Not sure if anyone mentioned this before, but Hulk Hogan reminded me of Whitebeard
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Not sure if anyone mentioned this before, but Hulk Hogan reminded me of Whitebeard
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… what. what what what what what.
Hulk Hogan: used to be a heel, was so popular he turned face, became the biggest wrestling star in the world for a good many years, always talked smack, was all about the US of A, famous for going hulkmania on people when he should have been losing to turn a match around, "invincible hero" type, sometimes considered a pompous ass.
Whitebeard: giant pirate who only wanted a family, became a living legend but was a relic past his prime when he sacrificed his life to try and save one of his beloved sons, badass beyond belief, generally tanked things and never backed down, considered a great man.
The only thing they have in common is being muscular old guys, having white mustaches (that look nothing alike), wearing bandanas, and being the best. Know who else has a white mustache, is a muscular old guy, and was considered the best? Yamamoto from Bleach. as well as many other characters, I bet.
If Whitebeard was known for being cocky and telling people off, then you might have something, but I doubt Oda even thought of Hogan at all when he created Whitebeard.
… what. what what what what what.
Hulk Hogan: used to be a heel, was so popular he turned face, became the biggest wrestling star in the world for a good many years, always talked smack, was all about the US of A, famous for going hulkmania on people when he should have been losing to turn a match around, "invincible hero" type, sometimes considered a pompous ass.
Whitebeard: giant pirate who only wanted a family, became a living legend but was a relic past his prime when he sacrificed his life to try and save one of his beloved sons, badass beyond belief, generally tanked things and never backed down, considered a great man.
The only thing they have in common is being muscular old guys, having white mustaches (that look nothing alike), wearing bandanas, and being the best. Know who else has a white mustache, is a muscular old guy, and was considered the best? Yamamoto from Bleach. as well as many other characters, I bet.
If Whitebeard was known for being cocky and telling people off, then you might have something, but I doubt Oda even thought of Hogan at all when he created Whitebeard.
I could be wrong, but maybe he only based the design off hogan, and not the whole character?
Yamamoto from bleach is a really old guy with a giant beard, not really that similar to whitebeard or hogan.
Some of Whitebeard's personality was based on a real life old man who is a pub owner, where Oda used to go a lot.
Some of Whitebeard's personality was based on a real life old man who is a pub owner, where Oda used to go a lot.
Please, where did you get this info?
Please, where did you get this info?
It's from an old SBS that came out just after Whitebeard was first introduced. The pub owner there was hooked up to an oxygen tank and was very gruff. When someone new tried to talk to him, he'd always say, "I don't talk to snot-nosed airheads."
Also, Whitebeard is also based on Saitō Musashibō Benkei, a famous Warrior Monk from the Heian Period. He was famous for his "standing death", in which he died standing up in order to allow his master, Yoshitsune, time to commit seppuku before he was captured and hung as an outlaw.
Thx for the answer!
The only thing they have in common is being muscular old guys, having white mustaches (that look nothing alike), wearing bandanas, and being the best.
*facepalm
That's why he mentioned Hulk Hogan…
Oda's inspiration for WB came from a guy with an illness who he met in a bar.
… what. what what what what what.
Hulk Hogan: used to be a heel, was so popular he turned face, became the biggest wrestling star in the world for a good many years, always talked smack, was all about the US of A, famous for going hulkmania on people when he should have been losing to turn a match around, "invincible hero" type, sometimes considered a pompous ass.
Whitebeard: giant pirate who only wanted a family, became a living legend but was a relic past his prime when he sacrificed his life to try and save one of his beloved sons, badass beyond belief, generally tanked things and never backed down, considered a great man.
The only thing they have in common is being muscular old guys, having white mustaches (that look nothing alike), wearing bandanas, and being the best. Know who else has a white mustache, is a muscular old guy, and was considered the best? Yamamoto from Bleach. as well as many other characters, I bet.
If Whitebeard was known for being cocky and telling people off, then you might have something, but I doubt Oda even thought of Hogan at all when he created Whitebeard.
You do realize that a character's inspiration can come from different sources altogether right?
I also find similarities between Hulk Hogan and WB, just in general appearance though, the actual personality is based from that old guy in a bar. U do know that Emporio Ivankov's design is based from that Rocky Horror Show (Tim Curry) guy, while the personality comes from Oda's own friend (which is also an okama him/herself, which again turns out to be the original voice of Ivankov).
You do realize that a character's inspiration can come from different sources altogether right?
I also find similarities between Hulk Hogan and WB, just in general appearance though, the actual personality is based from that old guy in a bar. U do know that Emporio Ivankov's design is based from that Rocky Horror Show (Tim Curry) guy, while the personality comes from Oda's own friend (which is also an okama him/herself, which again turns out to be the original voice of Ivankov).
However, Ivankov is a tranny, like Dr. Frank N Furter, and dances and sings. Not only is the aesthetic similar, but they act similar. Easy to see the inspiration.
Hogan and Whitebeard are just really only superficially similar. If WB had a handlebar 'stache like Hogan, then you'd have something. If WB was tanned like crazy, then you might have something. If they acted even remotely similar, then you'd have something. The most you can really say is that their faces kinda look a bit similar, and they wear bandanas. I'm just tired of people saying "hey look there was this girl with black hair who wore a cowboy hat in this movie I once saw do you think that was Oda's inspiration for Robin".
This was probably mentioned before, but since I just stumbled upon it I thought I'd share.
The three Admirals looks are based on real Japanese actors.
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Check OP Wikia for them.
@Rubber:
This was probably mentioned before, but since I just stumbled upon it I thought I'd share.
The three Admirals looks are based on real Japanese actors.! http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080826220627/onepiece/images/0/01/Yusaku-matsuda.jpghttp://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080717173951/onepiece/images/thumb/2/22/Gorou.jpg/180px-Gorou.jpghttp://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100720124603/onepiece/images/a/ad/Bunta_Sugawara.jpg
Jep, I think this has been around since the introduction of Aokiji. There's an unmistakable picture of the actor wearing the same kind of nap cap Aokiji does.
I've searched this thread and didn't find any references to it, so hopefully this is something new. :-)
In Rurouni Kenshin's version of the SBS, where Watsuki talks about inspiration for characters, there's one about a character with one arm and a cannon/grenade launcher for the other arm. In it, Watsuki said he had envisioned this character being like the Terminator, following Kenshin (or Yahiko) around town and basically being unstoppable and unescapable. But the scene just didn't work out that way, and the idea was abandoned. Oda was an assistant for this series, of course.
I think Oda remembered this idea from Kenshin and accomplished it using Impel Down and Magellan. Has this been covered in an SBS anywhere?
I was under the impression Oda was some sort of background drawing man for Watsuki, is that wrong? Anyway since the earliest days of writing man has written about unstoppable people with inhuman strenght. Since Watsuki described a very different outward apperance and role for his charakter, I doubt that this particular one was the model for Magellan. There's just too many of them. If anything it sounds like Watsuki has read Berserk. An unstoppable one arm one armcannon Terminator Type dude following the leader?
Oda actually designed one of the characters. His name was Kumatori I think. And he was gay.
Oda actually designed one of the characters. His name was Kumatori I think. And he was gay.
Kamatari?
Oda designed that guy?!
Figures…he's like an okama.
With the cross-dressing.
@Sniper:
Kamatari?
Oda designed that guy?!
Figures…he's like an okama.
With the cross-dressing.
Oda didn't design him, he came up with him.
A kama-user named Kamatari, that's an okama. A pun for an idea of a character.
As for the actual character design, Watsuki based him off Yui Ikari, Shinji's mother in Evangelion.
So we know that Oda was obsessed with okamas even back then. Wow.
However, Ivankov is a tranny, like Dr. Frank N Furter, and dances and sings. Not only is the aesthetic similar, but they act similar. Easy to see the inspiration.
Hogan and Whitebeard are just really only superficially similar. If WB had a handlebar 'stache like Hogan, then you'd have something. If WB was tanned like crazy, then you might have something. If they acted even remotely similar, then you'd have something. The most you can really say is that their faces kinda look a bit similar, and they wear bandanas. I'm just tired of people saying "hey look there was this girl with black hair who wore a cowboy hat in this movie I once saw do you think that was Oda's inspiration for Robin".
Did someone say character based on Hulk Hogan?
Kids don't know the mighty Neptune Man
Oda didn't design him, he came up with him.
A kama-user named Kamatari, that's an okama. A pun for an idea of a character.As for the actual character design, Watsuki based him off Yui Ikari, Shinji's mother in Evangelion.
Ohhh, I see, thanks…
Lol, is there a Kinnikuman character based on the Ultimate Warrior
I've always been curious if Long Ring Long Land was loosely based off Mongolia or another steppe region… very flat plains, sparse vegetation, variety of wildlife, constantly-moving nomads, etc.
May be a stretch but that impression's always stuck with me.
i think the new look of Kizaru comes from this old movie
yes but the title of the film,Borsalino,is a very big coincidence…
also, in that movie there seems to be an actor named alain delon. Anyone that has read or watched Beelzebub should know that name pretty well seeing he is the funniest character ever (when in conflict/dialogue with Furuichi that is of course). Splitting demon FTW
Could that name actually be a coincidence? you tell me. . .
EDIT: he played in a french reproduction of the movie: the talented mister RIPley too. . . LOL
@huron Is it? 'Cause I'd rather say it was, like everything else in One Piece, purposeful. I only had to google 'Brosalino' to find out that Borsalino was a hat-producing company founded by Giuseppe Borsalino. Aokiji is based off of Matsuda Yuusaku's "Tantei Monogatari" creation and Akainu off of Sugawara Bunta's "Jingi-naki Tatakai", if I remember correctly. Akainu, Aokiji and Kizaru are all names from "Momotarou Densetsu" - a japanese folk legend.
The film fits nicely with the ganster vibes Kizaru was giving off when we saw him and Sentomaru the first time. However, it was only released in two Languages: French and Italian. I wonder how Oda found it. He had a half-French editor for a couple of years, right? Was Shabondy the first time we saw the name Borsalino?
The character of Kizaro looks just like and is based on a famous actor in Japan, as are the other two Admirals. Aohige already posted about it a couple posts up, and this is fairly common knowledge. I only lived there a relatively short time, and even I recognized them as soon as I saw them, that's how famous they are there. It is common in Japan to make reference to famous people in one way or another if you are also in entertainment. In this case, referring to pop-cultural figures fits in with OP's style of humor. The character that this actor played in the movie Aohige posted about may have been based on something outside of Japan–maybe even the french movie you are discussing--but Oda had nothing to do with that, and seriously, Oda did not base his Borsalino on anything other than that Japanese actor and his most famous roles.
Correct. If Borsalino from the trucker movie was based on that film, it wouldn't be a "Oda's Inspiration".
It'd be "Truck Yarou director's inspiration".
Not the same thing.
Sounds about right. It's make a lot more sense for a Japanese director, rather than Oda, to know of this old French movie. But there is some sort of connection like that. It's a series of inspirations rather than the usual parallel spread from a common source (aka. false alarm) that we had so often as of late. It's nice to know where the root is.
Just wanted to say this movie (Borsalino) and those actors (Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo) are famous and it wouldn't be suprising if Oda knew them if he is cinephile. (but I have absolutely no idea if he is)
Delon and Belmondo are the two supertars of the french cinema from the sixties, when french cinema was still important world wide.
The movie received the Golden Bear of the best movie in the Berlin festival and the golden globe of the best foreign movie in the US
Back to the point. Both the title of the movie and the name of the admiral come from the Borsalino company, which used to make those hats worn by Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo and … Kizaru
And worn by Kunie Tanaka in Truck Yarou. Why is it so hard to grasp that the actor Kizaru is designed after had a role as a character named Borsalino that is where his current fb design is from?
cool down, I am just explaining the name and its relation with the movie mentioned in an earlier post.
Sorry, I wasn't upset, just pointing out that, in line with the thread title, Oda's inspiration is more likely from Japanese media involving Kizaru's actor. And we already had several posters pointing out that movie and even one or two pointing out the hat company on this page. It's a bit interesting to know that the French movie is famous though, as I know little to nothing about it, but I think that's the only new information you brought to the table.
Dunno if it's been said before but in here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Jones%27_Locker
Scroll down to reputation, it's kinda similar to one piece.
Found something interesting.
Found something interesting.
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where is that image from?
Found something interesting.
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Woah.. Looks just perfect. Where's this pic from ?
Are you sure that's not the other way around?
Are you sure that's not the other way around?
Pretty sure that's Twiggy, meaning it is definitely not the other way around. That's a really great find.
Who the Hell is Twiggy?
Arguably the most prominent British model of the mid 60's. There's a good enough chance Oda would know who she is.
I think Zoro has been inspired by Vegeta, looking back at some early OP art
http://www.rolonoazoro.com/albums/SagadelMareOrientale/settei_zoro_d.jpg
He has a big forehead and these bones on the sides of the forehead showing like Vegeta. Plus his character is similar minus all the annoying stuff.
Akainu's tattoo inspiration comes from Toyama Kinsan
Interestingly enough his face also fits as Akainu. (yes I know that Akainu was taken from another Japanese actor, not this one. But still their facial feature are similar)
Zoro cutting off the head of that dragon is certainly a homage to Oda Eiichiros One Shot Monsters. Actually, the main character of Monsters is the same samurai Ryuma, who appears in thriller bark. He's that zombie who slayed a dragon when alive and possessed Brooks shadow. Anywho, here are two pictures for the sake of comparison: (first is Ryuma and second is **Zoro)
http://www.mangarush.com/manga/wanted-oda-eiichiro-tanpenshu/4/p-40 http://www.mangareader.net/one-piece/656/14** I wonder if there are any other homages to Oda Eiichiros other One Shots.
A fun coincidence.