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 What is this? Ushio & Tora is a new anime from studio MAPPA based on a shounen manga of the same name by Kazuhiro Fujita. Ushio is a 14 year old middle school student that lives with his priest father in a run down temple. One day while cleaning out the storage shed at the temple, Ushio discovers a hidden door leading to a basement which contains Tora, a yokai that looks very much like a tiger, and the beast spear which is impaling him. Opening the door unfortunately unleashes Tora's youki (demon energy or whatever), which attracts other yokai which start to threaten the lives of his friends.  In order to save his friends, Ushio frees Tora from the beast spear, changing his life dramatically... Opening/Ending https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt8W_FA3QBE  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2YALKm2WcQ Characters Ushio Aotsuki   A 14 year old middle schooler who is good at sports and loves drawing, though he's terrible at the latter. He's a single child who's never met his mother, very headstrong, and wields the beast spear to protect himself and his friends. Tora  An ancient daiyoukai who's been sealed with the beast spear for over 500 years. Used to spend his days devouring innocents and making earth a living hell for all of humanity. Nowadays he spends his time looking for a chance to eat Ushio. Most people cannot see him.  Asako Nakamura  A hotheaded and tomboyish childhood friend of Ushio and Mayuko. Her family owns a ramen shop, and her father is a pretty swell guy. She has an extreme crush on Ushio but refuses to admit it. Mayuko Inoue  Ushio and Asako's best friend, she is the most calm and relaxed of the three. Also harbors feelings for Ushio, but nowhere near as strongly as Asako. Shigure Aotsuki  Ushio's father and a priest of the Kouhamei sect of Buddhism. Where can I watch this? Crunchyroll is streaming this series for US audiences. What can I expect from this? Comedy, Action, lots of death and tons of grotesque yokai. This series is very 90s, so if you liked series like YuYu Hakusho or Hunter x Hunter you may well like this too.
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Jul 7, 2015 17:10
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Who's the best cat? It's you Tora!! It's you!!
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Jul 7, 2015 17:14
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It's surreal seeing this series in 2015. I thought seeing Parasyte again was weird enough, but here we are. Gonna be watching this.
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Jul 7, 2015 18:06
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Tora owns, especially when he demonstrates how different he is from a living organism.
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Jul 8, 2015 00:18
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calvin & hobbes anime adaptation lookin good
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Jul 8, 2015 00:34
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I am looking forward to weekly episodes of Ushio and Tora as well as Dragon Ball. It is 1993, gently caress what the calendars say. vibratingsheep fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Jul 8, 2015 |
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Jul 8, 2015 02:10
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1993 was a good year because japan was still on track to take over the world
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Jul 8, 2015 02:16
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icantfindaname posted:1993 was a good year because japan was still on track to take over the world And in the cool cyberpunk way, not the Bataan Death March way. Show has some cool details, like I said in the season thread. I like how Ushio is actually the lead rear end-kicker, with Tora as his press-ganged sidekick (it's generally a good idea for the protagonist to have stuff to do), and how the masquerade works (basically, you get used to seeing youkai with consistent exposure, and Ushio just had a big head-start).
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Jul 8, 2015 03:23
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I remember seeing episodes of this as a kid waaay back when I found some local access channel that aired subbed anime late at night. I read the manga recently so this gonna be great to get back into!
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Jul 8, 2015 03:58
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Episode 2 aired today. It was pretty good and stayed mostly true to the manga. There was some points where it had really obvious animation saving going on, but otherwise it was a good episode.
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Jul 10, 2015 16:55
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I was curious, but is it ok to post links to manga chapters the tv series skips? I was thinking I'd post skipped chapters in between episodes (there are none yet but it's certain to happen soon).
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Jul 10, 2015 16:58
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It's cool to link stuff that hasn't been licensed, and since there isn't a legal way to read it go ahead and post.
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Jul 10, 2015 17:01
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I liked the first half of the show for the silly comedy bits, which it does really well, but the action stuff at the end left a bitter taste. I think my main issue is that the villain this episode had a super generic "evil rear end in a top hat monster" personality that annoyed the hell out of me, and Ushio and Tora's banter was pretty predictable during the fight stuff. I'll try one more episode, but I don't know.
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Jul 10, 2015 18:40
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Ushio is such a weird dude that no one bats an eye when he brings a spear to school and starts waving it around.
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Jul 11, 2015 02:19
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i wonder if ushio will be in trouble when his dad gets back
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Jul 11, 2015 02:22
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The Devil Tesla posted:Ushio is such a weird dude that no one bats an eye when he brings a spear to school and starts waving it around. Spear? Nah, it is just a spear-shaped object wrapped in cloth.
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Jul 11, 2015 02:44
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Serious Frolicking posted:Spear? Nah, it is just a spear-shaped object wrapped in cloth. I love this show so much.
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Jul 11, 2015 02:51
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Paper Triangle posted:i wonder if ushio will be in trouble when his dad gets back Yes and no...
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Jul 11, 2015 03:38
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Ushio ate his Chinese bun so you better believe there will be hell to pay
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Jul 11, 2015 04:35
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vibratingsheep posted:I am looking forward to weekly episodes of Ushio and Tora as well as Dragon Ball. It's not just those two, Ranma's back in spirit, there's a Sailor Moon episode popping out every once in a while (even if it's really weird looking), there was just two years of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure... Good anime is back.
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Jul 11, 2015 05:58
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There's a new Ranma ½?
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Jul 11, 2015 07:55
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rin-ne
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Jul 11, 2015 08:03
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I read this manga some a while back and remember wondering why Tora couldn't just kill Ushio in his sleep.
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Jul 11, 2015 09:10
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Ytlaya posted:I read this manga some a while back and remember wondering why Tora couldn't just kill Ushio in his sleep. Because Tora always has to make a speech about it first, and he is very loud.
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Jul 11, 2015 09:27
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Ytlaya posted:I read this manga some a while back and remember wondering why Tora couldn't just kill Ushio in his sleep. it's explained in the manga ushio sleeps with the spear and it sounds whenever tora even thinks about eating him
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Jul 11, 2015 13:29
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Ytlaya posted:I read this manga some a while back and remember wondering why Tora couldn't just kill Ushio in his sleep. Because Tora, as has been abundantly demonstrated so far, is dumb as a brick. On the plus side, he's a diligent history student. 
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Jul 11, 2015 14:29
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Tora's a huge dork and I love him for it 
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Jul 11, 2015 14:45
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Ytlaya posted:I read this manga some a while back and remember wondering why Tora couldn't just kill Ushio in his sleep. I don't remember all the details of the manga anymore, but the OVA does have a scene where Tora tries to kill Ushio in his sleep, and gets slapped around by the Spear for his trouble.
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Jul 11, 2015 19:11
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This is fun so far. The spear is demonstrably the coolest melee weapon so I'm glad it's getting some love.
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Jul 11, 2015 21:01
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Ushio is all right, but it isn't fair to compare him to Balsa due to how unbelievably rad she is.
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Jul 12, 2015 02:49
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Balsa is the best. Ushio is rad as heck tho
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Jul 12, 2015 02:54
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Shinjobi posted:Balsa is the best. Balsa is completely rad--when something actually happens. But Ushio wins because his story isn't glacially boring.
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Jul 12, 2015 06:30
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Imma let that slide cause this is an Ushio & Tora thread, but watch your back on the net bro. I'm e-serious as gently caress.
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Jul 12, 2015 07:02
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I'll hold him down while you hit him.
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Jul 12, 2015 07:19
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Man, Moribito was a pretty great show but I can totally understand someone being bored by it, especially if they watched it week to week on Adult Swim instead of binging it on DVD/Netflix/etc. If you don't like THIS show on the other hand you are literally a double hitler
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Jul 12, 2015 07:39
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The OP for this rules. It's by Kinniku Shoujo Tai who have been around a long-rear end time and are good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRP4cx74OpE The vocalist Kenji Ohtsuki has also done a load of stuff, you might recognise him from the incredible ED to Welcome to the NHK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rCrEsvdxKs
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Jul 12, 2015 14:36
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I'm really glad this is getting remade. It's such a simple, typical-for-its-type story (at least from what I remember of the OVA) but it does it with enough personality that it doesn't matter. also Flavahbeast posted:calvin & hobbes anime adaptation lookin good
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Jul 12, 2015 14:43
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I'm really glad they went with the 90s style instead of updating the art like Parasyte.
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ViggyNash posted:I liked the first half of the show for the silly comedy bits, which it does really well, but the action stuff at the end left a bitter taste. I think my main issue is that the villain this episode had a super generic "evil rear end in a top hat monster" personality that annoyed the hell out of me, and Ushio and Tora's banter was pretty predictable during the fight stuff. I'll try one more episode, but I don't know. It is literally a generic evil rear end in a top hat monster that eats humans viciously in a 90's shounen anime adapt
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