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DranzerX13
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 Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 11:35 am
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The staff for the upcoming Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Hen (Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc, or literally, Kinnikuman Perfect Chо̄jin/Superhuman Origin Arc) anime revealed on Wednesday seven new cast members, visual, story, and July 7 premiere for episode 0, which recaps older scenes with new animation. The series will also begin streaming on Netflix on July 8.
Netflix US or just Netflix Japan?
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GATSU
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 12:06 pm
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Dranzer: This hopefully means Netflix USA, and isn't like the Amazon Prime bs with Godzilla Minus One.
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malvarez1
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 5:05 pm
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Hmm, it’s a long shot, but it’d be nice if Netflix could also stream previous Kinnikuman anime to help promote the new one.
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GATSU
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 6:27 pm
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malvarez: They won't touch the old Kinnikuman cus of Brocken, Jr.
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veemonjosh
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 7:04 pm
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| malvarez1 wrote: | | Hmm, it’s a long shot, but it’d be nice if Netflix could also stream previous Kinnikuman anime to help promote the new one. |
My dream would be if they gave it the full Saint Seiya treatment, not only finally giving it a full English sub but also going in and giving the original an English dub using the cast of the modern series (if this is going to Netflix, we are at least getting a dub of the new show.)
Though yeah, between the Nazi imagery, the various cultural stereotypes, and at least one instance of Kinnikuman himself explicitly wearing blackface, it's always been a pipe dream getting the original Kinnikuman an official release here in any form. Not even Discotek has touched the franchise aside from the 4Kids dub of Nisei.
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MushroomMan674
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 7:18 pm
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| malvarez1 wrote: | | Hmm, it’s a long shot, but it’d be nice if Netflix could also stream previous Kinnikuman anime to help promote the new one. |
Old Kinnikuman is a little too problematic in its character design to work in front of a western audience.
| DranzerX13 wrote: | | Netflix US or just Netflix Japan? |
I assume this will get the same treatment Dungeon Meshi is getting. Netflix US with weekly streaming and a possible simuldub.
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YackDe
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 7:37 pm
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Feel like Roots Island alone ensures original Kinnikuman will never see the light of day stateside in any form
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veemonjosh
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 7:57 pm
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| YackDe wrote: | | Feel like Roots Island alone ensures original Kinnikuman will never see the light of day stateside in any form |
Roots Island was actually skipped in the anime. They repurposed some monster designs from it into one of the movies, but the arc itself wasn't adapted.
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Lord Geo
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 9:26 pm
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| GATSU wrote: | | malvarez: They won't touch the old Kinnikuman cus of Brocken, Jr. |
Brocken Jr. (& Brockenman, by proxy) has ALWAYS been "Not a Nazi" in the anime, as even by the 80s showing the Swastika casually like that wasn't going to fly on children's TV in Japan, so that was never going to be a problem.
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veemonjosh
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 10:04 pm
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| Lord Geo wrote: |
| GATSU wrote: | | malvarez: They won't touch the old Kinnikuman cus of Brocken, Jr. |
Brocken Jr. (& Brockenman, by proxy) has ALWAYS been "Not a Nazi" in the anime, as even by the 80s showing the Swastika casually like that wasn't going to fly on children's TV in Japan, so that was never going to be a problem. |
Even in the anime, Brocken Jr casually wore a t-shirt with the Nazi flag on it when out of costume, so I don't think it was actually that taboo on Japanese children's TV in the 80s.
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MFrontier
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 10:12 pm
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"So in case you thought we hadn't cast enough big names in this anime..."
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