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I also have been playing and following Tekken since '94. Thanks for the review I watched the new series and you sumed up what I feel about everything in this video.
I love the relationship between Jin and Paul. It not gives Paul more impact as a character, but also a genuine father figure Jin never had with Heihachi and due to Kazuya not being present. Not to mention his friendly rivalry with Hwoarang was also fun to watch as it showed despite stating they weren't friends, Hwoarang still looked out for Jin like a brother and stood by his side along with Paul and Xiaoyu when Heihachi shoot him.
The icing on the cake for me was the Kazuya flashbacks which featured the voice acting of Shinohara Masanori. It wouldn’t have been Tekken without his Voice.
The costumes wasn’t canon to tournament 3. They left out the fact Nina was controlled by ogre. Steve was included in this tournament, even though he didn’t show up until tournament 4. Paul was the one who fought first form ogre. The Eddy gordo character storyline, which was tied to the mishimas. The anime got some things wrong.
I really love how they handle Xiaoyu and Jin's relationship. I'm glad they do away with the one sided love interest. Although I wish they would embrace the sillier side of Tekken and have the Tekken 3 ost.
Some of the tracks did have that older Tekken vibe, but yeah if they'd remastered/remade some of the T3 OST for certain character fights that'd be awesome
Hell yes!! Xiaoyu’s infatuation was cute and all, but I’ll take the more seriously-taken Xiaoyu we got! She’s gotten a lot more interesting layers. Now bring bang Wang to chat with Jinpachi please!
I loved the scene when he asks for flames on his outfit. He's told he would have to earn it, then at the end he has flames on training outfit. Apparently he earned it
Yeah l was so surprised that they made a explanaition to why jin has flames on his pants and it made sense too l hope that this is canon now because its very simbolic
Funny you mention the motion picture, because Tekken Bloodline is like the spiritual sequel for that ova. Not only because Bloodline conveniently begins right where it ended but many of the same themes and plot lines are found here. Heihachi in Bloodline is surprisingly consistent with how he was written in the motion picture with how he is trying to influence Jin into his way of thinking. Heihachi tried to stoke Kazuya's anger and hatred as well and Jun tried to reach out to him not to be consumed by those negative thoughts just as she's raising Jin in Bloodline with the same philosophy. Kazuya and Jin are basically going through similar journeys. There are some discrepancies, because both projects were made independent of each other, but I like how well they complement each other. You can watch both of them together and they kind of work. Even the way they end mirror each other with Kazuya and Jin overcome by their darkness beating Heihachi into a bloody mess.
Yeah you could definitely watch both and have a consistent story, the main difference I can think of is the Motion Picture shows the original story of Kazuya selling his soul to the devil while Bloodline follows the Devil-Gene plot... but it's minor - and you're right that Heihachi and also Jun Kazama are written very similarly in both which is great.
Love the series as much as the game, my only issue is it was way too short and that was quite a cliffhanger. Please let there be a second season of the show and also if lucky 2 or 3 more seasons.
I definitely wanna see like a post season after this. Flush out the stories on the William sisters, law and Paul’s adventures, Xiayou and panda, Yoshimitsu whole origins, LEE and Hehachi prepare for Tekken 4, Eddy and Christie, Julia and her family, King and what he did with the orphanage money. Give us a season like that and then the next season be Tekken 4 then we can get characters like Steve and Christie come in, everyone randomly fighting while they flush out the main story with the Mishima’s But overall I completely love all that they did!! Story was very well put together 💯🙌🏽
100% agree. Aside from subplots with other characters Lee Chaolan has the potential to be a very interesting character because of his proximity to Kazuya and Heihachi's story.
@@AlleywayJack seriously. What made Tekken stand out from all the other fighting games is finding out what endings are cannon and which are not that gets moved to the other game. Besides the Mishima’s I would love to get a cannon explanation to why Nina and Anna keep fighting each other. If Anna recognizes Steve as her nephew, Or since Nina and Anna took that chronic sleep together, since Nina got pregnant what about Anna? The can definitely introduce Anna’s child and it could be a thing. In closing there is a argument anime has the potential to be a mainstream success like a Naruto or DBZ if done right. The story and franchise for the people are there so I’m preying it is
@@bxkid199 I also love Nina and Anna's feud as a subplot and it's featured in the games from the beginning so has run almost as long as the Mishima feud. I don't remember if there's a reason given for their feud but I remember an early ending FMV where they're at their father's grave so maybe something to do with this
This is actually how I felt as well. However I understood it a little differently and I am probably wrong on this but I thought it was Heihachi's dogged determination use of anger that helped Jin ultimately defeat ogre. That Jin needed actually both disciplines to come out victorious. This is what I liked most. Had Jin followed his mother's path he would have lost and had Jin forgotten his mother's path in favor of Heihachi's teachings he would have lost also.
I was really impressed how much attention to detail they had in the fights like everything you mentioned in your video and the small things like the disarming of grapples or even hwoarang’s switch stance. I even heard elements of the soundtrack throughout the series which was pretty nice
I hope this continues on and each season covers a different Tekken game. Can’t wait to see if they eventually cover Tekken 6 and the whole “Lars” thing that was going on
This was EPIC. It came out of NOWHERE. I never heard about it, I NEVER saw or heard about a trailer. Just BOOM Sunday night, TEKKEN BLOODLINE. And I'm a 90's kid. I remember Tekken 1 and being able to jump like the distance of a football kick over other characters with dope sound and choppy backgrounds. Tekken 2 where they started introducing the characters, intro, story. Tekken 3 where Tekken took the fighting game crown, and so for them to make a series with it's baseline in Tekken 3. I agree with you on everything. More characters needed, more characters fleshed out. I mean WHERE was my Bryan Fury?! :D But I saw it all in one go, I was on the edge of my seat the whole way. Fun thing about that is, knowing and remembering the games you know EXACTLY where the story is gonna lead, and you're still a 10/10 EXCITED ABOUT IT! AMAZING!!!
It’s a tricky market, for what the 6 episodes were worth I feel like it was fun and taken serious enough.. this may be fab service but remember this is for new comers and a Netflix based audience.. some parts are definitely rushed but the content and fan service was there. I hope we get another season that can maybe have more time and budget
I think timing/budgets was definitley a factor - I do enjoy concise shows without too much time investment required, but even I felt this could have been a bit longer and branched into at least one subplot. It feels like it was an experimental pilot to gauge audience interest before investing in a more developed second season maybe
@@AlleywayJack yes agreed I hope it catches i like what I saw. Even to the plot seems like they cut themselves short starting at tekken 3 lore, interesting we get kazuya teaser announce and kazuya was basically teased in this entry too.. anyway thanks for the content
Agreed I like to think that they were testing out the waters and for me I liked the series overall definitely would've loved more episodes that go in depth, but hopefully do another one with more episodes than 6.
@@telbiyano9575 yeah same, even Steve and feng with their cameo plus ganryu ect all hyper detailed. We never saw Nina vs Anna, Paul kuma.. yoshimitsu dr b tekken has enough lore for a yuyu hakusho style run character development real character arcs
This is one of those series where if you're not familiar with Tekken, you can still watch it but if you're a Tekken fan, it makes this exponentially better as you're like that DiCaprio pointing meme in every fight and episode.
nothing in life is perfect!! This was really cool to get to live long enough to see something like this again!!!I loved this!!!I just wished the tournament showed all the fighters and law is my main i didn't see him animated I'm hurt!!!! But it was so good!!! would love to see yoshimitsu and jack
I grew up on the first 3 Tekken games and loved the original Tekken: The Motion Picture. This bloodline series seems to pick up exactly where the original anime film left off and feels like a sequel of sorts, which I've wanted for over 20 years
I liked that they gave Jin actual connections with the characters so when everything goes down from here on Paul, Hworang, and Xiayou have a insight into the Mishima Feud.
I can't wait for Season 2! In my opinion, Tekken Bloodline is the right approach to bring the game to the big screen. Season 1 was amazing; I binged all six episodes. I also liked the depth they gave to Paul. As you mentioned, he's not just a veteran, but he can also tell Jin something about Kazuya. I also appreciate that Jin is consciously searching for his father. That's a detail that wasn't emphasized as much in the games. It makes it even more dramatic that Kazuya sees Jin more as a competitor and doesn't build a real relationship with him (something I completely miss in the games, but what can you expect?). It's intriguing that all the participants and even Heihachi himself confirm what a terrible person Kazuya is to Jin. I'm curious to see what the writers will do with this foreshadowing. And whether they will explore Kazuya's interest in Jun and possibly even her alleged death. I LOVE the different Intros to each episode. As for the other Tekken adaptations, I won't discuss them. They never happened :D Except for the anime from the 90s. I recently watched that again. I agree that it was the best adaptation of the series so far.
The moves were so accurate i could not stop myslef from screaming out the button combinations at times lol. I was like "oh...triangle, square, back....daigonal down back circle circle....."
Something I liked about the choreography was how block-heavy it was. Jin and Heihachi would frequently push forward with their assaults (owing to Mishima philosophy) and their opponents would have their dukes up like a wall to block them as they came in while not necessarily being able to counter-attack. That's exactly what Tekken gameplay looks like; this series, I feel, did a much better job of capturing how fights move in Tekken and how everyone has a different style, whereas the live-action movie had everyone fight the same save for Eddie and Yoshi. It's been forever since I saw the 97 movie, but it looks like some key moves made it into the story but also relied on nondescript punches at times...And I can't remember anything about the fighting in Bloodline Rebellion besides the three-way fight being ambitious and involving a giant Mokujin. Point is, I really like this show's choreography, heh heh.
Tekken: Bloodline was great. It reminded me of Tekken: The Motion Picture, and I do hope the showrunners & Netflix continue with Bloodline. They finally got it right with adapting Tekken & it has potential. And I'm glad that Paul is awesome once again, and not the goofball he is in the later games.
!Great review. The only thing I'd say about Tekken Bloodline is that I'd much rather have seen Eddy Gordo in the series rather than Leroy since it was based on Tekken 3. Leroy only came recently in Tekken 7
100% agree, he felt out of place and I think they maybe did it to appeal to newer fans, or maybe needed a character with that particular back story for that subplot (though I agree Eddie's backstory could have worked there too)
I like that we got to see a more normal and serious side of Paul Phoenix after he’s been portrayed as a total goofball for the past few games. Although it is sad that he doesn’t win in this like he canonically does in T3 (well, he wins but leaves before Ogre transforms in Tekken 3 lol)
Agree. He's been my favourite since I played T1 back in the day and I'm glad they referenced him fighting Kazuya etc. I was gutted he lost to King and didn't finish Ogre but I can see why they did this to service Jins story as the hero
That triangle shadow on every character stood out like a sore thumb .. however the story was ok. Wish they gave ogre a bit more depth . He just seems a bit bland imo
I would have liked to see more characters showcased but thats my only "gripe" but its more of a want! I loved this series and the tournament made sense in this world.
Probably one of the best reviews of the Tekken anime out there I really thought that Netflix could not adapt the Tekken franchise but I am glad to be wrong let's add this to the list of video game adaptation that are actually good along side the Castlevania Netflix series the sonic movies and Cuphead
Thanks. And yeah I was surprised how good each of those adaptations were - particularly the Sonic movies, which I thought would bomb but turned out pretty good!
7 things to fix/improve Tekken Bloodline: 1.Expand the lore and Story for the show. 2.Make it 16 episodes instead of 6 episodes. 3.a epilogue for the next season(Based on Tekken) 4.Make original characters exclusive for the anime to connect with the characters. 5.Put Eddy Gordo, Forest Law,Jack-3 in the anime. 6.no cameos for Steve Fox,Feng Wei, Craig Marduk, and Leroy Smith untill the next seasons. 7.an badass songs for opening and end credits With some singers singing in an extremely and powerful vibe.
They did so well the show was amazing, I grew up with Tekken 1 2 and 3 and seeing the story like that made me so happy, not gonna lie I did wish we saw more of Nina and Anna but oh well
Yeah I do like shows that don't need too much time investment so was mostly satisfied, but agree they could have opened up at least one secondary story here to continue later - e.g. Nina Williams and Anna, or Hwoarangs history with Baek , or even showing flashbacks to previous tournaments around Kazuya/Heihachi or something. I guess they just really wanted to establish Jin and his arc between light-and-dark before developing the show further.
Finally, someone who appreciates this anime like how I did. Sometimes I get annoyed when everyone else in the comments who are game elitists give it bad criticism.
I think the 1997 adaption of tekken was probably close to what the fans want out of tekken. The only think that was lackluster about the movie was the fighting.
It was generous/kind how they included Xiaoyu and added Paul to their group(Jin+Howrang+Xiaoyu). I wonder how she fits into the next game. Maybe the conclusion is that someone with Divine power, like Jun/Asuka, plays a role to which Jin doesn't kill Kazuya but destroys the Devil Gene. Because like she(Jun) appeared in Tekken 4 she won't let him go through that.
I must say, I really liked this. You don't need to be the biggest Tekken fan or know the history of the series to enjoy it. I thought it looked nice, animated well, and I enjoyed the fights. Really well done and I hope more fighting game series are adapted by the same studios involved here. And... Tekken 8 looks amazing from the little shown so far. Now if only Sega would start on a Virtua Fighter 6.
The anime was great but the thing that REALLY bothered me is how they skipped over 80% of the iron fist tournament. Shit, didn't even get to see hworang fight until his match with Jin...
Yep, I still maintain the Motion Picture is the best adaptation we've had of the Tekken story to date, with this show being its closest equal... I do hope it gets a 2nd season because they've built up Kazuya really well here.
Honestly tekken motion picture was trying to do the best it could with the amount of tekken lore that was out that time cuz back then tekken 3 was right around the corner.
I dont know why they change the ending where paul defeated ogre but jin finishes true ogre. Instead they make paul lose the fight and created a drama on king and jins winning goal. The only things new is they show why leroy has a stick on t7.
As someone who's never played the games, I really enjoyed it. I thought the pacing was great and storytelling wise it was pretty interesting but the last episode felt extremely rushed and the ending really out there.
So what if the stupid triangle shading bothers you? I never acknowledged it while watching the whole anime, so ask me this. Why are you critics and your opinions so annoying these days??
My first game was 4 but he doesn't appear in 3(which the show is based on "loosely") its its all about jin cause heihachi beets him with an inch of his life g corp scoops him up put in the tank , heals which directly leads into the opening of tekken 4
I have said it before and I will say it again. This show needed a few more episodes to work with and it would have been perfect narratively. For me it felt rushed.
It could be good but let's be honest, it's not even finished. They forgot the shadows and did that weird triangle shit instead. If they want to finish it, i'll watch, but i'm not gonnz give any credit to a team unable to give a finished product. Nobody should ever have such low standarts and praise people not giving a single shit about the consumer. Are we gonna praise Tekken 8 if there's no sound ? You just can't act like forgetting a massive part of every drawing is a detail. It's like a fighting game with shitty hitboxes. It's just not acceptable. Give time to the team to finish it or don't release it. I'll stay with ep 1 until they put the work in.
Dey put Leroy on dere jus 2 get his ass whoopd🤔 Eddy was on da tekken 3 storyline so Netflix went out dey way 2 fuk ova him.... like dey did Ali Jr n baki... n da fake mike Tyson on da last season of baki. Netflix I 👀 u. But overall the show was a 7.6. It takes tm 2 adjust 2 the art🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
The fight scenes and the dialogue need to be sped up. Yes, the moves are cool, but we don't need super slowing down for every move or combination. Also, the dialogues don't need that many dramatic pauses. There are way too many close ups to the faces instead of the full body fight choreography. Having said that, I was looking forward to seeing it and it was fine. Was it amazing? No...
Being a fan of the game , this movie was watchable but the fights ?........ not so much ( IMO ) , good story though. Too short and seemed a bit rushed but enjoyable. Please bring back Kengan Ashura !! There's nothing like it IMO........NOTHING.
If Netflix and NamcoBandai Decided to make a season two of Tekken Bloodline I would love to see the Tekken 4 story arc in the second season if not oh well🫤
Imo the show was ok but there were wasted opportunities. I'm not saying it was bad, i would like to see it get renewed and follow the Tekken storyline bringing the likes of kazuya back in
I wouldn't really say the inherent absurdity of video games go againts the nature of live action movies. Plenty of live action movies have their fair share of absurd settings. Also it's bizzare that you think this anime is newcomer friendly considering how much information it skips over assuming you know the lore.
It's not awesome - it's just something... Tekken bloodline ~ well known story, in last 25+ years. After that we should get better and more evolved story, with other characters, but ofc they just serve us Mishima patologic party with Cherry on the Top(Jin)
I really think this series is a disappointment: the history has almost nothing to do with Tekken 3, the characters aren't valued at all, everything is rushed and made like there was no time to go further in depth... Totally wasted opportunity to make a nice Tekken anime
The only thing that pisses me off is the fact that they Greenlit tekken with a Extremely dry/boring English voice cast Other then that is was pretty great
Ok sooo for me.Starting with the voiceline i got to say If you watch It on English only Paul was good all the others specially jin was meeh.Love the animation style.As story was ok tekken 3 story with goddamn leroy inside 🤣. Overall mediocre to say the least so mutch hype for... Challenge accepted o god i still cringe 🤣🤣🤣
@@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002 Nah man its my opinion.I watched it on Japanese and its way better than in English Kazuya and jin have their original voice.But yes i still bealive not that its not something crazy.
lmao, are you serious? It was the most mid show in the last 5 years. Not bad, but certainly not good enough to be described as "awesome" or something. The English dub is the worst way to go about watching it.
@@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002 What are you even on about? I am not a hater. We just shouldn't stoop so low in our entertainment standards these days so as to start describing everything mediocre as awesome or something alike.
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I also have been playing and following Tekken since '94. Thanks for the review I watched the new series and you sumed up what I feel about everything in this video.
Nina’s abs and Heihachi’s secretary Miura were the standouts of this series imo. Xiaoyu’s design was also great.
Imo i do miss xiaoyu's old tekken 3 design though but they went with her t5-onwards look which was okay
Bro ninas design in this anime was perfection...PERFECTION!
I love the relationship between Jin and Paul. It not gives Paul more impact as a character, but also a genuine father figure Jin never had with Heihachi and due to Kazuya not being present. Not to mention his friendly rivalry with Hwoarang was also fun to watch as it showed despite stating they weren't friends, Hwoarang still looked out for Jin like a brother and stood by his side along with Paul and Xiaoyu when Heihachi shoot him.
Yeah agree on both counts. The Hwoarang-Jin dynamic was great.
Paul father figure? Wtf
I agree for the most but I would say Paul was more like an uncle or a much older brother.
@@AaambitiousArt Hmm. Uncle is a better description actually.
@@coletrain583 but still a father figure, someone that Jin can look up to as a positive role model
The icing on the cake for me was the Kazuya flashbacks which featured the voice acting of Shinohara Masanori. It wouldn’t have been Tekken without his Voice.
I love how the creator of Tekken is a producer for the show. He makes sure everything is CORRECT and detailed.
And the show is still mediocre
Yet it’s still some inconsistencies 😂😂😒
@@compulsivemedia8758 like what?
The costumes wasn’t canon to tournament 3. They left out the fact Nina was controlled by ogre. Steve was included in this tournament, even though he didn’t show up until tournament 4. Paul was the one who fought first form ogre. The Eddy gordo character storyline, which was tied to the mishimas. The anime got some things wrong.
@@compulsivemedia8758 where did you see all this stuff? That you say is right?
I really love how they handle Xiaoyu and Jin's relationship. I'm glad they do away with the one sided love interest. Although I wish they would embrace the sillier side of Tekken and have the Tekken 3 ost.
Some of the tracks did have that older Tekken vibe, but yeah if they'd remastered/remade some of the T3 OST for certain character fights that'd be awesome
@@AlleywayJack love that Jin was playing Tekken 2 when he was talking to Jun though.
@@Rithysak101 Yes! I recognised those sound effects too, great easter egg
Hell yes!! Xiaoyu’s infatuation was cute and all, but I’ll take the more seriously-taken Xiaoyu we got! She’s gotten a lot more interesting layers.
Now bring bang Wang to chat with Jinpachi please!
I loved the scene when he asks for flames on his outfit. He's told he would have to earn it, then at the end he has flames on training outfit.
Apparently he earned it
Yeah l was so surprised that they made a explanaition to why jin has flames on his pants and it made sense too l hope that this is canon now because its very simbolic
Funny you mention the motion picture, because Tekken Bloodline is like the spiritual sequel for that ova. Not only because Bloodline conveniently begins right where it ended but many of the same themes and plot lines are found here. Heihachi in Bloodline is surprisingly consistent with how he was written in the motion picture with how he is trying to influence Jin into his way of thinking. Heihachi tried to stoke Kazuya's anger and hatred as well and Jun tried to reach out to him not to be consumed by those negative thoughts just as she's raising Jin in Bloodline with the same philosophy. Kazuya and Jin are basically going through similar journeys.
There are some discrepancies, because both projects were made independent of each other, but I like how well they complement each other. You can watch both of them together and they kind of work.
Even the way they end mirror each other with Kazuya and Jin overcome by their darkness beating Heihachi into a bloody mess.
Yeah you could definitely watch both and have a consistent story, the main difference I can think of is the Motion Picture shows the original story of Kazuya selling his soul to the devil while Bloodline follows the Devil-Gene plot... but it's minor - and you're right that Heihachi and also Jun Kazama are written very similarly in both which is great.
Love the series as much as the game, my only issue is it was way too short and that was quite a cliffhanger. Please let there be a second season of the show and also if lucky 2 or 3 more seasons.
Hey, if you can just shut up while I'm trying to enjoy this anime?
That would be great.
I definitely wanna see like a post season after this. Flush out the stories on the William sisters, law and Paul’s adventures, Xiayou and panda, Yoshimitsu whole origins, LEE and Hehachi prepare for Tekken 4, Eddy and Christie, Julia and her family, King and what he did with the orphanage money.
Give us a season like that and then the next season be Tekken 4 then we can get characters like Steve and Christie come in, everyone randomly fighting while they flush out the main story with the Mishima’s
But overall I completely love all that they did!! Story was very well put together 💯🙌🏽
100% agree. Aside from subplots with other characters Lee Chaolan has the potential to be a very interesting character because of his proximity to Kazuya and Heihachi's story.
@@AlleywayJack seriously. What made Tekken stand out from all the other fighting games is finding out what endings are cannon and which are not that gets moved to the other game. Besides the Mishima’s I would love to get a cannon explanation to why Nina and Anna keep fighting each other. If Anna recognizes Steve as her nephew, Or since Nina and Anna took that chronic sleep together, since Nina got pregnant what about Anna? The can definitely introduce Anna’s child and it could be a thing.
In closing there is a argument anime has the potential to be a mainstream success like a Naruto or DBZ if done right. The story and franchise for the people are there so I’m preying it is
@@bxkid199 I also love Nina and Anna's feud as a subplot and it's featured in the games from the beginning so has run almost as long as the Mishima feud. I don't remember if there's a reason given for their feud but I remember an early ending FMV where they're at their father's grave so maybe something to do with this
This is actually how I felt as well. However I understood it a little differently and I am probably wrong on this but I thought it was Heihachi's dogged determination use of anger that helped Jin ultimately defeat ogre. That Jin needed actually both disciplines to come out victorious. This is what I liked most. Had Jin followed his mother's path he would have lost and had Jin forgotten his mother's path in favor of Heihachi's teachings he would have lost also.
I was really impressed how much attention to detail they had in the fights like everything you mentioned in your video and the small things like the disarming of grapples or even hwoarang’s switch stance. I even heard elements of the soundtrack throughout the series which was pretty nice
This show was so good. They should like, make a game based on it or something 😪
Tekken 3 is the game 1999 thats what the show is based on
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I really hope they keep making more seasons, as someone who grew up loving the games this was the first adaptation I liked
I hope this continues on and each season covers a different Tekken game. Can’t wait to see if they eventually cover Tekken 6 and the whole “Lars” thing that was going on
l want to see how stupid hes hair is going to look in this animation style😂
This was EPIC. It came out of NOWHERE. I never heard about it, I NEVER saw or heard about a trailer. Just BOOM Sunday night, TEKKEN BLOODLINE. And I'm a 90's kid. I remember Tekken 1 and being able to jump like the distance of a football kick over other characters with dope sound and choppy backgrounds. Tekken 2 where they started introducing the characters, intro, story.
Tekken 3 where Tekken took the fighting game crown, and so for them to make a series with it's baseline in Tekken 3. I agree with you on everything. More characters needed, more characters fleshed out. I mean WHERE was my Bryan Fury?! :D But I saw it all in one go, I was on the edge of my seat the whole way. Fun thing about that is, knowing and remembering the games you know EXACTLY where the story is gonna lead, and you're still a 10/10 EXCITED ABOUT IT! AMAZING!!!
It’s a tricky market, for what the 6 episodes were worth I feel like it was fun and taken serious enough.. this may be fab service but remember this is for new comers and a Netflix based audience.. some parts are definitely rushed but the content and fan service was there. I hope we get another season that can maybe have more time and budget
I think timing/budgets was definitley a factor - I do enjoy concise shows without too much time investment required, but even I felt this could have been a bit longer and branched into at least one subplot. It feels like it was an experimental pilot to gauge audience interest before investing in a more developed second season maybe
@@AlleywayJack yes agreed I hope it catches i like what I saw. Even to the plot seems like they cut themselves short starting at tekken 3 lore, interesting we get kazuya teaser announce and kazuya was basically teased in this entry too.. anyway thanks for the content
Agreed I like to think that they were testing out the waters and for me I liked the series overall definitely would've loved more episodes that go in depth, but hopefully do another one with more episodes than 6.
@@telbiyano9575 yeah same, even Steve and feng with their cameo plus ganryu ect all hyper detailed. We never saw Nina vs Anna, Paul kuma.. yoshimitsu dr b tekken has enough lore for a yuyu hakusho style run character development real character arcs
Are you YT critics this annoying??
This is one of those series where if you're not familiar with Tekken, you can still watch it but if you're a Tekken fan, it makes this exponentially better as you're like that DiCaprio pointing meme in every fight and episode.
Despite story i really like moveset with all features of the characters from Xiaoyu stance to Kings parrys, just great to see this!
Just finished it earlier tonight, was a great intro into the series can’t wait for the next season 🔥👏🏾
nothing in life is perfect!! This was really cool to get to live long enough to see something like this again!!!I loved this!!!I just wished the tournament showed all the fighters and law is my main i didn't see him animated I'm hurt!!!! But it was so good!!! would love to see yoshimitsu and jack
I loved how Jin felt towards Jun. We got to see how much he loved, respected and adored her. That was awesome
I grew up on the first 3 Tekken games and loved the original Tekken: The Motion Picture. This bloodline series seems to pick up exactly where the original anime film left off and feels like a sequel of sorts, which I've wanted for over 20 years
It is great how consistent they are, you can watch Motion Picture and Bloodline and get pretty much a harmonious narrative arc of the first few games.
I liked that they gave Jin actual connections with the characters so when everything goes down from here on Paul, Hworang, and Xiayou have a insight into the Mishima Feud.
It sure is! Really hope there’s a second season. I just finished watching it!
I can't wait for Season 2! In my opinion, Tekken Bloodline is the right approach to bring the game to the big screen. Season 1 was amazing; I binged all six episodes. I also liked the depth they gave to Paul. As you mentioned, he's not just a veteran, but he can also tell Jin something about Kazuya. I also appreciate that Jin is consciously searching for his father. That's a detail that wasn't emphasized as much in the games. It makes it even more dramatic that Kazuya sees Jin more as a competitor and doesn't build a real relationship with him (something I completely miss in the games, but what can you expect?).
It's intriguing that all the participants and even Heihachi himself confirm what a terrible person Kazuya is to Jin. I'm curious to see what the writers will do with this foreshadowing. And whether they will explore Kazuya's interest in Jun and possibly even her alleged death.
I LOVE the different Intros to each episode.
As for the other Tekken adaptations, I won't discuss them. They never happened :D Except for the anime from the 90s. I recently watched that again. I agree that it was the best adaptation of the series so far.
The moves were so accurate i could not stop myslef from screaming out the button combinations at times lol. I was like "oh...triangle, square, back....daigonal down back circle circle....."
Something I liked about the choreography was how block-heavy it was. Jin and Heihachi would frequently push forward with their assaults (owing to Mishima philosophy) and their opponents would have their dukes up like a wall to block them as they came in while not necessarily being able to counter-attack. That's exactly what Tekken gameplay looks like; this series, I feel, did a much better job of capturing how fights move in Tekken and how everyone has a different style, whereas the live-action movie had everyone fight the same save for Eddie and Yoshi. It's been forever since I saw the 97 movie, but it looks like some key moves made it into the story but also relied on nondescript punches at times...And I can't remember anything about the fighting in Bloodline Rebellion besides the three-way fight being ambitious and involving a giant Mokujin.
Point is, I really like this show's choreography, heh heh.
Tekken: Bloodline was great. It reminded me of Tekken: The Motion Picture, and I do hope the showrunners & Netflix continue with Bloodline. They finally got it right with adapting Tekken & it has potential. And I'm glad that Paul is awesome once again, and not the goofball he is in the later games.
What's with the triangle shadow on all the characters
!Great review. The only thing I'd say about Tekken Bloodline is that I'd much rather have seen Eddy Gordo in the series rather than Leroy since it was based on Tekken 3. Leroy only came recently in Tekken 7
100% agree, he felt out of place and I think they maybe did it to appeal to newer fans, or maybe needed a character with that particular back story for that subplot (though I agree Eddie's backstory could have worked there too)
I like that we got to see a more normal and serious side of Paul Phoenix after he’s been portrayed as a total goofball for the past few games. Although it is sad that he doesn’t win in this like he canonically does in T3 (well, he wins but leaves before Ogre transforms in Tekken 3 lol)
Agree. He's been my favourite since I played T1 back in the day and I'm glad they referenced him fighting Kazuya etc. I was gutted he lost to King and didn't finish Ogre but I can see why they did this to service Jins story as the hero
That triangle shadow on every character stood out like a sore thumb .. however the story was ok. Wish they gave ogre a bit more depth . He just seems a bit bland imo
I didn't notice it till I saw the complain online.
@@Rithysak101 same idk why
Your opinion is bland, Nostalgia-blinded communist.
Tekken 4 Life 💯
I member playing Tekken 2 in 1996
I was only 4 years old
I would have liked to see more characters showcased but thats my only "gripe" but its more of a want! I loved this series and the tournament made sense in this world.
Alleyway Jack Just watched it a nice watch but wish it was more episodes!, When will season 2 be out 2023 ?
I like i have a little crush on this Jin. Which is wierd because he's not even a real person. 😅😅😅
Probably one of the best reviews of the Tekken anime out there I really thought that Netflix could not adapt the Tekken franchise but I am glad to be wrong let's add this to the list of video game adaptation that are actually good along side the Castlevania Netflix series the sonic movies and Cuphead
Thanks. And yeah I was surprised how good each of those adaptations were - particularly the Sonic movies, which I thought would bomb but turned out pretty good!
@@AlleywayJack I hope that Netflixs other upcoming adaptations are good like cyberpunk FF14 FF7 devil may cry ect
7 things to fix/improve Tekken Bloodline:
1.Expand the lore and Story for the show.
2.Make it 16 episodes instead of 6 episodes.
3.a epilogue for the next season(Based on Tekken)
4.Make original characters exclusive for the anime to connect with the characters.
5.Put Eddy Gordo, Forest Law,Jack-3 in the anime.
6.no cameos for Steve Fox,Feng Wei, Craig Marduk, and Leroy Smith untill the next seasons.
7.an badass songs for opening and end credits
With some singers singing in an extremely and powerful vibe.
I loved the Tekken Motion Picture movie and Tekken Bloodline does a great job of being sort of a sequel to it for me
They did so well the show was amazing, I grew up with Tekken 1 2 and 3 and seeing the story like that made me so happy, not gonna lie I did wish we saw more of Nina and Anna but oh well
Same I am hoping we see more of the Williams sisters if we get a series 2!
Characters were really good story was interesting but way too short not enough episode's to flush out the story and all the character's properly
Yeah I do like shows that don't need too much time investment so was mostly satisfied, but agree they could have opened up at least one secondary story here to continue later - e.g. Nina Williams and Anna, or Hwoarangs history with Baek , or even showing flashbacks to previous tournaments around Kazuya/Heihachi or something. I guess they just really wanted to establish Jin and his arc between light-and-dark before developing the show further.
@@AlleywayJack Why are you agreeing with this guy??
He's an annoying critic like everyone else in the comments that hated this anime I liked.
Finally, someone who appreciates this anime like how I did.
Sometimes I get annoyed when everyone else in the comments who are game elitists give it bad criticism.
I think the 1997 adaption of tekken was probably close to what the fans want out of tekken. The only think that was lackluster about the movie was the fighting.
It was generous/kind how they included Xiaoyu and added Paul to their group(Jin+Howrang+Xiaoyu). I wonder how she fits into the next game. Maybe the conclusion is that someone with Divine power, like Jun/Asuka, plays a role to which Jin doesn't kill Kazuya but destroys the Devil Gene. Because like she(Jun) appeared in Tekken 4 she won't let him go through that.
Gotta say, the square shadow that is permanently on Jin is... a choice.
I wish they showed all the other fighters instead of skipping them.
I must say, I really liked this.
You don't need to be the biggest Tekken fan or know the history of the series to enjoy it. I thought it looked nice, animated well, and I enjoyed the fights.
Really well done and I hope more fighting game series are adapted by the same studios involved here.
And... Tekken 8 looks amazing from the little shown so far. Now if only Sega would start on a Virtua Fighter 6.
Yup agree on all points. Love the look of Tekken 8.
The anime was great but the thing that REALLY bothered me is how they skipped over 80% of the iron fist tournament. Shit, didn't even get to see hworang fight until his match with Jin...
No, your crappy criticism of the anime I liked is what bothers me..
Get a new hobby.
Because tekken have the best storyline ever in game history i hope in future we get series with real human actors series
I loved it, want season 2. But with more locations)
As a day 1 tekken fan this show was fire 🔥 this and the tekken motion picture are the best
Yep, I still maintain the Motion Picture is the best adaptation we've had of the Tekken story to date, with this show being its closest equal... I do hope it gets a 2nd season because they've built up Kazuya really well here.
Honestly tekken motion picture was trying to do the best it could with the amount of tekken lore that was out that time cuz back then tekken 3 was right around the corner.
I loved the series I really hope we get another season.
I dont know why they change the ending where paul defeated ogre but jin finishes true ogre. Instead they make paul lose the fight and created a drama on king and jins winning goal. The only things new is they show why leroy has a stick on t7.
Man that shit was so good I watched it twice and got mad it was six episodes damn you Netflix
But No I didn't even get see Marshall law fight 😭😭
We needed more than 6 episodes, felt rushed but great story
Cry about it.
@@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002 says the person crying about an opinion different from theirs.....
Nice review
Thanks man
As someone who's never played the games, I really enjoyed it. I thought the pacing was great and storytelling wise it was pretty interesting but the last episode felt extremely rushed and the ending really out there.
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John Kazama? I don't know what franchise have you been a long time fan of, but there's no John Kazama in Tekken
I only hated the tournament stuff and the changed ending.
The Heihachi and Jin stuff were great
I am SO make a slander video out of the Tekken fanbase...
Its pretty good. I really dislike that triangle shading effect though, It really bugged me through the whole thing. lol
So what if the stupid triangle shading bothers you?
I never acknowledged it while watching the whole anime, so ask me this.
Why are you critics and your opinions so annoying these days??
What about Bla a blue anime?
Kazuya should have at least 1 fight. And it would be awesome if Kazuya appeared instead of ogres second form.
My first game was 4 but he doesn't appear in 3(which the show is based on "loosely") its its all about jin cause heihachi beets him with an inch of his life g corp scoops him up put in the tank , heals which directly leads into the opening of tekken 4
This is a remake to the live action 2010 movie but it’s much better and is more faithful to the game with better story and characters
I felt the show was a bit rushed and kind of just ended. I feel it could have been so much more but oh well.
I have said it before and I will say it again. This show needed a few more episodes to work with and it would have been perfect narratively. For me it felt rushed.
I don't care if it's rushed, just be grateful what you got, tantrum thrower.
It was way to short and skipped too much, hope they will increase episodes next season
And I hope you critics would shut up and learn that not everything's about you.
@@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002 Bro 😂😂 it wasnt that good. It was mid.
@@a48717 Oh shut up, you're mid.
It could be good but let's be honest, it's not even finished. They forgot the shadows and did that weird triangle shit instead. If they want to finish it, i'll watch, but i'm not gonnz give any credit to a team unable to give a finished product. Nobody should ever have such low standarts and praise people not giving a single shit about the consumer. Are we gonna praise Tekken 8 if there's no sound ? You just can't act like forgetting a massive part of every drawing is a detail. It's like a fighting game with shitty hitboxes. It's just not acceptable.
Give time to the team to finish it or don't release it. I'll stay with ep 1 until they put the work in.
Dey put Leroy on dere jus 2 get his ass whoopd🤔 Eddy was on da tekken 3 storyline so Netflix went out dey way 2 fuk ova him.... like dey did Ali Jr n baki... n da fake mike Tyson on da last season of baki. Netflix I 👀 u. But overall the show was a 7.6. It takes tm 2 adjust 2 the art🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
How tf law lost to Anna and yoshimitsu lost to Julia this is nonsense
The fight scenes and the dialogue need to be sped up. Yes, the moves are cool, but we don't need super slowing down for every move or combination. Also, the dialogues don't need that many dramatic pauses. There are way too many close ups to the faces instead of the full body fight choreography.
Having said that, I was looking forward to seeing it and it was fine. Was it amazing? No...
Been putting off watching it because it looks like such an eyesore with the cgi bullshit. Why are these companies so obssessed with this ugly shit?
You forgot about Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge.
HORRIBLE.
I refuse to acknowledge that movie exists, I couldn't watch more than 15 minutes.
It's trash.
I liked it. But I'm not very familiar with the Tekken lore. I heard that fans disliked it for not being close enough to the source material.
I'm glad it wasn't honestly because in my defense?
I'm sick of source material fanboys forcing me to do what they say.
Being a fan of the game , this movie was watchable but the fights ?........ not so much ( IMO ) , good story though. Too short and seemed a bit rushed but enjoyable. Please bring back Kengan Ashura !! There's nothing like it IMO........NOTHING.
If Netflix and NamcoBandai Decided to make a season two of Tekken Bloodline I would love to see the Tekken 4 story arc in the second season if not oh well🫤
the way you pronounce jun's name gives me seizures
Imo the show was ok but there were wasted opportunities. I'm not saying it was bad, i would like to see it get renewed and follow the Tekken storyline bringing the likes of kazuya back in
And the award of Terrible Opinion comment goes to this guy ☝
I wouldn't really say the inherent absurdity of video games go againts the nature of live action movies. Plenty of live action movies have their fair share of absurd settings. Also it's bizzare that you think this anime is newcomer friendly considering how much information it skips over assuming you know the lore.
It's not awesome - it's just something...
Tekken bloodline ~ well known story, in last 25+ years.
After that we should get better and more evolved story, with other characters, but ofc they just serve us Mishima patologic party with Cherry on the Top(Jin)
The storyline is ok.. but the animation is a disappointment.
You're already boring me to death.
Meh
I really think this series is a disappointment: the history has almost nothing to do with Tekken 3, the characters aren't valued at all, everything is rushed and made like there was no time to go further in depth... Totally wasted opportunity to make a nice Tekken anime
So? I'm fine with it, besides don't you Video Game-obsessed trolls have better things to do besides hating on anime?? Lol.
The only thing that pisses me off is the fact that they Greenlit tekken with a Extremely dry/boring English voice cast
Other then that is was pretty great
A couple of the english cast bothered me, so watched most episodes with Japanese audio and subtitles and preferred it
I thought it was garbage mebby thats just me
Ah yes, the same old "that's just me" excuse.
Get a grip, not everything you hate is about you.
Bro u really put in the effort to write a condescending reply to my shit comment. Just cuz i insulted ur precious netflix show. L
Ok sooo for me.Starting with the voiceline i got to say If you watch It on English only Paul was good all the others specially jin was meeh.Love the animation style.As story was ok tekken 3 story with goddamn leroy inside 🤣. Overall mediocre to say the least so mutch hype for... Challenge accepted o god i still cringe 🤣🤣🤣
This comment is 100% annoying and trollbait.
@@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002 Nah man its my opinion.I watched it on Japanese and its way better than in English Kazuya and jin have their original voice.But yes i still bealive not that its not something crazy.
@@alexpegiadis98 "i still bealive not that its not something crazy"
Ugh, blah blah blah 🙄
The art style (partially), Voice acting and dialogue ruin it for me. The animation pretty good though.
I miss the part where that's my problem.
@@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002 Nobody asked for your input. Butt out.
lmao, are you serious? It was the most mid show in the last 5 years. Not bad, but certainly not good enough to be described as "awesome" or something. The English dub is the worst way to go about watching it.
Why hasn't nobody cancelled you haters yet??
@@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002 What are you even on about? I am not a hater. We just shouldn't stoop so low in our entertainment standards these days so as to start describing everything mediocre as awesome or something alike.
I can't wait to watch it