09-10-2006, 08:10 AM
Digimon Adventure:
Digimon Adventure (Season One) took place in 1999. At this time, Jou (Joe) was the oldest, age 12. Taichi (Tai), Sora, and Yamato (Matt) were 11. Mimi and Koushirou (Izzy) were 10. Takeru (TK) and Hikari (Kari) were 8.
At this point in time, Ken and Daisuke (Davis) would have also been 8, Miyako (Yolei) would have been 9, and Iori (Cody) would have been 6.
This is consistent in both the original and dubbed versions of digimon.
Digimon Adventure 02:
This is where it starts to get confusing, due to the dub version taking place in a different year than the Japanese version. The Japanese version took place in '02, naturally. Jou (Joe) was 15, Taichi (Tai), Yamato (Matt), and Sora were 14, and Koushirou (Izzy) and Mimi were 13. Daisuke (Davis), Ken, Takeru (TK), and Hikari (Kari) were 11, Miyako (Yolei) was 12, and Iori (Cody) was 9.
The dubbed version of digimon took place one year later, in 2003, so if you're writing/drawing the dub version of digimon, add one to the 02 ages in the paragraph above.
Digimon Tamers:
Tamers was also confusing due to a two year age difference between the original and dubbed versions. The officially stated year that Tamers took place was 200X, but based on the calendars shown in the series, we can deduce that the show took place in either 2001 or 2007. Given that the show actually aired in Japan in April 2001, and the first calendars indicated April 2001 or 2007, I think it is fair to conclude that the show took place in 2001---"real time," just like Adventure did in 1999.
At this time, in the Japanese version, Takato, Jenrya (Henry), Ruki (Rika), Hirokazu (Kazu), and Kenta were all 10. Shiuchon (Suzie) was 7, Ryou (Ryo) was 14, and Ai and Makoto (Mako) were 4.
In the dubbed version, Takato was 12 instead of 10. Not 13, as many fan-sites tell you. That is wrong, he was 12. So bump up everyone's age by 2 for the dub ages.
Digimon Frontier:
As far as I know, Frontier never committed to a year. You can guess "real time" like Adventure and Tamers, making it 2002, but that's just a best guess and isn't official. Whatever the year was, Takuya, Kouji (Koji), Kouichi (Koichi), and Izumi (Zoe) were 11. Junpei (JP) was 12, and Tomoki (Tommy) was 9.
Digimon Savers:
I don't know Savers well enough to know if there was a year given, but Masaru and Touma are 14 and Yoshino is 18. The reason they made her 18 is because that's the legal driving age in Japan, and they needed a driver for the DATS vehicle.
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I hope that's useful to you guys.
Digimon Adventure (Season One) took place in 1999. At this time, Jou (Joe) was the oldest, age 12. Taichi (Tai), Sora, and Yamato (Matt) were 11. Mimi and Koushirou (Izzy) were 10. Takeru (TK) and Hikari (Kari) were 8.
At this point in time, Ken and Daisuke (Davis) would have also been 8, Miyako (Yolei) would have been 9, and Iori (Cody) would have been 6.
This is consistent in both the original and dubbed versions of digimon.
Digimon Adventure 02:
This is where it starts to get confusing, due to the dub version taking place in a different year than the Japanese version. The Japanese version took place in '02, naturally. Jou (Joe) was 15, Taichi (Tai), Yamato (Matt), and Sora were 14, and Koushirou (Izzy) and Mimi were 13. Daisuke (Davis), Ken, Takeru (TK), and Hikari (Kari) were 11, Miyako (Yolei) was 12, and Iori (Cody) was 9.
The dubbed version of digimon took place one year later, in 2003, so if you're writing/drawing the dub version of digimon, add one to the 02 ages in the paragraph above.
Digimon Tamers:
Tamers was also confusing due to a two year age difference between the original and dubbed versions. The officially stated year that Tamers took place was 200X, but based on the calendars shown in the series, we can deduce that the show took place in either 2001 or 2007. Given that the show actually aired in Japan in April 2001, and the first calendars indicated April 2001 or 2007, I think it is fair to conclude that the show took place in 2001---"real time," just like Adventure did in 1999.
At this time, in the Japanese version, Takato, Jenrya (Henry), Ruki (Rika), Hirokazu (Kazu), and Kenta were all 10. Shiuchon (Suzie) was 7, Ryou (Ryo) was 14, and Ai and Makoto (Mako) were 4.
In the dubbed version, Takato was 12 instead of 10. Not 13, as many fan-sites tell you. That is wrong, he was 12. So bump up everyone's age by 2 for the dub ages.
Digimon Frontier:
As far as I know, Frontier never committed to a year. You can guess "real time" like Adventure and Tamers, making it 2002, but that's just a best guess and isn't official. Whatever the year was, Takuya, Kouji (Koji), Kouichi (Koichi), and Izumi (Zoe) were 11. Junpei (JP) was 12, and Tomoki (Tommy) was 9.
Digimon Savers:
I don't know Savers well enough to know if there was a year given, but Masaru and Touma are 14 and Yoshino is 18. The reason they made her 18 is because that's the legal driving age in Japan, and they needed a driver for the DATS vehicle.
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I hope that's useful to you guys.