#Netflix Anime

[weepingdonutwolf]

Tarzan the legend of Jungle 2025

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[geordi-demorest-manga-fan]

Syd Craft: Shonen Jump Series

[doodlenoodleboi]

Ippoi is a victim

[readingtoinfinity]

Kengan Ashura (anime)

I think we all have that one media we enjoy where in the quality department it's technically quite good, but there's an edge of terrible messaging underneath we need to be cognizant of, whether it's the implicit trust in authority displayed in Paw Patrol to the fascistic tendencies of Blue Lock or anything in-between. For me, I think Kengan Ashura is that terrible message.

The main story concerns Mr. Ashura Ohma Tokita, a fighter hunting for his master's killer, and Kazuo Yamashita, a low-level salaryman working a dead-end job, who combine forces to join the Kengan Tournament, a tourney sponsored by corporations where spats can be solved with blood and fists instead of money and corporate warfare.

Kengan Ashura is made of two parts that only just combine: the tournament arc that composes the bulk of the anime, and the corporate jockeying for power of the sponsors. I have thoughts about each of them, so let's starting with the punchy bits.

The fights are quite fun to watch. Every character is technically a normal human that has worked hard enough to become something else, and they're given titles to reflect this; Ohma is given the title of "Ashura" reflecting his rage and ferocity. And like the best tournament arcs each fight is given focus, not only to follow characters you like but also see the opponents rising in the ranks.

I will also give props to the animation during the fights specifically. When the fighting gets going the animation can add a level of intensity to every punch that really gets your heart pumping, and I should know because I used this show to exercise to. But outside the fights, anyone who doesn't get a 3D model is rendered in 2D, and considering how many characters there are there's a good chunk of scenes where it's just bog-standard 2D animation from a studio that's much better at 3D. And outside of fights, these 3D models can look stiff and unnatural.

The central story concerning Ohma's master is there. Events proceed and we receive revelations about opponents and it's fine. It's neither so bad as to be laughable nor so good as to rewire my brain, it's simply there to enable personal stakes in the fights.

But stakes are a tricky thing. It's called the "Life or Death Kengan Tournament" but you'll find that most fighters survive a ton of damage, most not even getting permanent scars from the experience. The fight ensures that somebody can lose by being tapped out instead of knocked out, but it feels quite silly for the tournament to be touted as life-or-death when it's clearly not the case.

And this posturing leads me to the other half of the show, that of the corporate politics, and it's hear that the more insidious messages from the story start to surface. Ostensibly the Kengan Tournament was started as a way to prevent corporations from fighting one another, sending for representatives to take the risk and win the glory rather than risky and expensive direct rivalry. The representative fighters are introduced in the tournament with how much money they've won for their respective corporations, and it very easily gets into the billions of yen.

This is where we start to get into the problems of the show. The chairmen of these companies are projected in a sympathetic light, and the tournament is presented as a preferable alternative to corporations fighting one another, but all that leaves you with is a set of rules these chairmen agree to and abide by with one another; in other words, corporate collusion. The show may say they don't like each other, that they're working at cross-purposes, but when the whole Kengan Association is set up to stabilize the market and keep everyone making money, your ability to stomach this bit of worldbuilding will depend quite heavily on your tolerance for capitalism and especially corporatocracy.

A side note: I understand wanting to read about terrible systems and great, overwhelming powers that control the world. I like something like The First Law, which also shows terrible economic and political systems, so I can understand you may think me two-minded about it. But where First Law often just portrays these systems (neutrally or negatively) Kengan Ashura presents the system as a good thing, like it's saving lives and uplifting the deserving. It's feeding into the bootstrap myth of capitalism.

There are two people that do attempt to change the Kengan Association, one by coup and another as an internal reformer. I found both detestable, the former moreso for the violence inflicted, the latter for falling into the system and believing it can be changed for the better. The insistence on the status quo with small steps of improvement was something I really disliked about the show, and sullied my enjoyment throughout.

So you get this: two halves of a show, one, a very good fighting show with merely okay plot, and the other a weird corporate power grab with subtly awful connotations. I hesitate to say this is a turn-your-brain-off show but a second's self-reflection would certainly remove the luster of what the show is trying to be. I almost don't understand why the corporate angle was added: was it to justify the excellent healthcare? The high stakes? The posturing in the background? I don't know. It's impossible to like only half a show: you have to take it as a whole. If you like fights, and you don't mind some stupid B-plots, be my guest. It's certainly good for getting your heart rate up.

EDIT: And God damn, I'm not usually a person who cares all that much about openings, but the first opening, "King & Ashley" by MY FIRST FAMILY is perfect for the show, and they get weaker every time they're replaced.

[theomenmedia]

Start your day with "Run Sakamoto Run"! Vaundy brings the perfect vibe to Sakamoto Days on Netflix.

Start your day with "Run Sakamoto Run"! Vaundy brings the perfect vibe to Sakamoto Days on Netflix.

Check out the banger which should also be on your list right here: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/run-sakamoto-run-sakamoto-days-anime-kicks-off-with-vaundy-s-electrifying-opening-theme-on-netflix

[makymakvrchat]

Trese an Animated Series in Netflix - Behind the scenes

[dynared]

I knew they were going to cast a random actor on the Netflix payroll for this.

Matthew Mercer as Taro Sakamoto

Dallas Liu as Shin Asakura

Rosalie Chiang as Lu Shaotang

Rosie Okumura as Aoi Sakamoto

Xolo Maridueña as Heisuke Mashimo

Aleks Le as Nagumo

Lexi Cabrera (Alexa Bliss) as Obiguro

SungWon Cho as Boiled

Du-Shaunt "Fik-Shun" Stegall as Son Hee

Toru Uchikado as Bacho

Yup, Xolo Maridueña, aka Miguel from Cobra Kai and the live-action Blue Beetle. Also SungWon Cho, fresh from his very well regarded performance in Delicious in Dungeon as Senshi is going to be here too.

[khuantru]

Turbo Granny.. 🤣🍿📺

I swear she is a scene stealer in the anime: 'Dan Da Dan'

She makes me laugh and at the same time, cute!!!!

[lovezacblr]

[doodlenoodleboi]

Oh I see why yall call him gay now

[fredzina]

I feel myself ascending because WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE ARE GETTING A THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED ANIME?

DO YOU ALL SEE THAT FUCKING POSTER???

I literally felt my soul LEAVE MY FUCKING BODY because I had to hold back the scream that was trying to EXPLODE from me because I AM AT FUCKING WORK STILL (I've been here for 12 hours someone pls set me free)

But I for real feel like I've been transported into that gay ass arcane void that Jayce and Viktor fucked off to (they are not dead, I reufse)

Anyways hello???? How did it take me 24 fucking hours to figure this out. Why was i not at ground fucking zero when the news dropped??

[theomenmedia]

Ready for laughs and action? Meet Taro Sakamoto, your new favorite ex-hitman turned family man!

Ready for laughs and action? Meet Taro Sakamoto, your new favorite ex-hitman turned family man! Sakamoto Days premieres Jan 11 only on Netflix

Check it out right here: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/from-hitman-to-hero-sakamoto-days-final-trailer-breakdown-what-awaits-in-netflix-s-latest-anime

[c-k-mack]

The latest episode of Dan da Dan (about a mother’s regrets) has me bawling my eyes out.

[khuantru]

ohhhhhhhhhh.. HELL NO!! 🤨🤔

Nooooooooooo!!! 🤕

that f'ing ENDING!!! 😂🍿

anime: Blue Box - Episode 12

platform: Netflix Anime / Japan

[evilwvergil]

_“Jinx” from Arcane.