TMNT anime

~~Jarrah White~~ · 12-17-2003, 12:03 AM

I've just watched a whole episode at www.ninjaturtlesnetwork.com here's my review. I don't speek Japanese, so I couldn't understand what the characters were saying. However I noticed Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, April, Bebop, Rocksteady, Krang, Foot solders, Splinter and a Japanese version of Shredder. Expect for Shredder all the characters look like the old toon designs. April still works for Channel 6, the technodrome was also there. However, I quickly began saying, "What the ****?" as the show continued, it seems the turtles, Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady all use these rubies to transform into these armoured freeks, the turtles look more like autobots is you ask me. The turtles can also merge into one

WTF? And all that ninjitsu action has been dumped for power-ups, and the typical attacks you'll see in shows like Digimon or Dragon Ball Z, honestly is that all the Japanese can come up with? And what's with the fairies? Shredder later becomes 300 feet tall, and starts chasing the turtles through the city.

And you thought The Next Mutation was just plain wrong?

Now that you've heard all this, would you be supportive if an English-translated version was realised in your country?[/i]

*That Matt Guy* · 12-17-2003, 05:28 AM

I never want to lay eyes upon this.

**GK Punk** · 12-17-2003, 06:16 AM

Yeah it sucked, big deal. No, not all anime is like that (In fact, practically none of the ones I like are like that) But the fact is, it was never meant to be "canon" as TNM was. It was what you call an "OVA" And Japanese OVA's get released as a Sidestory set to an alternate reality all the time.

That's all it was, a Side Story set in an alternate reality.

And Matthew, no you really don't -_-
(Even though my Good buddy Azure my disagree

)

*Drtooth* · 12-17-2003, 06:32 AM

The link doesn't work for me....

*Bowser_Koopa* · 12-17-2003, 08:17 AM

i didn't like the fact that turtles became "more human" you can see they lost most of the characteristics that make them turtles, above all their faces, if they had tails like in the comics, they would have been removed in the anime

, btw does any body have a picture of the part where the turtles are making fun of bebop and rocksteady in the intro with a better quality?

Combat Cold Cuts · 12-17-2003, 09:12 AM

$H1T, thats horrible the Japanesse have gone far enough! Time to boycott anime, its too flashy and too long and to Dragon-ball Z- ish.

*Drtooth* · 12-17-2003, 10:51 AM

It sucks that a lot of anime gets draaged down because of the children's Tv counterparts.

I mean, sure... a lot of kid's tv anime follows the the plot of certain shows, ie, we see a lot of Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Gundam, and (ick) Pokemon ripoffs... \

The adult (and more sophisticated)stuff is more fun. I mean, Akira is still the dman most disturbing thing I'll ever watch, I love Lupin III, and Spirited away is pure brilliance. And of course, the classics of Astroboy and Speed Racer are still great.

**HorseTechie** · 12-17-2003, 11:01 AM

"...all use these rubies to transform into these armoured freeks, the turtles look more like autobots... "

Autobots...? They do not! *rolls over laughing*

Nah... try Beast Wars Maximals, or Gundam fighters. ;p

I will agree, I was perplexed the first time I saw this a few years back too. They produced it back with the old cartoon was airing too. But I agree that it seemed a lot like Digimon or somesuch thing like that. The voices also were a riot, cause they sound higher pitched and stuff.

But I'm not gonna bash anime as a whole, cause I have seen better done examples, than this generalized Power Ranger/Voltron style many lesser anime power shows take after.

Because... the FoxBox cartoon show is also done through DongWoo Studios, which is a Korean company. They did well in producing this show to be like nothing else we have seen.

milweskee · 12-17-2003, 02:03 PM

I personally don't like anime. American cartoons always did the job for me. I don't know why people sweat that stuff so much. It's all over the place. The animation looks stupid a lot of the time. You can tell they are obviously smart people but their creativity sucks. They create very poor characters that you don't give a crap about, and make these crazy storylines.

~~Jarrah White~~ · 12-17-2003, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Drtooth

The link doesn't work for me....

Ooopes, there you go. It should work now.

**GK Punk** · 12-17-2003, 09:38 PM

For gods sakes, stop the damn anime bashing.

**Machias Banshee** · 12-17-2003, 10:08 PM

Whats with bashing everything lately?

Look, some people might like it, some people might not. For the sake of those that DO like it, lay off the bashing, okay? we got enough negative morale in this place right now.

*Deathknight* · 12-17-2003, 10:08 PM

Why don't we just stop talking about the anime all together, it only lasted for 3 episodes and it was just like power rangers. Overall, most people thought it sucked and don't like watching it, end of discussion.... please?

*Kid Icarus* · 12-17-2003, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Deathknight

Why don't we just stop talking about the anime all together, it only lasted for 3 episodes and it was just like power rangers. Overall, most people thought it sucked and don't like watching it, end of discussion.... please?

'Cause there are people like that have yet to see it...

I have odd tastes in nearly everything, so I'd pry like it XD.

*Drtooth* · 12-18-2003, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by milweskee

I personally don't like anime. American cartoons always did the job for me. I don't know why people sweat that stuff so much. It's all over the place. The animation looks stupid a lot of the time. You can tell they are obviously smart people but their creativity sucks. They create very poor characters that you don't give a crap about, and make these crazy storylines.

I respectfully disagree...

it's everywhere because kid's like to watch the throwaway kiddy junk that litters the television. They are bad, they are all copy cats, sure. But it seems that shows like Digimon, Yougioh, and Pokemon has people jaded.

Try watching Akira... trust me.

Saying that all animes are like Pokemon,l is like saying all Japanese Cinema is like Godzilla.

believe me when I tell you this. 5 years ago, I would totally agree with you. I saw nothing but Pokemon and DBZ on television. But then when I got to college, I actually saw the stuff they would never show on saturday mornings.

I will always like classic American cartooning much better (Looney Tunes especially) but I see nothing wrong with Lupin III.... when I discovered that, it changed everything.

But you gotta admit... at least Krang was in the anime... unlike the final season of the original TMNT.....

*DrSpengler* · 12-18-2003, 03:45 PM

I picked it up on DVD and watched it subtitled. I thought it was funny. Well, funny to laugh AT, not WITH. It was intentionally cheesy and stupid, though. You weren't supposed to take it seriously. I was pleased with the animation quality, much much better thanthe tv series and just about on par with the miniseries (except no bandana miscolorings).

I enjoyed it. Shredder from the 2nd OVA looked badass.

I couldn't stand Krang's voice, however. Not for a second.

~~Jarrah White~~ · 12-18-2003, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DrSpengler

I picked it up on DVD and watched it subtitled. I thought it was funny. Well, funny to laugh AT, not WITH. It was intentionally cheesy and stupid, though. You weren't supposed to take it seriously. I was pleased with the animation quality, much much better thanthe tv series and just about on par with the miniseries (except no bandana miscolorings).

I enjoyed it. Shredder from the 2nd OVA looked badass.

I couldn't stand Krang's voice, however. Not for a second.

He sounded like that sumo blob from Dragon Ball Z.

*DrSpengler* · 12-18-2003, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jarrah White

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

I couldn't stand Krang's voice, however. Not for a second.

He sounded like that sumo blob from Dragon Ball Z.

And why did he call Shredder "Sawaki"?

Shredder's real name is "Saki", right?

**Machias Banshee** · 12-18-2003, 06:13 PM

Its a drawl in his voice. he did say Saki...

*DrSpengler* · 12-18-2003, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

Its a drawl in his voice. he did say Saki...

Aaaaahhhhhh.

That clears up that.

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12-17-2003, 12:03 AM	#1
~~Jarrah White~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,394	TMNT anime I've just watched a whole episode at www.ninjaturtlesnetwork.com here's my review. I don't speek Japanese, so I couldn't understand what the characters were saying. However I noticed Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, April, Bebop, Rocksteady, Krang, Foot solders, Splinter and a Japanese version of Shredder. Expect for Shredder all the characters look like the old toon designs. April still works for Channel 6, the technodrome was also there. However, I quickly began saying, "What the ***?" as the show continued, it seems the turtles, Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady all use these rubies to transform into these armoured freeks, the turtles look more like autobots is you ask me. The turtles can also merge into one WTF? And all that ninjitsu action has been dumped for power-ups, and the typical attacks you'll see in shows like Digimon or Dragon Ball Z, honestly is that all the Japanese can come up with? And what's with the fairies? Shredder later becomes 300 feet tall, and starts chasing the turtles through the city. And you thought The Next Mutation* was just plain wrong? Now that you've heard all this, would you be supportive if an English-translated version was realised in your country?[/i]

12-17-2003, 06:32 AM	#4
Drtooth Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,439	The link doesn't work for me.... __________________ [Insert mildly amusing banner here]

12-17-2003, 09:12 AM	#6
Combat Cold Cuts Random Punk Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow Posts: 40	$H1T, thats horrible the Japanesse have gone far enough! Time to boycott anime, its too flashy and too long and to Dragon-ball Z- ish. __________________ Werd Up G

12-17-2003, 10:51 AM	#7
Drtooth Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,439	It sucks that a lot of anime gets draaged down because of the children's Tv counterparts. I mean, sure... a lot of kid's tv anime follows the the plot of certain shows, ie, we see a lot of Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Gundam, and (ick) Pokemon ripoffs... \ The adult (and more sophisticated)stuff is more fun. I mean, Akira is still the dman most disturbing thing I'll ever watch, I love Lupin III, and Spirited away is pure brilliance. And of course, the classics of Astroboy and Speed Racer are still great. __________________ [Insert mildly amusing banner here]

12-17-2003, 05:28 AM	#2
That Matt Guy Honey Bunches Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 5,840	I never want to lay eyes upon this.

12-17-2003, 06:16 AM	#3
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	Yeah it sucked, big deal. No, not all anime is like that (In fact, practically none of the ones I like are like that) But the fact is, it was never meant to be "canon" as TNM was. It was what you call an "OVA" And Japanese OVA's get released as a Sidestory set to an alternate reality all the time. That's all it was, a Side Story set in an alternate reality. And Matthew, no you really don't -_- (Even though my Good buddy Azure my disagree )

12-17-2003, 08:17 AM	#5
Bowser_Koopa Very yes Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Not so far, go back a little Posts: 1,849	i didn't like the fact that turtles became "more human" you can see they lost most of the characteristics that make them turtles, above all their faces, if they had tails like in the comics, they would have been removed in the anime , btw does any body have a picture of the part where the turtles are making fun of bebop and rocksteady in the intro with a better quality?

12-17-2003, 11:01 AM	#8
HorseTechie Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 5,677	"...all use these rubies to transform into these armoured freeks, the turtles look more like autobots... " Autobots...? They do not! rolls over laughing Nah... try Beast Wars Maximals, or Gundam fighters. ;p I will agree, I was perplexed the first time I saw this a few years back too. They produced it back with the old cartoon was airing too. But I agree that it seemed a lot like Digimon or somesuch thing like that. The voices also were a riot, cause they sound higher pitched and stuff. But I'm not gonna bash anime as a whole, cause I have seen better done examples, than this generalized Power Ranger/Voltron style many lesser anime power shows take after. Because... the FoxBox cartoon show is also done through DongWoo Studios, which is a Korean company. They did well in producing this show to be like nothing else we have seen.

12-17-2003, 02:03 PM	#9
milweskee Foot Soldier Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 184	I personally don't like anime. American cartoons always did the job for me. I don't know why people sweat that stuff so much. It's all over the place. The animation looks stupid a lot of the time. You can tell they are obviously smart people but their creativity sucks. They create very poor characters that you don't give a crap about, and make these crazy storylines.

12-17-2003, 09:38 PM	#11
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	For gods sakes, stop the damn anime bashing.

12-17-2003, 10:08 PM	#12
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	Whats with bashing everything lately? Look, some people might like it, some people might not. For the sake of those that DO like it, lay off the bashing, okay? we got enough negative morale in this place right now.

12-17-2003, 10:08 PM	#13
Deathknight Mad Scientist Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: One of the 972 rooms of the technodrome Posts: 1,995	Why don't we just stop talking about the anime all together, it only lasted for 3 episodes and it was just like power rangers. Overall, most people thought it sucked and don't like watching it, end of discussion.... please? __________________ Shredder: "Ninja hall of fame? Ha! Where's MY statue?!" -My Brother, the Bad Guy

12-18-2003, 03:45 PM	#16
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	I picked it up on DVD and watched it subtitled. I thought it was funny. Well, funny to laugh AT, not WITH. It was intentionally cheesy and stupid, though. You weren't supposed to take it seriously. I was pleased with the animation quality, much much better thanthe tv series and just about on par with the miniseries (except no bandana miscolorings). I enjoyed it. Shredder from the 2nd OVA looked badass. I couldn't stand Krang's voice, however. Not for a second.

12-18-2003, 06:13 PM	#19
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	Its a drawl in his voice. he did say Saki...