Battle Fighters Garou Densetsu

Jeff Bogard was a master of the Hakkyokuseiken martial arts school and the guardian of its secret techniques. Coveting this knowledge, Geese Howard, the most powerful man in South Town, challenged and murdered him in front of his adoptive sons Terry and Andy Bogard. Under the guidance of their mentor Tung Fe Rue, the brothers dedicate their lives to training in the ultimate art to avenge their father.

10 years later, Geese promotes a martial arts tournament known as the King of Fighters. Terry and Andy join their friend Muay Thai champion Joe Higashi and enter the competition in order to finally face Geese in combat.

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Bogard, Terry Main

Kashiwakura, Tsutomu Japanese

Howard, Geese Main

Shibata, Hidekatsu Japanese

Bogard, Andy Main

Nanba, Keiichi Japanese

Higashi, Joe Main

Gray-stanford, Jason Japanese

McGuire, Lily Main

Inoue, Kikuko Japanese

Kane, Billy Supporting

Nakamura, Daiki Japanese

Max, Michael Supporting

Duck King Supporting

Raiden Supporting

Egawa, Hisao Japanese

Bogard, Jeff Supporting

Ishizuka, Unshou Japanese

Yamazaki, Tatsuji Producer

Fukutomi, Hiroshi Director

Furuhashi, Kazuhiro Episode Director, Storyboard

Kuzuya, Naoyuki Episode Director, Storyboard

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Aug 25, 2024

bibaxo

Recommended

This anime is such a fun throwback to the '90s! If you’re into anything vintage or love that classic anime style, this OVA is going to be right up your alley. The animation is adorably retro, and the character designs are iconic, especially if you know the SNK games.

What’s really cool about this OVA is how it blends exciting, action-packed fights with a story that has some real heart. The battles are super intense, but what’s even better is how much you end up caring about the characters. There’s more to it than just fighting; there’s a story that makes everything more meaningful.

The pacing can ... feel a little rushed, and if you’re not already familiar with the Fatal Fury games, you might miss a few things. But don’t worry, even if you’re new to the series, the story is still easy to follow and totally enjoyable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 16, 2014

Chunking

Mixed Feelings

Alright, So I found this movie out of a book of 500 essential Animes and I don't think it's really essential to anyone. As to not give any spoilers here's what I'll say: The entire story was done in forty minutes, obviously not a whole lot of time to much with. As it would be expected the story was rushed, the characters surface, and much of the battling was short and to the point.

However, I found this Anime to be fantastically enjoyable not as an action film, but as a comedy. Much of the fighting was over the top, the deaths were extremely ... ridiculous, and the characters were all around fun extremes.

Not an amazing life changing story, but a nice fun film to kill time with at three in the morning.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jul 5, 2015

Luquillo

Not Recommended

Geese Howard is a wealthy martial artist and crime boss who operates in South Town. He plans a successful ambush to eliminate his martial arts rival Jeff Bogard. Jeffs two sons named Terry and Andy witness the murder along with their master Tung Fu Rue. On Tungs request, the two brothers leave South Town to learn and master their own style of martial arts, because they are no match for Geese due to their ages.

Ten years later, the brothers return to South Town and they reunite with Tung as promised. He informs them that he will teach only one of them a secret technique ... that can defeat Geese. The two brothers plan to battle each other in the King of Fighters Tournament which is sponsored by Geese, with the purpose of learning the move to avenge their father.-summary

Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungy Wolf is based on the popular SNK video game Fatal Fury, which made its debut in November of 1991. The game featured three fighters as the main characters: The unorthodox martial artist Terry Bogard, his brother Andy Bogard whom uses Koppo-ken, and Muy Thai expert Joe Higashi. All three fighters with some of their opponents appear in the movie. The most notable opponents are the formidable martial artist Geese Howard, a staff fighter named Billy Kane, and the wrestler Raiden.

Fatal Fury caters too much to fans of the video game. Non fans will know what's going on story wise but may find it difficult to care for this particular movie; and if non fans are searching for martial arts action similar to Street Fighter: The Animated Movie, or good martial arts action in general, then they will definitely come away hating this movie. Fatal Fury is billed as a martial arts anime but you really don't get much, if any of it.

The weakness in the animation shows in many areas with the action being the most notable. The fights are very poorly choreographed with some bad exchanges. To include, they are incredibly short consisting of one to two hit victories, with only the use of their trademark special moves and some of these techniques come off looking incredibly silly. Terry Bogards "Rising Tackle" immediately comes to mind. Also, the final battle ends up being a very big disappointment, especially when considering how tough Geese is in the game.

Although the action scenes are short they can be kind of bloody; but if you've seen enough bloody and brutal anime, then you won't really be impressed by this at all. The artwork is fairly done with the characters resembling their video game counterparts. However, only Andy appears to be somewhat out of character with his hair being blue instead of blonde. The voice acting wasn't really an issue for me and I feel it was well acted during numerous key moments. The soundtrack is something I did enjoy which is made up of J-Pop that adds some type of life to the fight scenes, while also making the thin as needles plot easier to get through. This is a good example of a well used soundtrack.

Fatal Fury is also very cheesy too. The romance angle is every bit as unrealistic as it was unnecessary. Terry's love interest Lily was mainly used as a plot device for Terry to have more of a reason to hate Geese, as if brutally killing his father right in front of his eyes wasn't reason enough. I will admit that the characters are mildly developed though.

I also give some credit to the writing team. Unlike many video games that make it to film. Fatal Fury seems to be done by those whom have a bit of knowledge of the game. At the very least, there was an attempt to give the fans something.

The production team used what they had to work with. The effort was there, but the end result is what counts and I've always been disappointed with this one. Then again, video game to movies have a notorious reputation for being disappointing anyway. I recommend Fatal Fury only to fans of the game and the very easy to please.

Highs: Pretty faithful to video game, good soundtrack

Lows: Bad animation, too short, fights are very unimpressive, may not appeal to non fans

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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