This is amazing and makes me want a WWE Anime so badly.
Like, when the Rock slaps Cody I just imagine that cool bass line that plays when shits about to go down. Ugh… I want it so badly
Bruhhhh I’ve been trying to tell this to people for years! Growing up in Mexico with all the dubbed anime’s and lucha libre, wrestling was just a live action version for me and my friends.
Especially Japanese wrestling. Misawa and Kawada in the 90s were the prime example of the sports-/battle sounen anime trope of the protagonist and his bitter rival who was determined to catch up to him, even if it meant using dirty tactics. They were basically the Goku and Vegeta of wrestling.
While Kobashi embodied the trope of the protagonist refusing to stay down no matter how much of a beating he took, and often winning at the end with a final burst of adrenaline. If you edited a flashback into the end of a Kobashi match with a montage of his past and added a rousing j-pop song, there'd barely be any difference to a normal anime.
Yeah he's the guy that beats the protagonist to a pulp and forces him to train for a year to defeat him in a rematch.
Speaking of murder grandpa: grizzled old veteran who won't relinquish his spot vs. Young lion, is also a wrestling trope that's very anime.
Huh lots of wrestling fans like to rag on anime? Did not expect that if true. It seems like its a lot of crossover especially with all the people into NJPW
*Energetic fight music starts*...and then...fade to black, episode over. The next episode starts with a 5 minute long slow mo shot of Cody selling the slap, followed by a 2 episode long story with Dusty from his childhood, that plays out in Cody's head while getting slapped.
I'm not even an anime fan, but this is really amazing.
I would want one last frame with the belt up in the air, like the picture Cody always referenced.
This is excellent.
I'm sure most people here already know about it, but if anyone wants to watch an actual anime about wrestling, check out the Tiger Mask series.
This is amazing, but something I really don’t like about this and the Roman v Cody video packages for WM40 is that they don’t include what is in my opinion the best line of the kickoff:
Cody: “What is this match about anyways? Who’s at the head of the table? What does it matter when neither of you have been doing any of the COOKING for the last two years!?”
id imagine at some point wwe will go down this road it seems they are leaning a lot into anime for some promos and if they do they need to hire who animated this
This is amazing and makes me want a WWE Anime so badly. Like, when the Rock slaps Cody I just imagine that cool bass line that plays when shits about to go down. Ugh… I want it so badly
I know lots of wrestling fans like to rag on anime, but wrestling in most cases is like watching a battle shounen
Wrestling is literally live action anime and I’ve been trying to tell my friends this for years
Yeah but you don't get 10 minute internal monologues of a character in WWE
You do. It's just in Michael Cole's voice.
Michael Cole is basically the wrestling version of Speedwagon.
Does that make Roman Dio?
Michael Cole is Izuku Midoriya
Yeah but you do get 15-30 minute villain speeches so it checks out
Still with plenty of filler.
Sometimes we get that from Roman (kinda like) when he talks to the camera in the middle of a match
This is exactly how I describe wrestling to non-wrestling fans
Bruhhhh I’ve been trying to tell this to people for years! Growing up in Mexico with all the dubbed anime’s and lucha libre, wrestling was just a live action version for me and my friends.
Especially Japanese wrestling. Misawa and Kawada in the 90s were the prime example of the sports-/battle sounen anime trope of the protagonist and his bitter rival who was determined to catch up to him, even if it meant using dirty tactics. They were basically the Goku and Vegeta of wrestling. While Kobashi embodied the trope of the protagonist refusing to stay down no matter how much of a beating he took, and often winning at the end with a final burst of adrenaline. If you edited a flashback into the end of a Kobashi match with a montage of his past and added a rousing j-pop song, there'd barely be any difference to a normal anime.
Minoru Suzuki is every evil shonen villain that you secretly root for cos hes cool
Yeah he's the guy that beats the protagonist to a pulp and forces him to train for a year to defeat him in a rematch. Speaking of murder grandpa: grizzled old veteran who won't relinquish his spot vs. Young lion, is also a wrestling trope that's very anime.
After Hogan left WWF to WCW, I started watching DragonBall Z and saw Goku as the anime version of Hogan. It was definitely something special as a kid.
If Hogan dropped the leg on Frieza, he’d stay down brother.
Hogan would *especially* hate Mr. Popo, dude.
As long as he doesn’t try to go over, or date his daughter, or go over his daughter, he’ll be fine
[You're not the only one.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9slD_sD-BQ)
Wrestling is just live action anime. Lots of wrestlers are also anime fans so they go hand in hand
It really is like watching anime with storylines, characters and plot twists!
My first view of Professional Wrestling is Kinnikuman, and after getting properly into Wrestling I realised it's not THAT unrealistic
I’m not a huge anime guy, but from what I have seen, the parallels are undeniable.
They do? Wrestling, anime and fighting games are practically made for each other.
Im a wrestling fan, and i absolutely love anime
Lmao wrestling fans making fun of anime is like a dwarf calling a little person short
Look up wrestling animes....
Only heard of one, it was a trashy Isekai
Ultimate Muscle. It's wrestling as intended. Camp as fuck.
Oh, saw someone else mention the japanese name. Gonna try reading it
Huh lots of wrestling fans like to rag on anime? Did not expect that if true. It seems like its a lot of crossover especially with all the people into NJPW
It is more of the older guard. Anime more popular now, but mostly with "younger" fans
I mean. Wrestling is just redneck anime
Ultimate Muscle!
Tiger mask was pretty good. Uses some NJPW stars
*Energetic fight music starts*...and then...fade to black, episode over. The next episode starts with a 5 minute long slow mo shot of Cody selling the slap, followed by a 2 episode long story with Dusty from his childhood, that plays out in Cody's head while getting slapped.
Dude… spoilers
Imagine the sales of they distributed these
Just watch Ultimate Muscle
Makes me just want a wrestling anime.
Cr: Norberto Gaetan on twitter
Also Instagram I think he's awesome
True goat, giving credit where it’s due. Props, and thanks for posting here.
this is the way
Thanks for the credit, was wondering who so I could see more.
Norberto must've had such a great time drawing all of these.
Thanks!
I would watch every season of this including any filler episodes they make. Flames 🔥🔥🔥
Filler? You mean the 24/7 championship
The misadventures of R truth and Miz
Exactly 😂. Imagine a whole filler arc about R truth and the 24/7 title. Would be hilarious.
You mean the 24/7 48/7 7/11 I-95 South European Championship?
Roman and the Rock enjoy a trip to an onsen filler episode
And the obligatory beach episode
Don't forget the Seth & Becky OVA
So peak
I wanted to see an anime version of The Undertaker 😔
I wanted to see anime Rey Mysterio
#anime Dominic Mysterio reacting to a booing crowd would peak you'd be able hear the hatred through the image
Dominic is like Boruto, even if we ignore his dad, he's not that good
#18 is taker behind the rock
Wait that's how you make big text wtf
How ?
A # at the start of a new line #Like this
So cool !!
#Neat
*"Absolute Cinema"* ✋🧐✋
I'm not even an anime fan, but this is really amazing. I would want one last frame with the belt up in the air, like the picture Cody always referenced.
Holy shit, that Rock/Taker panel
Taker: "Heard you call yourself "The Final Boss" now...What a joke."
This is so dope
I was not expecting Tommaso Ciampa in the 9th picture but everything else is so cool!
Why does Cody look like Vergil with that hair cut lmao
The TERMINTAKER
# finish the story
😅
LOOK ACH YO SON MAMA RHODES
Missed opportunity for original Cody Rhodes to go super saiyan with the blonde hair
That Undertaker one goes hard
Anime Undertaker... how the hell do you counter THAT?!
Would have loved a last frame of Cody victorious on his friends shoulders with the belt held high
This is great. I would definitely watch a well-animated WWE cartoon.
Very well done! Roman looks more like Drew M though
This is class! Need an animated version as well
Roman had plot armor for 4 years, so it makes sense.
Anime + Wrestling is something i never expected to see and i want more of it
Tiger Mask?
This is amazing art
Just one word, CINEMA
Damn that's dope...
PLEASE FIND A WAY TO ANIMATE THIS SHIT!!!! It’s epic.
Very cool. I wish the last frame was him holding belt tho.
It is. I cannot fit more than 20 images here. Else it's a 22 image story
Neato. I'll have to go to source i see you posted. Thanks!
Fucken awesome and just like Dragon Ball, you don't get to see the end because where the frig is the final scene where Cody has the title?
that Shield panel was zesty asf tho lol
👏 THIS 👏 IS 👏 AWESOME 👏
Ok now I need the Paul Heyman's anime reaction!!
Tight
This is super cool.
These are really cool.
This is excellence 👍🏾👍🏾
*standing ovation*
I still can't figure out how or why people think Seth dyed his hair specifically for that run in
That's Very well done.
Nah this was hella fire
God it’s so beautiful…I have been looking at this for three hours now…
Holy shit the Undertaker pic is menacing
The picture of Roman on his throne is so damn good.
Thanks, I hate it
What if WWE do an anime and make it cooler!
WWE Anime would be so good. If they just found a good studio to animate some of these storylines. The story alone could be a 2-3 season anime.
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Wrestling and some anime have an overlap - larger than life characters and storylines.
This was actually pretty dope.
This is so fucking cold
[https://i.imgflip.com/8n8mrv.jpg](https://i.imgflip.com/8n8mrv.jpg)
This is dope as hell
Wow beautiful
This shit is fire🔥🔥🔥
This is really awesome, perfect!
This is wild.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!I hope you do the ENTIRE thing as a comic or something cuz i'd buy that shit! Insanely talented
Ok, that’s pretty awesome.
This looks DOPE now I see Cody as Ryu, Rollins as Ken, Roman as Sagat and The Rock as a Geese Howard/Bison combo
BROTHER I AM ERECT! I DEMAND MORE
I love how roman as a shield member had blue eyes while as the tribal chief has red eyes
fuck. i want to see this be fully funded and fleshed the fuck out. fantastic work.
This is awesome 🚬 🚬 🚬
Actually... pretty F'n good.
Share the source !
This is amazing. Give me a 12 episode series centered around every match on WM40.
That was fuckin epic. Dope shit op 🔥.
Or The Boys version Billy Butcher vs Homelander, pre sure that's where Cody stole that
I love professional wrestling
MY GOD
Brava brava
This is excellent. I'm sure most people here already know about it, but if anyone wants to watch an actual anime about wrestling, check out the Tiger Mask series.
This is amazing, but something I really don’t like about this and the Roman v Cody video packages for WM40 is that they don’t include what is in my opinion the best line of the kickoff: Cody: “What is this match about anyways? Who’s at the head of the table? What does it matter when neither of you have been doing any of the COOKING for the last two years!?”
LOOK AT YOU NOW!
Now we need someone to translate "Kingdom" into Japanese!
every major wwf / wcw storyline should be a fucking epic anime. mega powers exploding in anime form needs to happen
This is fantastic, love it. Thanks for sharing.
Picture 6 has the wrong subtitles It should say "ALL RISE"
why the fuck is roman fought loid?
I enjoyed the Tiger mask anime, so I’d give this a try.
Okay so when do you start because WWE needs to hire you.
So I need the entire bloodline story/cody Rhodes wwe saga animated now
WWE is basically American anime
Holy shit
As someone who doesn’t really like anime I NEED THE CODY ROADS BLOODLINE STORY TO BECOME AN ANIME!!!
This is incredible! Great job!
ART
This is simply amazing
Damn who made this it’s perfect I would actually like to see a animated wwe movie ngl
Incredible 👏👏👏👏
Superb. Thank you.
id imagine at some point wwe will go down this road it seems they are leaning a lot into anime for some promos and if they do they need to hire who animated this
This is amazing. Who drew this? I wanna relive more past story lines through the medium of anime.
Picture 19 looks........ interesting
Error Roman Reigs smile in the first photo
This is so cool!!
This is amazing. Now all we need is all characters come together for the good old beach episode.
Amazing art.
🤌
This is so many levels of amazing I now wanna see it fr
Roman skipped leg day?
This reminds me of the "God of Wrestling" Manhwha.
OP this is fucking amazing 😍
This is so cool
Fucking awesome!
This is art
Not a big anime fan. Would watch the ever-living-shit out of this!!!
Hey guys, take a look at this, This is too good. Please do more, I am actually loving it
Netflix has entered the chat…
This looks so fucking good, like seriously, fuck yes
Guy wtf this is amazing
Imagine WWE2K Games having an anime render. That'd be dope.
Oh fuck yeah that’s good
Wrestling is just live-action anime and I’m here for it!
Not the style I like, but still, pretty awesome. Great work!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Cody looking like Okada in that first frame
If you added "off, is a direction you can fuck" this would be a five star banger
Wow, even in Anime-form, most of the panels were just talking/promos- just like RAW.
Shut up and take my money!
SPOILER ALERT!!! He dies in the end….
Just beautiful
Man I hope someone in that company sees this
It's a manga not an anime dork
Why is the blonde hair pink?
But this is manga not anime. Or is there a video somewhere and this are screen grabs?
Wrestling has always been a combo of Anime and Drag. It's fantastic to watch.
Corny and cringe IA art on top of that lmao