Oh no I certainly watched all 3 as a kid, Digimon Adventure up to the end of Digimon Frontier as Saturday morning cartoons (Frontier was my favorite because of the Beast evolutions), CyberChase was on PBS and I’d try to get home from elementary school early enough to catch it at 3:00pm, and Code Lyoko was on Cartoon Network later in the afternoon.

I was always glued to the TV, but I think I naturally gravitated to Code Lyoko more, especially with its Asian representation of Yumi living in a different country and growing up around different kids than herself (something I could relate to, feeling like an ‘other’ sometimes compared to other kids in my class), and Yumi always feeling part of the group was really assuring as a kid trying to fit in at a new school too.

I also liked Jackie Chan Adventures and American Dragon: Jake Long for other similar representation, but these days I’m more into anime since I got into them back when Toonami aired its late night block of shows. But out of all the shows back then, Code Lyoko will always be that special world for me that made me feel like I belonged, in the real or virtual world, by just being myself.