Ok you Super Saiyan, Naruto anime kidz. It’s time for an education on some real Japanimation. That’s right I said it. That’s what we called “Aww-knee-mae” in 1992. We had, Robotech, Battle of the Planets, Akira, Transformers the Movie, Ninja Scroll, Golgo 13 and Fist of the freakin’ Northstar. These were Pre-Pokemon invasion productions that paved the way to becoming a man. Not to get off on a rant here, (I know too late) but I’ve had this brewing for at least a decade. There I was, a young lad, newly exposed to properties with testosterone, meat and teeth. And what does American culture absorb? Sailor Moon, DBZ and Digimons… Imagine my horror and disbelief when this is what the Western market embraced…
When Kenshiro killed a man, they didn’t know it because pressure point attacks turned them into walking, talking, ticking blood bombs of pure awesome. So when I found out that Koei, creators of the Dynasty Warriors series, is producing Fist of the Northstar, it felt like a match made in heaven. This looks to be what a boy’s dreams are made of. I expect bodies to be flying in a glorious martial arts post-apocalypse. Kotaku predicts an international release which, if done justice, makes up for all the atrocities that became popularized in the Western market. It’s not like I expected Wicked City to be in every American home, but there was a definite anime paradigm shift that went from badass, to limp and lame.
Oh by the way, Get off my lawn.
