Results 1 to 8 of 8

Thread: Cross Culture

  1. #1
    Senior Member Mandred Skavenslayer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Posts
    1,178

    Default Cross Culture

    If you could have characters from other mythologies appear within Wuxia who would you choose?

    It would be awesome if King Arthur crossed Excalibur with the First Emperor's Dragon's Descendent Sword.

    Or have Merlin discuss magic with Zhuge Liang.

  2. #2
    Senior Member Ian Liew's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2003
    Location
    Kuala Lumpur
    Posts
    2,786

    Default

    That was part of the draw of the anime series Fate Stay Night and Fate Zero, although I don't recall any Chinese mythological characters among the two sets of seven Servants. The only Oriental among them was Sasaki Kojiro, if I remember correctly. Arthur was a girl, though...

  3. #3
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Posts
    628

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Ian Liew View Post
    That was part of the draw of the anime series Fate Stay Night and Fate Zero, although I don't recall any Chinese mythological characters among the two sets of seven Servants. The only Oriental among them was Sasaki Kojiro, if I remember correctly. Arthur was a girl, though...
    Strictly speaking, Fate/stay night was a visual novel that has been adapted into an anime (which seems more and more common these days...), while Fate/Zero was a light novel.

    In Fate/Extra, you also had Li Shuwen (the Baji/Pigua fighter infamous for willfully killing/maiming his opponents) as Assassin, Lu Bu (best known from Romance of the Three Kingdoms) as Berserker, as well as the Buddha himself!

  4. #4
    Senior Member Ian Liew's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2003
    Location
    Kuala Lumpur
    Posts
    2,786

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Kwok View Post
    Strictly speaking, Fate/stay night was a visual novel that has been adapted into an anime (which seems more and more common these days...), while Fate/Zero was a light novel.

    In Fate/Extra, you also had Li Shuwen (the Baji/Pigua fighter infamous for willfully killing/maiming his opponents) as Assassin, Lu Bu (best known from Romance of the Three Kingdoms) as Berserker, as well as the Buddha himself!
    Lu Bu? That must have been something! Sadly, my only exposure is to the anime.. none of those Light Novels, Visual Novels, etc seem to make it to the PC in English, and I don't own any of those handheld thingies. As a result, although I'd heard of Fate Extra (that's with Nero as Saber, right?), Hollow Ataraxia and Heaven's Feel etc, I don't know much about them...

    I never really heard of Li Shuwen - if I had to pick a famous assassin from Chinese history to be Assassin I'd probably pick Jing Ke. What class was the Buddha himself? Or was he just a guest appearance/mediator kind of role?

  5. #5
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Posts
    628

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Ian Liew View Post
    Lu Bu? That must have been something! Sadly, my only exposure is to the anime.. none of those Light Novels, Visual Novels, etc seem to make it to the PC in English, and I don't own any of those handheld thingies. As a result, although I'd heard of Fate Extra (that's with Nero as Saber, right?), Hollow Ataraxia and Heaven's Feel etc, I don't know much about them...
    An English translation patch for Fate/stay night has been completed quite a while ago here. The base game on the PC is not hard to obtain either.

    Fate/Zero is also translated here.

  6. #6
    Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    80

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Mandred Skavenslayer View Post
    If you could have characters from other mythologies appear within Wuxia who would you choose?
    Ranma 1/2.. I wonder what wulin would make of the crazy martial arts and even crazier characters. =P

  7. #7
    Senior Member Mandred Skavenslayer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Posts
    1,178

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by daydreamer_gal View Post
    Ranma 1/2.. I wonder what wulin would make of the crazy martial arts and even crazier characters. =P
    Sorry, not familiar with who Ranma 1\2 is.

  8. #8
    Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    80

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Mandred Skavenslayer View Post
    Sorry, not familiar with who Ranma 1\2 is.
    Oh, it's an old manga / anime about a teenage martial artist and his crazy life, with all sorts of wacky martial arts, including those involving tea ceremony, rhythm gymnastics, cheerleading, fine dining.. you get the idea. It's kind of like a spoof of martial arts stories, among other things. Also involves involuntary shapeshifting (the protagonist turns into a girl, hence the "1/2" in the title, and various characters turn into animals when hit with cold water), messed-up relationships, and other weird stuff.

Similar Threads

  1. Cross Border Daddy - starring Gilbert Lam
    By AyaAsou in forum ATV TV Series
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 01-24-17, 04:17 AM
  2. The Cross Dresser
    By tido in forum Fan Fictions
    Replies: 322
    Last Post: 01-19-15, 11:18 AM
  3. Cross dressers in History
    By kidd in forum Academia
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 04-09-12, 04:05 AM
  4. When do coworkers cross the line?
    By yearning in forum Academia
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 08-27-07, 11:03 PM
  5. OT: I don't want to cross over.
    By Yeung Gor in forum Technical Issues
    Replies: 17
    Last Post: 11-09-06, 10:38 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •