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(Masaru Daimon), a protagonist who broke the "goggles" tradition by being a street brawler who physically punches Digimon to trigger his partner's evolution. The dub's localization, handled by Studiopolis

“If you can get past Marcus punching everything in sight, Data Squad is the most underrated Digimon season.” — Reddit fan comment digimon savers dub

Marcus punches a rampating Digimon. "Stay down! You don't mess with my city!" (Masaru Daimon), a protagonist who broke the "goggles"

When this radical entry finally reached North American shores in 2007, it arrived not with a theatrical bang, but with a quiet whisper on a Saturday morning block. Renamed Digimon Data Squad , the English dub faced an uphill battle: a fractured fanbase, the lingering ghost of the beloved Digimon Adventure dubs, and a drastically altered anime landscape dominated by Naruto and Pokémon . You don't mess with my city

The dub may have downgraded the music and clunked up the dialogue, but it preserved the core of what made Savers special: a boy who solves his problems with his fists, a government conspiracy, and a Digimon who can turn into a giant robot dragon. If you missed it in 2007, do yourself a favor and hunt it down. Just keep the remote handy to skip the opening theme song.

Following the release of Digimon Frontier (Season 4), the Digimon anime went on a three-year hiatus in Japan. When Digimon Savers was released in 2006, it was designed as a "reboot" of sorts—featuring an older protagonist and a harder-edged art style.

Almost every character and Digimon name was Westernized, which was standard practice at the time.