While I harboured little hope that 'Sekken' would get anywhere close to the quality of the SF2 movie, I nevertheless found myself unprepared for the level of crappiness that assaulted me. For me, the gold standard for fighting game to anime adaptations has gotta be 'Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'. it ain't even a bootleg - it's the official 'Tekken' anime! But while it bears the official name, I'm just going to call it 'Sekken', because the thought that this anime is an approved adaptation makes me want to weep.Īs a huge Tekken fan, I went into this anime rather excited, despite reading review after review that ranked 'Sekken' amongst the worst anime ever made. or 'soap' if you use the wrong kanji).įunnily enough, an atrocity like that already exists! What's more,

Of course, it can't be called 'Tekken' (which literally translates to 'iron fist'), but probably something similar like 'Sekken' (meaning 'stone fist'. Most likely, it would look as cheap as chips, be starved of quality action, and have characters and story that exhibit an uncanny valley quality, where they're recognisably taken from the game, but something feels off. Imagine if some Chinese company wanted to cash in on the popularity of Tekken, and made a bootleg anime ripping it off.

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