A wrestling legend, now a full-time movie superstar, everyone knows the name John Cena. With Barbie and Fast & Furious X appearing this year, the latter took advantage of the actors’ strike to make a notable return to the WWE ring.
Before resuming filming allowed him to film Season 2 of Peacemaker, the man long nicknamed The Marine, a reference to his first film, took part in an American program consisting of reading and commenting on his Wikipedia bio.
An online encyclopedia paragraph specifically states that John Cena is a fan of Japanese animation. A claim confirmed by the latter, who adds that his favorite anime is none other than Ken Survivor, discovered in the 80s at the age of 15 (a much more reasonable age than those who discovered him in France at Dorothe’s Club).
Manga adaptation Hokuto not Ken From Buronson and Tetsuo Hara (available from Crunchyroll), Ken the Survivor is an action series set in an ultra-violent post-apocalyptic world.
WWE wrestlers love anime!
The manga draws inspiration from many successful American action films of the 80s, and especially from Mad Max, which inspired its world, but also the appearance of its main character, Kenshiro.
Appreciated both for its enjoyable violence and for its protagonist’s dumb and muscular personality, Ken Survivor is also known in France for its parodic dubbing – the dialogues were completely rewritten to add humor to a story completely lacking in the original. version.
Other WWE stars have also spoken about their passion for Japanese animation. Notable are Kofi Kingston, Ronda Rousey and Cody Rhodes, who recently participated in the dubbing of the French-American Netflix anime Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix.
The Japanese anime Ken the Survivor can now be watched in its entirety on the specialized ADN platform.
Source: Allocine
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