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Original TMNT Cartoon Fan
09-01-2008, 12:19 PM
I have seen two "Japanese" episodes of the 1987 TMNT cartoon: One where New York City is floode, and onw where the TMNT go to Japan? Both the TMNT and Shredder use some mystic stones to mutate. I don't like the episodes, but I wonder if there are more Japanese episodes. Are they set in a special TMNT universe, or just unofficial episodes of the 1987 TMNT cartoon.
NameGoesHere1066
09-01-2008, 12:23 PM
those where the only two and they where kind of just parodies of the old toon and the anime cliches. They don't fit in any continuity as far as i know, and recently some memebers on the drome did a fan dub of one of the episode in the fan section.
junkboy
09-01-2008, 12:25 PM
They are just 2 episodes telling the story of super turtles gaining their power by stones. I do not like them much either. Too japanese.
They have a toy line also i think.
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan
09-01-2008, 12:27 PM
They are just 2 episodes telling the story of super turtles gaining their power by stones. I do not like them much either. Too japanese.
They have a toy line also i think.

Also, Krang's dimensional portal was wrongly depicted, since it more looked like a door rather than a "hole" in time and space.
junkboy
09-01-2008, 12:30 PM
Yeah, to be honest i did not like it since first seeing it. It seemed to Power Rangers-like to me. And i never loved Power Rangers since childhood.
Also Krang's japanese voice hurts my ears so much.
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan
09-01-2008, 12:31 PM
Yeah, to be honest i did not like it since first seeing it. It seemed to Power Rangers-like to me. And i never loved Power Rangers since childhood.
Also Krang's japanese voice hurts my ears so much.

Which year were they released?
junkboy
09-01-2008, 12:36 PM
Which year were they released?

96 i think
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan
09-01-2008, 12:37 PM
96 i think

If it's 1996, it says much. It was in the Power Rangers hype (I was never into it, just saw some episodes).
Gordo
09-01-2008, 12:48 PM
The Japanese have a tendency to take American franchises and sprinkle some Sentai/Henshin hero sugar on top of them. The Turtles and Spider-Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_(tokusatsu)) are good examples.
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan
09-01-2008, 12:56 PM
The Japanese have a tendency to take American franchises and sprinkle some Sentai/Henshin hero sugar on top of them. The Turtles and Spider-Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_(tokusatsu)) are good examples.

Are there any special Japanese TMNT comic books too (set in an own TMNT universe i suppose)?
oldmanwinters
09-01-2008, 01:24 PM
Are there any special Japanese TMNT comic books too (set in an own TMNT universe i suppose)?

Here are some scans of a couple issues of the TMNT manga I bought from Rose:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22047800@N07/

And here is a thread on the mangas:
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=24754
NameGoesHere1066
09-01-2008, 01:42 PM
thats some scarey shiznit! :o