Digimon Adventure 02
Digimon Adventure 02 is the second series of Digimon and continued the previous season.
First released: April 2nd, 2000
Episodes: 50
Studio: Toei Animation
Main Digidestined: Davis Motomiya, Yolei Inoue, Cody Hida, TK Takaishi, Kari Kamiya, Ken Ichijouji
The second series took place three years after the original, and included the original characters a few years older. At first, the Digital World was supposed to have regained peace, but quickly discovered that wasn't the case.
The first evil that has been bringing disorder in the Digital World was the Digimon Emperor, also known as the Digimon Kaiser. He had a twisted intention of making Digimon slaves and building control spires that put the Digimon under his control, which often did things against their wishes, as well as not allowing Digimon to digivolve.
However, it wasn't long until it is discovered that this new villan is really just a human like the rest.
But what made him evil and do what he did? The Digimon Emperor enslaved the Digimon by putting a Black Ring on the Digimon which worked in sync with the control spires.
Three new children, Davis, Cody and Yolei had been given new Digivices and were the new DigiDestined, and with Kari and TK working together, they needed to quickly save the Digital World once again.
The Digimon Emperor had his own story about why he acted in such a cruel way. It turned out that his childhood was rather traumatic with his brother's death and parents neglecting him, he felt isolated and pressured to perform well. With the help of his loyal Digimon partner Wormmon and the DigiDestined, the Digimon Emperor, or Ken, finally realised what he did was wrong. He suffered amnesia but gradually was reunited with Wormmon. The Digidestined children were rather hesitant on Ken becoming a part of the group but nevertheless still accepted him.
However, it wasn't long before new forces of evil threatened the Digital World, an old villan that came back in a more powerful form and wanting to take control of the Digital World and the Human World.
With everyone's courage once again, they were able to banish evil and save both worlds.
Digimon Adventure 02 first aired on television from April 2, 2000 to march 25, 2001 on Fuji TV in Japan and was released shortly after in United States and Canada from August 19, 2000 to May 19, 2001.