In the climactic scene the hero will have one final bullet in the gun, one last option, and… The Hobbit comes to mind as prototype where Bard has one final black arrow to use against Smaug the dragon, and a little thrush whispers in his ear where Smaug’s vulnerable patch is, and twang. The lead character is a misunderstood outsider hero destined to face off with an evil genius threatening an apocalypse. Such is the case with Bayonetta: Bloody Fate (2013), a comple x adaptation of a popular video game that brings the visual excess and dizzying action of the game to the screen, while catering to mature tastes.Īnime or not, the Bayonetta story is familiar in its larger pattern within the comic book/adventure genre. It blends Eastern spirituality, medieval war culture, and visual dazzle. Anime goes where traditional animation does not. The appeal of the exotic, and the appeal of the warrior perhaps. So, the Japanese influence in the American youth market has been profound for a couple generations now in the way Bruce Lee’s martial art films were in my own. Then again, both my boys grew up trading Yugioh cards and watching Pokemon. Most of the animation students at my college prefer anime to “traditional,” Western animation-a puzzling phenomenon given the massive distribution of the Disney franchise, as well as Loony Tunes and its many spinoffs, but evident with only a cursory glance through senior portfolios and art projects.
A Review of Bayonetta: Bloody Fate - by Peter Fras er
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