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Netflix: Anime "Baki" is out, and it's batshit insane (Second half coming 30th April)
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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Very nasty shit. If you can just buy the DVD, you wont regret it
Considering how crazy the world of Baki gets I'm not even sure if Retsu will stay dead. I could see them doing something ridiculous like cloning him from the big puddles of sweat he leaves behind when training and then explain the whole thing away through some pseudoscience narration.
There was an anime in the early 2000's that was 2 season's and covers the beginning of the series when Baki was like 13. The Netflix anime picks up the story where that left off.
So why would I get the dvd if it covers what happened prior to the Netflix show?
I thought there was somewhere I could watch the fight, sorry for the confusion
Yeah at first I thought it was just comedic, but now that I think on it, I think the point was that all these guys never fight on their best condition, and can be pulled up on at any moment. Like Yujiro to Doppo, all the Team to the Convicts and vice versa etc. Ali Jr was simply not ready for everyone else to get their licks in when he was down and I guess that messed with him.
Go in blind and watch the original anime. That's what I did. I only had the knowledge from the Convicts arc, and it was a great watch regardless. It will make their relationship make so much sense
And it will also make the end of episode 12 of this season especially hype.
Well Baki fights Yujiro in the original anime if you wanted to see that and it gives you a lot of stuff and characters that aren't important for the current anime but return in the future. That and arguably the best tournament in the series is in that part.
"Be prepared to fight at any time, anywhere, and in any condition and be ready to put your life on the line to win".
That was pretty much one of the themes of the previous arc. They were going into these fights half mangled, broken bones, skin stripped from flesh, burns, shrapnel wounds, dismemberment and poisoning. Junior has all the ability and probably even greater talent and potential than his father but lacks the mentality needed to be in that world.
That was pretty much one of the themes of the previous arc. They were going into these fights half mangled, broken bones, skin stripped from flesh, burns, shrapnel wounds, dismemberment and poisoning. Junior has all the ability and probably even greater talent and potential than his father but lacks the mentality needed to be in that world.
Overall, these 2 seasons have been quite bad. Some really odd pacing and awful animation.
I really wish the animation quality was better. The set up and character are great but the actual fights lack any excitement because its mostly freeze frames.
Alain Jr was done dirty to an extent it wasnt an entertaining watch at all. The season finishes where it gets interesting.
Are the earlier seasons, before the netflix ones, better animated?
I really wish the animation quality was better. The set up and character are great but the actual fights lack any excitement because its mostly freeze frames.
Alain Jr was done dirty to an extent it wasnt an entertaining watch at all. The season finishes where it gets interesting.
Are the earlier seasons, before the netflix ones, better animated?
Next season I hope Kozue falls in love with someone who plays guitar in a band or something.
Itagaki is really good at:
Drawing combat, hits, bodies and movement
Creating absurd abilities and explanations
Creating bizarre reasons for fights
Creating characters that are interesting to watch fight
Itagaki is really bad at:
Trying to write his characters as people
Romance
Anything involving his characters not fighting, really
Drawing combat, hits, bodies and movement
Creating absurd abilities and explanations
Creating bizarre reasons for fights
Creating characters that are interesting to watch fight
Itagaki is really bad at:
Trying to write his characters as people
Romance
Anything involving his characters not fighting, really
Eight episodes into the latest carnival of stupid, I'm sorry, did this tournament arc just get Teddy Long'd?
I'm still enjoying how dumb this show is but it must always be mentioned just how nonsense it is.
Highlights so far are
- The ultimate technique of lying on the floor and kicking your legs in the air, no joke, my brother would do this to defend himself when we were kids, SO POTENT, unless you leave the room I guess!
- Oliva just pancaking some dude into an accordion shape.
I'm still enjoying how dumb this show is but it must always be mentioned just how nonsense it is.
Highlights so far are
- The ultimate technique of lying on the floor and kicking your legs in the air, no joke, my brother would do this to defend himself when we were kids, SO POTENT, unless you leave the room I guess!
- Oliva just pancaking some dude into an accordion shape.
Ever since a friend of mine pointed out to me that
, I couldn't help but feel like I don't enjoy Baki as much anymore.
The treatment of Alai Jr. as a character didn't help either. It was downright dogshit to see him getting hyped up that much just for him to end up like that.
nearly every fight involving a Japanese and a non-Japanese fighter has the Japanese fighter coming out on top
The treatment of Alai Jr. as a character didn't help either. It was downright dogshit to see him getting hyped up that much just for him to end up like that.
Have you ever seen MMA from the 90s? There were no forced stand ups and the technique is legitimately effective.
Even in more recent fights you can still see some of this:
Damn, you're ruining the hilarity for me, I should've known it was an actual thing!Have you ever seen MMA from the 90s? There were no forced stand ups and the technique is legitimately effective.
Even in more recent fights you can still see some of this:
The magaka may be bat shit crazy but he appears to know his stuff when it comes to combat, maybe, I think.
Considering how Paru draws her dad, I have a feeling Itagaki might not have been the best father.
Also he's a fucking lunatic for the way he "prepares" his beer.
He is clearly a big fan of Vale Tudo/MMA/kakutougi.
This guy "Dave" that trained with Ali Jr. is clearly Wanderlei Silva
There are tons of fanservice like that.
All that happened to the Kaiohs is more or less whats been happening to the traditional chinese kung fu masters lately, except there are no Kaioh Retsu's to be found.
Oh yeah this show is very much a power fantasy for Japanese post-war insecurities.
Like, it's laced with it in every aspect.
That said people also survive getting their faces ripped off and its complete absurd, so I kinda allow it?
However, the Ali story this season was too much for me.
It would have been one thing if Ali actually put up a fight in the end, but he didn't he walked in and got his ass whopped like it was nothing. The weird cuckey undertones just felt creepy. I don't wanna assume too much about Itagaki, but he definitely lets his weird inferiority complex get the best of him.
just finished the latest season, ain't have to do him like that bruh.....RIP Ali Jr.
I always enjoy Jack Hammer fights so I was fine with that lost but but then they lead you down this path of bringing him to his lowest point so you think he'll have a comeback and then Baki just finishes stealing his soul on some Shang Tsung shit. I feel like I got punked, turns out that whole thing was just to hype Baki as finally being ready to face Yujiro lol.
I always enjoy Jack Hammer fights so I was fine with that lost but but then they lead you down this path of bringing him to his lowest point so you think he'll have a comeback and then Baki just finishes stealing his soul on some Shang Tsung shit. I feel like I got punked, turns out that whole thing was just to hype Baki as finally being ready to face Yujiro lol.
Just finished season 1 of Dorohedoro (serioulsy, watch it. Very good) and daaamn it's really rough to go back to Baki (S2). That change in animation/art quality is like going from a 1st party PS4 game to a bad PS2 one.
Hope it's worth going through the rest of the seasons.
Hope it's worth going through the rest of the seasons.
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He is clearly a big fan of Vale Tudo/MMA/kakutougi.
This guy "Dave" that trained with Ali Jr. is clearly Wanderlei Silva
There are tons of fanservice like that.
All that happened to the Kaiohs is more or less whats been happening to the traditional chinese kung fu masters lately, except there are no Kaioh Retsu's to be found.
LMFAO, I knew it was Wand when I saw that scene. I love all the references to real fighters and pro wrestlers. There's tons in the old seasons.
and damn did Alai Jr get jobbed out hard. Overall, it was a good season, but the fights were pretty much squash matches this arc.
Loved this latest season. I am currently watching the original series. It is absolutely wild to see Baki at age 13 and how he looks/behaves compared to now. I understand Baki's relationships a lot more now.
FInished watching it with a friend and he could not understand why Jr got played like that.
I wish they could of explained it better why Jr loss so badly, and better yet call him crazy for even accepting the fight with Baki in the first place. Jr is the better fighter in martial arts sports by any measure, but he completely falls apart in underground fighting with no rules. He was never going to win and Baki ended it quick before Jr could be a legitimate threat which is the smart play. It would have been completely unrealistic if he actually put up a fight with 0-3 record fighting with no rules.
I wish they could of explained it better why Jr loss so badly, and better yet call him crazy for even accepting the fight with Baki in the first place. Jr is the better fighter in martial arts sports by any measure, but he completely falls apart in underground fighting with no rules. He was never going to win and Baki ended it quick before Jr could be a legitimate threat which is the smart play. It would have been completely unrealistic if he actually put up a fight with 0-3 record fighting with no rules.
Am I remembering right or the karate dude who fought Doyle and got all his hair and skin burnt really had a complete recovery at the end of the season?
This series is ridiculous.
This series is ridiculous.
Loved this latest season. I am currently watching the original series. It is absolutely wild to see Baki at age 13 and how he looks/behaves compared to now. I understand Baki's relationships a lot more now.
I'm shocked at how much of an arrogant shit Baki is at 13. Can't wait to see what he goes through to be the weird mellow dude of the Netflix series.
I'm only two episodes in and I'm already regret shitting on the animation of the Netflix series. The 2001 anime gets rough at some points.
So are they going to introduce Pickle? It's crazy how zany Baki gets as the story went on. Full on resurrection is just nuts lol.
I believe there is another major arc before he gets introduced.
Considering how Paru draws her dad, I have a feeling Itagaki might not have been the best father.
Also he's a fucking lunatic for the way he "prepares" his beer.
how does she draws her dad? Your image is dead
Heads up folks Baki is gonna be a guest character in a videogame...and of all the games its FITNESS BOXING for Switch.
No I'm not joking.
Full Article below.
www.siliconera.com
Exercise till your back muscles form the face of a demon with your switch!
No I'm not joking.
Full Article below.
Fitness Boxing Gets Muscular With Baki the Grappler Collaboration
A Baki the Grappler collaboration has been announced for Fitness Boxing, and players must punch one million times to achieve the goal.
www.siliconera.com
Exercise till your back muscles form the face of a demon with your switch!
Hope netflix keeps funding it, it was lovely from start to finish and better than the last season. The music is hot trash next the original series but the direction is pretty damn good. Animation never really hit the highs of a bunch of eps from the original series but it's definitely more consistent.
