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The Virtua Fighter anime logo. Adjust your expectations downward from here.
is back this week, and we’re talking about the Virtua Fighter anime. Yes, we can’t get enough of cartoons based on fighting games. We really only watched this for one scene, but we discovered several more that made us laugh just as hard.
After four episodes, we had enough, so we decided to sit down and talk about the show. Our opinions were mixed. Some of us were genuinely entertained, but somehow this is a series unfitting of Virtua Fighter.
Our review is a bit short, so after the break, we come back with our review of Saint Warrior Girl Valkyrie, a Japanese live action rip-off of Kittyhawk’s own Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki! It’s a show so terrible that it bankrupted the company that made it.
Please, please don’t watch it, but you can listen to us groan about how terrible it was. We’ll forgo any screen shots, because we’re just not that cruel.
Topics:
Zoning out
How old is Pai?
Smile Steak
“Herroooo! Deribery guy!”
Run away!
A boy hanging from a tree
A classic cartoon trap
The normally jovial Akira gets serious if he puts his bandanna on.
Otherwise, you can expect something more like this.
Smile Steak!
Helloooo…. Helloooooo… HELLOOOOOO!!!!!
A Team Rocket classic
Not mentioned in today’s episode, Virtua Fighter Animation for Game Gear is actually based on this series.
Some music from the video games…
Bonus Topic:
This is the most disturbing thing I’ve ever watched.
