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Post by zombi1978 on Jun 5, 2010 20:47:44 GMT
It is quite interesting to see how many characters of anime shows or manga books were based on famous celebrities, which is not a common thing today anymore. But as you can see this kind of trend was very popular during the 1980s. If you know any other characters who actually have role models, then of course feel free to add them here.   Billy Idol - M.D. Geist (M.D. Geist I: Most Dangerous Soldier)   Sylvester Stallone - Kenshiro (Hokuto no Ken 2)   Jean-Paul Belmondo - Cobra (Cobra)   Clint Eastwood - Shane Gooseman (The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers) And for the special episode "Galaxy Stranger" - which is not only relying on the story of "Pale Rider" (1985) as you can see ...   |
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Post by Vendaval Este on Jun 5, 2010 21:35:26 GMT
Kenshiro's a good mix of things, the heavyset body of Stallone with the agility and posture of Bruce Lee.
Christ, Geist does look remarkably like Billy Idol in that picture, but when was that picture taken?
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Post by zombi1978 on Jun 5, 2010 21:42:54 GMT
Before June 1982.  It´s Billy Idol´s very good debut album by the way. |
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Post by Vendaval Este on Jun 7, 2010 9:29:27 GMT
That was someone in Battle Arena Toshinden 3 who is basically Michael in his Smooth Criminal get-up.
Probably are characters in shows though that resemble him.
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Post by shinobi on Jun 9, 2010 9:36:55 GMT
And I thought it was Subaru from Tokyo Babylon.
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Post by hellmasker on Jun 22, 2010 3:52:17 GMT
Kenshiro's a good mix of things, the heavyset body of Stallone with the agility and posture of Bruce Lee. Don't forget the fashion sense and "lone wanderer of the post-apocalyptic desert wasteland" character archetype of Mad Max. And the squaky high pitched Kiai shouts also come from Bruce Lee. I always saw him as mostly Mad Max mixed with Bruce Lee myself. His low, menacing, straight to the point manner of speech (coupled with those glasses pictured above) do definitely call to mind Stallone's Cobra character though. |
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Post by zombi1978 on Jun 22, 2010 14:25:08 GMT
Yeah, the Bruce Lee-Mad Max mix only takes place in the first series, but then in the second series the animators based Ken on Stallone. Probably because Rambo 2 and Cobra were both some huge success in Japan.
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Post by Vendaval Este on Jun 22, 2010 14:32:43 GMT
I like that little transition, they were riding on the contemporay waves of manliness.
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Post by shinobi on Jun 22, 2010 16:49:18 GMT
Just searched Billy Idol on youtube, listened to his song Rebel Yell and it's fantastic! Anyway I remember the anime series called Yakitate Japan, a minor character named Kid resembles Brad Pitt here's the comparison: Brad Pitt-  Kid from Yakitate Japan-    Yep every scene of him, it uses the same face and expression, even in different angles! |
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Post by zombi1978 on Jun 23, 2010 14:10:42 GMT
Yep every scene of him, it uses the same face and expression, even in different angles! That´s annoying!  |
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Post by Vendaval Este on Jun 23, 2010 14:43:53 GMT
I think that's part of the point.
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Post by Vendaval Este on Jun 30, 2010 13:06:02 GMT
 I'll let you take a guess as to who it is. |
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Post by zombi1978 on Jun 30, 2010 15:55:48 GMT
Tehehe, he also had a cameo in Simpsons. But it´s from "Heroman", right? |
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Post by Vendaval Este on Jun 30, 2010 17:37:56 GMT
Yes, consistently too, he's even got himself into the opening now.
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Post by zombi1978 on Jun 30, 2010 18:41:39 GMT
Yesh, for about 0,5 seconds. : )
I wonder if there will be resembling characters to this person in the upcoming Iron Man and Wolverine anime series.
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It´s Billy Idol´s very good debut album by the way.
