Tenjo Tenge

Kaiser · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:06 pm Post subject: Tenjo Tenge

Synopsis & Reviews @ Anime-Source.com

Some quick sneak peeks at the new anime series. I know Yebyosh is watching this like crazy.. lol

so here are the screenshots from the crappy quality preview

Yebyosh · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 7:39 pm Post subject:

Ugh... I was a bit wary of the poster then but these screencap seem to confirm what I fear...

They took Souichirou 宗一郎 and beat him with an ugly stick real bad...
Actually his Dark Dragon(sp?) mode transforms him into a more than handsome guy, kinda like Kyo Kusanagi.

But the other characters look good so far (ahhh, Maya and Aya) Smile

The second screencap seems to indicate bad art. Face all weird and scrunched up. Hopefully it is only a fleeting moment and not indicative of the whole lot.

Just hoping that it is not a bad adaptation. (Oii Kaiser where you get this preview?)

FistOfFury · Conscript Joined: Aug 27, 2003 Posts: 141 Location: USA

does neone no when this seris gonna start arin?? I read it somewhere but i forgot. Sad

SleepyLafiel · Conscript Joined: Nov 16, 2002 Posts: 152 Location: Beh

I have a feeling that this is just going to be another Ikkitousen. The manga itself isn't near completion, and the storyline is too convoluted for it to be a mainstream anime success, unless they cut out massive portions of it (mainly the flashback arc). So... Ikkitousen 2 it is.

darkhunger · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 1:07 am Post subject:

K.... Just saw the first episode... Actually it's following the manga pretty well, though I think people who have never read the manga might get a bit lost since it moves fairly quickly (ending at the end of Chapter 2). Of course, there are some changes, bits added here and there, the nudity pretty much removed/clouded over, and the character design is altered a bit too.

Anyway, Souichirou Hoshi did better than I thought he would on Souichirou Nagi, since I've been used to hearing his goody-too-shoe voice as Kira Yamato and Kaoru Hanabishi... And the fights are nicely animated. So not a bad start at all. The OP is a bit wack though, and the fact that the main producer of this series is Geneon USA might make fansubbing this series a bit hard.

Yebyosh · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 2:11 am Post subject:

Well... downloading the raw now. l33t always has a good rep I think.

I'm pretty sure the Eastern hemisphere would have fansubs turning up soon. And I'm pretty sure the Western hemisphere would have some fansubber that would not bother with licensing laws. It is just a matter of you spending some effort digging them up and getting access to their materials.

Screencaps are up at http://wgalland.hp.infoseek.co.jp/200404a.htm for those who want a peek to decide if it might be worth seeing episode 1. But like a typical male (as are most of us Wink

), he decided to make most of the fanservice shots. (Well... Volume 1 of the manga was pretty much ecchi half the time heh...)

darkhunger · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 2:29 am Post subject:

atikiN · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 4:26 am Post subject:

This is deffenetly going to be a series I wanna watch. I have the amnga, just never read it -.-;; so I don't know what the story is like. I just hope it's not centered around fanservice =\

darkhunger · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 4:40 am Post subject:

Yebyosh · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 4:00 pm Post subject:

Just watched episode 1 and it seems to be a quite faithful reproduction of the manga's first 2 Fights (how they call chapters/acts) as darkhunger has already said.

You will notice the animation is different from what you usually expect. Well... if you read the credits, you will know that the entire animation staff is Korean. Other production (sound/production/acting) is handled by Japanese. So its a Korean anime marketed/produced by Japanese I guess.

And personally I think they are going to try to broadcast it in America since they have romaji of the character's names in the OP. Not a common sight.

If the anime follows the manga's story, then it would be excellent! On the other hand, we have to consider that its at least a year since Vol 10 was published... and this anime has to be shown weekly... Hopefully they will stick with the manga and conclude it at an appropriate point with another season to follow. The worst we can expect would be to adapt it to become an Ikkitousen.

Judging from the preview of episode 2, there seems to be some adaptation done. Reasons below (comparison with manga)

For the anime, they seem to be moving straight into Souichiro's background & history. For the manga, they would be dealing with the rape of Bob's girlfriend. Maybe they plan to cut out the more "disturbing" elements or just a chronological adaptation? We shall see...

darkhunger · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:35 pm Post subject:

Well, according to Natsume Maya (the site, not the character), Chieko's seiyuu reportedly tolf fans of the manga to "look forward" to a certain scene... It's assumed that she's implying the rape scene. But judging from how the nudity is removed in Ep 1 I think they are probably going to severely remove most of it...

And I wouldn't call this a Korean production. Madhouse is the animation studio, and nowadays frequently the animation studio does some of the overall main work in Japan (like the overall art design and the animation checking) and let their affiliates in smaller animation houses to do the bulk of the work, so this happens to a lot of anime, most notably some of the longer, more expensive shows (like Gundam SEED which had episodes animated in Korea and even Shanghai, China), and many of GONZO's shows (since their animation studio specializes in 3D graphics and is not really 2D oriented). This is definitely a Japanese production, though the production is heavily involved internationally.

Specky · Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:31 am Post subject:

darkhunger · Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:21 am Post subject:

Well, I think the Romaji are just there for artistic reason. The whole OP has the whole western hip hop feel to it, especially the part where the names are being shown... So I don't think Kanji names would fit well with the mood anyway.

FistOfFury · Conscript Joined: Aug 27, 2003 Posts: 141 Location: USA

ok, i just check out the license list and i dont c tenje on it so im sure that the sub will b out soon. i hope they not gonna license this netime soon cuzthis series is pretty good.

darkhunger · Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:34 am Post subject: