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[Kilroy the Grand]

Can anyone suggest a martial arts anime?

Difficulty:

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it can't be shit. Naruto is already disqualified

[Smashness]

Anime? Ehh, I really only like good anime, like Cowboy Bebop or something. I don't like anime when I turn on [adult swim] on Saturday and all they give me is anime.

[FuzzyZergling]

Can anyone suggest a martial arts anime?

Difficulty:

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it can't be shit. Naruto is already disqualified

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, maybe?

[ToonyMan]

I heard The Breaker is good but I've never re--oh that's a manga.  I heard Sunken Rock is good too but I haven't read much martial arts manga...

On that note:

Spoiler: what the heck is up with Angel Densetsu's art style for volume 9's character cast page? (click to show/hide)

HAAAAIR

FAAAACEEEESSSS

[FuzzyZergling]

Spoiler: what the heck is up with Angel Densetsu's art style for volume 9's character cast page? (click to show/hide)

HAAAAIR

FAAAACEEEESSSS

...I don't see what's wrong with them? Maybe I'm just used to the later art style.

[Levi]

I've been watching an anime called "Eden of the East" which I've been really enjoying, but I'm terrified that the ending will be meh.  I've only got 3 episodes left and I don't think that is enough time to resolve anything.  Still, its the best thing I've seen in a while so far.

[ToonyMan]

Spoiler: what the heck is up with Angel Densetsu's art style for volume 9's character cast page? (click to show/hide)

HAAAAIR
FAAAACEEEESSSS

...I don't see what's wrong with them? Maybe I'm just used to the later art style.

Yeah.  Open up a page from a early volume and the art style has gotten waaay better I should say?  Berserk is really apparent too.

[GreatJustice]

So far as new anime goes, I've been trying out Sengoku Collection.

It's of incredibly uneven quality. The first episodes are so-so and a lot of them feel like feature length movies shoved into 20 minutes. The later ones are actually pretty good, yet each episode feels like it's being written by an entirely different person.

[Neonivek]

Goodness Anime certainly has a lot of "Ordinary school activities with fighting" animes.

Heck anime has a lot of "Ordinary job except with fighting" animes.

[Tellemurius]

Anime? Ehh, I really only like good anime, like Cowboy Bebop or something. I don't like anime when I turn on [adult swim] on Saturday and all they give me is anime.

did you just contradicted yourself?

Can anyone suggest a martial arts anime?

Difficulty:

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it can't be shit. Naruto is already disqualified

Tenchi Muyo?

[JoshuaFH]

Can anyone suggest a martial arts anime?

Difficulty:

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it can't be shit. Naruto is already disqualified

Try Natsuki Crisis. It's a two episode OVA but goddamn is it just such a sweet, good experience while it lasts.

[Neonivek]

I've seen a martial arts anime but the problem is it isn't all that great... it isn't terrible but it could be better

On the plus side it does have a stronger foundation in real martial arts then most anime.

[Reelya]

I've really only watched a few anime's about martial arts, not really my thing.

I'd mainly recommend watching the live action film Shogun Assassin.

Seconding Natsuki Crisis, and adding Angel Densetsu. Problem is both are 2 episodes only.

I've seen a few parodies about martial artists:

- Ikkitousen: total not recommending this. They called it Battle Vixens in America, I call it Battle Sluts.

- Ranma 1/2 (160 episodes and pretty hilarious, lots of fights)

- Kage kara Mamoru! (short, silly ninja romance comedy but kinda cute and not much fan-service)

- Asu no Yoichi! :- This show has some big flaws but a few things I like about it more than similar shows. It's a blatant rip-off of Love Hina and Ranma 1/2 style shows, with cliche ecchi harem stuff, but the art's nice and the two main guys have decent personalities and can fight good, the sidekick is actually a badass who got a decent character development story of his own, and some girls interested in him, which is almost unheard-of in harem. One guy is a samurai, the other is a streetfighter. An ok 12 episodes if you like this kind of action / harem comedy.

[Neonivek]

I don't know if I should suggestr Keichi Earth's mightiest diciple.

My instincts say no... The way the anime adaption is handled is very generic. Which is interesting because the manga I hear is great.

Yet whenever it steps out of being a steriotypical anime it actually shines.

[Reelya]

That reminds me that i watched Ninja Scroll and the Fist Of The North Star movies years ago, and enjoyed them.

The 1980's Fist Of The North Star series is 152 episodes. Anyone watched it?

In the post-nuclear apocalyptic future in 199X, the human race has regressed. Weak villagers are reduced to slavery, while genetically enhanced giants rule the world. Gunpowder seems only a distant memory, and the martial arts is the only weapon a man can count on.

Two schools face one another in the battle for dominion: Hokuto Shinken and Nanto Seiken. The series begins when the Hokuto successor, Kenshiro, travels the desert to confront Shin, a member of the Nanto Roku Seiken, their six ruling stars, who has taken his fiancee Yulia.