No Need for Bushido
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| No Need For Bushido | |
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| File:No Need for Bushido logo.png | |
| Author(s) | Alex Kolesar and Joseph Kovell |
| Website | www.noneedforbushido.com |
| Current status/schedule | Updates every Monday |
| Launch date | April 11, 2002 |
| End date | May 6, 2019 |
| Genre(s) | Parody |
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No Need for Bushido is a webcomic started on April 11, 2002, on Keenspace (now Comic Genesis). The comic is drawn by Alex Kolesar and written by Joseph Kovell. Its content and title are based on various influences from such anime and manga as Tenchi Muyo! (which has a series of volumes titled "No Need for Tenchi") and Rurouni Kenshin, a famous manga/anime series which No Need For Bushido parodies at many points. Kolesar's artistic style is influenced by, but not restricted to, the manga and anime styles, while Kovell's writing style is humorous, unique and random. The series is a mixture of anachronism, exaggerated action, veiled drama, and comedy based in a parodied feudal Japan.
Story[edit]
No Need for Bushido begins with the announcement of an arranged marriage between Eijiro Wataro and Ina Senshin. Their respective clans are among the most powerful in Japan, and the ambitions of Hirotomo Wataro, the ruthless head of the Wataro clan, for total dominion of Japan has the two clans on the brink of war. The marriage is supposed to serve as both a means to avoid war and unite the two great clans into one.
However, when Ina hears the news she is horrified both by never being consulted about this and at the thought of marrying a member of the brutal and cruel Wataro clan. The headstrong princess runs away from home rather than go through with the marriage, and soon finds herself traveling with a band of odd characters while other events and rising tension between the Wataro and Senshin clans seem to point towards a coming war.
Style[edit]
The art style in No Need for Bushido was called "cartoonish" by Comics Bulletin.[1] The comic's fight scenes seem heavily influenced by action movies.[2]
History[edit]
On October 5, 2003, the comic left Keenspace and started a new site, www.noneedforbushido.com.
No Need For Bushido has a history of sporadic updates. At the height of some summers, NNFB could have as many as four updates in a week, all in its full-color style. Less often updates have a history of coming once a month. At of the end of March 2006, NNFB has a twice weekly update of a single page on Mondays an "unofficial" single page on Wednesdays, and often releasing an alternate script on Fridays.
On September 16, No Need for Bushido contributed a page to the Webcomic Hurricane Telethon, hosted by Blank Label Comics.
Recently, due to conflicts with his other work, the artist has moved to a once-every-two weeks schedule, to general fanbase support.
References[edit]
- ↑ "No Need for Bushido". Comics Bulletin. The Real Mainstream. August 7, 2007.
- ↑ "No Need for Bushido". Time Waster's Guide. June 16, 2006.[unreliable source?]
External links[edit]
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