Half-Masked

by Alex Hill

“Digimon Tamers” is my favourite kind of show, filled with colour and imagination without talking down to its audience. It refuses to reduce itself to anything simple or banal. It is about as good as hyperactive television aimed at pre-teen boys can get. It saw a less exaggerated attempt at planet Earth than we’re accustomed to, and then included monsters and talking bunnies on top of that. And it works! It doesn’t meander or make every episode a variation of the same script. It leads us to a Digital World that is no longer benign, but an unforgiving wilderness where a group of spunky kids could get themselves killed.

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