It seems the Devil Gene isn't the only gene the Mishimas should worry about...
Tekken is hardly a series that's narm-free, but this animated adaptation is pretty infamous for a reason.
- Jun asking Kazuya if his father throwing him off a cliff when he has a kid is the reason why he’s so angry with complete sincerity. Though it could be argued Jun did so to get Kazuya to listen to her by claiming she was there, adding she tried (in vain) to get Heihachi to stop and even tried to help him.
- The fact that Lee’s big plan for world domination involves GENETICALLY-ALTERED DINOSAURS THAT CAN TURN INVISIBLE. For how serious the plot was taking itself up to this point (for a Tekken anime, at least), the fact that his plan resembles that of an old B-movie villain is just plain jarring.
- For some, the licensed music used in the American version feels unfitting for the scenes they’re in, in particular how they picked a rap song for the final battle with Kazuya and Heihachi.
- While Kazuya’s MASSIVE eyebrows already look pretty ridiculous when he’s an adult, they look even more so when he was a little kid which kinda distracts from his tragic backstory. Ditto for Jin at the end.
- Speaking of Kazuya, his hair here is also a frequent source of mockery because, yes, his hair always looked a bit silly, being affectionately called a "Duck Butt" by fans, but here a lot of the times he looks like a bootleg Vegeta with how BIG it looks in a lot of shots.
- What’s Kazuya’s deduction after Nina tries to kill him AGAIN and Anna blows up the gym trying to kill him too? “Those two must be up to something!” Nooo, really?
- In the original Japanese version, the ending is capped off by a rather relaxing song to go with the last image of Jun and Jin walking through a forest filled with animals. How does the English dub handle it? By blasting a HARD ROCK song
by The Offspring so loud it’s basically a jumpscare that takes you out of the moment. The fact that it accompanies such a calm and innocent image just comes across as INCREDIBLY tone deaf.
