On This Day in Anime

Closing out a series is never easy, especially for a franchise with as much baggage as Digimon. This finale brought the various threads of the Fusion mechanic to a head, giving viewers a sense of completion that the series had been building toward for months. While it didn't hit the heights of the franchise's best, it provided a definitive end-point for those who stuck with it.

Today, it sits as a specific chapter in the long-running franchise. Fans appreciate it for the experimental nature of its combat and the way it pushed the boundaries of what a Digimon series could look like at the time.