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Dumb little taibani comics i made during my free time
Having fun posing these figures tehe
+ photo editing to make them less…figurelike
i couldn’t think of any pets in t&b but ryan is close enough to a dog
ok its been a hot decade since tiger and bunny season 1 but like, can season 2 give us the ryan and yuri dynamic pls:
ryan: “yea ill just flash my pearly whites like i do with all of the ladies and suggestively pour out a drink for this man i am actively complimenting behind closed doors”
honestly can you imagine yuri just sitting there, trying to control his heart rate as he thinks of the possibility—a very low possibility, given, well, ryan, but a possibility nonetheless—that this man, who looks like he overdosed on too many protein shakes, has somehow figured out yuri’s identity as lunatic, only to be faced with the (equally astute) observation that he has the biggest sweet tooth in sternbild
from the rising movie, we know that ryan might be brash and somewhat obnoxious, but he’s actually pretty observant and picks up on “people things” easily (e.g. noticing how well barnaby and kotetsu work together and how much of a tsundere barnaby actually is towards his relationship with kotetsu) - this begs the question of whether ryan, most likely during property damage hearings, noticed how often yuri is SCOOPING into that honey jar:
ryan has sniffed out one tsundere before and now he’s working his charm on a suspected “sugar fiend”—
your honour, you are guilty of letting this poor boy down XDD
anyways can yuri have a buddy arc with ryan these two polar opposites would have so many fun shenanigans together
Art imitates art or sum idk
The poetic cinema of Kotetsu’s powers timing going down and that actually saving his life.
I’m thinking about this again. How cour 2 is the narrative but a sequel, going into familiar beats and going ‘haha you know what happens, you watched season one you can probably predict how this is gonna go’ and then.
And then actually no, the thing that made Kotetsu ‘not enough’ as a hero, the thing everybody thought is going to be his downfall, him not having the hundered power for five minutes, is actually what saves his life?? (AND BUNNY’S???)
It’s really something something about failure not defining you but also sometimes, sometimes it’s good that your power doesn’t last as much as it used to. That thing you thought might be your downfall actually saving your and your partners life at the last minute.
he was a dog… she was an iguana… can i make it anymore obvious
local petguys cant stop crying. its such a beautiful moment. their babies are so grown…getting married soon
ryan (unstoppable force) trying to send thirst traps to keith (immovable object). and now keith wants to show this awesome shirt to everyone
in which i take the aa-tnb pipeline and shove it into the hadron collider
T&B Clothes and Style Analysis:
This all started when I was thinking of a way to try and get a better gauge on Ryan’s age, but then it started to kind of become it’s own thing. Basically, something I’ve noticed is how aspects of many (though not all) the character designs are indictive of the decade they grew up in.
Let’s start with the oldest of our heroes (I’m limiting it to heroes so this post won’t be any more massive than I’m sure it will already be).
Kotetsu and Antonio: We know that they are both 38 in S2, so that means they were born in 1942. So their childhood and teen years were the 1940s and 1950s, and you can see the influence of those time periods on their outfits.
Back in the 1940s and 1950s cowboy inspired fashion was very popular. My grandfather had a bit of this style too, and he was born sometime in the 1930s. Of course, Antonio’s outfit is also meant to reflect his NEXT persona as well, being Rock Bison and having, iirc, a meat sponsor.
Meanwhile, Kotetsu has that snazzy look about him. Clean cut, button up shirt, tie, sleek and ironed pants, button up vest - his look is, in a way, rather hip in comparison to Antonio’s look. I also feel is has more of an upscale, blue collar vibe to it than Antonio’s, which style originated with blue collar, “working on the farm,” and legit cowboy types. Of course, Kotetsu doesn’t hold himself in that way, though I do think that his outfit is what adds to the moe gap and charm of Kotetsu. He has this put together appearance to him, but his life is a mess and he can be very immature at times, lol.
(This post is SUPER long and image heavy, so the rest is under a Read More!)
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[UPDATED!] TIGER&BUNNY Fans, Want More Tiger&Bunny? [UPDATED!]
I made [a post] a while back with links to read the manga and watch the movies online. Unfortunately KissManga and KissAnime have gone down for good.
However! @thirdleagueheroes has been translating [TIGER&BUNNY THE COMIC], the Canon manga series, and has their translations posted for download! They currently have up to chapter 31 (out of 41 total) listed [HERE]!
There are also several comic anthologies. There is a full list [here].
There are two companion shorts called [“Side Bunny”] and [“Side Tiger”] in which all the other heroes visit the respective main character’s apartment. “Side Bunny” takes place sometime during the ten months between [episode 13] and [episode 14]. “Side Tiger” takes place one month after the epilogue. You can watch them on YouTube here: [Side Bunny] and here: [Side Tiger]. Unfortunately the OP has made both of the videos private.
EDIT 3/6/21: @coolboxofcandy has uploaded both Side Bunny and Side Tiger, as well as the Sound of TIGER&BUNNY short “Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth” and the audio dramas to GoogleDrive! You can find their post [HERE]!
There are two movies -
The first half of [Tiger&Bunny: The Beginning] is basically a recap of the first two episodes, but it also includes a lot of extra scenes that were cut from the aired episodes and an extra episode that takes place between episode 2 and episode 3. It’s definitely worth the watch. In fact I would recommend watching The Beginning then starting the series at episode 3.
[Tiger&Bunny: The Rising] takes place sometime 1 to 3 years after the anime ends about 2 years after the epilogue.
Unfortunately I don’t know where you can watch the movies for free online, but you can buy them on DVD [HERE] and [HERE], as well as the whole first series [HERE] and [HERE].
EDIT: Thanks to @tiptapricot for letting me know that [wcostream.com] has the English Dub of the series and both movies available in full and in good quality for free! An ad blocker would be recommended but not necessary. If you have Hulu, they also have the series in both sub and dub, but not either of the movies.
EDIT 3/6/21: TIGER&BUNNY is back on US NETFLIX as well as many European countries’ NETFLIX, however they have still removed the sponsors and have also removed after credit scenes.
All of the above ↑ are 100% Canon.
There is a third manga serialization, by Sakakibara Mizuki, that deviates from Canon. It sort of follows the first couple episodes, but goes full AU by episode 8. I don’t know of anywhere you can read it online, but it did get an official English translation through VIZ, and you can buy it [HERE].
You can find a list of artbooks and guidebooks [here].
You can find a list of Drama CDs [here].
You can find a list of Radio Shows [here].
You can find a list of music [here]. The [Best of Hero] character songs can all be found on YouTube.
EDIT 3/6/21: All TIGER&BUNNY music albums, including both soundtracks and character songs, are available to stream on multiple platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and YouTube Music. @tigerandbunnyftw made a post with links [HERE].
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Hey! I'm sorry if I'm annoying you with this ask, but recently I finished watching the T&B anime and I really want to read the manga, but I'm a bit lost and I don't know where to start, because I have heard that there are more than one version (I don't know if that is true), so I wanted to ask for advice. There are more than one version of the manga? if that's the case, where should I start? Do you know where can I read it? Thank you so much, I hope you have a nice day!
Hi anon! I promise you are not annoying me, you (or anyone!) can ask or send me anything any time! I love T&B so much so I love to help however I can❤💚 Firstly, the manga can all be read in any order you want! None of them are connected to one another in any way. When people say there are two manga, they are referring to the following two: Miracle Jump Serialization: The Miracle Jump version (often abbreviated simply MJ) is written by Erika Yoshida and illustrated by Hiroshi Ueda. This manga takes place in between the events in the main series, so I guess you could technically consider it to be canon(?) There is no physical copy in English as it never got an official English release. Afaik it's never been translated in full but you can read most of it here! https://mangadex.org/title/7231545b-39ce-4d51-a825-b905b16691a3 New Type Ace Serialization:
The New Type Ace version (NTA), by Mizuki Sakakibara, is my personal favorite of the two! It starts off similar enough but there is a canon divergence from the main series, it's an AU of sorts where the events transpire very differently and the main villain is actually someone different than the show. While there are official physical copies, the fan translation, imo, is the superior version because there are bonus chapters and 4-koma that are really funny (and sometimes touching) that were never released in the official English volumes. Unfortunately, the last three volumes (7-9) were never scanlated (unless you speak Russian) but you can buy them officially. If you like Yuri (which I assume you do to some extent since you are here! :D) I recommend buying the last three volumes as he plays a pretty big role in volume 7 and volume 9. You can read volume 1-6 here: https://mangadex.org/title/ae039b61-72e2-4513-b091-bd7426d2ee44 Other Manga: There are actually 3 other English manga! The comic anthology (exactly what it sounds like. Short gag chapters, 4koma, all made by guest artists) of which there are two volumes and The Beginning Manga (Side A and Side B) both of which follow the plot of the Beginning movie. The last is a oneshot done by the one and only Katsura Matsakazu. The comic anthology is great and I would recommend purchasing both volumes (I don't think it's scanned anywhere :( ), the Beginning manga.... ehhh.... it isn't great. It's identical to the Beginning but more lacking and short. The oneshot is short and available online, no real reason not to read it! ^^ https://mangadex.org/title/859f6d51-5472-46e4-b555-8356b364878c/tiger-bunny-good-luck-and-bad-luck-alternate-like-the-strands-of-a-rope Sorry this was sort of long but I hope all of this helped you!
hi! you probably get this a lot, but I got into the series just about a week or two ago and watched everything they had on netflix, i loved it a lot! i want to look at more but I'm like... 11 years late to the party and it's kind of overwhelming and confusing. where should I start? what sort of stuff is there beyond what's on netflix? (sorry if this is a silly question, but i figured you would know a lot!)
thank you, have a nice day!
Hi! No worries, it's not a silly question at all, there's a lot of content out there! I think it depends on how invested you want to get, because there's things like the shorts, the mangas, audio dramas, and even more supplementary stuff like the novels and interviews from characters/cast/staff. I'd recommend starting out with the shorts and mangas first and see how you feel from there!
Shorts: The Side Bunny short takes place between episode 13 and 14, Side Tiger short takes place after episode 25, and the Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth short takes place after the Rising. You can download all three of them from here, provided by coolboxofcandy!
Manga: There are two main ones. Tiger & Bunny: The Comic by Ueda and Yoshida (read here) which follows canon and depicts new stories that take place early in the anime and up to the Rising. If you only read one then I'd say go for that one! Tiger & Bunny by Mizuki Sakakibara (read here) on the other hand is a little bit of an AU story, as it largely follows Barnaby's perspective and diverges a few chapters in. Both of these mangas are completed, but the Ueda manga is still in the process of being fan translated. And while the Sakakibara manga is available online up to chapter 25, it has been localized so you may have to end up purchasing volumes 7, 8, and 9 if you'd like to read the rest. Also, starting this month we'll be getting sequel mangas to both of these with season 2!
Then there are the two oneshots by Katsura (character designer) and Nishida (head writer): read here and here, and they take place sometime between episodes in the anime.
As for the rest of these, they aren't really necessary materials, but they are canon and very fun.
Drama CDs: You can download the audio thanks to coolboxofcandy here and read the translations on the Wiki here. Expect lots of shenanigans and different pairs of characters getting their share of the spotlight!
Novels: Excerpts from the novelization of The Beginning part 1 (generously reuploaded by T&Bftw), part 2, and part 3; and The Rising excerpts here. These follow the movies through the characters' POVs and gives insight to their thoughts, which the audience isn't privy to hearing in the series itself.
And interviews/etc! There have been a lot of these. ThisIsSternbild has a good collection of translations to get started with, and the Directory on this blog has a variety of other bits of translations and other miscellaneous events. Monthly Hero in my opinion is another fun one to read, as that information is from the booklets that came with the Limited Edition Blurays so they tend to relate to the episodes they came with.
Beyond all of those, I'd say it's just a matter of reading or clicking through to whatever else sounds interesting to you! Sorry this was so long, but I hope it helps! And feel free to ask if you have any more questions :)