Grappler Baki The Ultimate Fighter

[Tiffany Crutch]

Itwas animated by Knack Productions, directed by Yuji Asada, and was released in Japan on August 21, 1994. Central Park Media licensed the anime while TAJ Productions produced the English Dub of the OVA and released it in 1996.

Baki, a new grappler on the no-holds barred fighting scene, is flying up the ranks. All that is left in his wake are the dead and the defeated. However, no one can tell whether he can keep this up against the previous champion, a fierce fighter who severs his opponents very nerves to win.

Baki Hanma (範馬 刃牙 Hanma Baki) - The main character, and son of Yuijiro Hanma. He has been training in bullshido since the age of three, and has trained under various teachers and coaches throughout his life. At the age of thirteen, he decided to take his training into his own hands and left the coaches to perform more intense training "in his father's footsteps". He later meets with his father and becomes disillusioned as to his father's true character, and afterwards, aims to defeat and kill him. His fighting style is called "Total Bullshit " and includes techniques from many different martial arts. He fights Andreas Regan in round 1, Zulu in round 2, Igari Kanji in round 3, and Retsu Kaioh in round 4 before facing his brother in round 5 which are the finals of the tournament. He eventually develops the ogre/demon face on his back when fighting his brother, but manages to suppress it. Unlike Yujiro, he chooses to control his killing intent and fight his battles fair and honorably no matter what the outcome. Many of Baki's unusual training methods often earn him the admiration of many of the fighters of the underground arena for example Shadowboxing, or visualizing fighting an opponent, is a big part of Baki's regimen sometimes his visions take an almost corporeal form and given he can easily remember and replicate any technique he sees this gives him a huge edge over his opponents as he can fight them and learn their weakness' before actually fighting them. Baki has encounters with all the escaped convicts in the 'Search of Our Strongest Hero' series, has just defeated Biscuit Oliva, and is now faced with a new challenge against the prehistoric man . He is currently waiting for his fight with Pickle after and are defeated. He had a shadow boxing visualization fight with a T-Rex prior to the Costume/Pickle fight.

When Baki asked why Yujiro killed they began to have their final fight. Baki awakened the demon face not on his back but on his brain. He fought evenly with Yujiro until he passed out. He managed to land hits while down with his fighting spirit. recognized him as his son and the only person who could give him a fight. Thereafter he made miso soup from Shadow Cooking, Baki mentioned it was salty and before Yujiro lied that it wasn't. Because he had to lie and couldn't make his lie into truth due to Baki spilling the soup for his father to save face, he declared Baki as the Strongest on Earth.

Baki has a mildly careless and reckless attitude. He will take on even the strongest of opponents, and this is clearly seen when early in the series he defeats the Yasha Ape. Although he is only 13, he is very mature for his age. He is a respectful young man who listens to his mother, but when he is in his fighting mode he is very powerful and almost won't listen or give up. He is strong enough to defeat any normal human being (and even mighty beasts) so this is one 13 year old you do not want to mess with.

Baki, a great grappler needs to live up to his name being the son of the the greatest grapplers of all time: Hanma Yujiro. At the Shinshinkai Organization's private arena, anything goes and the odds are always stacked against him. Current champion of the urderground tournament he fight to defend his title against the worlds strongest and best martial artists, including "the beast" his own father Yujiro.

New Grappler Baki takes off where the original series leaves off. As the new Tournament champion, he's generally taken it easy until he recieves the news of five deadly, murderous, fighters who have escaped their prisons and are now headed to Japan. Baki and his friends must deal with them before they are killed themselves. New Grappler Baki introduces new characters, new techniques, and begins to resolve the conflict between Baki and his father and also is super fricken awsome.

An alternate version of the manga/anime called Grappler Baki: The Ultimate Fighter. The story starts off with Baki entering a regular Karate tournament (as a warm up) and taking it by storm. He then moves on to the real challenge--Kosho Shinogi, The Cord-Cutter, known for ripping out and severing people's nerves and muscle tendons.. Note: This story appears to be non-canon, whereas it doesn't follow much of the original Baki The Grappler plot.

An elderly Jujutsu master who Baki encounters in the Maximum Tournament. A World War 2 veteran with a penchant for mischief and a consumate traditionalist, Gouki prefers to confound his opponents into attacking first, so he can take advantage of their lack of respect. The Ace: Shibukawa is regarded as an expert in aiki, with many noting that anyone else trying to use aiki like he can in a real fight, is basically impossible. Only Yujiro has ever successfully done the same. Affably Evil: Evil may be a stretch, given the moral standards of Baki, but Shibukawa is extremely sadistic and deceitful in a fight, and has a history of assassination and death matches simply for his own entertainment. He is also an extremely jovial, even grandfatherly sort, and happy to help Baki any time. Blood Knight: In his youth, he joined the military and became an assassin to fulfill his desire for fighting. It hasn't really waned with old age. Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He looks and acts like a wacky old man but his aikido and jujitsu are master level. Clark Kent Outfit: He is actually pretty well built under his kimono, but for decency he prefers keeping it on. He's still scrawny compared to the rest of the cast though. Combat Pragmatist: Shibukawa has shown he's not above dirty tactics, like spitting water into his opponents eye socket to trigger the body's reflexes towards drowning, other sorts of Eye Scream and feigning helplessness to subdue an opponent in the middle of a Hope Spot. Cool Old Guy: A nice old man that teaches the police force judo in his off time and can overpower the likes of Oliva. Defeat Means Friendship: After beating Doppo in the Maximum Tournament, they become good friends. Defeat Means Respect: Grew to respect Doppo for being the first opponent in a while to make him feel real fear in a fight. Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: He manages to drag around Biscuit Oliva, one of the strongest characters in the series, by his finger, although he doesn't defeat him. He also disloated the muscleman's arm while being flipped by him. "Eureka!" Moment: Shibukawa settled out to found his own dojo after a spar where he resisted his retirement age Aikido master's Killing Intent and made him draw and swing a sword at him. Eye Scream: On the receiving end of one, and has a glass eye instead. Fatal Flaw: Like most masters, he has a bad case of pride and likes to test his limits. He knows exactly when a fight may end in his death, yet still go through and he won't use his more offensive techniques because he wants to prove his aiki is perfect. He challenged a sumo wrestler six times his size to belt-wrestle one another and is actually shocked he was thrown by sheer power. For the Lulz: He became a martial artist, a soldier and an assassin for the giggles and ecstasy of it all. The Gift: In an interview he describes Aiki as this. "Aiki's in the realm of genius. If you don't get it, you'll never get it." Glass Cannon: He isn't as strong and durable as the The Ogre, Hanayama or even the karate master Doppo himself, but Shibukawa can make still someone like Oliva keel over on his knee making him feel his own weight. Handicapped Badass: He has a glass eye but is still a precise and strong fighter. Imminent Danger Clue: He mentally envisions some kind of absurd obstacle, like a pit of fire or an impossibly huge door, if he is about to walk in to a fight against a superior opponent. Logical Weakness: His aikido is good against people he can redirect their attack against themselves like Oliva but against a poison user or a swordsman it doesn't help much as even the smallest contact will either poison or cut him. Jack also defeats him by biting his arms as there is no real way to redirect the teeth sinking in. As his match with Doppo shows, Shibukawa's aiki is formidable but almost entirely defensive, since it requires the enemy to throw attacks that can be redirected. If Shibukawa is the one attacking recklessly, then he's entirely vulnerable to his opponent's punches. Manchild: He even acknowledges it, discussing the absurdity of a frail retirement age man like himself going out and picking street fights for laughs. Mundane Made Awesome: His Aiki, a real principle in martial arts denoting the ability to feel and control the opponent's center of gravity as well as one's own, is treated as a borderline superpower, as he is able to toss around and even drag people much bigger than he is using it. No Celebrities Were Harmed: Based off of real-life aikido master and the founder of Yoshinkan style of aikido Gozo Shioda. Pintsized Powerhouse: He's very short, yet capable of dealing massive amounts of damage, and even dragging Oliva around using his Aiki. Pyrrhic Victory: He considers his victory over Kosho this, given that he damaged his glass eye, which is expensive. Retired Monster: Gouki was an assassin in the past. He did it for fun more than anything. Taught by Experience: His strength and expertise comes from his 70+ years of experience. The Unfought: He is one of the few major characters that Baki has never actually fought. Weak, but Skilled: The only person among the main cast not rippling with muscle or destroying concrete like cardboard. Gouki uses Aiki/jujutsu, and a more pragmatic approach than most, to take down more physically imposing foes. He started out as a Judo Teen Genius, only to turn to Aikido when he called bullshit on a Weak, but Skilled old man being able to throw a career grappler at an Aikido demonstration. The Aikido master proceeded to throw Gouki on his head so hard he pissed himself, and he never looked back to Judo after that (besides teaching the police in his free time). Worthy Opponent: Despite originally viewing him as an amateur, he would grow to view Orochi as this after their match. He admits his superior experience was the only reason he beat Doppo and would have lost if he was the younger one. He has this opinion of Oliva for managing to judo throw him, despite breaking his arm.

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