While the Digimon BanchoLeomon prevents the collision, Marcus meets King Drasil (Yggdrasil), the supreme ruler who attempts to protect the Digital World by destroying mankind, since they cannot exist in both dimensions.

The series was announced during the December 2005 Jump Festa convention in Japan[17] with advertisements showing a remolded Agumon as the lead Digimon.

On April 25, 2007, Disney's ABC Network announced that it had signed an agreement with Toei Animation to license the show.

The series finished airing in the US on Jetix on November 1, 2008, thirteen months after it premiered on October 1, 2007.

[19] It was announced on February 12, 2009 that Toei Animation has signed Well Go USA with the DVD rights to Digimon Data Squad, and the first thirteen US edited English dub episodes were made available on May 26, 2009.

[20] Madman Entertainment have released all episodes across four sets on Region 4 DVD in Australia and New Zealand with only the US English Edited TV dub by Studiopolis.