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Gasero
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I don't recall Adonis Creed reaching any new power levels or yelling the names of his special attacks while boxing, so I'm gonna call bunk on this one.
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gloverrandal
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Its quite common for Americans to appropriate Japanese culture like anime for their own, |
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Mad_Scientist
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I realize you were probably joking, as there is obviously more to anime than shounen style shouting. But in this case in the video he did reference shounen series, but it was specifically in the context of shounen protagonists that refuse to quit and always manage to summon the strength to get back up and fight. Last edited by Mad_Scientist on Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:07 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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NeverConvex
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I had zero interest in Gen:Lock before this interview, and have only previously enjoyed RWBY of Roosterteeth's stuff (and, while the show's still a'right, I increasingly suspect a majority of my enjoyment comes from Jeff Williams and, especially, Casey Williams - what incredible sountracks!), but that they're starting to drag some big-name talent into the mix is really intriguing. Maybe I'll finally stop ignoring all those G:L ads spammed at the beginning of RWBY episodes and see if they're doing anything else worth a watch...
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ballinamon
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Oh yeah, because I remember to Adonis training and becamen stronger than before. That sounds shounen to me. |
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BadNewsBlues
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Which is interesting being anime owes it's very existence to western animation.
The Creed films might as well be a a pared down retelling of Hajime no Ippo. The only difference - Adonis's personality - Dad was a boxer, who he never got to meet - Being Adonis's motivations for boxing - Adonis isn't in high school - Adonis can already box - Spent time locked up as a teen and an adult - Adonis quits a decent job to make a full transition to full time boxer - Raised by his dad's widow - Moves up in weight - Doesn't have an inner circle of friends (led by a douche). - Adonis doesn't take forever to hook up with the girl. |
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TheAnimeRevolutionizer
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Thankfully some shows out of the states nowadays caught on to the idea of international global interaction and taking inspiration from human elements from nations other than one's own. I can't say much about this for the past three decades though.... But at least they got there, and in the right way. Let's hope the comics industry does the same. Rocky in general has been a subtle but huge inspiration to shounen anime and manga as a whole. Even Kenshiro looks like a mix of Bruce Lee and Sylvester Stallone. |
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Lord Geo
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Rocky is likely an influence in Japan to some extent, but also remember that the anime/manga that's in many ways the most similar to Rocky, Ashita no Joe, predates Stallone's film by nearly 10 years (1968 vs. 1976), and is definitely a much larger inspiration to shonen anime & manga as a whole. Hell, they have enough similarities that AnJ's name in some European countries, like Italy, is "Rocky Joe". That being said, someone's got to hook Michael B. Jordan up with some boxing anime. |
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Kadmos1
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It is well-known that the modern anime aesthetics was pioneered by Osamu Tezuka. From a Tezuka in English article called "Tezuka’s Life (1958 – 1964)".
OK, Uncle Walt was arguably the first documented American celebrity who was a fan of anime or a specific anime title. Arguably, were it not for Walt's influence, modern anime as we know it might not exist. The modern era of anime began with the 10/1958 Toei film "Panda and the White Serpent". However, there is a specific Western animated short that arguably is the grandparent of all cartoon and or animated characters with a personality. Winsor McCay's "Gertie", the first cartoon dinosaur, is widely considered the first cartoon character with a personality and she is arguably the first cartoon superstar. The person who got the rights to make the familiar live-action/animated short and fund it was himself a movie mogul. That man was a film producer named William Fox, the namesake of the Fox media empire. |
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