Tailmon "Gatomon"

Henshin a go go baby! Transformation is a staple in many genres of anime, from fighting to magical girl. The sacred rule of transformation is that no other character is allowed is interrupt while you power up to your next form, so of course you want to make things spiffy with a henshin sequence.

Pokemon and Digimon came out at about the same time and both franchises share a similar concept, children partnering up with Digital/Pocket monsters to go on adventures and save the world. But what differences are there between these two series?

Most anime shows featuring a team of adventurers have at least one girl on the team. These characters are often displayed as damsels in distress, but from Digimon Adventure to Digimon Xros Wars we see many ladies who can keep up with the boys on any day.