The NovaCast: A Digimon Rewatch Experience

With our one member of cinema and culture abroad, the NovaCast has decided to share with everyone our newest mission: creating and casting the Very Real Netflix adaptation of Digimon! How will Sloane and Thom manage to make such a storied franchise translate well to the (figurative) silver screen? Will they secure the bag having to play by Netflix's rules? Or will their demands for standards be their downfall in the quest for crafting something shining out of a train wreck?

Digimon Frontier Episodes 32 - 33. Contentious Digi-opinions abound as the gang covers what may be the best episodes of Frontier yet! The Chuckleheads finally receive their second worthwhile member as Koichi joins the team and regales us with a stirring backstory and top-tier attack names. Meanwhile, the Big Bad FINALLY makes his move! All this plus some extremely cursed Netflix live-action Digimon fancasting makes this one of the NovaCast’s spiciest episodes yet—and one you certainly won’t want to miss!

Episode 32: 23:31

Digimon Frontier 30 - 31. While chasing down Duskmon, the NovaCast crew finally comes across Frontier's biggest plot hole. All will be revealed in this epic episode: deep, dark secrets about the Other Koji, Cherubimon's evil and way-too-creepy plans, cool birds, and THE dub insert song of all time! Also on the docket: more news about the not-so-elusive Digimon Survive as it creeps closer and closer to the fabled day of release. Oh, and Tommy, JP, and Zoe briefly consider murdering a train.

News: 1:16

Digimon Frontier Episodes 27 - 29. This week we’re saying “so long” to Sakkakumon, and hello to the beginning of the end of Zoe, JP and Tommy’s usefulness as the first major arc comes to a close. We talk hybrid forms, the magnificence of Mercurymon, and... surprisingly competent episodes? With passable attempts at characterization? Anything is possible when you're with egg!

Episode 27: 11:48

Digimon Frontier Episodes 24 - 26. Flaccid attempts at character development? In Digimon Frontier? It's more likely than you think! This week on the NovaCast, the gang watches in frustrated awe as The Chuckleheads take on the most bizarre of the Goon Squad. Can our hosts fight the urge to rewrite this tumultuous season from the ground up? Featuring classmates with close-up magic skills, evil older brothers, and good plate of spaghetti marinara, these monotonous minibosses will put the NovaCast through the wringer as they drains the most precious resource of all: our patience!

News: 6:20

Digimon Frontier Episodes 22 - 23. This week, the NovaCast crew continues to plumb the depths of Frontier; depths murkier than anything the Continent of Darkness could ever hope to offer. Sense is in short supply as the gang grapples with a baffling attempt at remaking one of Digimon’s most iconic episodes, and not even intrusive phantoms can steer the conversation away from Doctor Who or disgraced Nickelodeon employees. Hold tight to your reason, if reason you do hold dear, cuz these episodes are proof positive that Frontier’s foundations are about as solid as stale appetizers.

News: 5:20

Digimon Frontier Episodes 20 - 21. The final member of the Goon Squad is up to bat, and the NovaCast gets their popcorn ready to see the chuckleheads get summarily thrashed yet again! Tongue twisters help hold back the pain of a beloved henchman, but can those help keep the pain of flubbed attempts at characterization at bay? Or will we take a page from this season's gogglehead and board a train on out of here? The answer may shock you!

Digimon Frontier Episodes 17 - 19. With the dreaded beach episode finally behind us, the NovaCast is back for a day at the races! Featuring some suspiciously-named grand prizes, incredible achievements in voice acting, Tommy's gamer bloodlust, and the tersest food classification discussions you can imagine, these episodes are wacky in all the right ways.   

Additionally: Big content warning for a lot of food discussion in Episode 19. If you are uncomfortable with talk of this nature, we suggest that you skip the third episode of this batch, as the subject is so integral to the plot that it’s impossible to cover without mentioning it. Thank you for understanding, and we hope you enjoy the rest of the episode.

Episode 17: 4:48

Digimon Frontier Episodes 15 - 16. Our chuckleheaded Italian has finally obtained her Beast Spirit, but in the process released the frothing, critical beast in the NovaCast crew. Our brave trio of podcasters has reached their breaking point, so tune in to bare witness to all of the ranting, rambling, and raving about the roughest episodes in Digimon thus far. They say the night is darkest just before the dawn, but can any of Frontier really be considered ‘the dawn?’ Listen up, and join in the laments!

Episode 15: 6:55

Digimon Frontier Episodes 13 - 14.  The Goon Squad has risen against our "heroic" chuckleheads, and the NovaCast crew has some decidedly mixed opinions on these nuts! Can the return of one of our favorite voice actors mitigate a bungled attempt at a tragic loss? Tune in for thoughts on the latest Beast Spirit to be unleashed, the crumbs of character development that have been sprinkled on the table, and... the Digimon game that finally was!?

News: 1:27