Next up on Digital week is Digimon Adventure 02.

I've already reviewed the first season of Digimon so lets see if the sequel does any better.
Trouble brews in the Digital World as the Digimon Emperor conquers the lands, but most of the digi-destined from season one have moved on and are three years older with not only higher commitments but no crests and digivices to use as the Dark Spires built in the Digital World block digivolving. Using a new Digivice and recruiting three new kids, TK and Kari enter the Digital World to stop the Digimon Emperor.
Now lets start with the elephant in the room which is the new kids which consists of Davis, who is so not exactly the same as Tai, Yolei who keeps the Tomboy trend going and Cody who personifies the quiet geek boy better than Izzy and Joe combined. Apart from Matt, the three new kids are essentially perfect copies of the six digi-destined that retired with Yolei filling in for both Sora & Mimi and Cody with Izzy & Joe respectively and canonically speaking as well.
So yeah, don't expect this series to be as ground breaking as the first season, but the first story arc delivers well enough that it's only a nit pick and at least Yolei manages to break her predefined character traits and become her own character. The second story arc still hits the same notes as the first arc if a little bit slower while the final story arc leads to a bit of an anti-climax and a sickeningly sweet epilogue worthy of a fanfiction writer.
So yeah a few niggles but still a worthy enough successor to the original series, voice work and charm still intact also.
Final Verdict: Lack of originality aside, Digimon Adventure 02 is worthy to be called a sequel and while the story gets a bit stale towards the end it doesn't take away the experience that Digimon always offers.