Tekken

Thought the perfect way to get back into one of my favorite childhood games could be through this animated film.
I didn't have literally any expectations. It's like an old school anime and only an hour long. But for that short time it's actually pretty solid. All the characters are shown, even though we're only focused on the Mishima family shenanigans with Kazuya and Heihachi. Also with that Kazuya has entered my list of favourite Fallen Angels alongside Eren Yeager, Paul Atreides, Anakin Skywalker, Tom Riddle. Welcome to the Circle Kazuya Mishima.
Nasty ass mf Heihachi was cold with the films intro tho.
THE ONLY TRUTH ... IS POWER.
MF was a hardcore Darwinian.
And i guess throwing family members off cliffs is the Mishima family tradition lol.
Also shoutout to Robots protecting lil girls, gotta be my favourite gender. RIP Gunjack.

As an anime, Tekken is passable but in a way I can appreciate: It doesn't waste your time nor overstay its welcome. You're here to see people fighting and that's exactly what it delivers as its primary focus.

Even though the story isn't anything revolutionary, I have to give this ova some credit for managing to weave a proper narrative out of the original Tekken fighting games and go the extra mile to give much of the main cast some actual characterization when it comes to establishing their personalities and motivations throughout the experience.

The art and sound range from average to pretty good in some parts. ... The characters all ring true from their videogame counterparts and some of the rock music really did elevate some of the scenes. My only disappointment here is that this anime didn't utilize some of the more unique and diverse settings where the fights would take place in the game, as the majority of it is set on some jungle island.

This anime is definitely a product of its time, and that might make or brake it for you, but I personally had fun watching this.

Super brief review here. I'd put off watching this for years based on the box art alone (dating myself here), but I did eventually sit down and give it a viewing. Produced in 1998 by Studio Deen, the Tekken OVAs arrived on the scene just prior to the PlayStaion port of the fantastic Tekken 3 game, and good lord does it disappoint. With its weak art, poor characterizations, stagnant animation, and a story only tangentially related to its source material, it's a travesty. Arguably the worst of the fighting game adaptations of the '90s, which is saying something since both the Art of Fighting and ... Samurai Showdown anime exist. Namco's 3D fighting king deserved better.