Garōden (1995)

Original title

餓狼伝

Directed by

Masato Sasaki

Genre

action

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 35m

How it feels

A story about martial artists competing in a no-holds-barred fighting tournament. It follows the fighters as they face each other in dangerous matches.

tensebrutalfast-pacedgrittyseriousfocusedintense

What happens

Garōden (Japanese: 餓狼伝; lit. 'Legend of the Hungry Wolves') is a Japanese martial arts novel series written by Baku Yumemakura. The series' first part consists of 13 novels, released from July 1985 to March 2003. The second part, Shin Garōden, started in December 2006, with five volumes released by October 2020. A manga series adaptation by Jirō Taniguchi was published from 1989 to 1990. A second manga series adaptation by Keisuke Itagaki was published from 1996 to 2010, before entering on indefinite hiatus. A prequel manga series by Itagaki, titled Garōden Boy, was published in 2004. A manga adaptation of Shin Garōden, by Masami Nobe, was published from 2013 to 2014. A feature film was released in January 1995. Two video games based on Itagaki's manga adaptation were released for the PlayStation 2; Garōden Breakblow in 2005, and Garōden Breakblow Fist or Twist in 2007. An original net animation (ONA) adaptation, titled Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf, premiered worldwide on Netflix in May 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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