Baki animation OLD vs NEW / 1994 vs 2020

Grappler Baki: The Ultimate Fighter
Baki animation 1994 vs 2020
Baki characters 1994 vs 2020
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📕Manga/Anime: BAKI
🙎🏻‍♂️Author/Artist: Keisuke Itagaki
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Grappler Baki: The Ultimate Fighter, originally known as Grappler Baki, is a 45-minute original video animation (OVA) that was released in 1994.
This was the first animation of the Baki manga, and it was a time when Baki was black-haired,
was screaming like Bruce Lee when fighting, Kozue was ugly as hell, and Doppo even carried Tokugawa in his hands like a baby. And not a hint of Yujiro Hanma.
Also, Tokugawa's voice is something!
The story is a close adaptation of the first few volumes of the original manga, in which Baki Hanma fights Shinogi Kosho.
It was licensed and released on DVD, under the title Baki The Grappler: The Ultimate Fighter, on December 1, 1998.
The story tells about Baki Hanma, a high school student who likes his athletics to be a little more extreme than the school football team.
He is a martial artist on the no-holds-barred fighting scene, and he is flying up the ranks.
Baki proves himself a force to be reckoned with despite being the youngest one there.
As he moves up the ranks, however, the competition gets harder.
He then moves on to the real challenge - Kousho Shinogi, the "Cord-Cutter", known for ripping out and severing people's nerves and muscle tendons.
Let's compare how the main characters are changed in 26 years.
How they were looking in the first animation in 1994 and how they're looking in the latest animation from Netflix, in 2020.
#baki #bakithegrapler #baki2020

[@zamasu9396]

Old: aight we gone fight and we gone enjoy ourselves. Current: we gone fight and Ima enjoy myself while you’re not enjoying yourself.

[@edwardanimsyujinamuka6203]

D e r p f a c e go shing shing

[@ayea28]

That 90s style will always have my heart. Nothing will top cell animation for me. I still get chills when I see well animated stuff today, but never will quite capture the magic of the 90s detail.

[@charlstone2273]

For my young age 90s animation is a bit weird because they are slightly not colorful than new

[@user-nr5ke6qw6x]

Old was gold !! Just my opinion

[@kienanhampton2874]

I like both but hand drawn will always be my favorite

[@user-ek2xg3ps5s]

Everyone's opinion*

[@rarecrom]

@@kienanhampton2874 all of it is hand drawn? Huh?

[@ToHapp]

Man I'm dead

[@jaymhlurbaloyi7813]

@@kienanhampton2874 one is cel animation The other is digital But both are hand drawn

[@taufiqdeath1723]

The frame rate for the old one is quite amazing

[@danielrivera7361]

but it was for dvd , it wasn't an ongoing series so they focus the animation on just one ova of 40 minutes . Now imagine that budget fot the netflix series , it will be awesome

[@BlackStickMan1235]

Old Baki so polite, he always smile, but now he not smile anymore

[@bootybandit9245]

1994 didn’t even feel like the usual Baki but god I’d still watch It had it continued

[@Reddogzone]

The 1994 Baki was always and will be my favorite version of Baki even after all these years the animation improved a lot,the old school Baki will still be my top favorite when it comes to the Baki franchise

[@KamiKazeD]

the 1994 baki is not only more badass then 2001 baki during the same arc which starts at ep 16, but the original baki was more playfull and was more charismatic, also i prefer his design, its a shame they didnt reuse the character model for the anime and that they butchered everything with the netflix adaptation.

[@yung_Yami19]

The 2001 animations were gold

[@Dashyrre]

that was 90s, not 2001. 2001 was choppy by comparison.

[@doggo7405]

@@Dashyrre yeah I've recently watched the 2001 version and the quality of drawings and animations felt a bit inconcistent. The 90s version looks better, but I'll have to whatch the original anime to really compare the two.

[@edwardanimsyujinamuka6203]

Bruh the old's animation is *Cheff kiss*

[@bootybandit9245]

I would kill too see more of 1994’s versions imagen Jack vs Baki In this animation style

[@GrimmPoetics]

You can't be serious

[@GabrielCoutoArt]

Me too

[@DragonBall92293]

Me as well.

[@vlexxo4710]

Fr the old Baki behaved so much differently than the current one

[@KamiKazeD]

@@vlexxo4710 yeah he was better, more personnality, more joyfull, more badass

[@sixxeyes2710]

I will always love the 1994 art style since it's closer to the older manga version and I love the older Baki art style. The new one is cool but I prefer the old one.

[@yzmarodriguez5445]

I with the old animation was used in Baki 2001

[@Mike0193Azul]

Thank you for this explanation 💚

[@Coldkill2001]

Ah come on, old Kozue wasn't ugly

[@VersmiteUme]

Yeah she looked better old

[@wildramenluchadorproductio3338]

8:31 Was actually a gif I used for my Amino page. Also I was disappointed how they didn't show the karate tournament wasn't in the 2000s anime.

[@sandwick4209]

Hell yeah keep up the longer videos really enjoy them and just keep up all the hard work

[@Jaybird2136]

Exactly the video I was trying to find, thank you!!!

[@Lamar-ox4sp]

I prefer the original Netflix one not bad but the original had true animation and better character design in my opinion

[@franciscoforlan2638]

3:45 sin duda es mejor animación que la de Netflix

[@cleacon323]

That "Kozue was ugly as hell" got me 🤣🤣🤣

[@uta-rt6kf]

5:55 the way Tokugawa comes running toward and hops into Doppo's arm, it's like a daughter reaction when she sees her dad comes home from work 🤣

[@Dashyrre]

I am the storm that is approching PROVOOOOOOOOOOOKING

[@Talknojutsu1]

@@Dashyrre Black clouds in isolation

[@grantmitchell6738]

I am astonished that Bakis dog was never even mentioned during the Musashi arc

[@Youngblood457]

Tokugawa sounds like a Texan oil tycoon

[@madcarpit5109]

The old dub animes were so open vs today's animes in Eng dub

[@lordenarancia5991]

Kosho looks like yuda from hokuto no Ken in the OVA

[@neorock7491]

Neo Rock il y a 1 seconde The animation director for the 1994 OVA was Yoshihiko Umakoshi, one of the very best animators in Japan. You can see the 1994 was more focused on having good looking animation and animation-friendly direction than being a soulless copy-paste of the manga, much like the Netflix series are. The direction feels much more personal, impactful and lively in the 1994 version and the animation looks way more dynamic, natural and fluid. And let us not forget the kickass soundtrack and superior sound design. You can hear the CRUNCH, the SMASH and the OOMPH in the sound effects, not some wet, squishy, weak and mute noises. The Netflix series' color design is also quite ugly: it looks completely washed out during night time and it looks in general very sloppy and slobbery.

[@DUBSDADEVILL]

The Ova is superior in animation the frames and movement especially and depiction of the characyer Shinogi.

[@weedconesuer]

I mean in all fairness even in the 2020 version doppo still sometimes carries tokugawa around like a child 🤣

[@jsixtvf]

1994 wins by far

[@KamiKazeD]

even baki's character and personnality in the OVA won by far

[@Straw_Hat_Gamer]

only looking at this cause I noticed in Baki Season2 on Netflix, they talk about something Baki did but the flashback is the old Baki

[@dungeonmaster6075]

Dear Author, could you tell me please, where are your from ?

[@benfrancois7150]

The old baki was pretty good for the 90s but I love how much this anime has improved over the years

[@KamiKazeD]

it didnt improved at all except if being worse is an improvement for u

[@hyperflame7255]

@@KamiKazeDNah It’s Ok Bro It Improved

[@martinmcneal2778]

I knew Asushi was doomed the second he introduced himself. Never tell an opponent your fighting style. They will know exactly how to counter you

[@GrimmPoetics]

90's over all

[@peepgame1357]

New is better ya just on nostalgia tbh

[@Reddogzone]

I liked all of the Baki's animation but the 1994 version of Baki was and still is my favorite Baki Yes it's nostalgia but I will stick to my favorite version of Baki

[@misterbearmore4633]

I personally prefer the newer one. Though the animation is fluid and nostalgic, the 90s one just seems so cheesy to me and some of the voice acting is really cringey. Just my opinion though, for any of the 90s old school fanatics who gets offended by my comment.

[@sr.miguelzinho60]

you're pretty blind huh buddy, the new one doesn't even come close to the old baki from 1994...

[@misterbearmore4633]

@@sr.miguelzinho60 Again, my personal opinion, buddy.

[@sr.miguelzinho60]

@@misterbearmore4633 Ok 👍 huehue 🇧🇷

[@Serko070]

@@misterbearmore4633 i like my anime to actually be animated and lively. you know, as anime is short for animation, and animation is supposed to be fluid and lively, not static and shitty like the newer show. this is not even an opinion thing or nostalgia thing, if water was frozen in 1995 it was ice in 1995, if it wasn't frozen it wasn't ice, and in 2023 it's still the same thing, there are objective observable things. the 1994 one actually bothered animating and not giving us glorified slideshows

[@SOLO-NEVER]

Agreed bro

[@indigospirit9638]

90s Baki was definitely more lit.

[@lynx2762]

Where can you watch bali 1994?

[@leomharestoque826]

The animation of the 1994 version is surprisingly way better than the latest.

[@andrewfairweather4742]

kozue looks decent

[@AkaiNabi]

First time I think the old it's better than the new. Way less exaggerated and looks less unnecessarily dramatic.

[@MexicanDre]

Old Baki was actual animation. The new one uses still frames and shakes the camera around

[@redemption2901]

yh this animation style is way better than the one right after this not the netflix baki the one right before that with Vietnam yujiro that one could of taken this style but oh well

[@kirantejadan5076]

Any one tell me where can I watch that old version real manga animation

[@yzmarodriguez5445]

Does the coke part actually work or it doesn’t do anything

[@ghassanabbasi8847]

For energy

[@KamiKazeD]

it works, he simply get rid of the gaz which is toxic for your body

[@jocelyncauilan995]

Old but bold🤣

[@3knuckleswidevideos248]

I never watch English dubs but I did watch the 94 baki series, my gosh what happened to bakis voice..

[@bandzzman1224]

Old looks better because yea it has some still frames but theirs still movement in the new one it’s only still frames

[@liszarezo3658]

Why purple hair?

[@lofwyr5063]

New Baki himself looks too gæ for my taste...

[@rexamillion8446]

Oh wow I was wondering why I didn't recogonize any of the new Baki stuff. Should have realized what I saw was an old movie.

[@diobrando-qv3uv]

8:42 is that Dempsey

[@bootybandit9245]

lmao I said the same thing when I first heard Doppo’s English voice also yes there voiced by the same people

[@franciscoforlan2638]

2:00 que tremenda boca

[@ROSoul-wx1iu]

Bocudao

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

they straight up had money to spare back then, now it's just cuts after cuts like why even bother

[@user-lk3yq9fp1h]

what about 2001 anime

[@angeloflores2614]

new baki animation is like a slide show figth scene are shown in pause by pause manner, hate animation like this especialy if the anime is all about figthing

[@tupoupone3197]

Baki Can Karate The Bad Karate

[@dfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsfgsfgs3408]

Matsuos old dub voice sounds like a 14yo depressed kid

[@flamingheart4404]

Baki's girl...... Why did she even want to fight?!!!

[@gogopowersentai3801]

OVA Baki>>>>>>2018 Baki

[@KamiKazeD]

anyday

[@justarandomguywithagreenpp9326]

WHY DID I EDITED IT

[@jetstreamsamsung1753]

??????

[@coolnamebro7363]

Shinogi looks like sideshow bob and i'm still wondering if that's a bad thing.

[@ahmedyaseen3836]

Baki current animation is too bad and is a disgrace to the amazing manga

[@NineLinesOfNineNines]

OK, then why is everybody hype with the newer version when the newer version looks ugly as hell.

[@apexm4576]

Mickey mouse voice ahahah

[@user-nr5ke6qw6x]

Didn't the OGRE showed up in 1994

[@ErasedXoldoAnime]

Nope

[@user-nr5ke6qw6x]

@@ErasedXoldoAnime thanks

[@gaz3606]

Much better

[@big-loss_9043]

3:20 wow sound gay

[@turtle9765]

The season 2 of Baki the grappler the original tournament animation honestly sucks ass

[@Sr.DudeGuy]

The old dub as well as the new one are horrible. If I have the option to watch the sub then I will.

[@justarandomguywithagreenpp9326]

F

[@ahriyanawebster.312]

I actually like the 2020 version due to the fact everything is so fresh , everyone was mad ugly to me in the old one 🥲.

[@jovannydiazabad6123]

2001 art style is better for me, same thing with animation

[@ahriyanawebster.312]

@@jovannydiazabad6123 True better plot .

[@shinjireference3568]

very stupid logic. You could tell that the older baki actually had effort put into it in terms of animation.

[@danieladelakun471]

@@jovannydiazabad6123 hey do you know what order to watch the next Baki seasons, I just finished watching 2001, Amazing 🤩

[@jovannydiazabad6123]

@@danieladelakun471 let me see you start with 2001 Baki (Baki the Grappler) which has 2 seasons, with the second one being a tournament, then basically go with the nextflix versions because while they have them as season 1, 2, 3 etc. Baki (2018) is actually a season 3 since it continues from where the 2001 version left story wise, and while it does reference parts of the 2001 version with the opening and through flashbacks it's better to watch it as a proper 3rd season after watching the first 2 from 2001. Then goes Baki Hanma which would be season 4, the Baki: Son of Ogre which is season 5, as for season 6 it remains to be seen when will it launch but there's been trailers already if I'm correct from Netflix.