“Kamehameha” is a series of post where we examine various action scenes from movies, anime, and cartoons, to name a few. It’s name comes from one of the most famous special moves in Dragon Ball Z. We chose a DBZ reference because it’s the definition of an action show…minus the drawn out stare down filler.

Hey guys, Judge here bringing you another edition of “Kamehameha.”  I was reminiscing about my childhood today (#randomthoughtsFTW), and one of the things that came to mind was the Digimon: The Movie.  Yes it was pretty bad. And yes they merged the three Japanese movies [Digimon Adventure (1999), Our War Game!! (2000), and Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals (2000)] into one, cutting out some cool material.  However, the battles and animation were sweet.  I also enjoyed the English dub and the music they added.  The best battle from that film in my opinion, was from part 2 (Our War Game!!).  The fight in question was the one with Keramon-Infermon-Diaboromon.  Here’s the first part of the battle.

• In the original Japanese, Keramon-Infermon doesn’t speak.  I liked him having a voice in the dub.  It sounded threatening.  His best line from this scene was when Greymon and Kabuterimon were both digivolving to Ultimates.  That “Not so fast!” by Infermon was perfect.  Speaking of which…
• I had no idea you could attack Digimon while they were digivolving.  This stunned me the first time I saw the movie.  If this were the case, then every villain should have just attacked them while they were digivolving.
• The music in the dub is flat out better. Continue reading »