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Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare - Yoshiyuki Kuroda 1968

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Yôkai Daisensô (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, 1968)

"My lord, it must be said that your peculiar behaviour is very out of the ordinary. It can't be... I don't think it's the case, but have you gone mad?"

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W A T C H E D

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Gamera War of the Monsters (1968) Full Movie Yoshihiko Aoyama Hideki Hanamura from I AM STREAMING on Vimeo.

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The Great Yokai War (1968)

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[Announcement] STAGE GATE VRシアター vol.2「Equal-イコール-」(stage gate vr theater equal)

the show will be running from September 27th, 2020 to October 17th, 2020 (Tokyo) @ DDD AOYAMA CROSS THEATER 

Cast:

Aramaki Yoshihiko Ueda Keisuke Usui Masahiro Kitamura Ryou Kido Yuuya Kobayashi Ryouta Suzuki Katsuhiro Suzuki Hiroki Someya Toshiyuki Tanaka Tooru Tsujimoto Yuuki Naya Takeru Hosogai Kei Maeyama Takahisa Matsui Yuuho Mitsuya Ryou

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Samurai Statue Stomp (Daimajin, 1966)

Alright, it’s time for a detour.

Up until now every monster movie we’ve covered, aside from the Mysterians, has included a flesh and blood beast that goes around flattening things. In Daimajin, the titular kaiju isn’t really a kaiju at all, but a wrathful god bent on getting revenge for its subjects.

Daimajin was a Daiei project, but it couldn’t be more different than Gamera vs. Barugon, which it apparently double-billed with, I imagine to its detriment, as Daimajin is far and away the better film, and honestly superior to the vast majority of Godzilla outings out there.

It’s hard to point to just any one thing in Daimajin that works. It’s a period piece, which always seems to lend a certain amount of unquantifiable respectability to a project. The plot is direct and despite its relative simplicity (and the fact that it would be more or less repeated in the subsequent two Daimajin offerings) it manages to keep you interested with a small cast of easily-defined heroes and villains. The effects are first-rate, honestly some of the best in the genre, with the direction and cinematography absolutely dripping with mood and gravitas in nearly every scene. To put it bluntly, Daimajin ain’t fucking around.

The plot can honestly be summed up in a single sentence (an evil warlord takes control of the castle, and the tormented subjects pray to their protector god for help) but it deserves more than that, if only because it wrings plenty of substance out of well-worn tropes. The evil warlord, in this case a lesser lord named Samanosuke (Ryutaro Gomi) stages a coup during a festival to drive away an evil spirit, or majin, that gets blamed for earthquakes and other natural disasters. The castle lord’s two children escape the chaos with a loyal retainer and hide deep in the woods near a large, serene statue of their god, where they live in fear of being discovered by Samanosuke’s men.

Then years go by, with the children Tadafumi and Kozasa Hanabusa (Yoshihiko Aoyama and Miwa Takada respectively) having grown into adulthood in seclusion. Meanwhile Samanosuke is doing the usual evil warlord things, enslaving the populace and exhausting them with massive building projects, complete with literal slave drivers hitting children with whips. Tired of waiting for their moment to cause a revolt and remove Samanosuke, Tadafumi and his retainer both try and devise ways to sneak into the castle, which of course fail miserably. Samanosuke eventually sends his men into the god’s forest to capture Kozasa and destroy the statue, which promptly wakes up in response to the princess’ prayers and begins laying a deific smackdown on any bad guys within reach. Except the god doesn’t show up - instead, the majin does, sporting a wicked visage and an equally violent attitude.

While there’s more to it, including a subplot involving a little boy who begs the displaced royals for help, the plot mainly consists of the evil warlord slowly tightening his grip over the helpless villagers, until finally divine intervention is the only savior they can hope for.

And what divine intervention it is! When the titular Daimajin marches on the castle, the skies darken and the wind howls, the score bellowing at you to make it clear, if you weren’t aware already, just how frightening this moment is.

The Daimajin suit itself is a feat for a rubber suit, a massive, heavy beast with a snarling expression and a set of armor that despite being made of latex, absolutely evokes stone. Despite being far smaller than Godzilla or Gamera, Daimajin’s footsteps thunder far more resonantly, and the soldiers before him are just as useless as the usual tanks and planes that throw themselves at Godzilla and co. A special shoutout goes to suit actor Chikara Hashimoto, who made sure never to blink when he was on camera, just furthering that look of unstoppable, divine rage.

Being only around 20 feet tall, Daimajin interacts almost solely with human soldiers to brilliant effect. The matte shots putting the samurai in the same shots as the giant statue are nearly seamless, but effects director Yoshiyuki Kuroda (who also directed the effects for the two sequels) also built to scale leg and arm props for the Daimajin, which allowed the creature to stomp on people and throw them around. Looking at his IMDB page, the guy had only directed the special effects on a single prior film, which you’d absolutely not expect given the caliber of what he pulled off here.

The rest of the crew also deserve plenty of credit, with writer Tetsuro Yoshida penning the grim samurai script and legendary maestro Akira Ifukube writing the period-evocative score. Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda treats nearly every scene with a solemn grace, often lingering on shots or having extended scenes with little dialogue at all. A standout section, aside from the climactic confrontation with Daimajin, is when the two children and their retainer are trekking to their final sanctuary, with a rushing waterfall behind them, the great statue peering down from just out of reach. When I say there’s a lot to love about this movie, I’m not kidding.

It absolutely breaks my balls, then, that absolutely none of these guys got within spitting distance of a Gamera movie. It’s difficult to find records of how much money was thrown at these projects, but it boggles the mind that Daiei had a team that could create a special effects picture to rival the original Godzilla, and never gave them the keys to their own burgeoning kaiju franchise. But aside from the experiment with Gamera vs. Barugon, Noriaki Yuasa and Niisan Takahashi remained the men behind the wheel for the rest of the franchise until Gamera Super Monster put a pin in the whole rotten mess.

But that is a story for another day. Instead, we have two more Daimajin pictures to dive into before Daiei retired their other franchise-starter, and while neither of the sequels match the intensity of the original, they’re all damn fine genre pictures, and if you can find them out there in the world, they’re absolutely worth the watch.

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Perfect for the month of Halloween, this film includes a whole team of wacky yokai working together to defeat a vampire.

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YOKAI MONSTERS: SPOOK WARFARE (1968) – Episode 117 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

"You suck, Buddha"  Now is that any way to talk to Buddha? Join this episode’s Grue-Crew - Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr, along with special guest Bryan Clark - as they are introduced to the childlike wonders and imagination of Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968)!

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 117 – Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968)

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When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.

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  Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda

Writer: Tetsurô Yoshida

Cast

Yoshihiko Aoyama as Shinhachiro Mayama

Hiromi Inoue as Shinobu

Mari Kanda as Osaki

Takashi Kanda as Hyogo Isobe

Akane Kawasaki as Chie

Gen Kimura as Saheiji Kawano

Chikara Hashimoto as Daimon

Hideki Hanamura as Nebula Monster

Gen Kuroki as the river monster/Kappa

Ikuko Môri as the long-necked monster/Rokurokubi

Keiko Yukitomo as the two-headed woman/Futakuchi-onna

Hinode Nishikawa as Lower Officer

Tokio Oki as Yasuzo

Asao Uchida as Monk

Tomoo Uchida as Dainichibo

Hanji Wakai as Gate Guard

Kenji Wakai as Gate Guard

Yukiyasu Watanabe as Moichi

Osamu Okawa as Iori Ohdate

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, also known as The Great Yokai War, is the middle film of a Yokai trilogy from Daiei Film, the same folks that brought us the Daimijin Trilogy. The first of the Yokai Monsters Trilogy is Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) and the third film in the trilogy is Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969). Bryan Clark, guest host and a self-proclaimed kaiju and tokusatsu geek, chose Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare as the subject for this episode’s podcast and the Classic Era’s Grue-Crew are delighted with his choice.

Daphne loves Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare and found the Yokai to be charming. She is enchanted with the overall childlike feeling and atmosphere of the film created by the Yokai, the music, and the cinematography. Chad had never heard of Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare and didn’t know what to expect. He finds the same kind of charm he found in H.R. Pufnstuf (1969-1970) as a youth, loving the cool monsters with individual personalities alongside fun with a dangerous edge and a bonkers imagination. Now he vows to watch the entire trilogy. Jeff also loves the weird anthropomorphic creatures and is intrigued by the centuries-old Japanese folklore of the Yokai. Bryan is a sucker for old-fashioned, man-in-suit monsters, and Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare delivers. The Yokai creations are so wild in concept, design, and personality that it’s impossible not to be charmed by them.

Your Classic Era Grue-Crew all intend to watch the complete trilogy of Yokai Monsters movies. If you are also so inclined, Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare is available to stream from various subscription and PPV streaming services, and on Blu-ray physical media in Yokai Monsters Collection (3-Disc Limited Edition) and Yokai Monsters Collection (3-Disc Standard Special Edition) from Arrow Video. The Limited Edition was released October 19, 2021, and the “Standard Special Edition” is to be released February 22, 2022. Both sets include Takashi Miike’s The Great Yokai War (2005) as a fourth movie. The only differences this writer can find between the two offerings are postcards featuring newly commissioned artwork for each film by Jolyon Yates and a foldout ‘yokai guide’ poster illustrated by Jolyon Yates, both included with the Limited Edition.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next on their very flexible schedule is one chosen by Daphne: Kwaidan (1964), a classic Japanese ghost story of another kind.

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com

To each of you from each of us, “Thank you so much for listening!”

Check out this episode!

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Chris: Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare is the second Japanese 60’s film in a new Blu-ray set of four films, this is the one with the ancient vampire, a classic, Watch: Buy.

Richie: It’s a must see, Watch: Buy.

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Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare - Yoshiyuki Kuroda 1968

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Daimajin (Majin, the Monster of Terror, 1966)

"You realise you started as a drifter, and yet you've been basking in the lord's wealth? How dare you! What do you have against our lord?"

"I have nothing against him - nor do I owe him anything."

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Gamera: War of the Monsters (1968) | Full Movie | Yoshihiko Aoyama | Hid...

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So in the GO games the characters have their years by their names and other info and I find that pretty interesting?? I don’t think the games prior to the GO ones had the years on the character mini profile. I tend to forget who is in what year sometimes and the ina11 wiki doesn’t have their years listed (I think). Anyway, if you’re curious about who is in what year/grade here’s a (long) list of inazuma characters. It mostly contains GO characters but since you can recruit some characters from the original series I added them on here to.

Not every character has a year, some are labeled ??? or ADULT (Akizora Challengers/Golden Oldies team). Most of the aliea characters are under ??? and Toramaru is to (but we all know he’s younger so-). Also, these are only from Light/Shadow. I haven’t played CS yet so none of those characters are on here.

Inazuma Eleven GO teams

Raimon (GO)

Sangoku Taichi - 3rd year Kurumada Gouichi - 3rd year Kirino Ranmaru - 2nd year Amagi Daichi - 3rd year Nishizono Shinsuke - 1st year Hamano Kaiji - 2nd year Hayami Tsurumasa - 2nd year Matsukaze Tenma - 1st year Shindou Takuto - 2nd year Tsurugi Kyousuke - 1st year Kurama Norihito - 2nd year Aoyama Shunsuke - 2nd year Ichino Nanasuke - 2nd year Nishiki Ryouma - 2nd year Kariya Masaki - 1st year Kageyama Hikaru - 1st year

Seto Midori - 2nd year Sorano Aoi - 1st year Yamana Akane - 2nd year

Raimon Reserves - all 2nd years

Eito Gakuen/Prodigy Grammer

Kageura Touji - 2nd year Mienai Kouta - 2nd year Honda Taizou - 3rd year Akutagawa Fusanosuke - 1st year Kakizaki Hagumi - 2nd year Hitofude Hayato - 1st year Fukuro Tetsuya - 2nd year Yomiya Satoshi - 1st year Yukiji Keiichi - 1st year Saewatari Yuuichirou - 2nd year Kindaichi Gaku - 3rd year Kaoka Utanori - 1st year Kouyou Hifumi - 1st year Natsume Kinsuke - 2nd year Kuniki Tetsuo - 1st year Tanizaki Jung - 3rd year

Tengawara/Milky Way Charter

Minami Juuji - 2nd year Kawasaki Ginta - 3rd year Itokawa Yoshinobu - 2nd year Kashio Seigo - 1st year Higashi Kinya - 1st year Hayabusa Hideki - 1st year Harei Mizunari - 1st year Nishinosora Yoichi - 2nd year Kita Ichiban - 2nd year Andou Tsuneyuki - 3rd year Hoshifuru Kaguya - 2nd year Orio Mihoshi - 1st year Oushida Kazuhiro - 1st year Yuge Noboru - 2nd year Ankoku Masayuki - 3rd year Harusawa Hikaru - 1st year

Mannouzaka/Almighty Faith

Shinoyama Mitsuru- 1st year Gamaishi Tsuneoki - 3rd year Oosawada Kotetsu - 2nd year Nagahisa Douji - 1st year Kuranoin Sanosuke - 1st year Ushio Kenjirou - 2nd year Busujima Kanezane - 2nd year Sakazaki Mugen - 1st year Shirato Kiyoshirou - 2nd year Mitsuyoshi Yozakura - 2nd year Isozaki Kenma - 1st year Chita Tsuyoshi - 3rd year Basato Toushi - 1st year Kiwami Seishin - 2nd year Okano Shunpei - 1st year Kamihira Gizou - 2nd year

Teikoku Gakuen/Royal Academy (GO)

Miyabino Reiichi - 1st year Ootaki Tonoo - 2nd year Kabata Taruhiko - 3rd year Narita Kenya - 1st year Ryuuzaki Ouji - 2nd year Asukaji Sakuya - 2nd year Horasawa Shuuji - 1st year Itsuki Katsumasa - 3rd year Sasaki Iwao - 2nd year Itsumi Kunihiko - 1st year Mikado Haruma - 3rd year Mashira Kadoteru - 2nd year Nakamura Michiru - 1st year Kasumino Jinta - 1st year Hanamura Kaoru - 2nd year Oosugi Futoshi - 2nd year

Kaiou Gakuen/Pirates Cove

Fukami Dandou - 2nd year Ide Norikazu - 3rd year Saruga Souma - 2nd year Funaki Yuuto - 1st year Nagisawa Nagisa - 1st year Touga Tooru - 2nd year Kaizu Kouichirou - 1st year Murakami Gunki - 1st year Wanda Naoto - 2nd year Namikawa Rensuke - 2nd year Yoshimine Misaki - 1st year Houki Ryuuhei - 3rd year Isaribi Tairamaru - 1st year Fujita Sumitomo - 2nd year Kurofune Izou - 2nd year Umigashi Entarou - 3rd year

Gassan Kunimitsu/Lunar Sea Military Academy

Hyoudou Tsukasa - 2nd year Kanehira Tessai - 3rd year Osafune Tenzen - 2nd year Hachisuka Tadatora - 1st year Kobayakawa Soukichi - 2nd year Tsukishima Kagehide - 1st year Masamune Gorou - 1st year Kai Nobutake - 1st year Shibata Kachidoki - 2nd year Minamisawa Atsushi - 3rd year Ichimonji Kirito - 1st year Yamamoto Kanta - 2nd year Takenaka Hanzou - 2nd year Sanada Rokurou - 1st year Shima Samonji - 3rd year Karasuma Takechiyo - 1st year

Hakuren/Alpine (GO)

Shirosaki Katsuya - 2nd year Hokugen Takeyuki - 3rd year Itou Torata - 2nd year Otaru Koutarou - 2nd year Makari Ginjirou - 1st year Kitaki Tsuneo - 1st year Touya Kunihiro - 2nd year Koori Itsuki - 2nd year Rumoi Korohiko - 1st year Yukimura Hyouga - 2nd year Itetsuki Touma - 1st year Mozaki Itaru - 1st year Oujika Kaku - 2nd year Yamane Minori - 1st year Hidaka Takeshi - 3rd year Seki Ganjirou- 3rd year

Kidokawa Seishuu/Kirkwood (GO)

Katayama Tsuyoshi - 3rd year Ooisokawa Tarou - 2nd year Ishikawa Kanpei - 2nd year Yamazaki Kotarou - 1st year Konuma Waku - 1st year Shimizu Ryuuto - 2nd year Izumi Kanaaki - 2nd year Tobisawa Mana - 2nd year Kishibe Taiga - 2nd year Taki Sousuke - 2nd year Kamiya Kouta - 1st year Kinugawa Waganuki - 3rd year Taki Yoshihiko - 1st year Yukai Mizuho - 2nd year Goshiki Jun - 1st year Sendai Hiroaki - 1st year

Genei Gakuen/Mirage

Hakono Zuiichi - 3rd year Kurenai Ouma - 2nd year Ozuno Yaku - 1st year Michiie Kanjurou - 3rd year Araki Akira - 2nd year Douhara Teito - 1st year Fudano Kirimasa - 2nd year Kobato Hiroo- 1st year Mahoro Tadashi - 3rd year Shiranui Genichi - 2nd year Shiranui Eiji - 1st year Utsurogi Sanemi - 1st year Iryuu Jouji - 2nd year Machi Shiiya - 2nd year Toriyuki Asaya - 1st year Ooki Tamanori - 3rd year

Arakumo Gakuen/Universal

Sata Tosamaru - 2nd year Urano Tenshou - 1st year Mukumo Tsukiya - 3rd year Yasumori Chiharu - 1st year Makisato Mizuki - 2nd year Furuto Meiji - 1st year Hinano Kinsuke - 2nd year Kida Mokuren - 2nd year Mazumi Hiroshi - 1st year Nebuchi Umitomo - 2nd year Amemiya Taiyou - 1st year Serei Kazutoyo - 1st year Chihara Eichi - 1st year Iri Koushichirou - 1st year Higa Takeyasu - 3rd year Uesuda Shirou - 3rd year

Seidouzan/Mt. Olympus

Masaki Teiya - 1st year Munemori Hidetoshi - 3rd year Kurei Yudai - 3rd year Iyabe Satoshi - 2nd year Hozumi Shinpei - 2nd year Amase -Reia  1st year Hyuuga Rron - 1st year Okegawa Yukimori - 1st year Kurosaki Makoto - 2nd year Koizaki Io - 2nd year Tsutsumi  Tomo - 2nd year Temizu Kenji - 1st year Furou Akisada - 1st year Arino Omi - 2nd year Atou Ran - 3rd year Asou Kurehito - 1st year

Dragonlink

Senguuji Yamato- 2nd year Gomaki Tetsurou - 2nd year Gouishi Senma - 1st year Gomi Seiei - 2nd year Kamiyama Gounoshin - 1st year Ikari Gouriki - 3rd year Seijou Shougo - 1st year Mito Shou - 2nd year Aikawa Masaru - 1st year Godai Shingo - 1st year Gotou Yukai - 2nd year Gotenba Tooru - 2nd year Gonokami Eiji - 1st year Gousaki Haeru - 2nd year Gozuma Takeyuki - 3rd year Hoshii Tsuyoshi - 1st year

Ancient Dark

Ashiya Noboru - 1st year Motono Tsuyoshi - 3rd year Michino Susumu - 3rd year Edaki Saki - 2nd year Kiya Kouji - 2nd year Rinne Makoto - 1st year Hisakumo Jinta - 1st year Noya Keiichirou - 3rd year Yuuki You - 2nd year Kai - 1st year Shuu - 1st year

Unlimited Shining

Hebino Makito - 3rd year Saki Yukio - 2nd year Ejima Kazuya - 3rd year Onizuka Heita - 1st year Fujiki Tatsuhiko - 2nd year Nitta Miru - 1st year Seidou Dan - 2nd year Ginzamiya Akira - 1st year Sasayama Taki - 1st year Hodo Mitsuhiro - 2nd year Hakuryuu - 1st year

Original/First Series Players

Zeus

Posei Donichi/Poseidon - 3rd year Aporo Hikaru/Apollo - 2nd year Hepai En/Hephestus - 3rd year Aresu Ran/Ares - 2nd year Deio Geki/Dionysus - 1st year Arute Saneki/Artemis - 2nd year Herumi Matsuaki/Hermes - 2nd year Atena Tomo/Athena - 1st year Demete Yutaka/Demeter - 2nd year Afuro Terumi/Aphrodi - 2nd year Hera Tadashi/Hera - 3rd year

FFI

Demonio Strada - 2nd year Fideo Ardena - 2nd year Gigi Blasi - 3rd year Choi Chang Soo - 3rd year Nice Dolphin - 3rd year Angelo Gabrini - 1st year Rococo Urupa - 2nd year Bjorn Kyle - 3rd year Kamezaki Kappa - 1st year Dylan Keith - 2nd year Mark Kruger - 2nd year Walter Mountain - 1st year Edgar Valtinas - 3rd year Mac Roniejo - 2nd year Julien Rousseau - 3rd year Teres Tolue - 3rd year

Raimon

Endou Mamoru - 2nd year Kazemaru Ichirouta - 2nd year Kabeyama Heigorou - 1st year Kageno Jin - 2nd year Kurimatsu Teppei - 1st year Handa Shinichi - 2nd year Shourinji Ayumu - 1st year Shishido Sakichi - 1st year Matsuno Kuusuke - 2nd year Gouenji Shuuya - 2nd year Someoka Ryuugo - 2nd year Megane Kakeru - 2nd year Domon Asuka- 2nd year Kidou Youth - 2nd year Ichinose Kazuya -2nd year Yamino Kageto - 2nd year

Tachimukai Yuuki -1st year Tsunami Jousuke - 3rd year Kogure Yuuya - 1st year Urabe Rika - 2nd year Fubuki Shirou - 2nd year Tobitaka Seiya - 2nd year Fudou Aki - 2nd year

Kino Aki - 2nd year Otonashi Haruna - 1st year Raimon Natsumi - 2nd year Kudou Fuyuka - 2nd year

Aliea & Teikoku

Suzuno Fuusuke - 2nd year Midorikawa Ryuuji - 2nd year Saginuma Osamu - 3rd year Nagumo Haruya - 2nd year Kiyama Hiroto - 2nd year Genda Koujirou - 2nd year Sakuma Jirou - 2nd year

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Twelve Burly Brawlers Join the Cast of Baki Season Two

  The second season of Netflix original anime Baki is hulking out with twelve - count `em, twelve! - additional maniacal martial arts masters joining the cast of the latest animated adaptation based on Keisuke Itagaki's brutal manga about underground fighters beating the stuffing out of one another. The new cast members include:

    Kenichi Ogata as Sea Emperor Kaku.

    Yoshiyuki Kono as Sea King Son.

    Yoshihiko Kawazu as Sea King Yoh.

    Daichi Endō as Sea King Chin.

    Ryuuzo Hasuike as Sea King Jo.

    Hiroaki Ishikawa as Sea King Moh.

    Takanori Hoshino as Sea King Samwan.

    Tomoaki Ikeda as Sea King Li.

    Satoshi Taki as Sea King Han.

    Yutaka Aoyama as Sea King Jaku.

    Hideaki Tezuka as Shobun Ron.

    And Hiroki Yasumoto as Shunsei Kaku.

    The original Baki manga is serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion manga magazine. Netflix describes the story of the first season of Baki as follows:

  Five bloodthirsty murderers escape prison and assault Tokyo. Facing them is the underground combat champion Baki Hanma, and four elite fighters. The strongest, nastiest battle, and there are no rules. Let the bloodbath begin.

    Baki is directed by Toshiki Hirano and features animation production by TMS Entertainment. The second season will begin streaming on Netflix in Japan on June 04, 2020.

  Sources:

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  Copyright notice: © Keisuke Itagaki (Akita Shoten) / Baki Production Committee

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

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