List of Digimon Universe: App Monsters characters
Digimon Universe: App Monsters is a Japanese multimedia project created by Toei Company, Dentsu and Namco Bandai Holdings, under the pseudonym Akiyoshi Hongo.[1] It is the eighth official installment of the Digimon franchise, but also considered as its own separate franchise from the original. An Anime adaptation of the franchise was animated by Toei Animation, produced by Dentsu, directed by Gō Koga and written by Yōichi Katō (Mushibugyo, Yo-kai Watch) with character designs by Kenichi Ōnuki (Gundam Build Fighters). It began airing on all TXN stations in Japan on October 1, 2016,[2] replacing Time Travel Girl in its original time slot.
Protagonists
Haru Shinkai
Voiced by: Yumi Uchiyama[2]
Haru Shinkai (新海 ハル, Shinkai Haru) is the male protagonist, a 13-year-old boy who likes reading and always saw himself as a secondary character, until he finds the AppliDrive and joins Gatchmon in his fight to stop Leviathan from taking over the world. His AppliDrive's color is red, later replaced by a red and gold AppliDrive DUO.
Gatchmon
Voiced by: Kokoro Kikuchi[2]
Gatchmon (ガッチモン, Gacchimon) is Haru's Standard Grade partner Appmon, that is derived from a search app. He likes to look cool and his search function allows him to learn many things, including other people's secrets and the weak point of his enemies.
- DoGatchmon (ドガッチモン, Dogacchimon)
- Gatchmon's Super Grade form, attained by Applinking with Navimon, combining Gatchmon's search abilities with Navimon's navigation capacity to become stronger and more agile.
- Globemon (グローブモン, Gurōbumon)
- Gatchmon's Ultimate Grade form, attained by Applinking DoGatchmon with Timemon. It is a global system Appmon with the power to search and attack millions of enemies at once on a global scale.
- Gaiamon (ガイアモン, Gaiamon)
- Gatchmon's God Grade form, which is attained by Applinking Globemon with Charismon. It is a creation Appmon.
Eri Karan
- Voiced by: Umeka Shōji[3]
14 year old Eri Karan (花嵐 エリ, Karan Eri) is a member of the idol group "AppliYama 470". Cheerful and lively on the outside, she is actually very lonely. Her AppliDrive's color is blue, but is later replaced by a blue and gold AppliDrive DUO. She has a tendency to argue with Astra, due to their conflicting egos.
Dokamon
Voiced by: Motoko Kumai[3]
Dokamon (ドカモン, Dokamon) is Eri's Standard Grade partner robot-like Appmon that was derived from an action game app. He has a strong and loyal attitude towards Eri, despite her habit of neglecting him and bossing him around.
- Dosukomon (ドスコモン, Dosukomon)
- Dokamon's Super Grade form, attained by Applinking with Perorimon. It resembles a sumo wrestler.
- Oujamon (オウジャモン, Oujamon)
- Dokamon's Ultimate Grade form, attained by Applinking Dosukomon with Coachmon. Based on a mixed martial arts game system.
- Poseidonmon (ポセイドモン, Poseidomon)
- Dokamon's God Grade form, attained by Applinking Oujamon with Beautymon. It is an invincibility Appmon.
Torajirou Asuka
- Voiced by: Shiho Kokido[4]
Torajirou Asuka (飛鳥 虎次郎, Asuka Torajirō) is an 11 year old free-spirited half-English, half-Japanese boy and a famous "Apptuber", who uploads videos to the site "Apptube" under the alias "Astra". He comes from a wealthy and traditional family and only spends 30 minutes per day making videos for Apptube, as he also intends to inherit his father's tea shop business. His AppliDrive's color is yellow, but is later replaced by a yellow and gold AppliDrive DUO.
Musimon
Voiced by: Nao Tamura[4]
Musimon (ミュージモン, Myūjimon) is Torajirou's Standard Grade partner Rabbit-like Appmon which was derived from a music app, who likes to go with the flow, just like his partner.
- Mediamon (メディアモン, Mediamon)
- Musimon's Super Grade form, attained by Applinking with Recormon. It resembles a rap singer.
- Entermon (エンタモン, Entāmon)
- Musimon's Ultimate Grade form, attained by Applinking Mediamon with Dreamon. Based on an entertainment home system.
- Uranusmon (ウラノスモン, Uranosumon)
- Musimon's God Grade form, attained by Applinking Entermon with Fakemon. It is an arousal Appmon.
Rei Katsura
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga[4]
14 year old Rei Katsura (桂 レイ, Katsura Rei) is a mysterious hacker whose younger brother was kidnapped by Leviathan's followers. In spite of the fact that he is fighting Leviathan to rescue him, Rei refuses to cooperate with Haru and the others until they join forces to defeat Mienumon and he accompanies the group to the Deep Web. His AppliDrive's color is black, but is later replaced by a black and gold AppliDrive DUO.
Hackmon
Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi[4]
Hackmon (ハックモン, Hakkumon) is Rei's Standard Grade partner Appmon with hacking abilities.
- Raidramon (レイドラモン, Reidoramon)
- Hackmon's Super Grade form, attained by Applinking with Protecmon. It resembles a black dragon and has the capability of hacking not only their enemies, but the environment in order to gain the advantage in combat.
- Revivemon (リバイブモン, Ribaibumon)
- Hackmon's Ultimate Grade form, attained by Applinking Raidramon with Dezipmon. Based on a file restoration system.
- Hadesmon (ハデスモン, Hadesumon)
- Hackmon's God Grade form, attained by Applinking Revivemon with Biomon. It is a variation Appmon.
Yujin Ozora
Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa[5]
Yujin Ozora (大空 勇仁, Ōzora Yūjin) is a 13-year-old boy. Yujin is Haru's childhood friend and a hot-blooded guy who is good with sports and is popular with the girls. His AppliDrive DUO's color is purple and white. It is later revealed that he is actually an android named YJ-14, that was created by Leviathan for intelligence gathering, and that the woman who appeared as his mother is actually a researcher of L Corp who created his robotic body. After Leviathan's body is destroyed, it takes over Yujin's body and gives Haru two choices: either let both Leviathan and Yujin die or let humanity be enslaved forever. Haru is about to choose stopping Leviathan, but Yujin takes back control of his body and makes that decision himself, dying in the process.
Offmon
Voiced by: Yū Shimamura
Offmon (オフモン, Ofumon) is Yujin's Standard Grade partner Appmon, derived from an offline game app.
- Shutmon (シャットモン, Shattomon)
Voiced by: Takahiro Fujiwara
- Offmon's Ultimate Grade form, based on a Forced Termination App. At first, he can't control its power, becoming vicious upon using it, until he is calmed down by Yujin.
- Rebootmon (リブートモン, Ribūtomon)
Voiced by: Takahiro Fujiwara
- Offmon's God Grade form, attained by Applinking Shutmon with Bootmon. It is a reboot Appmon.
Antagonists
Leviathan
Voiced by: Shō Hayami
Leviathan (リヴァイアサン, Rivaiasan) is the main antagonist of the series. It is an artificial intelligence hidden in the deep web spreading a virus known as the "L virus" that infects Appmons, turning them rogue. Gatchmon tends to panic just upon mentioning its name, a habit he is trying to shake off with time. Later Haru and the others learn from Timemon that Leviathan is a part of Minerva's code that went rogue. Its materialized form is a metallic six-headed dragon empowered by the data of humans digitalized by Deusmon and summoned into the real world by Yujin and Rebootmon. Later, it devours all six God Grade Appmon to evolve even further. Finding the Appmon capable of evolving to God Grade was the reason it started to spread the virus in the first place. After the Buddy Appmon managed to escape from Leviathan's body, the Applidrivers tried to access Tokyo High Tower to awaken Minerva who was sleeping inside a satellite orbiting Earth. Minerva temporarily stops Leviathan to allow the Buddy Appmon to escape and become the God Grade Appmon once again so they could destroy Levithan's body. However, Leviathan transported his remaining data inside Yujin's body. Haru is then given two choices: kill Yujin to delete Leviathan or spare Yujin and let humanity be enslaved. Haru is about to choose the former, but Yujin takes back control of his body in order to do that decision himself. as a result, Yujin's body shuts down and all of Leviathan's data is deleted.
Knight Unryūji
Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Originally a genius who developed a famous message app that was banned when people started misusing it, Knight Unryūji (雲龍寺 ナイト, Unryūji Naito) is the new CEO of L Corp, a conglomerate under Leviathan's control. When facing the Applidrivers, he wears a mask and uses the alias of Cloud (クラウド, Kuraudo). After Charismon subdues the AppliDrivers, he is betrayed by Leviathan, who intended to dispose of him after they are defeated, but is rescued when Haru uses Overdrive on Globemon to defeat the enemy instead. He then tells Rei where he can find info about Hajime's whereabouts.
Cameramon
Voiced by: Kōsuke Okano
Cameramon (キャメラモン, Kyameramon) is a Standard Grade camera Appmon capable of seeing through any working camera to keep track of his enemies.
- Scopemon (スコープモン, Sukōpumon)
- Cameramon's Super Grade form, attained by Applinking with Shotmon, and capable of sniping enemies from anywhere, even without a clear view with assistance from Cameramon's surveillance power. After being defeated by DoGatchmon, his Appmon chip is stolen by Mienumon.
Shotmon
Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara
Shotmon (ショットモン, Shottomon) is a Standard Grade shooting Appmon capable of shooting his enemies in the blink of an eye.
Mienumon
Voiced by: Shiori Izawa
Mienumon (ミエーヌモン, Miēnumon) is a stealth Super Grade Appmon, capable of becoming invisible.
- Warudamon (ワルダモン)
- Mienumon's Ultimate Grade form, attained by Applinking with Sakusimon. She is defeated by the combined efforts of Haru, Eri, Torajirou and Rei.
Sakusimon
Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonaga
Sakusimon (サクシモン, Sakushimon) is a simulation Super Grade Appmon. After being defeated by DoGatchmon who was Applinked with Raidramon, his Appmon chip is salvaged by Mienumon, who uses it to reach the Ultimate level.
Coachmon
Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Koyama
Coachmon (コーチモン, Kōchimon) is a trainer Super Grade Appmon. He is sent by Mienumon to give Eri a training routine harsh enough to break her, but after being moved by her dedication, he reforms and joins forces with the AppliDrivers instead.
Cometmon
Voiced by: Tatsuya Kobayashi
Cometmon (コメットモン, Komettomon) is an Astronomical Ultimate Grade Appmon. It is defeated by Dantemon before he was turned into stone.
Satellamon
Voiced by: Kōsuke Okano
Satellamon (サテラモン, Sateramon) is a GPS Ultimate Grade Appmon and a bounty hunter hired by Leviathan to take down the AppliDrivers. He is defeated by Shutmon who Applinked with Globemon and his chip is salvaged by Knight.
Virusmon
Voiced by: Yutaka Aoyama
Virusmon (バイラモン, Bairamon) is a Standard Grade virus Appmon octopus-like creature responsible for spreading the L Virus, and is capable of multiplying itself.
Charismon
Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura
Charismon (カリスモン, Karisumon) is a mind control Ultimate Grade Appmon and the leader of the Ultimate 4. He is defeated by Globemon with his chip being obtained by Haru.
Beautymon
Voiced by: Ayumi Tsunematsu
Beautymon (ビューティモン, Byūtimon) is a beauty Ultimate Grade Appmon and member of the Ultimate 4. She is defeated by Oujamon and her Appmon Chip obtained by Eri.
Fakemon
Voiced by: Tetsu Shiratori
Fakemon (フェイクモン, Feikumon) is a disguise Ultimate Grade Appmon and member of the Ultimate 4. He is defeated by Entermon with his Appmon Chip obtained by Torajirou.
Biomon
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
Biomon (バイオモン, Baiomon) is a life Ultimate Grade Appmon and member of the Ultimate 4. He used his surgical skills to transform Hajime into an Appmon, which he confessed to Rei after he is defeated by Revivemon, but is shut down by Charismon before revealing any further information. Regardless, his Appmon Chip is salvaged by Rei.
Deusmon
Voiced by: Ryūzaburō Ōtomo
Deusmon (デウスモン, Deusumon) is an omnipotence God Grade Appmon. His Appmon Chip has been secretly carried by Yujin who obtains Bootmon's Appmon Chip to unlock the power that allows Applidrivers to summon God Grade Appmon. After finally summoning Deusmon, Yujin sends it to attack Tokyo and plunge the city into the Net Ocean as part of Leviathan's plan to digitalize and rule over humanity. Deusmon also has an ability to create copies of his body which he used to help fight against Poseidonmon, Uranusmon and Hadesmon. After losing the battle, Deusmon and every other God Grade Appmon are eaten by Leviathan's materialized form who wishes to evolve even further.
Secondary characters
Ai Kashiki
Voiced by: Mai Fuchigami[5]
Ai Kashiki (樫木 亜衣, Kashiki Ai) is a 13 year old Ai and is Haru's classmate whom he has a crush on. She has a kind and gentle personality and is very popular with her peers. She later discovers the existence of Appmon and allows Haru and the others to use the secret basement of her family's bookstore as their base of operations.
Takeru Wato
Voiced by: Ryō Hirohashi[5]
Takeru Wato (和戸 尊, Wato Takeru) is a 13-year-old boy, also known as Watson (ワトソン, Watoson). He is Haru's classmate who likes smartphones, games, and other digital items.
Den'emon Shinkai
Voiced by: Wataru Takagi
Den'emon Shinkai (新海 電衛門, Shinkai Den'emon) is Haru's late grandfather whose voice served as the base for the one installed in the Applidrives. A pioneer in artificial intelligence and one of the scientists who attended the Dartmouth Workshop in 1956, Den'emon is the creator of Minerva, a benevolent AI which had part of its code become rogue, then evolved into Leviathan. Fearing that Leviathan would eventually attack mankind, he left a VHS tape with a message asking whoever saw said tape to stop him, while uploading a backup of his data once he realized that Leviathan was after his life. His backup reaches Haru and his friends after their AppliDrives were destroyed by the Ultimate 4 and helps them to obtain new AppliDrive DUOs. After Leviathan is defeated, Den'emon is materialized in the real world, but losing the youth he had online.
Hajime Katsura
Voiced by: Inori Minase
Hajime Katsura (桂 はじめ, Katsura Hajime) is Rei's younger brother, who was kidnapped by Leviathan. After investigating further, Rei discovers that Hajime underwent a mysterious procedure to have his data thoroughly modified, transforming him into something else, but so far it is unknown in who or what he was transformed into. It is later revealed that Hajime has in fact been transformed into the Appmon, Sleepmon. After he is rescued, Hajime reveals that he was captured in order to create the ultimate startup Appmon, Bootmon, in order to complete its plan to transform all mankind into data and rule them.
The Seven Codes
The "Seven Codes" are seven special Appmon that, once reunited, will form the legendary Appmon, Dantemon, able to access the deep web in order to reach Leviathan. After fulfilling their role of summoning Dantemon, they lose their special powers and become common Appmon once more, joining the AppliDrivers against Leviathan.
- Mailmon (メールモン, Mērumon)
- Voiced by: Kōta Nemoto
- Code no.1, he is an e-mail Appmon forcefully captured by Rei, who later gives him to Haru. After losing his Seven Code powers, he entrusts his Appmon chip to Haru.
- Roleplaymon (ロープレモン, Rōpuremon)
- Voiced by: Takahiro Mizushima
- Code no.2, he is a role-playing game Appmon captured by Haru after he calms him down. After losing his Seven Code powers, he entrusts his Appmon chip to Haru.
- Gomimon (ゴミモン, Gomimon)
- Voiced by: Yasuhiro Takato
- Code no.3, he is a trash bin Appmon defeated and captured by Eri. After losing his Seven Code powers, he entrusts his Appmon chip to Haru.
- Tellermon (テラーモン, Terāmon)
- Voiced by: Yuko Maruyama
- Code no.4, she is a fortune teller Appmon. After being infected by the L virus, she is defeated and captured by Eri and Astra. After losing her Seven Code powers, he entrusts her Appmon chip to Eri.
- Copypamon (コピペモン, Kopipemon)
- Voiced by: Naomi Nagasawa
- Code no.5, he is a copy and paste Appmon. After being infected by the L virus, he is defeated and captured by Eri. After losing his Seven Code powers, he entrusts his Appmon chip to Eri.
- Medicmon (メディックモン, Medikkumon)
- Voiced by: Junichi Yanagita
- Code no.6, he is a medic Appmon. After being infected by the L virus, he is defeated and captured by Torajirou. After losing his Seven Code powers, he entrusts his Appmon chip to Torajirou.
- Weatherdramon (ウェザドラモン, Wezadoramon)
- Voiced by: Reiou Tsuchida
- Code no.7, he is a weather Appmon. After being infected by the L virus, he is defeated and captured by Eri, but later stolen by Mienumon, until Haru and the others defeat her to take it back. After losing his Seven Code powers, he entrusts his Appmon chip to Eri.
Dantemon
- Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama
A massive and powerful Appmon summoned by the combined power of the Seven Codes, Dantemon (ダンテモン) is able to slay colossal enemies like Cometmon with one slash from his sword. After being summoned, he opens the gate to the deep web for Haru and his friends, but soon after, he is infected by the L Virus and turns into stone, becoming immobile as he holds the gate that links the surface and deep webs open, allowing the AppliDrivers to push forward in their pursuit of Leviathan.
Bootmon
- Voiced by: Tomo Muranaka
An ultimate Appmon created by Hajime at Leviathan's request, Bootmon (ブートモン, Būtomon) is released by Hajime when he discovers that Leviathan intends to use it in his plan to digitalize and rule over all mankind. When the Applidrivers manage to find him, he is attacked by Yujin and Shutmon who claim his Appmon Chip to unlock the power needed to summon his two God Grade Appmon, Deusmon and Rebootmon.
Agumon
- Voiced by: Chika Sakamoto
Agumon (アグモン) is Haru's Digimon partner from the boy's copy of the Digimon Universe videogame, a Reptile Digimon whose signature attack is Baby Flame. When Uratekumon brings various video game characters out of their games in an attempt to locate Bootmon, Agumon avoided being controlled and decides to get the other video game characters back to their game worlds. After a misunderstanding with Haru's group, recognizing him by his user name, Agumon helps in defeating Uratekumon before returning himself and the other game characters to their games.
- WarGreymon (ウォーグレイモン, Wōgureimon)
- Agumon's Mega form, a Dragon Man Digimon clad in Chrome Digizoid armor who fights with improved speed and strength. He is equipped with the Dramon Killer gauntlets, which are weapons specifically designed to defeat Dramon-species Digimon. WarGreymon's two signature attacks are Gaia Force, which involves gathering all of the energy into one spot then firing it as a super-dense, high-temperature fireball energy shot, and Brave Tornado, which involves spinning at himself at a tremendous speed then launching himself at his enemy.
References
- "Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters Project Revealed With TV Anime, Game". Anime News Network. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- "New Digimon Universe TV Anime Unveils Story, Cast, Staff, Videos, Visual". Anime News Network. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- "New Digimon Universe TV Anime Casts Umeka Shouji, Motoko Kumai". Anime News Network. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- "Digimon Universe TV Anime Casts Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Daisuke Sakaguchi". Anime News Network. 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- "New Digimon Universe TV Anime Casts Makoto Furukawa, Mai Fuchigami, Ryou Hirohashi". Anime News Network. 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
External links
- Official products website
- Official anime website
- Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia