Why aren't nu-shonen able to replicate the powerful zeitgeist of these behemoths?
Why aren't nu-shonen able to replicate the powerful zeitgeist of these behemoths?
James Rodriguez
Hudson Watson
KINO
John Baker
T-T-TRANSFORMATIONS
Aiden Young
Man, what shonens don't even have transformations for the protags?
Elijah Smith
Probably because shounen as a whole has fallen off
Wyatt Bell
Depends on what you count as a battle shounen probably
It is kinda weird how they all transform instead of just learning new techniques though
I think Kenichi never transformed?
John Morgan
nushonen aren't long running. that's a big one. nowadays everyone cucks to the seasonal model. cartoon channels aren't as big anymore either so there aren't places that are as big as toonami or cartoon network in their prime to air dubs on. ppl dont want to admit it but all the normies that get into these shows get into them via dubs. the world economy isn't as strong either so there aren't that many dubs going around. back in the day you got things like mazinger, tiger mask, and yugioh dubbed in arabic of all things. there was a big dubbing scene in those days. there simply isn't as much interest these days for any number of reasons. strife, lack of economic incentives, declining influence of TV, a big fansub scene, etc. you get similar stories elsewhere.
the classics like hokuto no ken.
Dominic White
Goku isn't from the same era as these four.
Luke Torres
Jose Jackson
>white hair luffy
What the fuck have I missed?
Noah White
perfection.
Blake Davis
>nowadays everyone cucks to the seasonal model
Is that really a bad thing tho?
This way we won't have to deal with hundreds of episodes of filler that we skip over anyways
As for dubs, yeah i agree that those were the reason alot of normies got introduced to anime, so anime popularity might just decline with the newer generations. And japan itself is facing population decline and all that
Anime really seems like a doomed medium
I hope other ppl learn from the success of anime and realise that animation can appeal to a broader audience than just 10 year olds. Western animations like castlevania or arcane could be the successor to anime in the future
Brandon Cooper
A very very divisive development, which I personally love. I think it's just filtered out the midwits really
Blake White
Is Fairy Tale any actual use or is just generic fightshit with no real substance
Angel Torres
It's the same as every other shounen, i.e. the latter
Girls aren't any good either
Some of the powers are ok
Justin Lee
HITO HITO NO MI
MODEL: HAPLOID
Parker Campbell
EZ>Rave>FT, so don't bother with it
Eli Cooper
>Is that really a bad thing tho?
I can see the argument in favor of it but I'm personally not a fan. I believe stories should be as long as they need to be to develop the characters and progress the narrative competently. the seasonal model basically forces animation studios to schedule their works ahead of time so you can't really have proper stories with proper payoffs delivered over any meaningful amount of time. of course, there's there argument that anyone can tell a good story in about 12 or 24 episodes or so but not every good story can be told in that timeframe. do you see where I'm getting it?
Noah Evans
>K I N O K I N O K I N O K I N O K I N O K I N O
Thomas Harris
>I believe stories should be as long as they need to be to develop the characters and progress the narrative competently.
How many chapters do you need to tell the story of a braindead rubber retard finding some treasure?
Noah Ramirez
>Girls aren't any good either
Benjamin Miller
Erza is wasted potential the character, she's decent on her own but she's trapped in a story that's garbage and has to interact with cunts
Jose Phillips
>I believe stories should be as long as they need to be to develop the characters and progress the narrative competently.
Problem with that is, with long runners, you always have fillers and by the time you remove what's filler, you won't have a long runner. Even episodes that are plot relevant and have development oft have unnecessary padding.
Adam Foster
>I believe stories should be as long as they need to be to develop the characters and progress the narrative competently
This only works with actual stories where you have the IRL time to plan out long stories, hell fucking light novels work with this logic better.
Most shounen are weekly and to finish 20 pages on a weekly basis you basically have no time for real storyboarding once you're past 100 chapters and the original story you planned runs out completely, and the longer a show is the more bullshit you need to stuff in just to buy yourself time to think about what you're going to do.
Luke Jones
>I believe stories should be as long as they need to be to develop the characters and progress the narrative competently
the seasonal model doesn't prevent that tho, look at attack on titan for example
A story could be told over the course of multiple seasons
Obviously tho shows that aren't popular won't get multiple seasons and are effectively just advertisements for the manga
Jeremiah Jones
well 1's good enough for that init?
Jose Martin
>implying SnK is good
Christopher Jenkins
Despite its divisive ending, it was overall an entertaining show to watch
Ian Gomez
>the classics like hokuto no ken.
One of the first techniques introduced was Ken powering up and ripping his shirt. The anime initially even treated it as a weekly transformation with stock footage.
John Bell
SnK was an incredible experience as it was coming out that was horribly sullied at the end. As much as I detest the ending I can't say I hate the series just because of how much I was loving it at the time
Joshua Morgan
Funny that fairy tale is up there when it's popularity tanked as it ran on way to long
Isaac Ross
Should've been Eren imo. Or even JJK since Ichigo counts here.
Samuel Diaz
Isn't it the same for Bleach though
SnK is from a different generation as those shounen
Samuel Barnes
but it's not really a transformation. it's just ken flexing. like Schwarzenegger.
Robert Roberts
Loved the premise but once they threaded the "mystery" I immediately lost all interest
Just give me kino not the rabbit demons long con
Nathaniel Peterson
Goku isn't as well. Thought it's UI so it's from Super so I can concede that it counts somewhat.
Hunter Baker
Goku is older than the others, the pic is clearly representing the "old boys" of shounen
Easton Moore
HxH If you dont count Gon San as it is very temporary and cost a lot
Carter Perry
SnK has been on the air for 9 years and came out during the hayday of all those main characters in OPs image
Josiah Sanchez
Something something old good new bad.
Logan Martin
I don't really see your point
>came out during the heyday
I hope you realize Naruto ended 8 years ago.
Angel Green
It was a shame we never saw more of isshin fighting
Jose Wood
>Using honorifics as a non-japanese
Wyatt Sullivan
Sheeeeeeeeeesh
Nolan Nelson
One Piece's hayday was in 2005 when 'Water 7' arc was happening.
Ian Edwards
One Punch Man
Oliver Morris
the worst part about this post is that I don't know if you're trolling or not
well done user
Jacob Morales
OP's heyday is right now
Blake Gutierrez
Yeah and it's heyday was when it ended
One piece just hit its heyday with luffy joining the pantheon of transformed Shonen protags
Luis Russell
yes, most shonen nowadays aren't just basic stories dragged forever solely to sell toys anymore
but don't worry, the trashy ones still do that
David Torres
>Yeah and it's heyday was when it ended
The problem is that the people who were following nardo were following it for ten years while the people who picked up SnK were following it for maybe a few months when Nardo ended
They're from different generations m8 I don't see how this is fucking controversial
Connor Reyes
newfag
Kevin Hall
you zoomers don't know how hot Gear second was.
Samuel Barnes
That's a great funko!
I need to pick one up from my local GameStop!!
Zachary Gonzalez
forgot the ( ) but otherwise good job
Bentley Thomas
>fairy tail
Does it even popular outside japan? O mean latino loves dbz, others naruto and one piece.
Hell fairy tail should replace by demon slayer in that shit
Evan Carter
different eras, retard
Jeremiah Miller
OPs image specifically has dad Naruto from his spinoff Boruto, so it really isn't a different generation
Jace Reed
>Does it even popular outside japan?
Owen Jenkins
>Does it even popular outside japan?
Matthew Lewis
>Does it even popular outside japan?
Levi Ramirez
still iconic !
Joseph Garcia
>Does it even popular outside japan?
Try again, in English this time
Tyler Baker
What manga character has the best transformations?
Hudson Gonzalez
>What manga character has the best transformations?
Tsuna from hitman reborn.