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 Naraku Within NINJA SLAYER is a series of short novels written by the (possibly/probably fictional) writing duo Bradley Bond and Philip "Ninj@" Morzez that can be read on the Otakumode website, which was then "officially translated" onto Twitter and published by Enerbrain/Kadokawa Shoten. It tells the tale of Kenji Fujikido, a lowly office worker whose family is murdered by a group of rogue ninja in the cyberpunk future of Neo Saitama, who then becomes possessed by the spirit Naraku to form Ninja Slayer, arbiter of ninja vengeance.  NINJA SLAYER FROM ANIMATION is the web series based on the novels produced by Studio Trigger and directed by Akira Amemiya, airing in 12 minute segments on Nicovideo and Funimation's website. It's also available via Hulu. It translates the goofy, incredibly cheesy insanity of the novels using a combination of animation styles for comedic and stylistic effect, namely the incredible cost-cutting style of Trigger's Inferno Cop and high-impact, colorful, and stylish fighting scenes. If you weren't a fan of Inferno Cop and don't want to sit through the comedy/animation style just for the action sequences, you might want to skip this. If you're a fan of Inferno Cop or are a Trigger fanperson in general, you're definitely in for a treat. I know that I personally had a giant smile on my face the whole way through the first episode. 
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Thanks to this show I thought about ninjas flipping out and uppercuting people for the first time in about 15 years.
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Apr 20, 2015 08:10
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The color choices are making me physically ill
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Apr 20, 2015 20:25
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I liked Inferno Cop, but I'm not really digging this.
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Apr 20, 2015 20:28
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I enjoyed the first episode. The effort put into building up a climax that dwindles into cheap explosions, the awful dialogue that makes fun of the foreign perspective of ninjas, and the music are what got to me, among other things. It was a lot of fun.
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Apr 20, 2015 21:34
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The neon and puke-inducing colour pallete are amazing.
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Apr 20, 2015 21:57
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in the neon city of tokyo everything is neon edit: live action adaptation coming soon to a theater near you 
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Apr 20, 2015 22:28
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I was a big fan of Inferno Cop and I love this. Every time I rewatch it I find some new delightfully silly detail like the training wheels on Myrmidon's bike. Gonna follow that one closely.
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Apr 20, 2015 23:24
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So is it like a dude who slays ninjas? Or a ninja who slays, in general?
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Apr 20, 2015 23:42
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The whole joke is that it's japanese culture translated into american culture translated back into japanese culture, and now unto american culture. And it's great.
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Apr 21, 2015 00:31
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Spidder posted:So is it like a dude who slays ninjas? Or a ninja who slays, in general? Yes.
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Apr 21, 2015 03:30
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I enjoyed episode 1 a lot
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Apr 21, 2015 03:36
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Spidder posted:So is it like a dude who slays ninjas? Or a ninja who slays, in general? He is a ninja who slays other ninjas.
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Apr 21, 2015 04:33
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Boris did the ED song and apparently it's going to be a new song every week from different Japanese metal bands, which is the coolest part about the show probably
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Apr 21, 2015 04:34
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Holding out for a weird as poo poo Dir En Grey track.
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Apr 21, 2015 04:38
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YIKES Stay Gooned posted:He is a ninja who slays other ninjas. Calling it now: the morose Gainax ending is NS realizing that the evil is inside of him as well and committing seppuku.
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Apr 21, 2015 05:47
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The middle part of the episode where nothing funny happens I kinda spaced out during, but the beginning and ending were great. The world needs more Inferno Cop.
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Apr 21, 2015 06:15
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Silentman0 posted:Calling it now: the morose Gainax ending is NS realizing that the evil is inside of him as well and committing seppuku. Actually he already tried to kill himself in the first episode, remember? He immediately attacked his reflection upon realising he was a ninja.
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Apr 21, 2015 08:32
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I'm sorry but no. You don't give us a brilliant PV only to do this sort of stupid bullshit. I honestly thought better of Trigger. ConanThe3rd fucked around with this message at 08:35 on Apr 21, 2015 |
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Apr 21, 2015 08:32
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ConanThe3rd posted:I'm sorry but no. You don't give us a brilliant PV only to do this sort of stupid bullshit. Is your problem that they made it Inferno Cop and Inferno Cop isn't good enough for you, or is this sort of stupid bullshit something else
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Apr 21, 2015 09:25
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ConanThe3rd posted:I'm sorry but no. You don't give us a brilliant PV only to do this sort of stupid bullshit. people like you make ninja slayer even better muh serious animes
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Apr 21, 2015 11:00
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Wait that initial preview had hella garish colors and was in 4:3. That seems like it's not too far off from what they were shooting for.
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Apr 21, 2015 11:15
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RottenK posted:people like you make ninja slayer even better
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Apr 21, 2015 12:10
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Srice posted:Wait that initial preview had hella garish colors and was in 4:3. It also had animation, which this does not for the most part. I was also really disappointed by it because I thought it was gonna some sick grungy OVA throwback but instead it's more inferno cop. Which is fine I guess, I just wanted them to make an actual tv show again. At this point I'm just waiting for LWA2
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Apr 21, 2015 13:11
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To be fair, LWA1 was paid for by taxpayers and 2 is paid for by fans, and Ninja Slayer has a noticeably higher budget than Inferno Cop, which is to say it has a budget. This is pretty obviously a semi-for fun, "make money out of nothing" stop gap while they work on their next real thing. I'd much rather prefer they make this than some licensed moe shlock to make the money for something real. Trigger is still an up and coming studio that needs to scrimp and save everywhere they can, so they might as well make it funny.
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Apr 21, 2015 16:26
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True, I'd rather they use their down time to make something they like instead of that terribly boring daily battles show.
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Apr 21, 2015 16:53
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YIKES Stay Gooned posted:I was also really disappointed by it because I thought it was gonna some sick grungy OVA throwback but instead it's more inferno cop. My gut tells me that was originally the intention but something happened late into production so they had to pull something together with the animation they did have and put the rest together Inferno Cop style. Take this part: When I first saw this gif I thought that there was going to be some kind of audio cue when the style changed to spice up the joke, but there was nothing, the music stayed the same and the sound effects didn't become more exaggerated or anything. This is again a total guess, but I think they had the music and effects completed and timed as if it was going to be fully animated, but when it became clear that the animation style they were planing on wasn't going to be completed they resorted to the silliness that makes up most of the show. There's a lot that they're not doing that could sell the switch in styles, sort of the same way Inferno Cop turned it's limited style into an asset, but they aren't. I kind of like how weird it is, but I really doubt that if they decided to mix styles like this from the start that we'd have the same kind of show.
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Apr 21, 2015 17:22
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I'm obviously the audience for this because that gif. of 'actual animation' -> 'cardboard cut-outs' get funnier every time it loops.
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Apr 21, 2015 17:27
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Silentman0 posted:This is pretty obviously a semi-for fun, "make money out of nothing" and honestly that one light novel adaptation wasn't the worst poo poo ever or anything.
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Apr 21, 2015 17:34
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I thought it was okay, that rant was definitely the highlight though.
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Apr 21, 2015 17:38
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Endorph posted:im questioning the effectiveness of this plan It probably wouldn't work a third time, since they're probably going to need LWA2 to pick up the slack, unless they can make Kickstarter a viable business model (they can't).
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Apr 21, 2015 18:12
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Silentman0 posted:It probably wouldn't work a third time, since they're probably going to need LWA2 to pick up the slack, unless they can make Kickstarter a viable business model (they can't).
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Apr 21, 2015 18:13
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There's a very good chance that the most profitable thing Trigger has made so far is the light novel adaption and we have to come to terms with that fact.
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Apr 21, 2015 18:18
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How well did Kill la Kill do in Japan? It seems to be decently popular stateside, but I haven't seen any numbers.
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Apr 21, 2015 18:23
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KLK 11,705 BD average Inou 1289
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Apr 21, 2015 18:25
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The Devil Tesla posted:There's a very good chance that the most profitable thing Trigger has made so far is the light novel adaption and we have to come to terms with that fact. Kill la Kill definitely did well. It sold blu Rays, they got Netflix money and got it on Cartoon Network, so they have way more market exposure. I bet kill la kill actually did extremely well considering the budget it probably had.
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Apr 21, 2015 18:26
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I was assuming that they got paid before hand and that the show was overall cheaper, I don't really know of course.
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Apr 21, 2015 18:29
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The Devil Tesla posted:My gut tells me that was originally the intention but something happened late into production so they had to pull something together with the animation they did have and put the rest together Inferno Cop style.
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Apr 21, 2015 18:37
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Maybe? Like if scheduling changed a bunch of people in the studio got shifted to a different project last minute and the scope of it changed? Would make sense considering it was originally scheduled to be an actual show airing on tv before it was unceremoniously dumped on Nico as an ONA
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That sounds like what might have happened then, if it was scheduled different to what was planned.
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