Tracking Down the Base of the Kaiser! (JP)Run Yolei Run (EN)Original Writer: Atsushi MaekawaDub Writers: Jeff Nimoy & Bob BuchholzOriginal Airdates:August 6, 2000 (JP)November 11, 2000 (EN) Gear's Notes: Hey, the dynamic duo are back! This episode might have been produced out of order, or maybe they were on vacation, or had to step away to work on the movie. Who knows at this point?...

Odaiba Memorial (JP)Ghost of a Chance (EN)Original Writer: Genki YoshimuraDub Writer: Craig DoyleOriginal Airdates:July 30, 2000 (JP)November 11, 2000 (EN) Gear's Notes: An interview with Jeff Nimoy indicates that he and Bob Buchholz left the series around the time Digimon: The Movie came out. Rumors swirl around, and though Nimoy dances around the topic quite a bit in the interview, it seems pretty clear that...

Submarimon - Escape from the Bottom of the Sea (JP)20,000 Digi-Leagues Under the Sea (EN)Original Writer: Hiro MasakiDub Writers: Jeff Nimoy & Bob BuchholzOriginal Airdates:July 23, 2000 (JP)November 4, 2000 (EN) Gear's Notes: Translation issues from Season 1 hurt this episode a lot. Many of you already know this, but Jou's Crest is the Crest of Sincerity (sometimes translated as "Faithfulness") in the original. The...

Shurimon's Martial Arts (JP)Big Trouble in Little Edo (EN)Original Writer: Atsushi MaekawaDub Writer: Rebecca Olkowski*Original Airdates:July 16, 2000 (JP)November 4, 2000 (EN) *I guess "Jeff Nimoy & Bob Buchholz" went on vacation? Yolei suggests that the group travel to the Digital World since she needs time away from her family. They agree, but find that Ken has been busy, having taken over dozens of zones...

Shurimon of the Wind (JP)The Samurai of Sincerity (EN)Original Writer: Genki YoshimuraDub Writers: Rebecca Olkowski and Jeff Nimoy & Bob BuchholzOriginal Airdates:July 2, 2000 (JP)October 28, 2000 (EN) Searching for a Digi-Egg in an area outside of Ken's control, the hungry DigiDestined happen upon a restaurant run by a Digitamamon. The place seems familiar to TK, though he can't quite place it. They enjoy the...

The Call of Dagomon (JP)His Master's Voice (EN)Original Writer: Chiaki J. KonakaDub Writers: Craig Doyle and Jeff Nimoy & Bob BuchholzOriginal Airdates:June 25, 2000 (JP)October 21, 2000 (EN) Gear's Notes: A little backstory is necessary here, because I'm sure like me, many people thought the dub screwed up something that was already screwed up in the original. Credit where it's due, I always say. The...

Duel on the Digimon Ranch (JP)The Good, the Bad, and the Digi (EN)Original Writer: Yoshio UrasawaDub Writers: Michael Sorich and Jeff Nimoy & Bob BuchholzOriginal Airdates:June 18, 2000 (JP)October 14, 2000 (EN) Gear's Notes: One of the downsides to the fact that I only watched this season once is that... well, I've only watched it once. Meaning if I missed an episode when the show...

Lighdramon, The Blue ThunderStorm of FriendshipOriginal Writer: Genki YoshimuraDub Writers: Steve Rollman and Jeff Nimoy & Bob BuchholzOriginal Airdates: June 11, 2000 (JP)October 7, 2000 (EN) As the group discusses their upcoming plan, Matt sends Tentomon out on a mission to find Garurumon. Davis and TK grapple with each other's clashing philosophies until they come across the Digi-Egg of Friendship. Everyone tries to lift it...

The Enemy is MetalGreymon (JP)The Captive Digimon (EN)Original Writer: Hiro MasakiDub Writers: Seth Walther and Jeff Nimoy & Bob BuchholzOriginal Airdates:June 4, 2000 (JP)September 30, 2000 (EN) Gear's Notes: I haven't watched Zero-Two in years, and this is my first time watching the original Japanese version. But I can make one solid prediction: because this episode's plot is so heavy with regard to Agumon's fate...

Overdrive of the Evil Ring's Magic (JP)The Emperor's New Home (EN)Original Writer: Genki YoshimuraDub Writers: Seth Walther and Jeff Nimoy & Bob BuchholzOriginal Airdates:May 28, 2000 (JP)September 23, 2000 (EN) Seeing no further value in the human world or its inhabitants, Ken leaves a confusing note on his computer and flees to the Digital World to live there permanently. The DigiDestined give chase and find...