Disclaimer: This post gathers all references I could find about Digimon from reports made by companies deeply connected with the series, mostly Bandai, Toei, and WiZ, until the period of the early 2010s (Work still in progress) Most resources aren’t supported officially currently and only exist as archives from the WayBackMachine, and we know many […]
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