>5 hours until the new Hokuto no Ken anime>Zero hypeExpectations are that low, huh?
>>287370064If I want to watch cheap 3D I'll just put on gdgd fairies again
it's already dead
Awakened jagi obliterates kenshiro
Of course theres no hype, 90% of this board are moefaggot trannies
>>287370064>cgi slop>hype
>>287370064I lost interest when I saw it would be CGI. I might decide to watch it eventually but there’s already too much to watch this season.
>>287370064I don't really see a reason to be hype. The animation looked bad from what snippets we got and the manga (outside of the stellar art) is kinda just okay.Except for some of the more baffling decisions (cuck arc), Raoh being weirdly pathetic and this memorable and the clear floundering about while desperately trying to extend it.
>>287370064おまえはもうCGIでいる
>>287370215That looks incredibly soulful.
>>287371224You should give it a try. It's a cute show that knows it's cheap and goofy. For me, it's shrshr.
>>287370064It looks incredibly fucking bad, but I'll give the premiere a watch to see for myself what it's actually like.Zero expectations and zero hype though.
I AM SHOCK
>>287372382It won't even have that.
>>287372758
>>287370064It's great, doomers humiliatedhttps://youtu.be/OnW8gtymvm8?si=pAM_0W0xogXabxsT
>>287370064it had so many adaptation that this anime is rarely needed
>>287370064Before it begins. Anyone else watched Nobu's anime?
>>287370064Is this the thread? We'll have two episodes today, and two eps next week. I have my expectations set extremely low, aside for occasional 2d scenes and voice acting.It would be pretty based if they'll subtly show "Ken you are baka" sign that was revealed Bat did in the prison, at the very last arc.>>287373885Yeah it was good. It was a new and funny side story, and it was 2D. It even got the second season I heard. However, the best of the HNK parody series is the "End of the Century's Drama Shooting". Hopefully it'll also get an anime. Or maybe even live-action for authenticity.
>>287374247Didnt know it would be a 50min ep. Noice.
Can someone tell me the difference between these two releases?Theyre both HQ and 300 pages each volume.
>>287374549iirc the new one is the omnibus edition with all the colour pages preserved and a new translation (I can't remember which is better to be honest)
>>287374549(1r0n) release is the VIZ Media release. It has the best image resolution and color pages. But suffers from "localizations", weird and incorrect translation choices.(Digital) is the so called E-Book release. It has worse resolution, and color pages are monochrome. But it was translated by the Japanese publisher, and it's more direct and correct.So you have to make choice. Ideally you should read both.
>>287370064>another pointless remake of a story everyone already knows, but this time in ugly 3DWhy should anyone care
>>287373885yep>>287374247>It even got the second season I heardI haven't heard anything about that
>>287370889There's no hype because it looks bad, not because no one likes Fist of the North Star.
>>287374609>>287374746Thanks frensWill go with the bottom one because translation. Plus theyre smaller and i read on the phone so no need for hi res.
>>287375143>I read on the phoneI take everything back, go away
>>287374247>>287375100You guys are cool.
>>287375317the funniest thing about that pic is that the tongue guy ended up genuinely being friendly
It's ... not completely unwatchable.The ost and voices are okay and the animation is just plain poor instead of being a disaster Berserk was. However it's only episode 1 and it will get worse.
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Be sure and switch to jap audio, because it's on eng dub by default
Modern times are truly great times
>>287375868The fuck are you talking about? It's the cheapest, worst kind of CG anime there is.
I clapped when he said the thing.
saars post webms, do the needful
Hey, a You wa shock remix.
thanks ken
>>287370064>Expectations are that low, huh?I will still watch it and have fun with /a/ while comparing all the versions of this series
>>287375143>i read on the phoneGet a kobo color you animal
>no Rin pantyshotI have a very bad feeling about seeing the naked Mamiya... The censor schizo was right?
>>287376182>It's the cheapest, worst kind of CG anime there is.Nah, there are way worse, this one is passable
>>287376516>it identifies as an animeYou will never be a real anime.
Classic 3Danime slop:>random hand-drawn inserts sticking out like a sore thumb and making 3D look even worse by comparison that japs thought are seamless
>>287373885I watched what was subbed, but am waiting on the rest.
>>287376809>I watched what was subbed, but am waiting on the rest.anon the whole thing is subbed
>>287376851Oh shit, it is. They just stopped using the jap name on nyaa after episode 4. Thanks for the help.
It was a pile of dogshit. But still>Lin shouting "Ken" for the first time>ATATATATATATATATATA>"Omae wa mo shindeiru.">"NANI?!"Put a smile on my face. Nice to hear Chiba Shigeru as well.
>>287371249Why did the genre of jank CGI anime where Satomi Akesaka does adlib die out?
>>287372758Wrong.
>>287372758https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx2StgpGgMs
It was alright.
Compared to the other 3dcg anime airing this season, Dorohedoro, the cg is pretty bad but not abhorrent like it was with 2016 Berserk. If the CG in berserk was a 2/10 then Hokuto no Kens is like a 5. Some of the lip flaps are lacking in frames and the environments look empty in a bad way, like a bad unity asset flip rather than an actual wasteland.The 2D that is there is also very limited with most of it just being stills with there being less than 15 seconds of actual 2d animations (a close up ken ripping his shirt, a blood splatter, and Shin showing his bare ass)Some positives is that the fights are decent. Again, the animation is a jank but the choreography is there. Voice acting is good too, really like the gentleness Ken has.Overall, I'd give it a "but why tho" out of 10
I want to remind you all again, just in case if you missed it, the second episode is also out.
Loved the visual shift during this sequence. I wonder if they'll keep it the same for the rest of the fights or change it depending on the fight, like they showed with Shin at the start.
They obviously censored the loli butt, right?
>>287377536Oh, almost forgot about it. Thanks senpai.
It's not as bad as Berserk (nothing will ever be), it just looks like a PS3 cutscene. There aren't any unintentionally hilarious moments of monumental ineptitude like with Berserk, other than the fact that it looks like said PS3 cutscene, it just very cheap and lazy. Everything moves as little as possible, there are still frames everywhere. Ironically, backgrounds are hand-drawn but look like utter dogshit straight out of deviantart. You'd think hey, at least we'll see some detailed postapoc 3D backgrounds but no, the barest amount of effort was put into them, which I guess sums up this whole project.I would say the worst offender here is actually the bland limp-dicked OST, from the atrocious opening to the utterly irrelevant score present somewhere in the background. The absolute audacity of these fucks to use Ai Wo Torimodose during the ending, but it's a fucking terrible cover so they stayed true to themselves.Overall, this is not at all the "oh yeah we're gonna have fun with this shitfest" type of deal. It's just lazy and sad. No reason to watch more, this is how every single episode will be.
Is it following the timeline of the manga or did it skipped the early parts? Didnt watch it yet, only when i get home
The only thing I liked is that white/black/grey color they use in the background when they are fighting.By itself this is an okay adaptation, unfortunately it has the original to be compared to so it's bad by default.Still I'm curious to see how far this will go and how it will adapt the material, I also want to see how they will adapt Raoh vs Kenshiro if it reaches that point.
>>287377429>Compared to the other 3dcg anime airing this season, DorohedoroThat is not the only 3D anime this season
>>287370064>newNOPE!Sticking w/the classic.......
>>287377586They censored the loli pantyshot. Haven't reached the loli butt yet. But yeah, I wouldn't expect any nudity from this, not even from the adult women.
>>287377586It's not like it would have looked good anyway.
>>287378061Me the fatso.
People comparing this to Berserk have no eyes. Its actually quite good.
>Its actually quite good
>>287377568Oh nice, they kept it.
>>287377725>it just looks like a PS3 cutsceneThe Hokuto Musou games look better than this, and they were actually on the PS3.
2nd episode felt better quality wise and oddly had noticeably more 2d segments
>>287377586>>287378278>loli butt>loli pantsuDid the old anime have it?
>>287378847>Did the old anime have it?Of course it did, the manga had it too.
The color pallette is worse than the cgi imo. Looks like shit.
>>287378859I assume it's this one. Not sure about the butt one.
>>287378847>>287378278Then how are they going to handle the scene with Mamiya's brand reveal? Just have a close up on Rei's face after he figures out her connection to Judah? >>287377429Don't forget that the old anime from the 80s had terrible animation that was largely carried by its atmospheric soundtrack and brilliant voice acting. I'm hoping things will look better on the Blu-ray release.
>>287376932This was my experience too. It's ugly and cheap looking as shit, but the source material is so strong it's somewhat enjoyable when you know what's coming and sit there waiting for iconic lines or cool moments.Also that dude that got smashed into the camera was worth a chuckle.
>>287377807Extremely close adaptation of chapter 1 and 2.
no leather shirts were harmed in making of this show
>>287375868Spade's voice was annoying.
>>287378964Only more 243 episodes to go thenNice
does it even have you wa shock?also just looking at the webms, I miss the old painted backgrounds.
>>287379012back to plebbit, tranny
>>287379434not the original but they use it for the ed
>>287378923>Not sure about the butt oneThis.>>287379012Cope.
>>287379621That's from episode 24 of the original anime.
>>287379621
>>287378278>But yeah, I wouldn't expect any nudity from this, not even from the adult womenThey put bikinis on Shin's whores, pretty sure they were naked in the manga.
Safe to assume none of the original VAs are on this?
I made a Hokuto no Ken thread a while back but everytime I tried, it never caught traction but I finished the series on Easter and it was so fucking good I'm genuinely surprised how I haven't got to it yet. The only one thing I'm surprised is that I've saw the anime opening before reading and I was confused how there wasn't a promised land plot. That would've been a neat arc.>ProsPeak moments and really shows the grit and blood of brothership and the essence of where power comes from.This was probably one of the only manga I've read in a while where I felt emotional reading through it. Souther's arc has to be one of the most peak shounen fuck not even shounen just one of the best arcs I've ever fucking seen in my life. The jesus imagery in that arc was fucking heartbreaking. >ConsThe Yuria wank got to me. I just remember reading the part where the big buddha looking guy has his flashback and he changes to becoming good because of a girl and I was like "man this girl is going to be Yuria, isn't it?" it's fucking Yuria.Part 2 was significantly weaker, I wouldn't say it's bad. I still love the 3 sons arc and some parts of it were neat but yeah the ending was a bit of a wet fart but at least Kenshin said something cool before the end. I still find it weird how they tried to pair up Kenshiro and Rin and not Kenshiro and Mamiya. I don't really care much for the romance except the disrespect it gives to Bat. Rin's twin and background added fucking NOTHING to the plot and was just stupid world building.Are any of the games worth playing? Where do I go from here?
>>287379863Yet another case of 80s anime being based and adding original nude scenes.
>>287380160One last thought I had while reading was why the fuck does Kenshiro ALWAYS wait until something bad happens before he beats the shit out of the thugs? I get sometimes he's literally too late to stop stuff like saving Rei but there's some stuff where he's there, thugs are threatening someone, but he doesn't even jump in until the thugs kill someone and then he goes NO YOU CANT KILL THAT LITTLE GIRL even though they just killed her dad right in front of him. It happened so frequently it became a running joke while reading the series to me.
>>287379981Yeah, everyone's recast.
Also maybe it's been a while but how does Fake Yuria even work? We clearly see scenes of her talking and moving with Shin but then the reveal happens and it makes no fucking sense, if she's a doll how the fuck would she talk/move? Was she a robot?
>>287379981Shunsuke Takeuchi: KenshiroDaiki Yamashita: BatM.A.O: RinKōji Yusa: ShinSaori Hayami: YuriaYūichi Nakamura: ReiRuriko Aoki: MamiyaWataru Takagi: JagiTsuguo Mogami: TokiTaiten Kusunoki: RaohKoichi Yamadera: Narrator
>>287380160https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V3O9dDj4Ck
>>287380160If you're cool with musou games, the first one on PS3 was pretty cool but the novelty of hyper attacks were off pretty fast because it kept interrupting gameplay. The second game is great, but I wish they hadn't got rid of jumping, massive downgrade IMO.I liked the concept of the Yakuza HnK game but it kinda wore me down, it's a good idea but it's not as fun as the musou games IMO. It's not a bad Yakuza-like game, it's just not as polished as I was hoping it would be.The PS2 fighting game is kusoge, but it's fun.
>>287380383nanto lets you do ventriloquism
>>287377294Looks like shit
>>287379012Kill yourself tourist.
>>287380503>The PS2 game is kusogeHow so? The balance? Its fun to play and has some great fanservice. I think its the best HNK game. Is this a FGC meme I'm missing?https://youtu.be/OCfjUiC6etw?si=ULOLCF7S8H2ErWES
>>287381000checkedIt's the balance, much like Sengoku Basara X it has ArcSys' infamous dogshit balancing. Fun games otherwise
>>287381000I love this game
>>287380421>Saori Hayami: Yuria>Yūichi Nakamura: ReiDropped. I'm sick and tired of hearing these two.
>black hair mamiya
>>287379981Shigeru Chiba is back as grunt E.
>>287376657I like when Transformers Energon would suddenly look like Armada sakuga after 12 hours of looking like toys walking around being retarded
the clash of 2D and 3D scenes is unbelievable
why do they keep trying to make cgi a thing
>berserk is a cult classic anime known the world over even by many who don't watch anime>a anime about a big hairy strong sweaty man going around shitting on people>turns into this weird shitty 3D slop>fist of the north star is a cult classic anime known the world over even by many who don't watch anime>a anime about a big hairy strong sweaty man going around shitting on people>turns into this weird shitty 3D slopis this japans version of DEI? If its a cult classic about big hairy strong sweaty men going around shitting on people they turn it into some weird 3D shit? I just find it WILD that this happened to both berserk & fist of the north star, did the same studio do the 3D animation? kek
>>287381741Hokuto is too gaijin. prease understand
>>287377315>>287378432>>287378514CGI QUALITY is back on the menu, boys!
>>287380160>Are any of the games worth playing?Lost Paradise is actually pretty good if you like Yakuza games though it takes a bit to get going. Once you get the quick execution special it really starts to feel like HnK
>>287381801>>287376657>>287378514>>287378432how come actual japanese videogame cutscenes from 2000 still look better than this
>>287381741>is this japans version of DEI?more likely they know big named brands WILL pull an audience no matter what so why waste money on production when you'll get the same amount of viewers either way. same shit explains the difference in quality between OPM 1 and seasons 2+3
>>287378432It looks decent yet total shit too, 1/10.
>>287380496It never fails to make me laugh about how utterly ridiculously unbalanced that game is
>>287376657This is my biggest issue with using 3DCGThey always mix the fucking media and its jarring in either scenarioLike stick to everything 3d or everything 2d, but STOP FUCKING MIXING MEDIAI think Beastars was absolutely PEAK 3D animation, but even it had random times of 2D that was incredibly jarring, just as if it had been 2D with random spots of 3D
what happened to rin's dog
Its good you faggots
>>287382169Its ok. Anons tend to call everything shit. This isn't shit, its just mediocre.
where did you hear Chiba?
>>287382193Its not even that bad looking, and Revolver can ATATATA properly
>>287382243The elder of the village.
>>287382253with how popular fist of the north star is and how much money id argue its made because of its popularity its pretty mediocre and shitty to cheap out on the fans like this.
>>287382366Most of that money comes from Pachinko so that tells you were the priorities are.
>>287382169Kill yourself.
>>287382159Anime only. Same with Rin being around for the Shin arc in general.
What do the Japanese think?
>>287382702They'll probably eat it up because the staff worked hard and they're glad to see a classic in modern day.
>>287381741If you were a popular franchise in the past doesn't mean you get to be one now so nobody wants to invest much in these remakes.Remember Hulk Hogan and Chuck Norris dying recently? Past their 5 minutes of glory they were just old dudes, same for old franchises.
>>287382169>posts still frame drawing that doesn't represent the anime at allkys
Any other Hokuto no Ken spinoffs or whatever worth watching after the original manga?
>>287383001The OVAs and movie are ok, nothing crazy but wasn't awful. DD HnK is silly and short, but I liked it.
the 2D looks good so why even have the 3D
>>287381859Cutscenes are where the budget goes, anime goes 3D specifically to cut budget.
This dub is the most abysmal dogshit Amazon has produced second to the AI Banana Fish. Nuke South Africa now!
>>287377294>the hololive april fools one was better than thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwIGMSZL2Ho
>>287378964The two episodes adapted chapter 1, 2, 3 and the first half or so of 4.
Can't wait for Jagi.
>is he mou shindeiru?
I wonder if they'll give Shin a dick in this.
>>287384423He just has a splitting headache.
It looked better than kengan asura...that's an accomplishment I guess?
This is bad even by dub standardshttps://x.com/THEAnimeHERO/status/2042734507929776331
>>287384863Dubfags deserve it.
Studios should stick to either full 3D or 2D, the back and forth between the two drags down shows unnecessarily.The original anime has a brutal advantage when it comes to the OST. Sticking to the manga pacing might be the only way for this adaptation to compete against the original anime.The mook murdering getting too much attention breaks up the action a bit too much, but I can't see a way to present Kenshiro's martial superiority without going for the "too fast for the eye to see" cliche while still trying to show the action.Spade's death having no running clock was also inferior, but I respect the new guys for not aping the original.
Yo can we talk about old Hokuto no Ken or is this going to just be eternal seething over muh new adaptation and CGI? >>287380254bump
>>287385509I'm a bit apprehensive since the new Kenshiro VA isn't doing the the Bruce Lee noises, but I otherwise I won't be too judgemental when it comes to the other performances until I hear more of them.
>>287385805>_> holy shit this fucker ignored my entire post
>>287385808He is apprehensive on whether we can discuss the original anime or not.
>>287385808I tried to give you something to go off on, but instead you chose to cry about me being a old good, new bad dork.I'm >>287385396 so what do you think about the points I raised there?
Niwatori Fighter is fucking better
>>287385865brother i don't care about old vs new at all. that's why im saying ur a fucking tard for bringing the whole "new vs old" when I'm clearly asking if we can talk about the source material. fck u man
>>287385981Go ahead and talk start a conversation about the manga if you feel like it, why even bother asking for permission?People will either engage in discussion or tell you to kill yourself. You'll lose nothing.
hokuto no ken for me lives on due to its colorful character and strong thematic beats and not necessarily the story itself
>>287381859Most 3d anime that's trying to resemble anime style does a dumb "low frame rate" style because anime has low amount of frames too, but rather than positioning them manually frame by frame, they just cut down the final framerate. The result just looks bad, not anime-like at all, but many anime studios keep doing this shit.Games want fluid animation for gameplay purposes and it'd be odd if the framerate dropped for the animation, so they're fluid like you'd expect.
>>287386246Old 3D shows really do suffer from attempting to imitate the lower framerate 2D shows, if they stuck to the smoother video game like framerates, they might not have received so much blowback.I'm not saying that early 3D shows didn't look awkward, but that they did not need to look as bad as they did.
>>287370064How are the Translations for his other series?
>>287370064
As someone who has only read the manga how was the original anime? Is it faithful?
>>287370889If it was 2D, I would be hype. For now I'm firmly seated in the "will be inferior to the 1980s version, but might have some worthwhile moments" seat. Of course, I'll torrent every episode.
why don't they make Ken look like Bruce Lee anymore? that's my favorite look.
>>287377586The censorship standards are different now compared to the 1980s. If you want loli butt you can just watch the 80s version.
>>287380160>I made a Hokuto no Ken thread a while back but everytime I tried, it never caught traction but I finished the series on Easter and it was so fucking good I'm genuinely surprised how I haven't got to it yet. The only one thing I'm surprised is that I've saw the anime opening before reading and I was confused how there wasn't a promised land plot. That would've been a neat arc.I finished it like a year ago and it stuck with me really hard. Made me go to the gym every week for over a year too, Ken actually motivated me unlike a lot of shounen heroes. Honestly, the series is actually pretty underrated for all its faults compared to modern series that are "adapted" to the genre. It resonates very differently and the only big issue I can find is that it goes on for too long and becomes too formulaeic, but even the authors knew that was the case after Raoh.
>>287386567The original anime screws the Shin arc over with filler, but isn't as bad with the later arcs. The new anime has superior gore as far as we can tell, but we will have to wait until the latter episodes to see if all the little girl underwear is censored along with the grown woman nipples.
>>287370064i'd prefer traditional 2d animation, but this was fineunlike berserk, the story is strong enough that you can't fuck it up too badly
>>287383001The Hokuto no Ken manga, the original Hokuto no Ken tv series 1 and 2, the movie (1986 ver) because it looks cool, then the Souten no Ken prequel manga because it’s funnysometime go and watch the live-action movie with Malcolm McDowell because it’s so unbelievably bad that it’s just funny as shit how bad it is. There is a South Korean live action version on YouTube that looks like it was shot on a vhs camcorder but it somehow is a better movie than the American one.
>>287380383She "dies" between the city being set on fire and Kenshiro invading the place and fighting Shin. I don't recall if the 1980s anime's flashback is canon or not but it's implied Raoh would also have gotten there so it's basically a hotspot of chaos where Yuria was lost and taken away. I assume since the original authors are writing some of this, they'll actually add some foreshadowing or something long beforehand because the original was straight adapted from a manga written week-by-week.
>>287386678why did you stop going to the gym???
>>287370064I'm not even an HnKfag and even I find the treatment they're giving such a legendary series to be fucking insulting. What the hell were they thinking?
>>287386567It has a fair bit of filler, mostly in the first bit (and a lot of it is insanely funny, like the guy who doesn't want to attack until his meal time is over), but once you get to Rei's arc in the anime the plot just activates and everything clicks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuyxS6WE2vc
>>287386764No anon, I still go to the gym. I did get kind of interrupted by insanely bad weather in my locale last week but I got back into it this week.
>>287383001The original anime is worthwhile, it even helps a lot for the 2nd part of HnK by adding extensions and fixing some shit. The music and the voice acting are unmatched by any modern anime and it's very retro (in the good way)
>>287386678Everything after Raoh is kind of retarded. I mean yeah read it anyway but god it’s stupid
>>287386852the three sons arc was kinda kino. that got me pretty emotional.
>>287386852Asura arc is overhated by a lot. It's a decent arc, even if Kaioh is just Raoh but eviler. It also helps set the stage for Souten no Ken which is a fun time in general.
Why does Kenshiro at least let ONE person die before he decides to fight? what's his fucking problem?
>>287386887Too busy farming aura.I don't know man, I just watch the shit and enjoy the screaming and punching. the fuck do I look like, the writer?
Oh No!
>>287386812The original series voice acting is the best in any anime ever, basically. Even the guy who does all the exploding head zako characters is top notch (he’s also the episode narrator, and the voice of Buggy the Clown in One Piece)peak anime ended forever when Rei’s voice actor fell down the stairs in his own house and died.
>>287386878Oh and the primary problem with the extension of HnK (in my opinion) is just that they didn't let Buronson and Tetsuo Hara plan what they were going to do.The only real massive stinker among the post-Raoh arcs is really the final arc, it's so contrived and retarded, but even with that it basically ends with "Bat, I hit you with the decucking BEAM, stop being a cuck" and then the last few pages are still kino.>>287386887Sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn't. I think it's just a case of the author wanting to increase tension. One has to know the series is very much stuck in the 80s where the rule of cool was more important than internal consistency a lot of the time. Ken should by all means be fast enough to stop mostly anything that happens after he gets really serious.The original anime was kind of cool with that, I remember a filler episode in the middle of the series where he stopped a bunch of civilians from spiraling into becoming Mohawkian bandits. That's the kind of hero he should be.
What's with the weird DOMAIN EXPANSION fight scenes?
>>287386934>let Buronson and Tetsuo Hara plan what they were going to do.well tell part of the class what is it some of us don't have your hidden knowledge
>>287386968Yeah that's an annoying thing. If they cut back on the weird white spaces in every fight I feel like shit would be more dynamic.Even just adding moving colorful backgrounds like an old anime would be good.
>>287386933Agreed, really impressive what they managed to pull off with that casting. Sublime throughout.>>287386852Yeah, I don't hate all of the 2nd part but it really could have used some tightening up imo. It reminds me a bit of YYH where it's pretty fantastic up until the end of the Dark Tournament, and after it's pretty hit or miss with some great potential that isn't taken advantage of.
>>287386864>>287386878Yeah I guess I am being too hard on it. It’s more like a sequel than a continuation because it feels like all the “continuity” is stuff they tacked on after all the original plot threads were wrapped up.One thing I really don’t like is the coloring in the tv version for part 2. It’s been decades since I watched it but I remember that all of China seems to be this weird orange and red color like a Quake 2 map. But that’s just how the tv version got colored I guess.
>>287386933>peak anime ended forever when Rei’s voice actor fell down the stairs in his own house and died.I miss his nasally voice so much, it isn't fair.
I just really don't get Rin's backstory and twin. That was such a stupid plot point especially for how dropped it ends up being. At one point I thought they would've done something like Rin was Yuria's niece or something with how EVERYTHING needs to be related to Yuria.
Some of the villains in FoTNs had some REALLY stupid motivation.>I HAD TO KILL MY DAD IN MORTAL COMBAT FUCK THE WORLD REEEE
>>287387104Oberstein unfortunately died in a terrorist bombing on his couch.>>287387121Rin's backstory is just lore (and a reason for Rocky vs Drago 2 to happen) but I feel it makes more sense after reading Souten no Ken Regenesis, since they are the tentei and all.
>>287387166After seeing the motivation from some IRL villains a lot of HnK ones feel quote realistic desu
>>287380160>Souther's arc has to be one of the most peak shounen fuck not even shounen just one of the best arcs I've ever fucking seen in my life. The jesus imagery in that arc was fucking heartbreaking.My nigga, watch the movie of that saga as well.You won't regret it.
Oh my gosh the op song is so low energy
>>287386887They really did this beautifully in the 1986 movie version with the Rei/Raoh fight.Kenshiro is walking across the ruins of a city to where Raoh is, and walking really slowly, like how you walk when you dropped your keys in tall grass and are trying to find them while you retrace your steps, except he’s not looking for anything, just kind of sauntering along while this awesome rock song is playing (FIGHTING THROUGH THE HEART OF MADNESS OH OH) and it keeps cutting back to Rei fighting for his life, probably a quarter mile away, trailing blue beams everywhere as Raoh methodically beats him to death, then Raoh spears him through the chest with his finger and Lynn shouts “Keeeeeeeen!” and Ken hears it and only then starts running, and arrives on scene literally seconds later to see Rei’s lifeless body hanging from Ralph’s finger.It’s like Jesus dude what are you doingKenshiro fucking around is probably the reason they couldn’t get the bomb shelter door closed in time and Toki had to take a Scrooge McDuck money bath in cesium isotopes.Like good work captain useless
>>287387201what movie? ngl fotns outside the original manga kinda confusing
>>287387201NTA but literally the best thing about the OVAsthat shit is PEAK, god damn they nailed it
>>287383918I hope Jagi's role approximates to what he did in the Lost Paradise videogame. I thinks he's much more threatening and underhanded in that boss fight, taking Rei and Airi hostage and using them as blackmail to get a handicap in the fight.In the manga and original anime he dies pretty quickly after Kenshiro finds himhttps://youtu.be/l48OpiuCfto?si
>>287370064the Blue Sky 3D anime was shit.
>>287386730>live-action movietheres a taiwaneses one.
>>287386933It's truly incredible how every single character in that first anime had top tier voice acting. There hasn't been a single adaptation that had a voice for Raoh as good as that one. No one else feels like Raoh besides the OG. I hope a great job is done in this one, but I really don't think there's anyone in the world who can properly voice Raoh anymore.
>>287387465> https://hokuto.fandom.com/wiki/Peitou_chih_Chuan?file=Fist_of_The_North_Star_%28Taiwan%29"Super Peitou Fist. "it has 3D lolis btw.
>>287377568i will say even if the cg animation is pretty rough some of the stylistic choices in terms of color and framing are pretty good
>>287387611the 3D special effects are truly taiwan numba wan!
Ken is a christian?
>>287387754God is only ever mentioned in the series to curse god
>>287387754yes
>>287387767his bro is literally jebus fist of peace.
>>287387201>>287387277It's a great watch and the extra Raoh content is appreciated but I don't care for how they axed Souther's backstory completely and changed how he dies
>>287386683I personally like what the original anime did with Shin's arc. I thought he didn't feel very threatening in the manga, but he felt like a final boss of an rpg in the anime, with a gajillion lackeys before him. I really liked that he wasn't there for the Mr. Heart fight in the anime, with another lackey cutting him to make him go berserk instead.
SLUUUUUUUUT
>>287370064There are fucking fighting games that have better animation than any 3DCG """"""""anime""""""". I'd be more excited to smash my balls with a hammer.
>>287387507You might not believe this but Raoh’s seiyuu is also the voice of Norimaki Senbei in Dr. Slump Arale-chanonce or twice during a gag as senbei he shifts into the Raoh voice (technically Raoh is always using Senbei’s “cool guy pose” voice because the Dr. Slump anime is about 5 years older than the HnK one)
>>287387214This could have been the opening but we can't have nice thingshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCJooj3hdzQ
I don't mind some CG in an anime series. It's a budget stretching tool. An "anime" that is mainly or fully CGI always feels disappointing visually. A lot of animation techniques either aren't used or aren't available and the finished product can appear as though nobody with skill was involved even if it inexplicable took more skill to accomplish. I think it is possible to enjoy them, but if you're familiar with classic animation and the techniques used to make your eye experience motion/movement (most anons here), they're not worth watching no matter what is being adapted.
>>287388387cringe boomer metal
Which subs on catsite?
I'd be surprised if this even makes it to Jagi, let alone Raoh, given how terrible this is. Nobody wanted HnK to be like this. This is maybe a two season shitfest at best.
>>287388579I mean they've already been cast so I assume they will.
>>287387266So we got the original manga everyone knos.The official sequel of the manga is a light novel. They adapted it in anime form with>Shin Hokuto no Ken (2003),which is a movie trilogy. It's pretty underwhelming.There's also a manga prequel, >Soten no Ken (Fist of the Blue Sky).The story is a clusterfuck but the art is nice. It had two horrendous anime adaptations. First one is a very cheap anime from 2006, second one (Regenesis) is a shitty CG sequel made like a decade later.Then there's the movie series, known in the US as>Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior.They're high budget tributes.First one adapts the Souther saga (this is the one you're asking about), second one is a chronological retelling of the Yuria story (pretty cheap looking), third one adapts the death of Raoh (high quality stuff), fourth one is about Toki (pretty boring), and the last one is a prequel set right before the start of the manga (it's alright, nothing exceptional).I won't even get into manga spinoff/parodies because there's a billion of them, but the Jagi one,>Jagi Gaiden, is surprisingly decent. There's also a manga about Raoh, it was popular enough they also animated it. It's called> Ten no Hao: Raoh Gaiden.It's meh.
>>287388611I'd be willing to bet on either premature casting or flashbacks.
>>287388674There's no mention of jagi in the story until he show up (and no mention him after he dies lol)>>287388470You mean kino millennial metalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxFW6ggUqu0
>>287377725I was very dissapointed on the rendition of Ai Wo Torimodose, you'd think that after Jojo's OP1 So no chi No Sadame became last decade new national anthem of badass openings, they would needed a good rendition of the former to do justice to HnK, that series that Jojo initially ripped off but with more gayness, i dont mind that the song was used as the ending now, but the so and so rendition and the shitty ass new Opening song, as generic and by the numbers as Moon Pride was to Sailormoon Crystal or the first opening of Dragonball Super, it was a slap in the face, shit even Saint Seiya Omega did an OK rendition of Pegasus Fantasy.by the way i went blindly and downloaded Episode 2 instead of 1.
>>287370889fuck off retard go get some taste instead of making everything a dumbass turf war
>>287388633I had forgotten how QUALITY the animation was in Souten no Ken. Nearly Musashi Gundoh levels.https://youtu.be/TiTG8_4VgRA?si=TyAXRR1oy4Q4fNOK
i hate hate hate HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE Dark safety filters, there isnt even flashing light or fast motion!
I think they might be having all their fights at night or in the shadows to hide the more glaring flaws of the cgi
>>287386934>is really the final arcThey wrote that arc to put off any plans for a sequel.
I love how ken and bat looks like action figures.
It looks like a glued on beard.
>>287388784you should seem how they broadcast Hollywood action movies on Japanese tvAs soon as somebody starts shooting a machine gun the picture gets really dim and the frames all smear together so the muzzle flashes aren’t flashing anymore it really ruins stuff like terminator and die hardalso for some reason the pistol sounds in the terminator dub are changed from the regular loud gunshot to a little pew pew sound, I don’t know why. I can only assume the dub mixer guy really didn’t like the pistol shots sounding louder than the assault rifle shots.
>>287389393really? thats bullshit, i expected tough censoring ANYTHING on broadcast TV because they STILL stupidly believe that the Pokemon Porygon incident was that bad (dont bother asking AI about it, Grok and Google AI they both say YES VERY REAL IT WAS THAT MANY KIDS, DONT ASK QUESTIONS), but the whole fucking with the sound design THAT has no reason.Please tell me they at the very least dont fuck with visuals on home video, please?by the way, dont assume my post its a bot or AI, i just reupload stuff i like to upload along with,
>>287389715>>287389393Why dont japs just fucking admit they mishandled the narrative around that incident and the numbers were (maybe) inflated?
A little disappointing. It's better than some previous CGI anime but man some moments are just kinda awkward with animation for some reason. I don't know how others feel about it but I feel the medium is part of the enjoyment of anime so it's not as appealing. I'm still watching it I guess, I liked the scene where he got angry and tore his shirt, that looked cool and the "Oh no" guy was funny. Oh well.
>>287389738Honestly though do you remember how bad 90's anime got with the flashing? Not even in any way to do with seizures just horrible on its own merits. Hacks used it as a lazy copout to avoid having to animate anything by giving everyone watching a headache. I hate the damn screen dimming too but I'm glad they at least killed the flashing. There's got to be a happy medium somewhere.
>>287390139>Honestly though do you remember how bad 90's anime got with the flashing80s anime. The first anime version was 19834-1987.
>>287390197It started in the 80's sure, but it lasted well into the 90's where it reached its zenith. Electric Soldier Porygon didn't air until late December 97'.
>>287387354I do wish they mention him more this time after dying.I get that he was the runt of the group and died very fast. But come on, he was still part of the four.
>>287388096First time Lin actually looks fuckable
Snowball earth looks better but the more simplistic style probably helps the cgi
>>287370064I expected it to be garbage so i can't say i'm disappointed couldn't even finish the first ep.
>>287389715>Please tell me they at the very least dont fuck with visuals on home video, please?Probably not. Even Pokemon has the original unedited version of the show on streaming sites and shit now.
>>287388633Souten no ken regenesis is actually a manga sequel to souten no ken, it also finished just recently. The actual souten anime tries to begin where the old bad anime left off though which is like a few volumes into the first manga.
>>287384863Dubs are bad in the 90% of cases so no wonder.
>>287384863>dub>standards
>>287379012Fuck off
>>287379981Anon most of them are dead or dying
I usually don't really care about CG, even cheap CG, but this looks worse than I expected
>>287377586
>>287392525japan need someone, a saviour, a guy with enought balls to destroy all those retarded law, put tits back in everything, remove the color limitations for "epilepsy"
>>287389715the home video and streaming site versions are unedited and don’t have the blur /nostrobe filter. Only the broadcast versions are mangled like that.>>287389738I think you’re right about the numbers being inflated. The big number they usually cite is, if I recall, the number of phone inquiries they received about the issue and not the number of kids who had reactions directly caused by the broadcast. I think it’s basically 90’s clickbait and rumors running out of control. I get the feeling if a kid had a headache for unrelated reasons and his mom called the doctor just to be safe, he is then included in the “possibly affected” numbers.
>>287392828Akamatsu?
>>287391195>he wouldn't fuck thisFaggot.
>>287391195>>287393491>or thisDouble faggot.
>>287386776Goddamn Rei fucking rules
>>287390139This. GaoGaiGar's first half is one of the worst offenders I've seen.
>>287393557Top 5 in HnK and it's not even close. Rei and Toki are so cool it's unreal
>>287371073>the manga is kinda just okaydumb zoomer
>>287388747Which sucks, even Lost Paradise went HARD with their themehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Km-16EJRw&list=RDw4Km-16EJRw&start_radio=1HnK deserves maximum effort goddamn it
>>287375868i liked that they tried to have some style and pretty good color palettes. but the models are so cheap it's distracting.i did like how it went almost black and white when ken started fighting all the goons.
>be Hokuto no Ken>have one of the most legendary OSTs of all time that fills you with testosterone >come time for a remake>it's some generic pop shit for an opening>ending is just a butchered cover of the original openinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ76IGR2QnY
>>287392928>>287389715>>287389393ok I’m >>287389393 and I want to apologize for being wrong about the Terminator sound mix. I went to prime video to find a comparison and they were the same pistol sounds in Japanese and English, but when I heard them years back they weren’t.I figure out what it is: the Japanese version i heard is using the new 5.1 channel remix, which makes a lot of the pistol shots sound like “Hollywood silenced pvvveww pvvveww” sounds, while my 1st gen English dvd was using the original mono mix where the pistol shots boom like Dirty Harry. So there was sound fuckery going on, but it wasn’t the Japanese who did it, apparently the 5.1 mix was done by skywalker sound so they’re the ones who fucked it up.I apologize for disseminating inaccurate information on 4chan, it was not my intention.
>>287394336>I apologize for disseminating inaccurate information on 4chan, it was not my intention.Too late. You are already dead.
>>287394499I don’t get it what do you meabebehBUH
>>287388747drunkumada parasitized HNK like a lamprey that had been fasting for years; that guy has the creativity of a protosaran.
>>287389738There's no way that the Japanese media will ever admit that they contributed to a mass panic situation, and it happened long enough ago that anyone who'd try would just get shut down for dredging up bad memories.
It feels like they censored the scene where Shin kills the Spade thugs a bit.
>page 10This thread is already dead.
>>287396670I drew a mook for you.
>>287370064It wasn't as bad as I was expecting. The fight choreography and art direction are there, but the janky 3D models ruin it.
>>287370064Any idea how many episodes are going to be in this 2026 series? Part of me wants to watch it, but I'd mostly rather reread the manga.
We will get at least the Jagi fight in this season ?? Will he get a happy ending like wolfwood on the trigun stargaze???(Such a disappointment )
I saw episode one not long ago. It wasn't too bad. Definitely some choppiness here and there in the animation but it wasn't completely horrible like I expected it to be. I think things will eventually look better on the BD release.>>287397278>>287396820I think this season is ending with the first Kenshiro and Raoh encounter.
>>287397278I hope we see some reference to Jagi's backstory in Jagi Gaiden
>>287397615>I think this season is ending with the first Kenshiro and Raoh encounter.Figured that would be the case since Rei's in the OP and he dies, so I imagine that if we're going multiple seasons, Rei's death will be where season 1 ends and that season 2 is where we get Shu, Souther, the Raoh vs. Toki fight, Ryuga, the Goshasei, Yuria the Last Nanto General, and the final fight between Kenshiro and Raoh.
>>287397816>season 2 is where we get Shu, Souther, the Raoh vs. Toki fight, Ryuga, the Goshasei, Yuria the Last Nanto General, and the final fight between Kenshiro and RaohAll of that in 25 episodes? That was like 60 episodes in the 80s anime and it didn't have as many fillers at that point as it did in the beginning with Shin.
>>287397907Wait, we're going 25 episodes? I thought this adaptation would be 12 episodes (and thus, multiple seasons depending on where this adaptation stops) like most TV anime these days?
Remember the characters they cast: >>287380421
this shows actually a bait and switch. Once Kenshiro kills Amiba it’ll change perspective and be revealed it’s actually an adaptation of his isekai
>>287398379The problem with Berserk CGI was that the model textures had no shadows, which make it look very flat.The problem with HNK CGI is that the model textures have shadows, but they are static, and it clashes with the actual 3D model cast shadows.There is a solution. You painstakingly add various dynamic shadow areas into the texture, plus light reflection spots, and then refine the entire lighting system for each scene. This is probably beyond comprehension for average japanese 3D modeler though.
>>287396684Cute. Thanks.
>>287393662ChoRyuJin's combination has the same flashing as the Porygon explosion too but its not on screen for as long as the villains' rave dungeon
>>287398903Damn, do none of Shin's bitches know how to use an iron?
>>287394336oh thanks man, nice to hear it.
>>287394582what? who? could you please explain this well?>>287394786They are fucking stupid then, and we have to pay the consequences.
>>287394990They really did animate his hands going through them and even added blood spatter on the screen, and then made it so dark that it's barely visible.
>>287391375>Even Pokemon has the original unedited version of the show on streaming sites and shit now.Is that true or not?
>>287390250>>287390197>>287390139Contrarianism, seriously you guys need to try harder, those effects were awesome, and in small amounts they are fine, the pokemon porygon one wasnt even that bad in retrospective, there were even harsher ones like in Mecha anime and OVAs, and even so there never was that much of a massive shitshow over those like the pokeporygon one, hence why there's skepticism outside of japan nowadays regarding the veracity of what really happened.But the japanese are so goddamn indoctrinated in their collectivist ''just go with it'' mindset, that any attempt by any foreigner or someone to re-open the case and try to study it, no matter how much of its done in good faith, it would just led to japanese knee-jerk overreacting with hostility and prejudice, of seeing such person, as the bad guy or insensitive just because of the bad memories, they are a lost cause in that regard.
>>287399960Japan is also squimish about real gore, let alone showing actual guts on it, even modern day violence is so stylized it isnt even funny, remember what happened to the 86 movie?
>>287399675Well perhaps they're wondering where they'd electricity to iron clothes in the post apocalypse
>>287397907To be frank, the original anime drags a lot even discounting the filler. In a way, that extra time is spent pretty well, but it's still dragging a ton by forcefully making the characters stand around instead of focusing on high octane action.Think of the amount of dragon ball episodes that can be broken down to powering up and shifting away to something else afterward, Toei did that so they could save time. I assume since this is a seasonal that they don't have that traditional time saving in mind.
You know whats funny, early on the best animated episodes of HnK, were the ones that REALLY went off model with the artstyle and went full shojo, lets play a game, could you guess who was the animator director on this episode and others? small hint he loved lesbians
>>287400459dezaki?
>>287400459That final stretch of the Juda arc really looked nice in the animeI also thought the first encounter with Raoh looked pretty good, especially the first fight between Toki and Raoh
Here's what Lin and Bat looked in the previous episode
>>287400720A Lin close up, her most consistent look in the anime
>>287400745But then there's the episode with that one animator who really went off model and did these.
>>287400401You start a fire like in the olden days, dumbass.
>>287400720>>287400745If I recall, sometime around the point where Rei dies (or at least around Raoh's first battle) Tetsuo Hara went out of his way to try and instruct the animators and the character designer how to draw his characters. This only really became clear by the time the Last Nanto General arc happened cause they got a budget boost and stopped using old cels in reused animation.
>>287400845Welp nobody guesses who that animator was?
>>287396820>>287397615Based on the first two episodes, I imagine>Episode 3Chapters 4-6>Episode 4Kenshiro vs Shin>Episodes 5~8Chapters 11-25, end of Part 1>Episodes 9~12Rei introduction and Fang clan arc.I think it'll be split cour though, with the second half focusing on the brothers of Hokuto. From there probably>Episodes 1~2Jagi>Episodes 3~5Amiba>Episodes 6~8Cassandra >Episodes 9~10Ken-Oh>Episodes 11~12Yuda, end of Part 2.
>>287400286The censorship of the 1986 film kinda confuses me now that the footage was recovered, because I don't really think it's that much worse than the rest of the film.
>>287400252Some did it to really good effect, porygon episode's issue wasn't the flashing but that it was a solid 3 minutes of it straight with no break.Even then, the news reports showing the episode reporting about the incident caused more seizures than the episode itself did.I think as long as it's done in moderation it's good. I think the use of it to represent things like energy thrusters or shields that weren't full-screen flashes but pulsing light was absolute fucking kino. I preferred the balls of fire for explosions though.Then you have>>287393662like holy shit, I've been to raves that have less flashing lights than the main villains lair.
>>287401777>Even then, the news reports showing the episode reporting about the incident caused more seizures than the episode itself did.This is the funniest shit about all that. I suppose they got sued or something.
>>287401752Eh from what i understood it was rescued because the movie was released initially it was based on a ''mostly complete but still not quite finished'' state because all the gore and visuals were supposed to be censored with those pshycodelics video effects they did telecine back into the main film master, but the one that made it to theathers in japan still had some left untouched, then they relased ''film patches'' for those prints that had the censored footage, or something like that, its confusing and the story regarding the censorship of the movie seems to have been mostly made by shitbags on wikipedia making shit up, including that fire on Toei's werehouse where they claimed the original master got lost, despite the fact that Toei remaster the movie in the late 2000s and put it on DVD, shits a mess.have some weird onna faced lyn
>>287401777>but that it was a solid 3 minutes of it straight with no break.3 minutes? huh, i saw the particular scene months ago from the episode on Archive, and it only lasted a few seconds, you sure you arent just goin by the phone game chief?https://archive.org/details/p-o-pocket-monsters-001-pokemon-kimi-ni-kimeta-first-ed-raw-vhs-winx-bloom-1980-cf-1-a-8-d-6-bhttps://archive.org/details/electricsoldierporygon
>>287400002It's true. It's why the site shown in >>287389715 was able to show you the unedited footage to begin with.
>>287370064Genuinely would have preferred the style they did for the Kenougun Zako-tachi no Banka shorts they just finished over 3DCG.Well, a better animated version of it.
>>287402376>>287402257https://archive.org/details/pokemon-banned-episode-collection/EP038+-+Denno+Senshi+Porygon+-+English+Subtitles+1.mkvThe one scene is only 6 seconds.
>>287377041She had japanese cold, putting an end to yearly Milky Holmes OVAs.https://nyaa.si/view/1886385 is the most recent adlib 3djank I remember.
>>287380421>Saori Hayami: YuriaI'M GOING FUCKING INSANE SEEING HER EVERYWHERE I guess casting her as Yuria who *is* in everyone and their mother's backstories during Part 1 is appropiate in a way.
>>287397732We dont need to give jagi a tragic backstory
I couldn't get past 10 minutes. The original is so much better.
Am I the only one who genuinely enjoyed DD (both the manga and 2013 adaptation, just the first season though) and Strawberry Flavor? I'm still sad the last one went on hiatus, it was really good. I loved how it was a "peaceful" version of the story that allowed for fanservice such as fights between characters that never met and etc. It even had chapters that emulated music videos: https://youtu.be/bRXIUVnLRGY?is=zDCgEgAAyz_pKivs
>>287400449>Think of the amount of dragon ball episodes that can be broken down to powering up and shifting away to something else afterwardall zero of them?
>>287403843Do you really think 6 or so episodes of Goku vs Frieza were all straight manga panels being adapted instead of that + a bunch of pointless extensions?
>>287403892Dubshitters do not get to speak.
>>287403843Pretending stuff like the Goku SS3 scene made to pad out the runtime didn't happen doesn't help you. Or awkward fight extensions like this (I find funny this exact move made it into the new Legends Piccolo unit so they were aware how memetic it was).
member when they had a minky momo expy cameo and yes voiced by Mami Koyama as well?
>>287403716I thought they got skipped over because people were either mad or apathetic towards them taking the piss out of HnK.
I hope they do Part 2.
after watching the first episode I'm just gonna watch the original anime
>>287405643no you're not lol
>>287405784nigger I'm doing it rn
After rewatching the first episode, I at least appreciate how close to the manga it is.But god DAMN it's ugly.
>>287405885Don't say the N word.
I'm watching on an old crt to smooth out a little of the ugliness, doesn't fix the worst cuts though obviously. Camera crack was kino.
>>287403716I'm madly in love with the IDEA behind DD and would spend money on Ken and Co trying to live like normal people but just hate the super deformed versions of the characters.
>>287407172>Camera crack was kino.Yeah. The show has good people working on it, it could've been such an amazing show without the 3D faggotry.
>>287370064As much as I like Fist of the North Star, Tetsuo Hara's other manga deserve anime adaptations too. Hana no Keiji finally started getting an official English translation four months ago and having a proper anime adaptation to coincide with the English release of the manga would've done wonders to make more people aware about it.
>>287407281That's what I mean with the direction obviously being decent, but the 3D shit kneecaps it so badly.
>>287407534I mean, I'm kinda glad that Hana no Keiji isn't going to get saddled with a 3D anime.
Okay, really stupid question for the 80's anime: Did the very first opening spoil how Shin dies? As in, fall off a cliff to spare Kenshiro from covering his old friend's hands with his blood? If he makes that face from the opening as he dies in this CG slopfest remake, I will laugh.
>ep1I liked it. If they keep this quality for the rest of the season it'll be fine
>>287409587Same. It was surprisingly really fun. I'm glad they didn't censor the shit out of it. It had more gore than the original anime, which is good.
>>287405540You wanted to say "they fix Part 2", because its first and only so far anime version has always been shit, kek.>>287405643You will get filtered after the first episode, Zoomie.
>>287409684>implying a zoomer would ever watch an 80s anime with le dated animation
>>287409669Yeah, most of the blood in the original Toei anime is just white light. Making the blood real blood in the remake makes enough sense. Just cut the filler, even if it means no "You are already trademarked" scene (where some mook tried to strike Kenshiro's pressure points in the head, only to blow up after counting down).
>>287409669Yep, everyone expected black bars or mild stuff meanwhile we got brain pieces all over.
>>287405958now
>>287403716I thought it was a decent idea but the way they’re drawn irritates me to no end, and the parts of the manga I read weren’t funny at all.Souten no Ken was actually a much funnier parody of Hokuto no Ken than any blatant attempt could beI love the part with the forced perspective roomthe original manga also made fun of itself and its own inconsistent scale, like how 国王号 is a quite-large-but-still-horse-sized horse yet can somehow stomp on a normal sized man and his body completely disappears under the hoofIt’s hard to parody something that actively parodies itself.
>>287409980fuck黒王号why do I not look at what I’m typing, am I stupid?
>>287409942I've forgotten how campy the old anime was.
bumpa
>>287409942Here's an interesting effect where they use a cel with a painted background and cut it in half for a split effecr
>>287387201I'm surprised this one is also made by TMS Entertainment. back then it supposed to be handled by David Productions with the same artstyle as the Legends OVA
The animator was the one who did the cream lemon ova of a teen girl getting porked by a lesbian who is her older self, who is also a younger self of hers, shit was weird, and he did some weird looking HnK episodes.
>>287370064>they censored Lyn pantiesIt's so over.
>>287405643Finally, some good fucking animation.
lmfao I cant what were they thinking
>>287415312I can't get over the green glow. Did they consult Todd on how to depict the post-apocalypse?
>>287415653the lighting is ass overall
>>287393703It is ok and Yuria is just one part of the reasons
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuwYxfRTsSsLmfao
>>287415653So considering Todd is a cuckold, is it him who decided to remove everything sexy and increase the gore?
>>287374791>pointless remakeTbf at least Hokuto had a pretty legit reason to get a remake, since its manga story never got a proper animated version. The movies either deviated too far from the manga or didn't go through all of the manga, and the original anime had a double digit budget.This is why this remake being shit hurts so bad.
