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Shaman King character Lee Bailong




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Zauriel



Joined: 20 Nov 2004
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Location: Philippines
PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:58 pm Reply with quote
Is Lee Bailong a carbon copy of Bruce Lee?

There are striking similarities between Bailong and Bruce.

Like Bruce, Bailong is an international martial arts superstar who died at young age under mysterious circumstances. Bailong also combined boxing, Muay Thai, and karate into a martial art called Dao Dan Do.

Dao Dan Do is reminiscent of Jeet Kune Do in which Bruce Lee developed from blending of the useful elements of Kung Fu, Karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing and wrestling.

I didn't know Bruce Lee had fans in Japan, given his film Chinese Connection was pretty anti-Japanese.

Shaman King makes me wonder if there are Bruce Lee fans in Japan? I have yet to see a Bruce Lee reference or a Bruce Lee clone in an anime or manga aside from Shaman King.
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Tomato



Joined: 06 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:32 pm Reply with quote
I can vouch for there being fans in Japan. Well, at least I've seen a few of his movies in Japan (dubbed in Japanese) and I've seen him mentioned a lot in all sorts of informational/educational shows, but never with anything negative. If there's any anymosity toward him, it's probably in the older generations.
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darkhunter



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:09 pm Reply with quote
Another hint is that bailong was a "chinese ghost".
Yes bailong is a wannabe bruce like, like Fei Long (from Street Fighter game made in japan) and Martial Law (from tekkengame made in japan) are wannabe Bruce lee. Yup, both of those guys are chinese too, so when the japanese think of chines kung fu, there's no doubt they're thinking of Bruce Lee.

In Street Fighter V (anime), I remember there was a interenation martial artist that has many characteristic of Bruce Lee. I'm sure anybody who seen this anime know what I'm talkinga bout. 'm not sure if it was Fei Long or not, can't remember the anime that good.

Bruce Lee is the world most reknown martial artist.. The chinese connection wasn't made to be the "anti-japanese" so all the japanese people would hate it. You have to remember teh story takes place during a time period in which the chinese was invaded by japan and they occuppied the area. Even though it showed Japanese imperialism and prejudice towards the Chinese, I think it was more about having pride for your own country.

I'm not sure if the japanese have a hatred towards the chinese, I mean they're not the one that got invaded.

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