Antoni Matteo Garcia

Iron Fists and Muscles of Steel

Iron Fists and Muscles of Steel

July 10, 2022 in Blogs, The Splendid Seven

This piece of Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha fan art is dedicated to Rannyunny, BrickRRB0, neewari, Grace-Zed, WinterNights30, Yaqirob, maisytheangel, PayLe, Vilabela, Toongirl18, GideonBernstein, DarkJewel21, xSugarInferno, confettiipop, woolbean, ArtzyJamie, SkyLunaAngel, JKSketchy, Kareena08, The-Ghosts-of-July, and mergenthalerTim who celebrated their birthdays ranging from a week ago until today. So, I wish you a lot of love, joy, prosperity, abundance, beauty, grace, and awesomeness in your lives as artists and as people.

Here we have 41-year-old Sesshoumaru and 40-year-old Inuyasha donning outfits inspired by Jin Kazama from the Tekken franchise. Given how Jin Kazama as well as Hwoarang and Steve Fox have been great friends to Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha ever since they were young men, Jin himself gave both brothers his hand-me-downs as gifts for being the greatest people he has ever met, sparred with, fought against, and hung out with. He, Hwoarang, and Steve find it quite intriguing that both Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha have been mentored by his father Kazuya Mishima and Steve’s father Paul Phoenix as well as Ryu Hoshi, Ken Masters, T. Hawk, Guile, Charlie Nash, Alex, Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, Terry Bogard, and Andy Bogard. Therefore, Sesshoumaru’s and Inuyasha’s great friendship with Jin Kazama plus Hwoarang and Steve Fox can never be denied.

While both Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha don Jin’s signature outfits so well, they behave more like Ryu Hoshi and Ken Masters as well as Kazuya Mishima and Paul Phoenix in terms of brotherhood to the point where they are the Ryu and Ken of The Splendid Seven. Sesshoumaru’s reservedness and high discipline makes him akin to Ryu Hoshi, while Inuyasha’s brashness and toughness make him akin to Ken Masters. One cannot forget that T. Hawk, Guile, Kazuya, Paul, Ryu, and Ken have really helped Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha reach their peak physical condition, for they have had a regimen of weightlifting, muscle building, Kumite sessions, Katas, cardio workouts, and strength training which has seen them grow into super strong and potently powerful warriors. Moreover, Sesshoumaru’s and Inuyasha’s father developed his brand of martial arts known as Taisho-style Ansatsuken which is basically a combination of Shotokan Karate, Kyokushin Karate, Shito-Ryu Karate, Shorin-Ryu, Goju-Ryu Karate, Kenpo Karate, Taekwondo, Hapkido, Judo, Jujitsu, Pankration, Boxing, Wrestling, Bokator, and Kapu Kuialua. Bear in mind that Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha have been training in Taisho-style Ansatsuken ever since they were little children with the catch being that Sesshoumaru’s long stances, precise attacks, and accurate timing lean towards a mixture of Shotokan Karate and Taekwondo while Inuyasha’s mighty blows, fascination with close-contact combat, and tendency to do so much collateral damage to his opponents lean towards a mixture of Kyokushin and Pankration. If it were not already clear, both the Inu Brothers have the moves, the muscles, and the experience to illustrate how serious they are as mighty combatants willing to give their opponents a huge portion of takedowns, ground and pound attacks, grapples, and fatal strikes galore.

Just remember that Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha are proof-positive that they are the strongest fighters of The Splendid Seven, and they have the mighty muscles as well as the powerful moves to prove just that. Let us also not forget about the great connections they have with their best friends for life Jin Kazama, Hwoarang, and Steve Fox, especially since Jin gave both Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha his signature attires as hand-me-down gifts, and their mentors Ryu, Ken, Kazuya Mishima, Paul Phoenix, Gouken, Akuma, T. Hawk, Guile, Charlie Nash, Alex, Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, Terry Bogard, and Andy Bogard. Opponents should be warned about how powerful these dog yokai warrior brothers really are.

I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next submission. Take care, stay safe, and always be prepared to defend yourselves, everybody.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha from Inuyasha belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha: Karate Masters Survey

July 9, 2022 in Blogs

When it comes to Sesshoumaru’s and Inuyasha’s respective Karate styles, Sesshoumaru’s would be Shotokan thanks to his long and wide stances, precision, and quick attacks while Inuyasha’s would be Kyokushin thanks to his close-contact attacks, powerful blows, and brutality.

A. True
B. False

Make Way for Bloodsport and Carnage Galore

Make Way for Bloodsport and Carnage Galore

July 8, 2022 in Blogs, The Splendid Seven

This “What if Character replaces This Character in this Scene/Episode/Story” originally belongs to MagicalKeyDanPizza and is dedicated to everybody who loves the idea of Sam, Clover, and Alex relaxing, especially with Raymond returned to normal and cuddling by Alex’s side, and watching seven powerful Yokai martial artists such as Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran reducing Ulrich Wernerstein and his bodybuilder brigade to a bloody pulp. Sit back, relax, and revel in how Alex would not have to rely on Ulrich’s Bulky Bars to muscle up as a means to defeat him and his brutish bodybuilder brigade but chill with her best friends, Sam and Clover, as well as her boyfriend, Raymond, to witness Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran use their martial arts skills to defeat Ulrich and his bodybuilder brigade in a competitive martial arts tournament that could give UFC, Karate Combat, Bellator, and every martial arts tournament both fictional and real a run for their money.

I am sure you can already see this response coming to you a mile a way, but here it goes. What would happen if Sam, Clover, and Alex did not have to do combat with Ulrich Wernerstein and his bodybuilder goons? What if they did not get thrashed by the bodybuilder goons with Ulrich laughing his butt off at their expense? And what if Alex did not have to result in the drastic measure of consuming Ulrich’s Bulky Bars to overpower him and his goons? You would get Sam, Clover, and Alex retreating and being excited that there is going to be an event where Ulrich and his goons are going to get beaten up by some truly formidable opponents. For that matter, which team of opponents could use their combat skills, leverage, peerless physical prowess, and perseverance as powerful warriors to give Ulrich and his bodybuilder goons the visceral beat down they truly deserve? Look no further than The Splendid Seven consisting of Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran who have been training in the martial arts ever since they were very young. The result is an all-out martial arts tournament complete with blood being spewed, joints being broken, and a whole lot of brutality blasting all around, thus being a spectacle worth the excitement, the thrills, and the carnage. Even the referees would feel nervous about proctoring this particular match and would find themselves in such a rapid flurry of relentless speed and ruthless attacks.

Where attire is concerned, Ulrich Wernerstein shall be in his signature dark forest green singlet, while his goons are dressed as they are. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha are going to be toppless and donned in Karate gi pants, a black belt on their waist, crimson fingerless gloves, and crimson foot guards, with the only difference being that Sesshoumaru’s Karate gi pants are black with a white, gold, and silver flame design on his right, while Inuyasha’s Karate gi pants are black with a red, orange, and yellow flame design on his right, considering that their attires serve as gifts from their best friend for life/brother from another mother Jin Kazama. Shuran is topless and dressed in a green Mawashi with a green Fundoshi underneath, green and gold gauntlets, green and gold ankle bands, green foot guards, and green shinguards almost like a cross between E. Honda and Zangief. Hakkaku is going to be topless and in forest green Muay Thai shorts, forest green pra jiads, white hand wraps, and forest green ankle guards. Ginta is also going to be topless and in white hand wraps, brown Lethwei shorts with diamond and dragon designs, and adorned with white ankle wraps. Ayame has her hair down with her iris intact and is dressed in a red turtleneck thong leotard, red spiked elbow bands, red boxing gloves, red shinguards, and red foot-wraps. Shunran also has her hair down with her two signature light pink flowers on each side of her hair; dons a light green sleeveless tank top with a magenta floral design that exposes her midriff, magenta fingerless gloves, magenta arm bands with a pink feather on each of them, light green Capoeira pants also with a magenta floral design, and magenta foot guards. All the fighters are well dressed for combat.

To make this even better, Sam, Clover, Alex, Raymond, Robert Beefcake, and Jerry are not the only ones who are going to watch this carnage of a tournament. All of Sesshoumaru’s, Shuran’s, Inuyasha’s, Hakkaku’s, Ginta’s, Ayame’s, and Shunran’s fighting game mentors including Gouken, Ryu Hoshi, T. Hawk, Kazuya Mishima, E. Honda, Zangief, Hugo, Ganryuu, Akuma, Ken Masters, Guile, Paul Phoenix, Sagat, Dhalsim, Balrog, Bruce Irvin, Dee Jay, Fei Long, Vega, Lei Wulong, Chun-Li, Cammy White, Sakura Kasugano, Nina Williams, Elena, Ibuki, Karin Kanzuki, and Anna Williams, a bevy of fighting game and fighting anime characters who have become their best friends for life friends and allies including Jin Kazama, Hwoarang, Steve Fox, their parental figures in the forms of The Wolf Elder, Toga the Dog General, InuKimi, and Izayoi as well as their big sibling mentors The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers consisting of Tommy Oliver plus his clone/distaff twin brother Tom Oliver, Jason Lee Scott, Zach Taylor, Billy Cranston, Trini Kwan, and Kimberly Ann Hart are also going to cheer on The Splendid Seven. Speaking of The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers consisting of Tommy, Tom, Jason, Zach, Billy, Trini, and Kimberly as honoured guests, they would also have a first aid kit on standby, given that they know fully well how effectively and dangerously their surrogate younger siblings can inflict collateral damage on their muscle-headed opponents, especially as a septet of powerful Yokai martial artists. Furthermore, Rocky DeSantos, Adam Park, Aisha Campbell, and Katherine Hillard are also on standby as nurses who would gladly tend to Ulrich and his goons when they get thrashed and tarnished to bits. To say that the tournament is going to be a full house is a mere understatement. It is going to be a sold out event worth tuning into and even worth airing on international television.

Ulrich Wernerstein and his goons may think that their grappling and hugely sized muscles are enough to tackle Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran even going out of his way to say that they are harmless. However, Ulrich and his goons are sorely mistaken, as Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran are extremely well trained and powerful martial artists. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha specialise in what they, their father, and their mothers call Taisho-style Ansatsuken which is a mixed martial art that combines Shotokan Karate, Kyokushin Karate, Goju-Ryu Karate, Shito-Ryu Karate, Taekwondo, Hapkido, Judo, Jujitsu, Pankration, Boxing, and Wrestling, thus making both brothers complete yet fatal martial artists known for their brutal takedowns, vicious grapples, and pain-inducing punches, strikes, and kicks. The difference between Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha in terms of their fighting styles, most especially in Karate, is that Sesshoumaru would use Shotokan’s widely long stances and exactingly quick counters, while Inuyasha revels in Kyokushin’s intimidatingly close contact and powerfully damaging blows. Nevertheless, the similarity lies in how effectively both Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha implement Jujitsu’s and Judo’s grapples and takedowns including foot sweeps, arm bars, sleeper holds, and chokeholds. Shuran is a world-class champion in Vale Tudo, Sambo, Mongolian Wrestling, Sumo Wrestling, and Professional Wrestling who is known for his killer piledrivers, palm strikes, chokeholds, and grappling techniques which could crush his opponents effectively. Hakkaku and Ginta are exceptionally gifted strikers and clinchers through and through, with Hakkaku being a specialist in Muay Thai, Pradal Serey, and Panantukan, and Ginta being a specialist in Lethwei, Jeet Kune Do, and Sanda, thus demonstrating instant fatality found in their elbow strikes, knee strikes, shin strikes, and headbutts. Ayame possesses the fists of fury, ferocity, and fortitude which have seen her exceed in Kickboxing, Boxing, Aikido, Koppojutsu, Shorinji Kenpo, Nippon Kenpo, and Aikido, given that her expansive repertoire of punches and kicks means that she can combine speed, power, and timing in such an effective manner. Shunran bears quick reflexes, speedy and accurate timing, and boundless flexibility which have always made her phenomenal in Capoeira, Shaolin Kung Fu, Wushu, Wing Chun, Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu, Baguazhang, and Ninjutsu to the point where she has made her own mixed martial art focused on combining Capoeira, Shaolin Kung Fu, and Ninjutsu, especially demonstrated in her rapidly flexible tricking, speedy kicks, and mighty backfists, knife hands, elbow strikes, and knee strikes. At the end of the day, Ulrich and his bodybuilder goons should know fully well that they cannot afford to underestimate their seven Yokai warrior opponents.

The preliminary fight rituals go as follows. The Splendid Seven’s fighting game mentors massage their students in order to physically condition them to take down their muscle-headed opponents, while giving them good advice on how they can achieve a great victory. For extra moral support, the seven original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers bless their surrogate younger siblings under Zordon’s name with honour, integrity, fairness, determination, dedication, perseverance, and fortitude in the face of victory and/or defeat. As the seven Yokai martial artists and the five bodybuilders enter the ring, the audience eagerly anticipate the epic battle, especially with Alex clinging on to Raymond’s powerful arm and with Raymond being just as intrigued as his lady love. Ulrich engages in some trash talk directed towards Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran by stating that he and his men would be happy to make minced meat out of their tarnished bodies and add them into his new Bulky Bars recipe. He and his goons even flex their bulging muscles at the seven Yokai martial artists to intimidate them, but Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran retort with a nice verbal jab at Ulrich’s massive ego and smirk at his expense. Furthermore, in additional response to Ulrich’s and his goons’ provoking threats for them to throw down the gauntlet, each of The Splendid Seven members get into their battle modes. Sesshoumaru throws a left jab, a cross punch, and a roundhouse kick and gets into his Shotokan Karate stance. Inuyasha throws an uppercut, a right jab, and a spinning back kick and gets into his Kyokushin Karate stance. Shuran throws two palm strikes, beats his chests while letting out a feral yell, and gets into his Sambo stance. Hakkaku throws an elbow strike, a knee strike, and a shin kick and gets into his Muay Thai stance. Ginta throws a headbutt, a shin kick, and a knee strike and gets into his Lethwei stance. Ayame throws an uppercut, a jab, and a hook and gets into her Kickboxing stance. Shunran throws a flash kick, a foot sweep, and a tornado kick and gets into her Capoeira stance. Ulrich and his bodybuilder goons definitely made the fatal mistake of underestimating their opponents who mean serious business. The epic fight has just begun.

The bell rings and all the combatants start the battle. Ulrich and his bodybuilder goons may shower their seven Yokai opponents with a huge barrage of blows, chokeholds, and throws, but Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran are never ones to back down. This is also indicative when the seven Yokai warriors emit a bone-chilling smirk with blood dripping down from their mouths and foreheads and wiping it off while giving off dark, low-voiced cackles, thus imbuing the ring with an air of deadly cold that even Tommy, Tom, Jason, Zack, Billy, Rocky, Adam, Trini, Kimberly, Aisha, Katherine, Jin, Hwoarang, Steve, Xiaoyu, Asuka, and Lili are shivering with terror and fright. The seven Yokai warriors proceed to regain full consciousness and are about to whale it on Ulrich and his bodybuilder goons. Sesshoumaru has his roundhouse kicks, side kicks, jabs, hooks, cross punches, arm bars, and flips ready to destroy the red-haired bodybuilder goon. Inuyasha throws a bevy of uppercuts, dragon punches, reverse punches, Superman punches, spinning back kicks, axe kicks, chokeholds, and arm bars at the blond-haired bodybuilder goon. Subsequently, Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha join forces to throw their signature rising dragon fist, spinning back kick, ground and pound, and meteor punch combo as a means to reduce the bald, brown-skinned bodybuilder goon to a bloody pulp. Shuran rains palm strikes, Boston crabs, backfists, Full Nelsons, piledrivers, suplexes, and throws on the bodybuilder goon with the green mohawk. Hakkaku pelts the blond-haired bodybuilder goon with knee strikes, shin kicks, elbow strikes, headbutts, backfists, axe kicks, and jabs. Ginta attacks the red-haired bodybuilder goon with headbutts, elbow strikes, heel kicks, axe kicks, hooks, roundhouse kicks, and spinning kicks. Shuran, Hakkaku, and Ginta then end up joining forces to give their favourite attack to the bodybuilder goon with the green mohawk, which is Shuran’s overpowering Full Nelson and Hakkaku’s and Ginta’s series of elbow strikes, knee strikes, shin kicks, and headbutts. Ayame launches a series of leopard blows, chambered punches, hammer fists, haymakers, straight punches, overhand punches, and sucker punches to both the the red-haired bodybuilder goon and the blond-haired bodybuilder goon. Shunran unleashes a grand selection of scissor kicks, flying kicks, machine gun kicks, butterfly kicks, back kicks, vertical kicks, and spinning heel kicks on both the bodybuilder goon with the green mohawk and the bald, brown-skinned bodybuilder goon. Ayame and Shunran end up joining forces to deliver backfists, leopard blows, hammer fists, haymakers, butterfly kicks, spinning kicks, and flying kicks to all four bodybuilder goons. With all four of Ulrich’s bodybuilder goons knocked down in a bloody, bruised, and broken mess, this just leaves Ulrich alone to try to fend them off. Spoilers, folks, it does not end well for him.

Ulrich attempts to rain blows on Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran but to no avail. This means that all seven Yokai martial artists are going to offer him a ginormous portion of pain, punishment, and pummelling. Sesshoumaru starts things off with a rising dragon fist, jab, hook, cross punch, side kick, roundhouse kick, front kick combo. Inuyasha then proceeds with a rising dragon fist, uppercut, Superman punch, reverse punch, roundhouse kick, spinning back kick, axe kick combo. Shuran has his palm strike, front punch, backfist, headbutt, overhand punch, piledriver, drop combo at the ready. Hakkaku charges with a knee strike, headbutt, elbow strike, shin kick, backfist, jab, axe kick combo. Ginta launches a spinning kick, roundhouse kick, hook, heel kick, elbow strike, headbutt, shin kick combo. Ayame accelerates the action with a leopard blow, chambered punch, hammer fist, haymaker, straight punch, overhand punch, sucker punch combo. Shunran leaps into action with a scissor kick, flying kick, machine gun kick, butterfly kick, back kick, vertical kick, spinning heel kick combo. All of the seven Yokai warriors’ attacks end up leaving Ulrich totally demobilised, disoriented, traumatised, and numbed down. He and his goons attempt to launch another series of attacks with what little strength they have, but it is all in vain, for it is time for Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran to deliver their final finishing blow. Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran ready themselves with their attack stances, and they all charge to Ulrich and his bodybuilder goons. Sesshoumaru’s rising dragon fist, Inuyasha’s raging Superman punch, Shuran’s furious double palm strike, Hakkaku’s angry headbutt, Ginta’s rampaging elbow strike, Ayame’s earthquake sucker punch, and Shunran’s poisonous knife hand strike all incapacitate Ulrich and his bodybuilder goons, as they fall to the ground like Sequoia trees being felled. The battle finishes with all seven Yokai warriors emitting an earth-shattering, powerfully mighty victory yell, and the crowd cheers loudly with such jubilation.

Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran emerge triumphant and give each other a great big group hug to show how unified they are as a tightly knit family of powerful Yokai warriors. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha give each other a a high five, a fist bump, and a brotherly hug. Shuran wraps Hakkaku and Ginta in a mighty embrace. Ayame and Shunran jump up and down and give each other the tightest hug possible. Even Inuyasha and Ayame as well as Ginta and Shunran manage to have a cute, romantic moment with each other complete with sexy, intimate kisses and hugs. Furthermore, Sesshoumaru gives Ayame a kiss on the cheek, while Shuran and Hakkaku both give Shunran a kiss on her cheeks and embrace her. Raymond, Alex, Clover, Sam, Robert, and Jerry even award Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran seven gold medals, a huge trophy, and a cheque worth 250,000 Dollars for winning the tournament. Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran would intend to use the 250,000 Dollars to invest in opening up a combat institution to teach children and children at heart various martial arts and use them well in combat competitions as well as ways of life. This is a gesture that only made Raymond, Alex, Clover, Sam, Robert, and Jerry proud of them but also something their mentors wholly appreciated and supported with all of their hearts. As for Ulrich and his bodybuilder goons, they ended up being tended to by Tommy, Tom, Jason, Zack, Billy, Rocky, Adam, Trini, Kimberly, Aisha, and Katherine who end up giving them tender, loving, medical care after the intense beating they received by dressing all of their wounds and handling all of the bruises, gashes, bloodied noses, and every other injury they incurred. It only goes to show that martial arts skill, power, and prowess, especially mastered by seven mighty, focused, and determined Yokai warriors such as Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran, can certainly beat über bulky muscles to submission.

I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next submission. Take care, stay safe, and never mess with Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran, everybody.

Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran from Inuyasha belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise.

Sam, Clover, Alex, Ulrich Wernerstein, and his bodybuilder brigade from Totally Spies belong to Vincent Chalvon-Demersay, David Michel, and Marathon Media.

The Splendid Seven Survey

July 7, 2022 in Blogs, The Splendid Seven

Which content focused on The Splendid Seven consisting of Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran do you want to see more of?

A. Mighty Morphin Inurangers
B. Jungle Warlords
C. Iron Fist Tournament
D. Sensei Jason and The Black Belt Crew
E. The Splendid Seven’s Childhood
F. The Feudal Justice League
G. Olympian Mythic Warriors

Anime I have seen on Animax Prospective Review Survey

July 6, 2022 in Blogs

I intend to keep on reviewing anime, especially the ones I caught on Animax ever since I was twelve years old. Which of these choices do you want me to review?

A. Texhnolyze
B. Wolf’s Rain
C. Hiwou War Chronicles
D. Ultra Maniac
E. Detective School Q

Mighty Morphin Inuranger Suits Survey

July 5, 2022 in Blogs

I’m about to draw the Mighty Morphin Inurangers in their suits. How do you think I should draw their fully morphed form?

A. Have their hair/hairstyle, individual ornaments, and markings show.

B. Make it the same as the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

It’s Morphin’ Time! Mighty Morphin Inuranger Style

It’s Morphin’ Time! Mighty Morphin Inuranger Style

July 4, 2022 in Blogs

This piece of Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Hakkaku, Shunran, Ginta, Ayame, and Inuyasha fan art is dedicated to snitchpogi12, AyosDesignz, Death-Driver-5000, Advanced-Dorkness, IamFuyori, BrYttBRatt, and ConorTheSimpsonsFan who are celebrating their birthdays today. So, I wish you a lot of love, joy, beauty, fortitude, prosperity, abundance, and hope on your very special days and in your lives as artists and as people. This is also dedicated to everybody who loves the idea of Inuyasha, Shuran, Sesshoumaru, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran morphing into the Mighty Morphin Inurangers. Sit back, relax, and it’s morphin’ time!

The time has come for our main seven teenage Yokai warriors with attitude to morph into the Mighty Morphin Inurangers. It looks like Zordon and Alpha 5 outdid themselves in appointing seven overbearing and overemotional supernatural combatants to become an elite team of superheroes to defeat monsters and demons no matter where they are or what the occasion is. Furthermore, I am certain that those of you who have grown up with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Inuyasha might find yourselves getting extremely excited about the thought of Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Hakkaku, Shunran, Ginta, Ayame, and Inuyasha doing the Morphin’ Time roll call. In fact, can you imagine if David Kaye as Sesshoumaru, Scott Logie as Shuran, Alistair Abell as Hakkaku, Jocelyne Loewen as Shunran, Paul Dobson as Ginta, Natalie Walters as Ayame, and Richard Ian Cox as Inuyasha do the Morphin Time roll call from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers? I am sure it would be absolutely blissful. For those of you who grew up with both Inuyasha and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, I think you might be thoroughly amused and excited by that prospect even to the point where they could potentially out Morphin’ Time the likes of Jason David Frank as Tommy, Walter Emanuel Jones as Zack, Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly, David Yost as Billy, the late and great Thuy Trang as Trini, and Austin St. John as Jason.

Now, I know I am going to hear some hardcore Power Rangers fans screaming at me saying that Tommy’s Tigerzord and Dragonzord Power Morpher’s are supposed to be gold. I can understand your grievance, but please hear me out. My Mighty Morphin’ Inurangers AU headcanon, and to that extent the subsequent Inurangers AU headcanon seasons, has seven main let alone original members instead of the usual five and then six members. This means that there were already seven power coins and seven power morphers in store for the main seven teenage Yokai warriors with attitude. Regardless of what happens in the comment section, it is undeniable that there is no demon too scary or monster too huge for the seven Mighty Morphin Inurangers to overpower.

This was a long time in the making, as this was at the back of my mind for several months. Drawing this was no easy task, for it took me nearly two days to complete, and I had to really do my best to emulate what the original power morphers looked like while giving my own spin on it. It was a challenge I accepted with grace and enthusiasm. I am so happy that I managed to accomplish this.

I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next submission. Take care, stay safe, and may the power protect you, everybody.

Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Hakkaku, Shunran, Ginta, Ayame, and Inuyasha from Inuyasha belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers belongs to Saban and Toei.

Black American Sitcom Patriarch of the 80s and 90s Survey

July 3, 2022 in Blogs

Which of these Black American sitcom patriarchs of the 80s to the 90s do you admire the most to the point where you would consider him to be not only America’s Greatest Dad but your greatest role model ever?

A. Philip “Uncle Phil” Banks (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
B. Officer Carl Winslow (Family Matters)
C. Dr. Heathcliff “Cliff” Huxtable (The Cosby Show)

Teenage Yokai Warriors with Attitude

Teenage Yokai Warriors with Attitude

July 2, 2022 in Blogs, The Splendid Seven

This piece of Inuyasha, Shuran, Sesshoumaru, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran or Splendid Seven fan art is dedicated to MelodyGachaYT, HyperSamuster-Arts, marinostyle, and NadDraws2003 who celebrated their birthdays ranging from a few days ago until today. So, I wish you a lot of love, joy, prosperity, beauty, fortitude, passion, and excitement on your special days as well as in your lives as artists and as people. This is also dedicated to everybody who loves the idea of Inuyasha, Shuran, Sesshoumaru, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran morphing into the Mighty Morphin Inurangers. Sit back, relax, and it’s morphin’ time!

We find ourselves back in 2000. We also have 17-year-old Hakkaku, 15-year-old Ayame, 19-year-old Sesshoumaru, 18-year-old Inuyasha, 18-year-old Shuran, 17-year-old Ginta, and 13-year-old Shunran in their Morphin Time poses getting ready to, you guessed it, morph into the Splendid Seven’s anime counterpart to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers known as the Mighty Morphin Inurangers. You can already guess by the attire they have who they are going to morph into and which original Mighty Morphin Power Ranger they were inspired by. So, for any of you Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Inuyasha fans who know who plays who, please comment below if you know which original Mighty Morphin Power Ranger character is portrayed by Hakkaku, Ayame, Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Ginta, and Shunran.

I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next submission. Take care, stay safe, and may the power protect you, everybody.

Hakkaku, Ayame, Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Ginta, and Shunran from Inuyasha belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers belongs to Saban and Toei.

Jungle Pride Month Love

Jungle Pride Month Love

July 1, 2022 in Blogs

This piece of Basuli x Hercules x Tarzan fan art is dedicated to PinkPlasticPrincess, Hi-Gummy, Donella-and-Orin, Amaroq-Ama, ChadRocco, kuku88, sweetxdeidara, VIEWT1FUL, Juney-chan, DonCon206andHedgie, Yuki-Koyuki, MoonNue, sakimichan, SMeadows, kalukukiyam, jonathanserrot, R-Legend, TheMightyGorga, Rosanaliese, shaharaj, cherrycreamfairy1997, Ami-Magane, cristinaxtiger, ColorfulWonders, fredmai, Sally6723, IrenHorrors, shycatgirl, Villanalirreal, TXToonGuy1037, IcyDaydream, 10Bendog, Blossutchforeva, Brashgirl901foreva, cenapi, LostDollHouse, Haddock-House, WildWolfHipster, TheAmazingGMan, and SilverHedgie9 who celebrated their birthdays ranging from over two weeks ago until today. So, I hope you all had amazing birthdays, and I wish you a lot of love, joy, beauty, and grace in your lives as artists and people, especially in this wonderful pride month and equally warm, sunny summer weather. This is also dedicated to all of the wonderful people who find the idea of two strapping jungle warrior brothers such as Basuli and Tarzan being in a romantically loving relationship with a powerful demigod such as Hercules truly entrancing. Sit back, relax, and let these handsomely muscular warrior throuple demonstrate that true and unconditional love knows no race, no skin colour, and no prejudice. All right, lover men, take it away.

Basuli, Hercules, and Tarzan: We wish you a happy Pride Month, everybody.

Basuli: No matter where you come from–

Hercules: No matter what you do in life–

Tarzan: Just know that you are accepted, loved, and cherished for being you.

Basuli: Times may be contentious.

Hercules: The world may be a scary place to live in.

Tarzan: But, as long as you don’t let prejudice take over your life, you will be all right.

Basuli: We should know. Because not only do my brother Tarzan and I love and care for each other.

Tarzan: But we also care for our dearest husband Hercules.

Hercules: And I love Basuli and Tarzan with all of my heart, mind, body, soul, and being. I am totally blessed and ecstatic to have handsome, loving, and strong men in my life as my husbands.

Basuli: And we are just as grateful to have a wonderful warrior such as Hercules as our husband.

Tarzan: He loves me and Basuli for who we are. Nothing can change that.

Basuli, Hercules, and Tarzan: That is a promise.

(Basuli and Tarzan kiss Hercules. Hercules embraces both Basuli and Tarzan and kisses the both of them. Hercules, Basuli, and Tarzan wrap each other in a tight, loving embrace to demonstrate how united they are in love.)

Time has been very kind to Hercules, Basuli, and Tarzan. Despite them being in their early fifties in the present era as well as having a fine number of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, they still look as young, vibrant, and fresh as they have always been. Their secret is a healthy lifestyle complete with lots of exercise, a great diet that has seen them stay young and vibrant, a positive attitude, self respect, self love, and self care. Furthermore, Hercules’s love life with his two favourite jungle warrior kings Basuli and Tarzan is guaranteed to last with a whole lot of fortitude, harmony, beauty, strength, and unconditional love, thus seeing a great deal of healthy longevity. Nothing can ever separate Hercules from his darling Basuli and sweet Tarzan, and nothing can separate Basuli and Tarzan from their handsome Hercules. This beautiful relationship is one that will last forever.

I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next submission. Take care, stay safe, and please keep showing your love for Basuli x Hercules x Tarzan as a throuple, everybody.

Hercules, Basuli, and Tarzan from Hercules and The Legend of Tarzan belong to Disney and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Splendid Seven Superhero Team Survey

June 30, 2022 in Blogs, The Splendid Seven

Which Western superhero team do you think would fit Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran?

A. Mighty Morphin Inurangers
B. The Feudal Justice League
C. The Sengoku Avengers
D. Y-Men
E. The League of Extraordinary Yokai
F. The Legion of Super-Yokai
G. Crimson Fang Corps

Sensei Jason and The Black Belt Crew

Sensei Jason and The Black Belt Crew

June 29, 2022 in Blogs, The Splendid Seven

This screenshot collage is dedicated to all of my friends, fellow artists, fans, and brethren who are admirers of Jason David Frank as an actor, a martial artist, and as a martial arts instructor as well as The Splendid Seven consisting of Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran. Sit back, relax, put on your nostalgia goggles, and revel in how a show starring a charming martial arts sensei and his seven young Yokai warrior wards would have made for really great television in the mid to late 1990s.

Take one renowned actor, martial artist, and martial arts instructor known for portraying one of the most popular Power Rangers ever, have him receive his own animated show starring alongside Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha the two dog Yokai warrior brothers, Shuran and Shunran the two panther Yokai warriors, and Hakkaku, Ginta, and Ayame the three wolf Yokai warriors, and you get a fun, thrilling, high octane, and thoroughly entertaining action show that combines Mister T’s as well as Karate Kommandos’ thrillingly kick-butt action with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ sense of thrilling amusement plus Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids’ fun brand of heart, edutainment, and teaching viewers young and old valuable morals and principles. The show would be called Sensei Jason and The Black Belt Crew which would run on Cartoon Network every Saturday morning at 9 AM from June 9, 1996 until December 18, 1999, running for a total of four seasons and one-hundred four episodes including holiday specials such as Halloween, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Sensei Jason David Frank would really take after Master Splinter, Mister T, Chuck Norris, and Fat Albert in terms of being the team dad and big brother mentor to his amazingly formidable wards. Speaking of his amazing wards, Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran would take after The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mister T’s gymnastics team, Chuck Norris’s Karate Kommandos Team, and Fat Albert’s friends and comrades in terms of their various personalities, martial arts styles, and individual quirks. Adding in The Wolf Elder, Toga the Dog General, InuKimi, and Izayoi being thoroughly involved as Sesshoumaru’s, Inuyasha’s, Shuran’s, Hakkaku’s, Ginta’s, Ayame’s, and Shunran’s lives as their parental figures coming in to check on their progeny plus Sensei Jason’s friends Esteban, Jonathan, and Corinne voiced respectively by Steve Cardenas, Johnny Yong Bosch, and Karan Ashley being akin to April O’Neill and Ms. Priscilla Bisby would make the show just as entertaining and fun for four seasons. If you cannot already tell, this show would have been a huge hit to both the young and the young at heart.

As I mentioned in my “What If” idea revolving around Sensei Jason played by Jason David Frank being a mentor figure to Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran, this show would have the formula of a high octane opening to get the viewers excited, a live-action prelude with Jason David Frank himself introducing us the viewers the main story of what is going to occur, the main action where Sensei Jason and The Black Belt Crew are involved in solving mysteries, stopping crime, kicking villain butt, and learning something valuable along the way, a live-action epilogue with Frank summarising the lesson and bidding us the viewers until the next, and an instrumental version of the show’s theme tune as the closing song. Sensei Jason and The Black Belt Crew would not just revolve around various martial arts, with each Black Belt Crew member specialising in various fighting styles, but also learning about various morals and principles, especially with the Eight Codes of the Arts being implemented, namely brother- and sisterhood, dedication, cooperation, respect, attitude, self respect, confidence, and discipline. Aside from morals revolving around the codes and ethics of martial arts, other lessons would revolve around the importance good health, the importance of a balanced diet and lifestyle, dealing with first crushes, handling peer pressure, safety as a priority, self-esteem, close family ties, and dealing with school bullies. Furthermore, heavier topics such as children in troubled backgrounds, gun violence, gang wars, kidnapping, child abuse, parental abandonment, depression, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, discrimination in the forms of sexism and racism, gender equality, divorce, being in abusive relationships, pedophilia, suicide, death, and sexuality would also be touched upon. The show’s approach to teaching valuable lessons in an entertaining fashion would never be preachy nor condescending but would be something for viewers to be entertained with in an enlightening, thrilling, and involving manner, thus being a show that is way ahead of its team while gaining mainstream appreciation thanks to Jason David Frank bringing life to a fictionalised version of himself being a mentor figure to formidable young Yokai martial artists. With that said, let us segue to the characters because they are the Alpha and the Omega of this series, given how strong they are together as a united family.

Sensei Jason starts the series as a 22-year-old college student studying Sports Sciences, Physics, and Japanese Studies at Harvard who runs his own dojo and ends the series as a 25-year-old pursuing his Master’s degree in Japanese Studies while keeping his dojo alive and running. His main martial art is Karate, but he is also adept in other martial arts to the point where he combines each and every one of them, including Taekwondo, Judo, Jujitsu, Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, Kickboxing, and Capoeira. Balancing his academic duties in college with his responsibilities as a mentor, instructor, and teacher may not be easy for him, but his encouragement, kindness, down-to-earth nature, and unconditional love for the martial arts and to his young wards keep him alive and make him fully grateful for having wonderful people around him, thus making him embody the importance of brotherhood and sisterhood.

Sesshoumaru starts the series as a 15-year-old 9th grader and ends the series as an 18-year-old 12th grader. His signature martial arts are Shotokan Karate, Kyokushin Karate, Brazilian Jujitsu, and Japanese Jujitsu. He may be a competitive, reflective, and taciturn lone wolf, but he is fiercely loyal to his brother Inuyasha, his adoptive brothers Shuran, Hakkaku, and Ginta, his best friend Ayame, and his little sister from another mister Shunran. Aside from his competitiveness, reflective, and taciturn lone wolf nature, he is also a disciplined Karateka full of honour and integrity to his craft. He embodies the code of discipline.

Inuyasha starts the series as a 14-year-old 8th grader and ends the series as a 17-year-old 11th grader. His signature martial arts are Taekwondo, Hapkido, Pankration, and Bokator. He is a super strong, super fierce, and super tough leader who never backs down from a fight, is always there for his family, and always does what he can to better himself as a fighter and as a person. His strength, fierceness, toughness, and leadership lend themselves well in his skills as a Taekwondo practitioner full of guts and stamina. He embodies the code of confidence.

Shuran starts the series as a 14-year-old 8th grader and ends the series as a 17-year-old 11th grader. His signature martial arts are Mongolian Wrestling, Sumo Wrestling, Vale Tudo, and Sambo. He is the big, tall, strong, and ferocious bodyguard who uses his imposing size, as the tallest and biggest member of the group, to intimidate his foes and bring honour and solidarity to his family. He has a big and healthy appetite that boosts his strength and stamina as a wrestler but is also careful to never overeat because he knows fully well that his body is his temple. He embodies the code of self respect.

Hakkaku starts the series as a 13-year-old 7th grader and ends the series as a 16-year-old 10th grader. His signature martial arts are Muay Thai, Pradal Serey, Kajukenbo, and Panantukan. He is the energetic, hyperactive, and enthusiastic messenger who always relays the news of what is going on and what urgent news needs to be taken care of, thus demonstrating loyalty and high spirits to his family. His passion to keep on reaching greater heights and willingness to never give up make him strong as a Muay Thai practitioner. He embodies the code of attitude.

Ginta starts the series as a 13-year-old 7th grader and ends the series as a 16-year-old 10th grader. His signature martial arts are Lethwei, Sanda, Jeet Kune Do, and Pencak Silat. He is the charming, lovable, and adorable pretty boy who has really cute dimples on standby as well as some quick reflexes to boot all to demonstrate that he is not just another cute and pretty face. He genuinely cares for his family and would do everything to bring reverence and allegiance to them. Should any harm be done to them, he would use his clinches and strikes as a Lethwei practitioner to subdue his enemies. He embodies the code of respect.

Ayame starts the series as an 11-year-old 5th grader and ends the series as a 14-year-old 8th grader. Her signature martial arts are Kickboxing, Boxing, Nippon Kenpo, and Koppojutsu. She is the courageous, valiant, and valorous tomboy who shows fierce determination and always gets back up on her feet no matter how many times she gets knocked down. Every time some felon knocks her down, she returns with a barrage of punches at her favour. Her iron fists are especially useful thanks to combining her skills as a kickboxer and boxer ready and willing to give her opponents a huge knockout. She embodies the code of dedication.

Shunran starts the series as a 9-year-old 4th grader and ends the series as a 12-year-old 7th grader. Her signature martial arts are Capoeira, Shaolin Kung Fu, Wing Chun, and Baguazhang. She is the cheery, mischievous, and sanguine girly girl who is always clever on her head and on her feet regardless of the situation. Whenever she and her family find themselves in a particularly uncomfortable situation, she does her best to keep the team spirit going well like a well-oiled ship. Her fleet feet and agility are exceptional when it comes to combining her skills as a capoeirista and a Shaolin Kung Fu practitioner. She embodies the code of cooperation.

The Wolf Elder in his human form starts the series as a 52-year-old boxer and boxing coach showing no signs of retiring and ends the series as a 55-year-old still being as strong as ever as a boxing coach. He passes his wisdom, love, and kindness down to his granddaughters Ayame and Shunran and admires how Sensei Jason has helped them be the courageous young girls that they are. He even considers Sensei Jason to be a great teacher and equally great leader.

Toga starts the series as a 36-year-old Karateka and Karate sensei who is also adept in various martial arts and passed down his love for the martial arts to his sons Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha and ends the series as a 39-year-old continuing his career as a Karateka and Karate sensei. As a fellow Karate sensei, Toga sees Sensei Jason as a knowledgeable young man and a great role model to his sons, his stepsons, and his surrogate daughters. He confirms that Sensei Jason is excellent for his beloved sons.

InuKimi starts the series as a 32-year-old Aikidoka and Aikido sensei displaying grace, agility, and power in everything she does as well as being an unconditionally loving mother to both Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha and ends the series as a 35-year-old still continuing to make Aikido and the martial arts as a whole as a serious investment. InuKimi considers Sensei Jason to be almost like the eldest son she would have loved to have because of how wise and disciplined he is. She and Toga could not have asked for a better sensei.

Izayoi starts the series as a 31-year-old Kung Fu practitioner specialising in the styles of Praying Mantis, Crane, and Snake displaying speed and agility and ends the series as a 34-year-old continuing in this martial art all while being extremely loving, affectionate, and supportive to her adopted sons Shuran, Hakkaku, and Ginta. Izayoi cherishes how patient, kind, and caring Sensei Jason is towards her precious sons and revels in how they have grown in wisdom and in fortitude. She could not be any more prouder as a mother.

Esteban starts the series as a 21-year-old college student studying Sports Sciences, Physics, and Japanese Studies at Harvard while competing in Brazilian Jujitsu and ends the series as a 24-year-old pursuing his Master’s degree in Sports Sciences while being heavily involved in being an instructor in Brazilian Jujitsu. He is a laid-back, chill, and cool person who considers Sensei Jason to be like an older brother figure and is always helpful towards him and The Black Belt Crew in various missions. This means that his chill attitude should never be mistaken for weakness, for he can also use his joint locks and arm bars to subdue their foes.

Jonathan starts the series as a 19-year-old college student studying Physics, English Literature, and Japanese Studies at Harvard while also being a diligent practitioner in Jeet Kune Do and ends the series as a 22-year-old aiming to do his Master’s degree in Physics while having an internship with Sanford and Taylor Laboratories. Knowledgeable on his head and on his feet, Jonathan is a conscientious tactician who is always reliable in getting his allies and friends out from a sticky situation while being just as formidable as a combatant. As the brains of Sensei Jason’s circle of friends, Jonathan always has something up his sleeves.

Corinne starts the series as a 19-year-old college student studying Media and Communications, Journalism, and English Literature who aims to be an anchorwoman while being just as active in Wushu and ends the series as a 22-year-old intern at Harvard University Press and Boston News Network. Corinne’s vivacity, enthusiasm, and ambition are utterly infectious, for she never stops at nothing until the job gets done. She is always ready to be open to different people and new experiences and always has her notepad and camera on the ready. Aside from her journalistic ambitions, Corinne is also a firm believer in justice for all.

Sensei Jason and The Black Belt Crew, their friends, and their parental figures are always prepared to defend themselves and their loved ones against crime and all forces of evil. There is no enemy strong enough nor clever enough that they cannot oust, and their sense of teamwork and close family ties are the keys to getting every job done. Even when times get really rough, they always find a way to bounce back up with punches, kicks, blocks, and grapples galore. Watch out, villains, here come Sensei Jason and The Black Belt Crew.

I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next submission. Take care, stay safe, and may the power protect you, everybody.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Karate Club The White Ranger Kata belongs to Saban, Toei, and Jason David Frank.

Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Shuran, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran from Inuyasha belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise.