Conan The Barbarian, Anime style
So... not that many people still read this anymore... Though my players might.
I'm starting to set up my Exalted 3rd Ed game, even though the book isn't even finished being written yet. (The Kickstarter adding 50% more sorcery and 50% more martial Arts didn't help). I know more or less what I want, in terms of feel and tone, is Conan The Barbarian (the 1982 movie), but as if it were re-imagined in the style of ...
And that's where I have a problem. I'm not versed enough in Anime to be able to put something in there immediately. I know that Ninja Scroll is too dark, and that most of the other series I could think of are too light. After that, I'm kinda stuck.
My husband suggested InuYasha or Vision of Escaflowne. Now I'm nowhere near done watching either series. (InuYasha is long, and Escaflowne is subtitled, which means I can't multi-task while watching it.) InuYasha actually came out close to ideal... in it's darker parts. The Lighter parts can get pretty silly. Now, there's nothing wrong with silly, but I know my players. If we Start with InuYasha levels of silly, we'll end up somewhere north of Ranma 1/2 levels of silly. (Sorry, guys, but you know we will.) The little bit of Escaflowne I've watched seems to have a better "base" but there's more Magitech in it than I want to use as a base. Yes, Exalted has Mecha Warstriders, but I don't want to start my game off with an expectation that there will be Warstriders in use. 3rd Ed is trying to tone down the Magitech (more Magic, less Tech), so I don't want to use something with lots of Magitech in it as an example.
Oh, and Record of Lodoss War (which, admittedly, I haven't seen in a while) is too D&D/Tolkien.
Bleach was tried, but it's too contemporary, and still a little light. Naruto, what I've seen of it, also strikes me as a bit, Schizophrenic in tone. InuYasha might swing between dark and creepy and Silly Funny, but the swings, while often abrupt, feel more natural than what I've seen of Naruto.
So I'm looking for something Fantasy/Historical Fantasy, about the same tone as InuYasha's darker parts, and with less Magitech than Vision of Escaflowne.
Any suggestions?
I'm starting to set up my Exalted 3rd Ed game, even though the book isn't even finished being written yet. (The Kickstarter adding 50% more sorcery and 50% more martial Arts didn't help). I know more or less what I want, in terms of feel and tone, is Conan The Barbarian (the 1982 movie), but as if it were re-imagined in the style of ...
And that's where I have a problem. I'm not versed enough in Anime to be able to put something in there immediately. I know that Ninja Scroll is too dark, and that most of the other series I could think of are too light. After that, I'm kinda stuck.
My husband suggested InuYasha or Vision of Escaflowne. Now I'm nowhere near done watching either series. (InuYasha is long, and Escaflowne is subtitled, which means I can't multi-task while watching it.) InuYasha actually came out close to ideal... in it's darker parts. The Lighter parts can get pretty silly. Now, there's nothing wrong with silly, but I know my players. If we Start with InuYasha levels of silly, we'll end up somewhere north of Ranma 1/2 levels of silly. (Sorry, guys, but you know we will.) The little bit of Escaflowne I've watched seems to have a better "base" but there's more Magitech in it than I want to use as a base. Yes, Exalted has Mecha Warstriders, but I don't want to start my game off with an expectation that there will be Warstriders in use. 3rd Ed is trying to tone down the Magitech (more Magic, less Tech), so I don't want to use something with lots of Magitech in it as an example.
Oh, and Record of Lodoss War (which, admittedly, I haven't seen in a while) is too D&D/Tolkien.
Bleach was tried, but it's too contemporary, and still a little light. Naruto, what I've seen of it, also strikes me as a bit, Schizophrenic in tone. InuYasha might swing between dark and creepy and Silly Funny, but the swings, while often abrupt, feel more natural than what I've seen of Naruto.
So I'm looking for something Fantasy/Historical Fantasy, about the same tone as InuYasha's darker parts, and with less Magitech than Vision of Escaflowne.
Any suggestions?