Tekken: Bloodline

Thanks to their family's martial arts style, Jin Kazama and his mother, Jun, have had to overcome all sorts of challenges. But even with their strong bond, the two are no match for the terrifying demon that invades their home, harboring a bloodlust for Jun. Cornered by such a stubborn creature, Jun commands Jin to find his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima, before she disappears along with the demon in an explosion.

Jin arrives at his grandfather's abode, only to be treated like a stranger from a different bloodline. However, upon discovering that Ogre was the demon behind the Kazamas' tragedy, Heihachi takes Jin under his tutelage and begins to train the young man rigorously. With a flaming vengeance, Jin turns his blood, sweat, and tears into strength for his fists—all for the sake of Ogre's demise.

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Kazama, Jin Main

Chiba, Isshin Japanese

Mishima, Kazuya Supporting

Shinohara, Masanori Japanese

Ling, Xiaoyu Supporting

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Mishima, Heihachi Supporting

Kusunoki, Taiten Japanese

Kazama, Jun Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Williams, Nina Supporting

Touma, Yumi Japanese

Yoshimitsu Supporting

Williams, Anna Supporting

Phoenix, Paul Supporting

Ootsuka, Houchuu Japanese

King Supporting

Miyao, Yoshikazu Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Fujisawa, Takafumi Sound Director

Marques, Glauco ADR Director

Bandai-Namco Original Creator

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Aug 18, 2022

Lexi115

Recommended

I was expecting it to be as bad as the other Tekken movie adaptations, but was surprised. This lore manages to be close to the real storyline presented back in Tekken 3, adding more original scenes as an extra.

If you are a fan of the franchise, you'll most likely enjoy the animation during the various battles (the moves and special effects look like they were taken straight out of the actual games).

Although I disliked some artistic choices (e.g. triangle shadows, drawings/CGI used sometimes felt cheap), the episodes kept my attention and didn't feel drawn out just for the sake of it.

Hoping for another ... season where they'll expand on Kazuya and Jin's backstories starting from Tekken 4.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 19, 2022

SmokyKun

Mixed Feelings

If you are Tekken fan, its will be fun to watch seeing some of the characters, their moves and the story animated.
For anyone else it will be hard time finding it interesting as the show is mediocre at best.

Its animated using mix of 3D/2D which is honestly quite good, just lacks some polish. Would have preffered 2D any day, but it feels like this was really low budget animation which can be also seen in music as it really didnt bring scenes live.

Only few characters were shown from the games and even fewer of them were actually animated which leaves bad taste in your mouth. ... Why sneak peak dont even show a single action scene?

The story is adaptatiom from games. If you have played games you already know their are not famous for their story so dont expect much.

Overall enjoyment was 7 for me as tekken fan, I dont think I could have watched it if I wasnt.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 1, 2022

RyanAwol77

Not Recommended

Another video game anime adaptation bites the dust.
The curse of bad adaptation of video games continue.

The usage of 3D or 2.5D animation is improving over time, compared to what was seen in the Berserk remake days. However, referring to the foundations of animations it has a long way to go before it can be considered good.

Voice acting is below average. Everyone speaks in a slower than average cadence for some reason. Not sure if other language dubs have similar experiences. But man the dialogue and monologue just feels so stiff and slow.

Story. Took a huge nosedive. After the 1st episode. We dedicated one entire episode ... on training montages on top of training montages of one character. Who we just got introduced to one episode ago. I had no time to get to know him as a person or as a character, long enough for me to be invested in any of his development. We do get bits and pieces of glimpses of his life outside of training and they look far more interesting. Pacing definitely feels weird, on one scene MC would be brooding over the past, then the next scene exposition on characters unrelated for example.

At the end of the day, it is impossible to properly adapt a fighting video game story. Why? There's so much characters, and the game has such a long franchise history. What story gets adapted, what gets cut? Do the characters get an ending of their arc? Unfortunately, Studio Hibari and Larx Entertainment failed at doing any of this good enough.

I personally don't recommend this show to anyone. Even the hardcore Tekken gamers. When a harem ecchi show have more substance than a fighting show with tons of material to adapt, that's when you know somethings wrong.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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