The History of DIGIMON: Digital Monsters: Definitely NOT a Pokémon Rip Off!

Welcome to the new episode of Secret Galaxy. And that's what it is all about: Use my code TOYGALAXY to get $5 off your delicious, high protein Magic Spoon cereal by clicking this link: https://sponsr.is/magicspoon_toygalaxy_0224 Digimon or Digital Monsters is a long running media franchise that started life as the "male" version of Tamagotchi and grew to encompass cartoons, comics, card games, toys and movies. But there's one thing that Digimon could never shake and that's it reputation as a Pokémon clone or rip off, especially here in the United States. SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digimon https://digitalworldarchive.wordpress.com/2022/04/24/digimon-history-1-creating-a-digimon-world/ https://digitalworldarchive.wordpress.com/2023/08/18/video-who-created-digimon-the-story-of-how-digimon-was-made/ https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/26294/who-came-first-pokemon-or-digimon https://www.thegamer.com/secrets-the-creators-of-digimon-want-to-bury/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digimon_Adventure_(1999_TV_series) https://gamerant.com/how-digimon-stole-pokemons-thunder/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140413212525/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/radica-games-limited-announces-manufacturing-agreement-for-new-innovative-digimon-product-77323082.html https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%B8%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC#.E6.A6.82.E8.A6.81 https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/10492?entry_id=7280 http://www.mimitchi.com/html/aki.htm Help the channel continue to grow by checking out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/toygalaxy ►►►Social Media and Merchandise links◄◄◄ https://linktr.ee/secretgalaxy Follow Dan on Instagram: http://instagram.com/toygalaxy Toy Galaxy P.O. box 3976 Manchester, NH 03105-3976 Business Inquiries: toygalaxytv@gmail.com

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