I'll admit to watching most of the series up to the end of Frontier (All english dub, I'm thinking of finding somewhere to watch the stuff subbed and what i haven't seen, but that will take time). I'll admit I missed chunks of Frontier, mostly after the Royal Knights started showing up, but I'll give my opinions based on what I can remember...
Adventure01-I was a kid when I first saw this, not even ten I believe, if barely over. I liked it, but it seemed a little silly to me at times. It had a nice, light-hearted, if rather sudden start, but damn the thing got kinda dark for a kids show later on. The characters seemed kinda flat (Nerd, jock, girly girl), but got a bit more developed, not much, but still.
What stands out: I will admit, the memory that stands out the most is Izzy watching Angewoman and LadyDevimon slap fighting and saying something along the lines of "I'm not sure if I'm allowed to watch this." Right before Kari tells her digimon to 'Knock that witches block off"
Adventure02- I was a bit older at this point and had a crush on Yolei (I liked a girl with glasses, and still do). Some of the characters seemed sorta better. Davis seemed annoying at times, but mostly the Kari love stuff, otherwise he was kinda cool, Ken seemed either crazy or whiny (And, as I said, as a kid I crushed on Yolei, so he eventually earned my young hatred), Cody was cool, and seemed to develop a bit more than some others. Kari and TK seemed kinda...cardboard-y sometimes, as I can remember.
What Stands Out: I don't what to be a lemming and say the Dark Ocean or Daemon...I think it may be the expansion of Digimon, showing the others in other countries was kinda cool.
Tamers: I was in an awkward point in life and, now, crushed on Renamon. Anywho, not much I can say that hasn't been said, character development was great, I especially liked the points early on where the link between Tamer and Digimon was a lot more obvious, showing one as an extension of the other (The tamers feeling their digimon's pain).
What Stands Out: Oddly, MarineAngemon. The first time a mega-level is a starting partner, and it was the first mega digimon card I ever had (Actually, I may still have that card...)
Frontier: As I said, I missed some chunks, but I liked it...kinda. The lack of partners confused me (Mostly because I didn't see the first half-dozen episodes until half way through the season), but the idea seemed kinda cool, having the chosen kids actually doing something, but that sorta went away later on when most of the kids lost that ability so two could level up to fight (Kinda cheesed me off).
What Stands Out: Aside from the lovely southern drawl Ranamon got in the dub? My favorite part was actually seeing Takuya de-digivolved to Flamon. I would have actually liked to have seen more of that with the other kids, maybe a crisis of their humanity/whether they could ever go home or something like that when it happens. A good opputunity that it seems like nobody thought of...Oh well...
Anywho, I guess I'd order things...
Tamers>Frontier>Adventure02>Adventure01
That's not to say 02 and 01 where bad, the others just seemed better to me
Adventure01-I was a kid when I first saw this, not even ten I believe, if barely over. I liked it, but it seemed a little silly to me at times. It had a nice, light-hearted, if rather sudden start, but damn the thing got kinda dark for a kids show later on. The characters seemed kinda flat (Nerd, jock, girly girl), but got a bit more developed, not much, but still.
What stands out: I will admit, the memory that stands out the most is Izzy watching Angewoman and LadyDevimon slap fighting and saying something along the lines of "I'm not sure if I'm allowed to watch this." Right before Kari tells her digimon to 'Knock that witches block off"
Adventure02- I was a bit older at this point and had a crush on Yolei (I liked a girl with glasses, and still do). Some of the characters seemed sorta better. Davis seemed annoying at times, but mostly the Kari love stuff, otherwise he was kinda cool, Ken seemed either crazy or whiny (And, as I said, as a kid I crushed on Yolei, so he eventually earned my young hatred), Cody was cool, and seemed to develop a bit more than some others. Kari and TK seemed kinda...cardboard-y sometimes, as I can remember.
What Stands Out: I don't what to be a lemming and say the Dark Ocean or Daemon...I think it may be the expansion of Digimon, showing the others in other countries was kinda cool.
Tamers: I was in an awkward point in life and, now, crushed on Renamon. Anywho, not much I can say that hasn't been said, character development was great, I especially liked the points early on where the link between Tamer and Digimon was a lot more obvious, showing one as an extension of the other (The tamers feeling their digimon's pain).
What Stands Out: Oddly, MarineAngemon. The first time a mega-level is a starting partner, and it was the first mega digimon card I ever had (Actually, I may still have that card...)
Frontier: As I said, I missed some chunks, but I liked it...kinda. The lack of partners confused me (Mostly because I didn't see the first half-dozen episodes until half way through the season), but the idea seemed kinda cool, having the chosen kids actually doing something, but that sorta went away later on when most of the kids lost that ability so two could level up to fight (Kinda cheesed me off).
What Stands Out: Aside from the lovely southern drawl Ranamon got in the dub? My favorite part was actually seeing Takuya de-digivolved to Flamon. I would have actually liked to have seen more of that with the other kids, maybe a crisis of their humanity/whether they could ever go home or something like that when it happens. A good opputunity that it seems like nobody thought of...Oh well...
Anywho, I guess I'd order things...
Tamers>Frontier>Adventure02>Adventure01
That's not to say 02 and 01 where bad, the others just seemed better to me