A lot of you are probably wondering what this hot blood stuff is. Well, a hot blooded character is a person who is burning so brightly with passion and emotion that they can appear to do anything, no matter what. With their guts alone they usually solve all problems headfirst, and worry about consequences later. They also arm themselves with cheesy lines of dialogue, that comes off as the most amazing thing you ever heard thanks to their hot blood. I’m sure you have a character in mind as I write this, but here a re a few examples: Kamina, Guy Shishio, Might Guy, Madarame Ikkaku, Major Armstrong to name a few, but this is only a brief sample.
What really saddens me is that there aren’t any hot blooded stories in the west. The closest I think we got to a pure hot blooded film is 300, and in the TV world there is always Jack Bauer, because he gets the job done. However, there isn’t a lot more than that. If done correctly, it could be very popular in the west. And when I say correctly, I say keep it fun, funny, and serious (but only at the right times).
Nothing can make my day better than watching a hot blooded character give his hot blooded speech, and then scream. Some people think this is bad, they think this is corny and unrealistic, and maybe even juvenile. What I say to them is that this is supposed to be corny, unrealistic, and juvenile, but at the same time it speaks to us purely emotionally, almost as if this is who we truly want to be. Well, at least that’s true for me.
And i quote "Take this! My love, my anger, and all of my sorrow!" "SHINING FINGER SWORD!!!" -Domon Kasshu.
Thanks Ryoma Nagare for being as crazy as you are!
then again GAR is actually a man concept, it's something so MANLY it make you gay for it
Meanwhile, in the US, we have no problem with people getting excited, overconfident, and boisterous. Just go to a tailgate party and see what I mean. Therefore, seeing someone like that on TV is mostly 'nothing special' to Americans.
Me, I can take them in small doses. Kuwabara from Yu Yu Hakusho was my ideal of this: He switched between serious (even stupid) and (if Yukina was around or if the situation otherwise called for it) a hot-blooded macho man whose skin literally steamed with the burning of his fiery heart. That way, neither state got old and boring.
This is a part of the japanese characater here...
There's a quote of Jocho Yamamoto who say "If one act immediately, seven on ten of his action will be succesful".
This guy Jocho Yamamoto, has practically forged and defines the bushido codes and samouraï attitude, so, yeah...
But there's some Hot Blooded character in the west :
Hawkeye (Who's gone after the dark avenger alone against the advice of the entire crew.)
Guy Gardner in the green lantern corp has a reputation of this.
Deadpool (Who's hotblooded, imprevisible and crazy...)
And I'm sure there's some more in comics a least...
I can only take so much of the anime variety though. They usually come packed with non-stop corny punchlines and goofy outfits. It's cool in shows that are super comedic but it wears thin if it goes unchecked in action shows... unless these guys are kicking ass on a regular basis. Even then it's best in moderation.
....Sorry.
And in my opinion, Gar and hot blood aren't traits only found in male characters. We have Shizuru, Noriko, Asuka, Allenby and Katina to mention a few of my favorites.
@Dream: Nadesico poked fun at a lot of things (my favorite part is how they called out how stupid many parts of Evangelion was, all in a subtle way, but thats my interpretation) but hot blood was a something they didn't just poke fun at, as it was a core concept and theme for the show. I haven't seen it in a while so I cant point out any specific examples, but I remember it was there through Gekigengar 3 and several cahracters. Ryoko is another good example of a hot blooded female character.
I also agree with the point of this article, there is to little hot blood in anime nowadays. The moe fans have tons of series, but fans of gar and hot blood will have to hope for even one show each season with something like this in the list of upcoming series. I'm sure it will turn around eventually though, the moe trend is clearly not healthy for the anime industry as its fans don't seem to buy any DVDs, and the merchandise is just as much third party knockoffs as they are official goods. Not saying that mecha and action fans as much better, but they seem more prone of supporting a certain anime even after its release and not just jump from one anime to the next as soon as the last episode has aired. And as I said, its a trend and trends cahnge. If we will get more hot blood in the future, I'm not sure as another factor is that you need a lot of money to animate good action scenes, where as drama and mote is cheaper. So the economic situation will have to change as well or we will just get the occasional hot blooded anime.
Western characters are either brooding or cool. Rarely is such a character explored in the Western form of writing. The only example I can think of is Raphael from the Ninja Turtles, and potentially the Hulk if he could form full sentences. Actually, Aquaman from the Batman: Brave and the Bold cartoon is like that as well.
It would be interesting to see a main character in a Western cartoon/show be hot blooded.