Official Tekken Cartoon Teaser Re-Imagines Classic Fighting Game Characters With Toy-Like Visuals

Bandai Namco has re-imagined classical warring crippled characters similar Kazuya and Kuma successful the archetypal teaser for a Tekken cartoon.

Officially stylized arsenic "TEKKEN! CARTOON," the minute-and-a-half-long trailer mixes unrecorded enactment and animated elements to uncover an unexpected offshoot for the publisher's long-running warring crippled series. Just 5 characters – Kazuya, Kuma, Yoshimitsu, Paul, and Alisa – amusement up successful the video, but we wouldn't beryllium amazed to spot much cute versions of fan-favorite characters amusement up successful immoderate the last merchandise ends up looking like.

"Your favourite #TEKKEN characters are coming retired of the ringing and into the cartoon world!" an authoritative statement for the animated task said. "Keep an oculus connected our socials for much quality astir the TEKKEN! CARTOON."

The YouTube statement for Tekken! Cartoon besides revealed immoderate of what appears to beryllium the unit down the trailer itself. Included successful the lineup is animator Amerhiro, whose enactment tin beryllium seen crossed some their X/Twitter and Instagram pages and features a akin look to the designs revealed successful the trailer.

Tekken! Cartoon mightiness beryllium the past happening Tekken fans expected to spot erstwhile they woke up today. These are cute and colorful versions of video crippled icons who person thrown down for decades, and with small accusation astir what precisely it volition beryllium oregon wherever it volition air, fans aren't wholly definite what to marque of it.

"I thought this was an advertisement for Tekken snacks oregon something," 1 instrumentality commented. "Wasn't expecting this, but let's spot what they're doing with it (Maybe)."

"TEKKEN BABIES IS REAL!!" different joked.

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Some fans online are besides confused to spot different Tekken animated task look without immoderate updates connected a imaginable instrumentality for Netflix's anime adaptation, Tekken: Bloodline. The amusement premiered successful 2022 and featured visuals that fell a small much successful enactment with the games it was based on.

Tekken! Cartoon has nary merchandise day oregon crippled accusation for now. Meanwhile, contempt the exit of bid seasoned Katsuhiro Harada successful December 2025 and Tekken 7 and 8 crippled manager Kohei 'Nakatsu' Ikeda conscionable a fewer weeks ago, Bandai Namco's warring crippled franchise continues to person updates, with Tekken 8 owed to adhd Baki's Yujiro Hanma arsenic a playable DLC character.

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