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Digimon Data Squad

Seen it?

2006 | 1 seasons | 22 min | Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for sci-fi fans, action fans and animation lovers.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 18 hours in all.
What might put you off
  • Rated TV-Y7: scary moments and peril. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Masaru, is a second year Junior High student, and is undefeated in battle, He meets the Digital Monster Agumon, who has escaped from DATS, a secret government organization. Despite terrible first impressions, the two become best friends by talking with their "fists". With others, Masaru and Agumon work to investigate various incidents involving the Digital World and Digital Monsters, to try and get to the bottom of things.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesSolid

    7.8 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 68K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

  • Soichiro HoshiMasaru Daimon (voice)
  • Taiki MatsunoAgumon (voice)
  • Hirofumi NojimaTouma Norstein (voice)
  • Kazuya NakaiGaomon (voice)
  • Yui AragakiYoshino Fujieda (voice)
  • YukanaLalamon (voice)
  • Rie KugimiyaIkuto Noguchi (voice)
  • Chie KoujiroFalcomon (voice)