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.com ---- "Digimon" must be Japanese for "rip-off." This cartoon series now seen on the Fox Kids' Network has far too many similarities to Pokémon to be classified as anything but a dupe. Our gang of elementary-school adventurers is blasted into a mysterious jungle world where their only tool against an attack of mighty monsters is their personal Digimon--digital monsters (compared to Pokémon's "pocket monsters," like you could tell the difference). Where Pokémon has a wisp of a moral, this story is strict adventure. Rip-off aside, will kids want to watch? Absolutely. The music, pace, and haircuts are far hipper than Pokémon's and the creatures can easily be assimilated into the kids' encyclopedic knowledge of such things. The animation, from the same makers as Dragonball Z, is nifty to boot. The first volume's three stories ("And So It Begins," "The Birth of Greymon," "Garurumon") set up the series and--if the creators can evade a lawsuit--it shows no signs of stopping. The numerous action sequences make this series best for ages 5 and up. --Doug Thomas From the Back Cover ------------------- Catch the coolest kids and craziest creatures in the whole wide digital world with DIGIMON! Meet Tai, Sora, Matt, T.K., Izzy, Mimi and Joe--seven young friends who team up with a colorful assortment of "monsters" to battle evil forces in the ultimate digital adventure. And So It Begins... A group of summer campers is transported to a strange new world and befriended by small digital monsters called digimon. But danger lurks at every turn, starting with a beastly giant beetle. The Birth of Greymon. The excitement continues when the kids and their Digimon partners fight off attacks by the evil Kuwagamon and Shellmon as they struggle to find their way home. Garurumon. A near escape from two dueling Monochromon leads to the discovery of a deserted bus--which just happens to be parked on top of a dragon like monster called Seadramon!