#but 2021... my first shaman king... my beloved

[homoerotic-shonen-rival-showdown]

if you do read any of it you gotta tell me I love watching people experience it

just know that the 2001 and 2021 versions are very different and the manga follows the same story as 2021

so you won't be as confused as I was

oh also the first part of both versions is actually good the trash takes a minute to set in fully

I love seeing ppl playfully trash on their anime/manga that have the same amount of stupid shit as my anime/manga hyperfixation so I can watch and go

"yeah buddy me too... Stupid shit happening !! :3"

yeah from what I've gathered mirai nikki and shaman king have a similar flavour of stupid. and I do love to trash on my beloved

you have unlocked an excuse for me to infodump please stand by

the anime adaptation of flowers (the sequel to the kanzenban/2021 version) is coming out next janurary. I am very excited for this. I have absolutely zero faith in it being good. shaman king flowers has about 11 chapters of being fun before it devolves into bad fanfic of the author's own story. I'm so pumped for the anime it's gonna suck so bad

I also have a very deep love for the 4kids dub of the 2001 anime (yes it's one of Those). given that shaman king is already batshit insane enough you can imagine how that went. they gave ren an over the top british accent. he is so very not british. they gave lyserg an american accent. he is so very british. it's art

[jumpscaregoose]

Shaman King (2021) rewatch: ep 1

I decided to rewatch the 2021 anime (again) because it's been a few months since I last sat down and watched it. chronicling my opinions on each episode because why not

I always forget 2021 opens with this scene because literally no other version does lmao. makes sense because the first few episodes are kind of episodic/meandering but with how much they sped it up we get to the shaman fight within 5 episodes? and even though the hao/yoh siblings thing is pretty obvious it still feels weird to put it here

soul salvation may be my least favourite shaman king op but it still slaps (over soul is the best one fight me. and also go listen to the peaky p-key remix of it. my friend who plays rhythm games sent it to me and they were right. it good)

absolutely iconic shot it gives me so many brain noises

manta suddenly being able to see ghosts is never explained, I don't think. takei my guy holy shit

one day I'm going to take the time to stand on a bridge for a while. not anytime soon I don't have the patience

I have nothing to say about this screenshot yoh's just adorable. he does look a lot younger in these early episodes too

I love how despite yoh's general persona his first response to someone messing with his friend was moderate violence

hyoi gattai is very cool and should have been used more after they introduced over soul. every time they bring it in after over soul (ren vs nichrom, jun vs hon hon in red crimson) it's one of the coolest scenes imaginable

and so the descent of ryu's hair begins

I didn't think local smithies were that common until I was talking to my dad and apparently my hometown has one. so that's neat

totally 100% just friends and not gay at all you guys

2021 really just throws ren in immediately. it's like prologue over here's an emo with the most ridiculous design you've ever seen. I actually randomly found a jacket like his at the thrift store for like $6 and it's one of my most prized possessions

and of course the 2021 eds are the best pieces of shaman king animation I've ever seen. they're like those funkuro still images in motion. and this first one is The Best it has pirica in it

so excited to watch through this series again it's my beloved. I am also watching through 2001 currently but they're Different ok.

episode 1 is fun because I always remember watching it for the first time on a road trip in the middle of the night and just being. so confused. by everything. and now it's just oh yeah ren's hair we've all seen it

[popcultureoverdosed]

Shaman King 2021 lets down its fans

The pacing of Shaman king 2021 is quite honestly an extreme detriment to the narrative. The complete edition of the manga boasts a hefty 300 chapters yet the current adaptation is slated for a mere 52 episodes. It's insulting how the producers shot away any hopes of this being a promising adaptation right off the bat.

The early episodes had a nasty habit of adapting far too many chapters in one episode; sometimes even going up to 8 chapters. That's practically an entire volume of content with little in the way for proper character development. Battles are often resolved in the same episode they are introduced while every other battle anime lets episodes end on cliffhangers to increase tension. The later episodes thankfully slow things down a little, but the characters still treat each other with a level of familiarity that would only feel natural to manga readers.

A good example of rushed pacing hindering the narrative is when Lyserg joins the X-Laws. The original manga gave Lyserg time to ruminate about his friendship with Yoh and would it meant turning his back on the others. The 2021 version makes Lyserg seem incredibly shallow for leaving the team the first opportunity he got with barely any emotional tension to be seen.

Osorezan Revoir seems to be the only arc to avert this problem. The anime afforded four episodes to adapt a two-volume arc. This resulted in a beloved story arc having the breathing room to completely tell its tale with full emotional impact. Shaman King at its core is a contemplative series. It is a narrative-driven by clashing ideologies and characters contemplating their place in life. Even the small slice-of-life moments of the manga enhance this theme. Rushing through these events as if it's a marathon is a complete disservice to what Shaman King is about.

Shaman King should have never been restricted to 52 episodes at all. That's nowhere near enough time to properly adapt the full story. The cheap animation isn't helping matters either. It's clear that zero soul(pun intended) was put into adapting iconic scenes; often resorting to still images or using the absolute bare minimum of movement required for any given scene. Shaman king may not be a flashy series like Kimetsu no Yaiba which needs glorious animation to mask its uniform mediocrity, but that still doesn't take away from the fact that battle series need solid animation to have a good impact. The character interactions are already hindered due to the rushed pace; the least we fans deserve is some decent action.

I still enjoy the 2021 anime for what it's worth, but it is painfully apparent that it has failed to bring the manga justice. My only hope is that Shaman King one day receives a console game from a passionate developer like cyberconnect2.

[queensonjas]

29 April 2021: Happy 18th birthday to Maud Angelica Behn! Maud Angelica is the oldest of Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn’s three daughters, and the oldest granddaughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja. She is fifth in the line of succession to the Norwegian throne, after her uncle Crown Prince Haakon, cousins Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, and mother.

iam_marthalouise:

Happy Birthday to our one and only Maud. You are a shining light in this world, seeing everyone around you, being aware, curious, philosophical, deep, funny, creative, a bit quirky and nerdy and above all brave. You have already saved many people’s lives through your words and wisdom. Standing tall in your vulnerability and daring to tread new ground in regards to suicide prevention and mental health does not come lightly, but you deliver with grace and dignity. I am so so proud of everything you have accomplished so far and everything you will in the future. Be true to you, my love. You rock! You shine! Just be you. You are more than enough and the times you might doubt that, we are all here to remind you. We got your back. I love you big time.

shamandurek:

Today is my bonus daughter’s 18th birthday. Due to border being closed in Norway I could not attend the festivities to celebrate this amazing woman. So I thought I would post something on how much I love this bright, kind dear soul and amazing artist who had captured my heart when I first met Maud Angelica Behn. When you meet Maud from the moment your eyes meet you know she is a pure heart and God sent angel who is here to bring peace, love, beauty, kindness and generosity from a soul who seeks only to balance life and people with grace. I'm grateful to my beloved Martha Louise and dear soul Ari Behn for creating such a miracle in this life. Only two souls with pure hearts could ever create such a gift for us all. Happy 18th Birthday bonus daughter. I love you for all that you are and more.

Photos: Princess Märtha Louise and Shaman Durek

[applecherry108]

Damn, the 90s really came for my ass tonight, huh?

First Stargate SG-1, then Netflix shaman king (on eng dub bc I was tired and only half watching) sent me off to find out IT RETAINED MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL FOXBOX ENG CAST?? HAS MANTA ALWAYS SOUNDED LIKE THAT? YES. HE HAS. BECAUSE OLIVER WYMAN VOICES HIM 20 YEARS APART.

And THEN,, I’m kicked in the nostalgia by some green bishie fucker that I’m apparently in love with?? Lyserg??? Oh yeah, that’s my husbando. From middle school. 🤯 which duh, of course! Because I had a shaman king calendar poster in 2004 from the local anime shop. Which I obviously had to google and yep. Yeah. Green and Blue boys. Lyserg and horohoro my beloveds, apparently.

BUT THAT LEAD ME INTO THE CRUMBLING RUINS OF A YE OLDE ANIME IMAGE SITE, and OBVIOUSLY when faced with such a relic I had to search magic knight rayearth (obviously) and OH. OH TUMBLR OF 2021. THERE SHE IS. IN ALL HER PINK HOMOEROTIC GLORY.

HIGH QUALITY SCANS OF NOVA.

LOOK AT HER.

NO LONGER IN GRAINY 300px RESOLUTION BUT THE GLORIOUS HIGH QUALITY SHE DESERVES.

OH NOVA. YOU BEAUTIFUL, MURDEROUS EMBODIMENT OF SELF HATRED. MIRROR IMAGE, SHADOW OF A TRUE PERSON, DEFEATED ONLY BY LOVE AND AND ACCEPTANCE.

Truly the Spinel of my youth. 😭😭😭🥺💖💗💘💝❤️‍🔥

[aion-rsa]

Upcoming Jason Momoa Movies and TV Shows to Watch Out For

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Jason Momoa is everywhere. The former Game of Thrones actor is riding high after starring in the popular film Sweet Girl on Netflix, with Season 2 of his Apple TV+ series See set to start streaming this weekend and a key role in Denis Villeneuve’s hotly anticipated Dune adaptation on deck. Oh, and as the DCEU continues to shift and change, he’s still the only Arthur Curry, aka Aquaman, in sight. Not bad for a guy who got his start on Baywatch: Hawaii.

Things aren’t slowing down any time soon for Momoa. Besides the projects listed above, the actor has a few other big things planned down the road. If you just finished Netflix’s Sweet Girl and you’re looking for more Momoa in your life, here’s where you can expect to see the King of Atlantis next.

See Season 2

Streaming August 26

Apple TV+’s sci-fi dystopian series is set in a far-off future in which humanity collectively lost the sense of sight. Season 1 found Momoa’s Baba Voss reuniting with his sighted stepson Kofun (Archie Madekwe) after defeating Jerlamarel (Joshua Henry), another sighted man who had fathered kids like Kofun all while having a weird messiah complex.

In season 2, Momoa’s Baba will have to go toe-to-toe with another big bad preoccupied with the possibility of returning sight to the world, his brother Edo Voss, played by Dave Bautista. It’s clear from early looks of season 2 that there’s some bad blood between the hulking brothers, and with season 2 bringing in a new showrunner, Warrior‘s Jonathan Tropper, we can expect the action scenes to be even more explosive in year two.

Dune

In theaters and on HBO Max on Oct. 22

After a failed Alejandro Jodorowsky adaptation, and a polarizing one from David Lynch, Frank Herbert’s “unfilmable” science fiction classic, Dune, will once again hit theaters and streaming this October. Once slated for a Christmas time release, Denis Villenuve’s Dune aims to capture the scale of the epic novel, with huge battles and even larger sand worms.

In a packed cast that also includes Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, and many more A-listers, Jason Momoa is playing Duncan Idaho, the swordmaster of House Atreides. Loyal to protagonist Paul, the ducal heir of House Atreides, Duncan is a mentor to Paul and an ambassador to the Fremen, the inhabitants of the the planet Arrakis.

There’s no telling if Villenuve’s Dune will make the hard science fiction of its source material palatable for a wide audience, but Momoa has had success in parts tied to beloved novels before, and there’s no doubt he’ll make Duncan Idaho into something memorable on screen.

Aquaman and the Last Kingdom

In theaters Dec. 16, 2022

Production has begun on the second Aquaman film, but the plot of the Jason Momoa-starrer mostly remains obscured in murky water. However, returning director James Wan has provided an intriguing update that references a cult classic 1960s Italian horror film as its main source of inspiration.

“Aquaman 2 is very heavily inspired by Planet of the Vampires,” Wan recently told Total Film. “You can take the boy out of horror but you can never take the horror out the boy.” 

But does the cult-classic Mario Bava sci-fi film about spaceships haunted by mysterious alien lifeforms fit into the underwater superhero aesthetic of Aquaman? Wan thinks the fans will roll with it.

“Well, the first movie took a lot of people by surprise, right?” Wan said. “And that’s partially because they were not familiar with the comic book, which deals in this very lurid, strange world. People were taken aback that I didn’t throw all that stuff away and make a dark, heavy film. But I didn’t feel that would have been right for it. So, with the second film, I feel it will be easier for people to accept where we go because I’ve already laid the foundation.”

We’ll see exactly where Wan, Momoa, and company will go when Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom hits theaters on Dec. 16, 2022.

The Last Manhunt

Release Date TBD

Filming on this Western has been completed for some time, and the movie was set to premiere Aug. 27 at Pioneertown International Film Festival before the event was delayed by the surging COVID-19 Delta variant.

Jason Momoa exec produced and has a story credit on The Last Manhunt, which is based on true events. According to the synopsis, the film follows a Native American cowboy known as Willie Boy, who was chased into the hills by a sheriff’s posse in 1909 after Willie Boy fell in love with a woman named Carlota. Carlota’s father, a Chemehuevi shaman and local tribal leader, refused to let the young couple be together, and in a fatal confrontation, Carlota’s father was killed by an accidental gun shot and the young lovers fled to the sun enslaved Mohave desert.

The film was shot near where the actual events took place and local tribes were recruited to appear in the movie as extras or stand-ins. Momoa, who was originally onboard to direct but had to back out due to other commitment, was said to have fallen in love with the story and was insistent on getting the input of tribal members. The story was adapted to film once before in Robert Redford’s Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here.

The film stars Martin Sensmeier as Willie Boy, Mainei Kinimaka as Carlota, and Momoa appears In a brief role as Big Jim. Directed by Momoa’s See costar Christian Camargo, The Last Manhunt currently does not have a scheduled release date.

Slumberland

TBD 2022

From Hunger Games franchise director Francis Lawrence, Slumberland is a live-action adaptation of the comic book series Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay. Taking a gender-flipped approach to the source material, Slumberland tells the story of a young girl (Marlow Barkley) who discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses through dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will see her late father again. Guess who will be playing that eccentric outlaw.

No, you’re not dreaming—that’s Jason Momoa with a full set of horns. Here’s a sneak peek behind the scenes at SLUMBERLAND, a new adventure story about an eccentric outlaw (Momoa) who guides a young hero (Marlow Barkley) through a secret dreamworld. Coming to Netflix in 2022. pic.twitter.com/QZIaQbk7HM

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Momoa looks wonderful sporting big horns and extravagant outfit. His character, Flip, is described as a “nine-foot-tall creature that is half-man, half-beast, has shaggy fur, and long curved tusks.” They’ve certainly have got the man for the job.

Slumberland will also feature Weruche Opia, India de Beaufort, Kyle Chandler, and Chris O’Dowd rounding out the ensemble cast.

Cliffhanger

(TBD)

A female-led reboot of Sylvester Stallone’s Cliffhanger is in the works from director Iranian-American filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour.

Speaking to Deadline, Amirpour said, “I instantly knew the elements of the story I wanted to tell. There’s a special place in my heart for an action-survival movie. I’ve always been attracted to the theme of mountain climbers who, like filmmakers, have a certain madness to them. I love genre and fantasy and in this type of survival film you’re playing with real fear.”

“We are setting out to create a thrill-ride on the mountain which taps into the primal side of an action movie, where you see what a person is capable of doing to survive in the most extreme situations, pushed to the limits,” she continued. “Add to that some high-stakes espionage and a badass female mountain climber as the lead and it becomes a truly epic reinvention of what made the original Cliffhanger movie so fun and so thrilling.”

There’s no word on casting for the female lead, but Momoa is said to be involved in the film, with at least a cameo planned for the actor. Momoa confirmed as much with a post on his Instagram.

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Untitled Momoa-Dave Bautista Buddy Cop Movie

TBD

What started as a text exchange between two frequent co-stars has now become a public promise: we are going to get a Jason Momoa/Dave Bautista buddy cop film at some point.

After Bautista tweeted about the idea, Momoa took things even further by going on The Late Late Show with James Corden and expanding on the idea.

“[Bautista] literally texted me four days ago, going, ‘We need to do a buddy cop film,’” Momoa told Corden. “We love each other. We are on See and Dune together. And I said, ‘Absolutely.’ And he said, ‘Let’s do it in Hawaii.’ And I said, ‘Let’s do it. I have an idea.’ So it’s off to the races now. We’re doing it.”

“It sells itself, bro,” he continued. “Dave loves wearing Speedos. I love wearing board shorts. And both of us with our shirts off. He’ll be grumpy and I’ll be charming. Boom. It sells itself, bro. I have the hair. He doesn’t have hair. We cover all the demographics.”

Obviously this project is in a very early stage, but Momoa is right — this thing sells itself. Sign us up for opening day tickets, please!

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