Hi All,

As mentioned in my previous post, see link below, this will be the start of me writing a breakdown of each episode of Digimon Tamers and the differences between the Japanese/English/Manga version of this season.

https://www.deviantart.com/hibotancreations/art/Digimon-Tamers-Episodes-Breakdown-876521400

I will also make cute little title cards like this one for fun's sake :D
Anyway on to the breakdown.


Digimon Tamers Episode 1: Guilmon Comes Alive

Japanese title: Girumon Tanjō! Boku no Kangaeta Dejimon
( Japanese: ギルモン誕生!僕の考えたデジモン)
( English: Guilmon is Born! The Digimon that I Created )

Japanese air date: April 1, 2001
English air date: September 1, 2001

Episode breakdown:

Calumon is being attacked by wild Digimon ( Maildramon and Darktyrannomon/Metaltyrannomon ) and somehow realizes in the real world.
Meanwhile, a boy named Takato plays the Digimon card game with his school friend Kazu, after that he finds a mysterious blue card in his Digimon card box and tries to scan it with his card reader, because of that he is late for class and has to stand outside in the hall as punishment.
His obsession with Digimon leads him to draw a Digimon he made up, Guilmon, on a notepad, which in turn gets him into detention. Jeri comes back to the classroom during  Takato's detention for her recorder/flute ( which she forgot to take home ) and informs him to write the apology to the teacher.
Meanwhile we see Hypnos ( location Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building ) where Yamaki, Riley and Tally are investigating an abnormality ( a packet ) that is expanding, they are unsure if it's a wild one or not.
Later after school when Takato goes back to his card box he finds that his card reader transformed into a Digivice, when he gets home he notices that the blue card is gone, the Digivice then copies his created Digimon's data from his notepad and creates a real Digi-egg.
He then has a strange dream involving a Digimon Tamer and her partner (Rika Nonaka and Renamon) who are fighting a Lynxmon that has realized.
In the morning he asks his dad if they had Digimon during his childhood and if Digimon could be a real thing, his reply to both is "no".
Meanwhile we see Calumon questioning human behavior compared to that of Digimon.
Takato then tells Kazu and Kenta ( his friends from school ) that Digimon are real and that he saw them in a dream, as such they poke fun at him.
His Digi-egg then hatches and he finds out that he is able to locate his created Digimon through the compass in his Digivice.
Meanwhile we see Hypnos detecting a wild one that is on a higher level than previous ones and Tally suggests to erase him using the " Tracer " program, Yamaki however wants to know where the wild one will realize first and asks her to put the Tracer program on hold.
We now see Takato using the compass and to go look for Guilmon as he realizes into the real world.
Meanwhile we also see that Henry and Suzie notice a wild one realizing from their apartment.
Rika also notices this as well from a different location in the city.
Hypnos locate the wild and it realizes in West Shinjuku, they are unable to stop it.
After he finds his created Digimon Guilmon, in a construction site, he then sees him using his attack on nearby rats, which in turn scares Takato as he fears being attacked by Guilmon too.

Character appearance for this episode in order:

Calumon-Takato Matsuki-Kazu Shioda-Teacher Nami Asaji-Jeri Katou-Yamaki Mitsuo-Riley Ohtori-Tally Onodera-Father Takehiro Matsuki-Mother Yoshie Matsuki-Rika Nonaka-Renamon-Kenta Kitagawa-Suzie Wong-Terriermon-Henry Wong

 

Differences between the Japanese and English version:

Names ( English/Japanese ) - Ages;

Calumon - Culumon
Takato Matsuki ( 12 ) - Takato Matsuda ( 10 )
Kazu Shioda ( 12 ) - Hirokazu Shiota ( 10 )
Nami Asaji ( 26 ) - Nami Asanuma ( 26 )
Jeri Katou ( 12 ) - Juri Katou ( 10 )
Yamaki Mitsuo ( 32 ) - Yamaki Mitsuo ( 32 )
Riley Ohtori ( 26 ) - Reika Ohtori ( 26 )
Tally Onodera ( 23 ) - Megumi Onodera ( 23 )
Takehiro Matsuki ( 41 ) Takehiro Matsuda ( 41 )
Yoshie Matsuki ( 35 ) - Yoshie Matsuda ( 35 )
Rika Nonaka ( 12 ) - Ruki Makino ( 10 )
Renamon - Renamon
Kenta Kitagawa ( 12 ) - Kenta Kitagawa ( 10 )
Suzie Wong ( 7 ) - Shaochung Lee ( 7 )
Henry Wong ( 12 ) - Jianliang Lee ( 10 )
Terriermon - Terriermon

Plot/story/Terminology ( English/Japanese );

Digiegg - Digitama
Takato mentions Digi-Armor Energize during his dream ( term used in Digimon Adventure 02 ) - NA
Digimodify - Card Slash
Speed activate - High speed plug-in B
Renamons attack: Diamond Storm - Koyōsetsu ( Fox Leaf Arrowheads ) 
Takato's dad reply to Takato regarding his question is that it would be cool if Digimon were real - In the Japanese version he says " No " to his questions
Bio-emergence - Realize

Digimon Tamers Manga differences:

*It is never explained how Takato got his Digivce.
*Rather than trying to scan his notes in the Digivice himself, his notes gets blown towards his Digivice by the wind when Takato is sleeping.
*Rika notices Takato in his dream and tells him to fight because he is a Tamer.


My opinion:

A very solid first episode that has a good and suspenseful pace and even already introduces all of the 3 main characters and their Digimon in some form.
The English version stays very faithful to the Japanese version for this episode as nothing is cut out and the script is written in a more mature way than the previous seasons counterparts who use corny jokes in almost every instance they can.
The OST used in both versions is different ( obviously ) but they each fit their respective version and it doesn't feel out of place.

All in all I couldn't have made the episode better if I tried, and neither would I have changed anything about it.


Well that's it for the first episode breakdown, stay tuned for more coming the next few weeks : )

And don't forget if you have any questions feel free to ask.

See ya all next time.