Aug 23, 2022
This is only worth watching for the laughs, if you're very bored, or if you're very invested in Tekken already and just want to see it all.
Firstly, the animation is cheap and inconsistent. The show switches between 2D and 3D throughout, though focuses on 3D. However, putting the two side by side is very jarring as the 2D animation is actually very beautiful and well stylized, whereas the 3D is stiff and makes a lot of the characters look much uglier than intended. It had a few small moments of beauty in the fights still, but they were few and far between.
The voice
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acting throughout the show is also subpar. I'm unsure if it's bad directing, cheap pay, or poor organisation, but there are some decent names to this show who while normally wouldn't do so badly, were consistently stifled and emotionless throughout. This applies to both the English and Japanese dubs, as I switched between when I was questioning these issues. One particularly glaring issue was weird pauses in almost every sentence spoken. It was as if someone... wrote the script... like... this. Sometimes I thought it was for dramatic effect, but it would happen even during inane moments of the show.
Finally, the plot was extremely rushed because of the short run time and included strange character switches, and almost no time for any true emotion or drama to be felt. It was also not particularly friendly to anyone new to the lore of the series, as only a few characters are ever properly introduced and randomly picked pieces of lore are often thrown out with little to no context provided. (eg. The characters saying King wasn't actually King, then never saying or showing who he really was aside from an ominous allusion to his strength and vague description of who it likely was later on)
All-in-all, there were definitely some fun points and nice shots of animation, but they were so few and far between that the experience doesn't feel very worth it. If you think you can deal with the above or make some fun out of it by watching with friends, by all means give it a go, but otherwise don't lend it your time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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