Grappler Baki practice∼

[daeva_neesan]

Ah, how I love this series <3<3
It's months since I wanna draw something about this wonderful series :D TODAY I forced myself to have some practice...Expecially about all those weird muscles (seriously, using that anime as a reference to have an organic vision of human musculature is almost masochism >_>;)-- But let's go with the pics ^_^


Picture reference here


--The references for these random studies comes from some shots of the anime that I got from this nice AVM :3

Pimpin' moment:
The series is licensed in the USA, so not online streaming is available.
Anyway, you can download the whole thing (both TV series) from TorrentReactor ^^ The TV series covers the storyline of the first manga series (Grappler Baki) of 42 volumes.
As for the manga (licensed in the USA too), only the volumes of the second manga series (New Grappler Baki, 31 volumes) are available on OneManga :3

Comments

[brakusjs.livejournal.com]

Yes, anime is aired on TV, but nowadays, it isn't aired on free TV. Most new shows are only accessible through cable channels. And there used to be way more than 20 new series every season in Japan. Nowadays it's a lot lower than that, much closer to 20. And out of those 20 every year, possibly as few as 2 or 3 become successful. There's crappy shows in Japan, too.

Most new series are expensive to produce, which is why the merchandising aspect of the series keeps these shows alive. And of course the Japanese have gotten the hint and started marketing their series overseas (i.e., the States). The bad thing is that most people are either uninterested in the series being released here, or if they are, they've already gotten it via the fansubs. We don't have conventions easily accessible to us every week (even though I visit upwards of 6-7 conventions a year), and we have no shops like Animate and Anime Gamers in every huge city in the States. You'd be a little hard-pressed to find a brick-and-mortar store outside of Japan (and outside the big cities like NYC, LA, Washington DC, etc.) that sells all the latest merchandise all the time.

We here in the States have been getting nice special-edition style releases for most profitable series -- and not set at a ridiculously extortionist price like in Japan. (DVDs are very expensive in Japan, most of them have no extras, no subtitles, and only 2 episodes per disc.)

I will admit that I don't know what the scene is like in Italy, where you are, and I'd like to know a little about it over there. And I hope you don't consider me your mortal enemy or anything like that because I love your artwork! :)