Netflix didn’t advertise it to normies and die hard anime fans trashed it. I think if they had advertised it to people like my dad, it would have done well.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cho was the right guy for the job 20 years ago. Vicious did not need the Kylo Ren treatment. Faye was neutered. Ed was absent. Jet was perfect. Overall the show was too fast where it needed to be slow and too slow where it needed to be fast.

Not surprised it got canceled. It's a shame to think of what could have been.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago

The Vicious stuff was my least favorite part. I actually liked how they changed that story quite a bit, but the scenes just didn’t hold up. Idk if it was casting or editing.

Chris Yost did a great job with the three main characters though and I think that’s the right take as he goes into production on Dungeon Crawler Carl so I’m excited to see how that turns out.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I’d have loved a prequel series about Jett. The casting was perfect and a noir crime serial set in that universe could slap.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Can confirm, my dad watched it and loved it and he's not an anime guy in the slightest.

[–] cokeslutgarbage@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My dad also loved it and has never heard of the original

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Heard of original but never watched it. I liked the netflix one.