Xros Heart Basketball team before the story begin. In Xros Zero however is completely different, as Tagiru first met with Taiki in the second episode of Xros Zero, although he knew Yuu ever since he entered High School Senior 1st Year. Tagiru cold, cocky and harsh toward Taiki who never believing or admitted how strong Taiki is, until he saw how stronger Taiki and Shoutmon was and how much collection Digimon he has, which caused Tagiru strongly determined that one day to surpassed Taiki one day. He joined Xros heart Basketball team and cooperate with Taiki, Shoutmon and Yuu to find out the truth behind the Digimon Hunting and mystery about Digi-Quartz.
 * Tagiru's Xros Loader was given by Old Clock Shop Man is the same as how Third Arc and Xros Zero did, however, in Xros Zero set up few key mystery and hinted as according from him during in the later episode as it would be possible that Tagiru already had Xros Loader from the very beginning, and the speculation about Tagiru had a two Xros Loader began in the post-credit of Episode 1 as her younger sister, Cinami Akashi discover a strange device, while she want to look at it, her mom called him as she decide to leave his room, and next shown that Xros Loader which is the same device that Tagiru pick up following that battle between Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode and DarknessBagramon which currently unused, gives us question whether Tagiru being Digimon Hunters before he met Gumdramon. and thus those speculation about him continue.
 * As Mami Takahashi speculated to be a childhood friend of Tagiru Akashi, this has been confirmed and revealed through in Xros Zero, along with Hideaki and Kiichi who were also Tagiru's childhood friend during Elementary School. While Hideaki's character is still same in Third Arc, same goes for Kiichi, but being deeply more explored in Xros Zero, while he is background and motivation along his friendship with Tagiru is expanded along with Kiichi, while more development for Kiichi, Mami, and Hideaki would explored later. In Addition, Hideaki did attend a same school as Tagiru.
 * For Mami Takahashi, her character would be more explored as the story progresses, even though she's a fan of Yuu Amano, she secretly worried for Tagiru for making another of his problem around the school, and she would be more appeared in Xros Zero as support characters. She has two siblings in Xros Zero, which first is Yutami Takanashi and second Sumeragi Takanashi, she's a very good big sister to her two siblings.
 * Yuu relationship with Tagiru is also different from how they usual did in Third Arc, but did explored much more in Xros Zero. Tagiru first met with him before the story of Third Arc began and he found Yuu as his rival, challenged themselves who always popular around the girl, but it's impossible for Tagiru ever since Yuu possess charismatic. in Xros Zero, Tagiru first met him after entering Shinonome West High School Senior as he firstly jerkly and insulting him, same goes for Taiki, resulting Yuu was driven anger toward Tagiru and he even jealous with Tagiru skill along with his Digimon partner, even though he has more what Tagiru hasn't but still makes it feel missing or unsatisfied. But following Damemon returned, he and Tagiru become friend afterwards, even though they always argued each other. Their friendship grow as the story progressed.
 * There are different things during Tagiru's first witnessed Digimon Hunting by Ryouma and his team in Episode 1. In the Third Arc, he react how cool they're action for capturing Digimon with their Digimon and expressed his desire to become a Digimon Hunters like them. However in Xros Zero, he confused, but amazed how they captured the Digimon, while during his first met with Gumdramon, he first had very uninterested to become a Digimon Hunter, but after his hunt for Metal Tyrannosaurus thanks to their sync and their bonds together for the first time, he made decision to become Digimon Hunter afterwards and seeking for greatness to become Superstar.
 * In Third Arc, Digimon Hunt had barely hold the competition to hunt the strongest Digimon, but in Xros Zero, there will be more level competition and tournament which were never seen before, and it's difficulty would be much harder for all hunters and requirements that must meet in order to increased their rank as the Digimon Hunter. While there's a rule and system that were applied not just as Digimon Hunter but more than that.
 * In the Rule of the Digimon Hunt, hunters can only fuse two Digimon in the Third Arc. In Xros Zero however is different with adding the Hunter Rank which contained rank from D to A, as they hunt more stronger Digimon, their rank would be increased and allows them to not just fusing more Digimon, but also increased the level digivolve their digimon with their Xros Loader, although Rank-S was considered as the Rarest Rank that never been reached by Hunters before due to that rank being far stronger than any other rankers.
 * But the most dangerous Hunter rank which titled as Rank X as it means that those who hold that are being accused as illegal and branded them as the Criminal Digimon Hunters, a illegal user who had disobeyed the rules and making an illegal activities during hunting. One group is much bigger of all gather for Criminal Hunters, the ANTI who posses a bigger authority to make their own rules and their own rights to hunt Digimon that doesn't even fit for regular rules, even means to infected or drugging the Digimon to make them stronger. They usually the one who behind scene of that chaos that were really happened.
 * Several Hunters characters would be fleshed out more in Xros Zero with expand characterization, background story, and more which has more than what the Third Arc did, that includes for Kaoru Mayuzumi and Makoto Tamura.
 * For Kaoru case, following the incident after she met with Tagiru and Yuu she obtained Xros Loader and become an allies to them as support character in Xros Zero, also become a Digimon Hunters.
 * For Makoto case, although in the first season he's a minor character, in the second season, he would also become a support character in Xros Zero as friend to Tagiru, Hideaki and Kiichi, later become allied to Xros Heart and Digimon Hunters following obtained Xros Loader.
 * Taiki and Yuu's character along with Ryouma and his team characterization would be fully explored and fleshed out more in Xros Zero along with their new background, motivation, backstory, new side of the characters and personality that would greatly to be able explored as the story progressed, while brings a new mystery and connection between Ryouma and Taiki that holds together.
 * Old Clock Shop Man characters is also fully developed in Xros Zero in every season as it progressed and more mystery regarding his connection between him and Bagramon.
 * Gather Hunters! Digimon Competition in the Southern Island! episode from Third Arc would be greatly expanded into a Story Arc as Digimon Competition Arc which contains four episode, which introduce a brand-new digimon hunters which has their own different roles, can be minor or support or even major for each one of them, along with new type of Digimon and new challenges, as well fully deeply explores for Kiriha Anouma's comeback.
 * It contains plot progression which introduced several new things happened in that story arc like, Codex Core, Black ReCODE Virus, Criminal Hunters, and more along with the mystery, plot twist and engaging battle against Digimon Hunters that become very unexpected as the story keep progressing through along with Tagiru and Gumdramon with his new evolution, fusion and skill. There will be a history of the first hunter champion who had reached RANK-S which made Tagiru wanted to surpassed them.
 * As the two sequel from Second Season would be completely new story, the finale season would totally remake and expanded three final episode in brand-new direction and certainly build-up for the major conclusion to the series.

Trivia

 * Digimon Xros Zero might be different from Digimon Xros Wars Arc 3: The Young Hunters who leapt the Through Time with the settings, characters age, storyline, direction, tone story, character, themes, and more, however, it did show several flashback that shows the characters in their 13-14 years old.

Related Page

 * Digimon Xros Wars HD Remastered