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>>14317920
Of all the ways to start a Tekkaman thread and you gotta start with that scene
>>14317920
>>14318434ENERGY OF LAAAV
>>14317920
LANCEEEEEEEEEEEER
Tekkaman Blade is proof that dark edgy reboots are a great idea
>>14318601
It really only worked because it was genuinely depressing with how relentlessly it beat the shit out of D-Boy.
>>14318601
I don't know, I hated Blade for the most part. The real Tekkaman series was entertaining for what it was with a nice theme tune and really creative and well-animated battles.
Blade was just garbage, and I'm fairly certain it's only mentioned on here because of nostalgia
Reminder that Blade and Dagger were in a Command and Conquer Red Alert 2 mod once upon a time, and they were OP as fuck.
>>14318626
I dunno if it's nostalgia. I watched it for the first time last year and loved it. I'm a sucker for the biological hazard stuff that the radam have going on. D Boy vs Evvil is a great rivalry.
>>14318601
It only worked because all the original Tekkaman has is crabsticks, so we have no idea what its story actually is
>>14319342
The first half was properly subbed years ago, keep up.
And if you can't figure out what's happening in the episodes with crabsticks just using the contextual knowledge from the ones with proper subs, then you're an idiot
>>14317920
SETAAAAA
>>14318626
Watched it a couple of months ago and loved it. The story is OK, not everything is about it. It's the sum of all its parts that makes is pretty good.
>>14318434
That was for us American viewers the final episode of Teknoman (aside from the clip show). Most of us never saw the rest until the rise of high speed internet.
>>14321613
>TFW got crabsticks DVDs of Tekkaman Blade almost 15 years ago just to watch the rest of the series.
It was and is still good. It's My favorite anime of all time.
>>14321613
Doesn't airing that episode last imply that the earth loses?
That's real dark.
>>14321647
>It's My favorite anime of all time.
Mine too
>>14321671
It's not like Earth had it a lot better if we go with Blade II antics
>>14321671
Up in the air since she does blow up Saber really good with the other three and the space knights do promise to continue resisting in the clip show.
BLU RAY SUBS WHEN?!
>>14321678
The only thing I know about Blade II is he gets his mind back in the intervening years. Does everything get dark and fucked again anyways?
>>14322025
Are even the raws uploaded?
>>14322286
I have no idea. I live in a weird mix of angst over the amount of shows now missing BD subs, and reveling in the glory of our BD remastered age.
>>14322290
Well for one, the BD is almost 400 bucks
>>14322051
>Does everything get dark and fucked again anyways?
No the tone is a lot lighter except for Mr. CRAWLINGINMYSKIN
It lacks a good bit of tension from the first.
>>14322051
Blade II is worth a watch even if you know is not going to be as good as the 1st season. It has its moments and some moderately cool ideas but at the end of the day the worst thing from it is that it goes fucking nowhere.
>>14318651
Same here. Blade was my first Tekkaman exposure in...college, I think, and I absolutely loved it. There's a ton of QUALITY, but when the animation is good, it's really good. And the characters themselves make it for me. I thought D-Boy and Aki's relationship was cute, and the tragedy parts really got to me.as I always mention in a Tekkaman thread, the episode near the end where D-Boy goes back to his house makes me tear up almost every time ;_;
>>14322870
>that one episode with the robot ladywho was still waiting for her master
I wasn't expecting the show to go all robot carnival on me like that
tekkaman blade...
this is one of those animes i wouldn't be afraid to tell friends or family that i watched because at least its not cringey
>>14322636
Blade II is worth it for Tekkaman Aki alone.
Yumi is annoying as fuck and fairly generic female protag.
Natasha is pretty useless.
David's brolust with Dead End is pretty cool.
The alien Tekkamen are neat and it's cool to see more of Radam technology beyond just the buggers the Radam spam in the original series.
It's crap compared to TB, but it's better than nothing.
>>14322964
A little spoilery, but I can never not laugh when I see this.
>>14322870
>There's a ton of QUALITY, but when the animation is good, it's really good.
It's an anomaly in the anime industry because it's one of the only shows where the animation gets consistently better as the series goes on. The standard is the opposite, to start strong.
>>14322964
Did D-Boy manage to tap dat?
>>14323024
Uh...you can say that
>>14323024
More like she tapped dat.
>>14323024
now I want a doujin where D-boyshouts VOLTEKKA with one last thrust that flings Aki off the bed
>>14318601
Let's be honest, Tekkaman Blade works mainly because the design is so cool.
>>14317920
Dammnit /m/ you're making me want to rewatch Blade.
Watched it like 4/5 years ago (one of my first /m/ anime!) and I thought the story was outstanding and great characters. And Blade looks so fucking god damn awesome.
What was that one episode that was mostly flashback to D-Boy with his family? Damn, that shit hurt.
So I see a weaby flip at my work who wears anime shirts (I think mostly /m/ related) and he goes by the name of slade. I assume he likes the dub teknoman. Should I spout /m/ memes at him to see if he's one of you guys?
>>14322051
I'd say that Blade II's problem is that it doesn't really explain anything outside of a few events.
I thought the Radam were eradicated? What happened to Milly and Rebin? They quit? How'd D-Boy get his mind back? Does Aki not have a Volt-Tekka or did she just not use it?
The idea of Primary Bodies from people who were placed inside of the Radam Plants, but not forced to go through the Tek-Set System was nice though.
I guess I wouldn't call it bad, just average. It's the sort of thing you'd expect from a series of OVAs following a large series
>>14324565
Tazer him and shout TEK SETTER
See if he gets it
>>14325601
Well, not every Tekkaman seemed to use Voltekka
I know Rapier didn't, and I can't recall Dagger or Lance ever using it either
>>14325620
>teksetter
*Fuck, meant voltekka.
>>14324565
Just ask if Kouji Kabuto will ever die.
>>14325647
Rapier's Voltekka was the thing she used to kamikaze the three Radam Tekkamen when she died. It was a big area blast rather than a projected stream because she was all defective. Lance used his point blank on Blaster Mode Blade and he shrugged it off with no effect. Dagger was the only one who didn't really use Voltekka.
>>14325689
>Rapier's Voltekka was the thing she used to kamikaze the three Radam Tekkamen when she died
That's what SRW would have us all think, but she didn't really call out Voltekka, her body didn't transform or anything to create the blast, it was just self-destruction. I don't think it was originally intended to be Voltekka (remember that Blade is also defective) and just got repurposed as such
>tfw space aliens won't give you a kick ass armor with an atomic bomb-level attack so you can rebel and fight against them
Life can't get any worse than this.
>>14327461
D-boy here. I'll gladly change places with you
>>14325689
>Dagger was the only one who didn't really use Voltekka.
Yeah but that's because he loses his powers real early.
So where's the optimal place to have your voltekka emitters? Head, shoulders, chest, gut, crotch, kneecaps, feet?
>>14327749
Ass
>>14327749
Somewhere that if you lose a voltekka vs toltekka clash, it'll be something you can lose and not instantly die from.
>>14317920
Aman
So do we even have Youtube's of the BD opening and any comparisons? Stuff like that?
>>14325647
Lance used one on Blaster Tekkaman Blade, and he completely no-sells it.
His is in the neck.
I don't think Dagger even has a Volt-Tekka
>>14330173
Lance really did kind of suck, didn't he. At least Dagger came close to beating Blade with thatCrystal trapbut Lance just straight-out jobbed.
>>14330198
Dagger even gets more screentime than Lance. That's pretty telling by itself.
>>14330173
>The Art of TB
Please tell me you have a link to download that.
I think I should finally give this a shot. I was freaking amazed by what I saw on UPN all those years ago, yet for some reason I've sort of let it sit rather than dive in.
Few questions:
1. Is Space Knight Tekkaman worth watching at all? I know it got cancelled halfway through, but is it any fun to watch? Will I see some nods in Tekkaman Blade that'll make me chuckle or smirk or whatever?
2. What order do the three OVA's go in? From Wiki, it seems clear Missing Link is Blad II episode 0, so that's easy. But what about Burning Clock and Twin Blood? Wiki alone isn't cluing me in on that.
3. Holy shit Blurays exist? Should I wait on watching this? Do we have the Op/Ed previews like we do for other bluray remasters?
>>14331341
Twin blood is a redux of Blade and Evil's first fight in the city, but with updated animation and more organic Tekkaman designs. Burning clock provides a bit of backstory for Evil, and takes place right after his final fight with Blade.
Holy shit I was randomly flipping through episodes and I forgot that Missing Link starts with Aki fucking a comatose D-Boy.
I thought D-Boyfaking amnesiawas a nice twist for the standard protagonist trope.
>>14318631
Blade ate infantry for breakfast, also I think you're referring to the Cybx mod maybe?
>>14331341
1st Tekkaman series is not mandatory to watch, do it if you really want to.
>Will I see some nods in Tekkaman Blade that'll make me chuckle or smirk or whatever?
It has a couple yes.
Watch the OVAs in any order you want, won't change a thing. Just be sure to watch them after Blade and before Blade II.
Also consider that between one of the OVAs that serves as an "introduction" of sorts to Blade II, and the actual Blade II there is a world of differences and stuff that is never really fully explained.
>>14331369
Yeah, but he wasn't pretending anymore at the end :v);_;
>>14330653
Unfortunately, no.
I saved this off of /m/ years ago
>>14323024
>He doesn't know
>>14330198
The Tekkaman that aren't really related to D-Boy are often 'the weakest'. What with Dagger not having a Volt-Tekka and Lance being there until it's time for fodder for Blaster Tekkaman Blade. Lance mucks around and let's everyone wast his time until Blade appears and ruins him. I don't think he would have beaten Blade normally, but he really didn't have a chance to begin with.
Blaster Tekkaman Blade literally sends Evil running home crying.
Dagger at least got the time, and the idea to set up a trap for Blade
One thing I never really understood is
1) Why the crystal in the first place? Is it to make sure that the host doesn't use up all their energy as a Tekkaman?
2) Omega said that Blade's body would break down because of for forcing the Blaster form on himself.
So is Blaster Tekkaman a natural evolution being a Tekkaman and they'd come on to it naturally, or just something that's completely unneeded, like giving yourself the ability to run and jump at superhuman peeds but without the body to actually take care of it.
>>14334072
My impression was that Blaster was an optional process that wasn't meant to be used by every Tekkaman, but rather might see use in places with extreme resistance. You're essentially trading the Tekkaman's longevity as a soldier for increased power, which is risky unless you have a large supply of them.
Of course, by the time of Blade II he'd apparently recovered from that, so who knows.
>>14323024
She fucked his comatose body a few times, then his paralyzed self a few times, then again after he recovered.
>>14331792
>Yeah, but he wasn't pretending anymore at the endThere's a difference between being amnesic and being a vegetable.
Starting with this because the original Tekkaman the Space Knight isn't subbed, and I have this to ask: Is Blade II at least subbed?
>>14336300
yes
>>14336300
Yeah. It had a dub, too.
>>14334171
In one of the OVAs (the one where Aki is fucking his comatose body) supposedly the returning Radam had revived him.
>>14335930
Don't you remember?After D gets Blaster Mode he starts losing his memories and at the end when he goes to the moon to fight Omega he has already forgotten everything except his anger for the Radam
>>14336335
>>14336484
Thanks
>>14317920
Amen
