Tekken: Bloodline

Thanks to their family's martial arts style, Jin Kazama and his mother, Jun, have had to overcome all sorts of challenges. But even with their strong bond, the two are no match for the terrifying demon that invades their home, harboring a bloodlust for Jun. Cornered by such a stubborn creature, Jun commands Jin to find his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima, before she disappears along with the demon in an explosion.

Jin arrives at his grandfather's abode, only to be treated like a stranger from a different bloodline. However, upon discovering that Ogre was the demon behind the Kazamas' tragedy, Heihachi takes Jin under his tutelage and begins to train the young man rigorously. With a flaming vengeance, Jin turns his blood, sweat, and tears into strength for his fists—all for the sake of Ogre's demise.

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Kazama, Jin Main

Chiba, Isshin Japanese

Mishima, Kazuya Supporting

Shinohara, Masanori Japanese

Mishima, Heihachi Supporting

Kusunoki, Taiten Japanese

Ling, Xiaoyu Supporting

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Kazama, Jun Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Yoshimitsu Supporting

Williams, Nina Supporting

Touma, Yumi Japanese

Williams, Anna Supporting

Phoenix, Paul Supporting

Ootsuka, Houchuu Japanese

Hwoarang Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Miyao, Yoshikazu Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Fujisawa, Takafumi Sound Director

Marques, Glauco ADR Director

Kondou, Rei Music

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Aug 23, 2023

Bensonas

Recommended

I haven't posted a review for a while, not because I haven't been watching anything, but because after been bothered by a friend of mine to watch it, I finally started Naruto: Shippuden. Currently 162 episodes in and have paused so we can watch the upcoming fight together. So, as I can't go any further until next week, I watched Tekken: Bloodlines.

I have to be honest, I'm a massive Tekken fan, of both the games and the lore. Also, anything Tekken that isn't the games is generally shit. So I hoped it would be amazing but expected it to be shit.

Amazingly, it was great. ... Really great in fact. Story wise it sticks to the lore pretty well, it portrays Jin as a bit of a wet lad in the beginning but soon we see the Jin we know and love from Tekken 3. This is where the story begins, utilising a plain journey to skim over the events of Tekken 1 and 2. It still seems noone dares to do a proper Tekken adaptation that doesn't center around Jin. Also, not sure why they needed to bring Leroy in here but doesn't really matter, we still get sight of Steve and Marduk who weren't in the story at this point too. It made no impact on the story. Ultimately, though it was short, it told the story well. Would have been nice however to see more fights from other characters. Maybe we will get another with Lee as Violet, and Jin reapearing in his badass hood. Maybe just maybe, it would actually be better than the shit game that is Tekken 4. 7/10

Visually, it's stunning. Beuatilly choriagraphed, true to the move sets of the characters and as smooth as you like. From the very beginning you can see it's going to be smooth. It also had it's own style. Even the expelled energy from the fights mirrors that seen in the games. There isn't much more I can say about it to be honest. It delivers perfect service to the games. The characters look perfect. 9/10

On the music front, well, it's Tekken. It just can't be bad can it. Just like the stage music contributes to the fighting in the game, in its presence, purpose and quality, the show is the same. It's not a score, it's just a veriety of great track to compliment the action and it does it well. 8/10

In summary, finally! A great Tekken adaptation. Though, I'm not sure how great this would be for a non Tekken fan, it certainly is if you are. Overall 8/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jan 19, 2024

Mr_Richards

Mixed Feelings

While I believe it's a perfectly watchable anime from beginning to the end, I recognize that it fails to live up to its full creative potential at every turn. You hear mention of characters from the Tekken game series, but you never get to see them fight or play any role beyond catalysts to drive Jin Kazama's story forward. It also doesn't help that the action sequences are fine, but lack originality.

Jin's character development and the stunning 3D animation are enough to recommend, but don't expect much from anything else about the anime. Good enough to pass the time, bad enough to make me forget ... about it as soon as it's over.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 1, 2022

RyanAwol77

Not Recommended

Another video game anime adaptation bites the dust.
The curse of bad adaptation of video games continue.

The usage of 3D or 2.5D animation is improving over time, compared to what was seen in the Berserk remake days. However, referring to the foundations of animations it has a long way to go before it can be considered good.

Voice acting is below average. Everyone speaks in a slower than average cadence for some reason. Not sure if other language dubs have similar experiences. But man the dialogue and monologue just feels so stiff and slow.

Story. Took a huge nosedive. After the 1st episode. We dedicated one entire episode ... on training montages on top of training montages of one character. Who we just got introduced to one episode ago. I had no time to get to know him as a person or as a character, long enough for me to be invested in any of his development. We do get bits and pieces of glimpses of his life outside of training and they look far more interesting. Pacing definitely feels weird, on one scene MC would be brooding over the past, then the next scene exposition on characters unrelated for example.

At the end of the day, it is impossible to properly adapt a fighting video game story. Why? There's so much characters, and the game has such a long franchise history. What story gets adapted, what gets cut? Do the characters get an ending of their arc? Unfortunately, Studio Hibari and Larx Entertainment failed at doing any of this good enough.

I personally don't recommend this show to anyone. Even the hardcore Tekken gamers. When a harem ecchi show have more substance than a fighting show with tons of material to adapt, that's when you know somethings wrong.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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