QueenoftheDorks Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 (edited) BANANA FISH バナナフィッシュ While on tour in Iraq, an American soldier named Griffon suddenly goes mad, shooting several of his comrades before another soldier named Max reins him in. The only words Griffon can say are “Banana Fish,” thus igniting a mystery that remains unsolved years later. That's when a strange man approaches Griffon's younger brother Ash, the leader of a New York City street gang, hands him a mysterious necklace, and tells him an address and the words “Banana Fish” before dying. Ash soon discovers that the necklace conceals a phial of some strange drug that Dino, the gang's mafia contact, is desperate to get his hands on. Before Ash can figure out what's going on, one of Dino's goons and a traitor to Ash's gang team up to kidnap Ash's protégé Skipper, accidentally nabbing visiting Japanese photography assistant Eiji along with him. But having already lost his brother, there's no way Ash is going to let Banana Fishtake anyone else from him. #### The first episode was great. It introduced you to the characters in the perfect way. The animation is great and the character designs are really nice. The cast is also pretty much perfect at this point. I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes and I hope this leads to more classic manga being adapted. Edited July 20, 2018 by QueenoftheDorks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 this is being made by the same team as Yuri on Ice btw Spoiler that said the story has a tragic ending...unless the anime changes the ending so expect at least some level of gayness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naraku360 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 On 7/6/2018 at 4:25 PM, mochi said: this is being made by the same team as Yuri on Ice btw Hide contents that said the story has a tragic ending...unless the anime changes the ending so expect at least some level of gayness It probably won't reach the end. I think it's 12 episodes for a, like, 19 volume manga. Either way, it's pretty gay already. Not in a derogatory way, but like 2 guys want the D kinda way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenoftheDorks Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Nah it's 24 episodes. Was announced back when the promo videos/cast announcements started coming out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naraku360 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 1 hour ago, QueenoftheDorks said: Nah it's 24 episodes. Was announced back when the promo videos/cast announcements started coming out. Ah. Still not sure that's enough for a 19 volume manga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilgar Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 It sounds pretty bad to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naraku360 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 2 hours ago, stilgar said: It sounds pretty bad to me. First episode was pretty good. I'm going to keep watching to see where it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenoftheDorks Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 9 hours ago, naraku360 said: Ah. Still not sure that's enough for a 19 volume manga. Well they already said they're gonna cover the whole manga and the only change will be moving the story to the present so I guess they will manage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scope Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 On 7/6/2018 at 7:25 PM, mochi said: this is being made by the same team as Yuri on Ice btw Reveal hidden contents that said the story has a tragic ending...unless the anime changes the ending so expect at least some level of gayness Well it's airing on Noitamina in Japan, they've been airing anime with LGBT themes since before Yuri on Ice made it cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Szanboti Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 2nd episode was as good as the first. But I almost choked when they suggested that Japan (the country, not just Eiji) is too innocent to have child porn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenoftheDorks Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 It's a bit odd that Papa Dino would let Ash be so friendly with the cops, but I suppose given how connected he is that it doesn't matter. Poor Skipper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daos Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 5 hours ago, Gina Szanboti said: 2nd episode was as good as the first. But I almost choked when they suggested that Japan (the country, not just Eiji) is too innocent to have child porn... Tentacle rape is still ok though right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 10 hours ago, scope said: Well it's airing on Noitamina in Japan, they've been airing anime with LGBT themes since before Yuri on Ice made it cool. ....I mean you're not wrong considering Antique Bakery and debateably Samurai Flamenco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scope Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 10 hours ago, mochi said: ....I mean you're not wrong considering Antique Bakery and debateably Samurai Flamenco Wandering Son, Princess Jellyfish, there's no shortage of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 20 minutes ago, scope said: Wandering Son, Princess Jellyfish, there's no shortage of them. wasn't princess Jellyfish about a girl and a heterosexual drag queen falling in love? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naraku360 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 On 7/12/2018 at 6:28 AM, QueenoftheDorks said: Well they already said they're gonna cover the whole manga and the only change will be moving the story to the present so I guess they will manage. That's neat. Faster pace than I'd expect, but I'm not familiar with the series or the background production of the anim, so it could work. Most adaptions don't go through nearly a volume per ep, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenoftheDorks Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 Really appreciating the effort Eiji put into going "undercover" for Ash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohikki Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Banana Fish is shaping up to be one of the best anime I've seen in a decade. If they can keep this momentum, this will absolutely be a top favorite for me for sure. I'm surprised to see how well the translation of moving it to the present day vs. the 80s worked out, also. I absolutely love the art style and the designs. Spoiler I know *small* things that happen in the manga, but I'm trying to keep myself mostly unspoiled, I'm so afraid of certain characters (Namely Max, after showing us his adorable kid this past episode) dying, but I feel like this is kind of one of those showers where people are just gonna die and that's just how it's gonna be. (I feel like killing Skip was a way of showing that even if I'm still pretty upset they killed him off) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Kohikki said: Banana Fish is shaping up to be one of the best anime I've seen in a decade. If they can keep this momentum, this will absolutely be a top favorite for me for sure. I'm surprised to see how well the translation of moving it to the present day vs. the 80s worked out, also. I absolutely love the art style and the designs. Reveal hidden contents I know *small* things that happen in the manga, but I'm trying to keep myself mostly unspoiled, I'm so afraid of certain characters (Namely Max, after showing us his adorable kid this past episode) dying, but I feel like this is kind of one of those showers where people are just gonna die and that's just how it's gonna be. (I feel like killing Skip was a way of showing that even if I'm still pretty upset they killed him off) I still haven't watched it Spoiler because as much as I'm trying not to let it bother me I do have some reservations about watching ANOTHER series where all the gay characters die (stares at Voltron) (and that includes Shiro since he spend seasons 2 through 6 dead....I mean he got better but still) even though in this case Banana fish does have an excuse as being an old series, like how HIM in the PPG is horribly insulting today but was "acceptable" in the 90's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohikki Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, mochi said: I still haven't watched it Reveal hidden contents because as much as I'm trying not to let it bother me I do have some reservations about watching ANOTHER series where all the gay characters die (stares at Voltron) (and that includes Shiro since he spend seasons 2 through 6 dead....I mean he got better but still) even though in this case Banana fish does have an excuse as being an old series, like how HIM in the PPG is horribly insulting today but was "acceptable" in the 90's Spoiler I'm laughing my ass off at "He died, but he got better" re; Shiro. Voltron is a MESS. Anyway idk who will die in Banana Fish though your reservations seem valid, it seems like a series where death of one of one of the protags could very well be a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenoftheDorks Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Kohikki said: I'm surprised to see how well the translation of moving it to the present day vs. the 80s worked out, Same. Most of the complaining I've seen comes from the "NYC isn't like that!" anymore, but at the same time there was like 12 cop shows on TV set in NYC where someone is murdered so... I can suspend my disbelief a little that these pretend gangsters are in pretend dangerous NYC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohikki Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 18 hours ago, QueenoftheDorks said: Same. Most of the complaining I've seen comes from the "NYC isn't like that!" anymore, but at the same time there was like 12 cop shows on TV set in NYC where someone is murdered so... I can suspend my disbelief a little that these pretend gangsters are in pretend dangerous NYC. @ NYC: as the most represented city in fiction, you're going to have to live with some errors. Hell, my hometown (and surrounding areas) have been represented in media less times than I could count on my hands in any significant way and they still manage to get it wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 for all my hesitation to watch this I will say this if Toonami picks up this show someday I will watch it and I will not complain about the Spoiler gay deaths ...because it'd be the first gay thing that isn't overtly stereotypical and insulting that Toonami has ever licensed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naraku360 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) On 8/20/2018 at 9:33 AM, mochi said: I still haven't watched it Reveal hidden contents because as much as I'm trying not to let it bother me I do have some reservations about watching ANOTHER series where all the gay characters die (stares at Voltron) (and that includes Shiro since he spend seasons 2 through 6 dead....I mean he got better but still) even though in this case Banana fish does have an excuse as being an old series, like how HIM in the PPG is horribly insulting today but was "acceptable" in the 90's I'm not convinced this show has straight characters to outlive the gay ones. They all gaybois. Edited August 21, 2018 by naraku360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenigundam Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I'll check it out on Amazon. Hopefully naraku's only injecting his own homoerotic fantasies into this because I'm not really trying to watch a sausage fest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naraku360 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Zenigundam said: I'll check it out on Amazon. Hopefully naraku's only injecting his own homoerotic fantasies into this because I'm not really trying to watch a sausage fest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenigundam Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Why is that video on your YouTube favorites list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohikki Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 On 8/21/2018 at 4:25 PM, naraku360 said: I'm not convinced this show has straight characters to outlive the gay ones. They all gaybois. Well, there is Max for straight characters, but after last week's episode I'm pretty sure he's 100% going to die. (If they don't kill him I'd be amazed, they put all the hallmarks of "This man is going to die soon" in that episode) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohikki Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) So whoa those last few eps... Spoiler I can't believe Max is still alive, too bad about Shorter though :(((( Edited August 31, 2018 by Kohikki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naraku360 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) This was the first episode I totally didn't like. Spoiler The Shorter/Eiji situation was too contrived to be interesting. We get it, Golzine and Arthur are evil. There isn't much room to make them worse people, but here we are still escalating their atrocities like it's totally necessary. It made me lose a lot of interest in Golzine as an antagonist and I went from finding Arthur to be an ineffective, lamer villian than Golzine to simply wishing he wasn't in the show at all. Yet I'm now convinced Arthur will be with us long-haul, if not outliving Golzine. I just hate Arthur and not in the good "you're supposed to hate him" way so much as the "he actively makes the show worse" way. Edited August 31, 2018 by naraku360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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