Toon Zone Talkback - Highlander: The Search for Vengeance trailer online

[Matt Hazuda]

This is the talkback thread for Highlander: The Search for Vengeance trailer online (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=16002).

I was surprised by the quality of the animation having not really heard too much about this movie beforehand, but it looks really nice.

[Darking]

I'm hoping that this will have nothing to do with that awful awful series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Animated_Series) a while back

[Karl Olson]

I'm hoping that this will have nothing to do with that awful awful series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Animated_Series) a while back

It's a very very different and seperate issue.

[Beat]

Looks like someone crossed Fist of the North Star and Highlander. The fight scenes look nice enough.

[GWOtaku]

Got a 404 error, but a youtube link is here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1dUZMpr0n0&mode=related&search=)-- assuming this is the same one.

Put simply, this looks really good and seems ready to deliver on the action. Definitely worth a serious look when it comes out.

[Captain Highwind]

Got a 404 error,

Just erase the last part of the link like this:

http://www.onbeatproductions.com/Starz/

And you can right click/save from there. There seems to be another trailer on there, but I haven't looked at it yet

Animation's alright, a little stiff, but this will probably make up for the USA series. I really hate it when anime trailers have the narrator talk incessantly. It feels very 80s/early 90s.

Is this an original production made for America, or has it already been released in Japan?

Thar vaices sund sa Scott-ish! :sweat:

[Chris Wood]

It does have the feel of one of those super violent early 90s OVAs - lots of blood and not much substance. Still, I like Kawajiri so I'll check it out.

[Gokou Ruri]

What's with all the sudden surges of Japanese companies making animes based on Western things all of a sudden?

[Beat]

What's with all the sudden surges of Japanese companies making animes based on Western things all of a sudden?

This has been in planning for a while now actually. Besides, they owe us for that horrible American cartoon made a few years back.

[Robin2099]

Looks pretty decent, and I'm eagerly anticipating it. Especially since the new live action Highlander was easily the worst of the series.

[Chris Wood]

What's with all the sudden surges of Japanese companies making animes based on Western things all of a sudden?

That's been going on for decades.

[Kyuss]

Beatdigga,

Agreed. That was a pretty horrific piece of work, even by my "low" standards. Or evil standards if you prefer... In any case I am intrigued and hopeful this will prove to be a more entertaining piece. Certainly with Imagi involved, (their production of TMNT looks quite solid in my view), makes the prospect of this movie being worth while very probable.

[Karl Olson]

Well, Madhouse is animating it, so that probably helps a lot too - they don't like to put their name on mediocre product. It was also written by David Abramowitz who was a writer on the live action TV series, which also helps as you have some one really familiar and interested in the Highlander universe writing it.