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Baki

Also known as BAKI.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

The protagonist, Baki Hanma, trains with an intense focus to become strong enough to surpass his father, Yujiro Hanma, the strongest fighter in the world. Five of the world's most violent and brutal death row inmates are gathering to face Baki. Their objective is to taste defeat -- their unmatched strength and skill have led them to grow bored of life itself, and they now seek out Baki in the hopes that he can overwhelm and utterly crush them. In this crisis, other underground martial art warriors gather to fight by Baki's side: Kaoru Hanayama, Gouki Shibukawa, Retsu Kaioh, and Doppo Orochi. An epic showdown between violent death row inmates and Baki and his friends begins!



Tags: Martial Arts , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Delinquents , Gore , Revenge , Crime , Judo , CGI , Surreal Comedy , Prison , Boxing , Nudity , Foreign , Guns , Crossdressing , Super Power , Circus

Grappler Baki: Saidai Tournament-hen

Also known as Grappler Baki Maximum Tournament.

Studio: Group TAC , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Baki, a great grappler needs to live up to his name being the son of the the greatest grapplers of all time: Hanma Yujiro. At the Shinshinkai Organization's private arena, anything goes and the odds are always stacked against you. Current champion of the urderground tournament he fight to defend his title against the worlds strongest and best martial artists, including "the beast" his own father Yujiro.



Tags: Martial Arts , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Crime , Wrestling , Primarily Male Cast , Drugs , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Suicide , Guns , Military , Heterosexual , Found Family , Athletics

Grappler Baki (TV)

Also known as Baki the Grappler.

Studio: Group TAC , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Baki Hanma is a young fighter who yearns to follow in the footsteps of his father, Yujiro, and become the strongest fighter in the world. Through that he trains tirelessly and fights constantly to hone his skills and develop his body to achieve these goals. Many intense battles lay ahead of Baki as he goes about his quest to be the best and ultimately take the title of "King" from his father.

Tags: Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Cultivation , Shounen , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip , Foreign , Dissociative Identities

Tiger Mask

Also known as Tiger Mask.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tiger Mask (whose real name was Naoto Date) was a feared heel wrestler in America who was extremely vicious in the ring. However, he became a face after returning to Japan when a young boy said that he wanted to be a villain like Tiger Mask when he grew up. The boy resided in an orphanage, the same one that Tiger Mask grew up in during his childhood. Feeling that he did not want the boy to idolize a villain, Tiger was inspired to be a heroic wrestler.

The main antagonist in the manga and anime was Tiger's Cave, a mysterious organization that trained young people to be villainous heel wrestlers on the condition that they gave half of their earnings to the organization. Tiger Mask was once a member of Tiger's Cave under the name "Yellow Devil", but no longer wanted anything to do with them, instead donating his money to the orphanage. This infuriated the leader of the organization and he sent numerous assassins, including other professional wrestlers, to punish him.



Tags: Wrestling , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Foreign , Revenge , Criminal Organization

Kengan Ashura

Also known as KENGAN ASHURA Part I.

Studio: Larx Entertainment , Netflix , NAS , Pony Canyon , Shogakukan , Mainichi Broadcasting System , MAGNET , KLab
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Since the Edo periods of Japan, gladiator arenas exist in certain areas. In these arenas, wealthy business owners and merchants hire gladiators to fight in unarmed combat where winner takes all. Toki Taouma, nicknamed "Ashura", joins these arenas and devastates his opponents. His spectacular ability to crush his enemies catches the attention of the big business owners, including the Nogi Group chairman, Nogi Hideki.



Tags: Martial Arts , Full CGI , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Super Power , Revenge