Fighting Beauty Wulong
| Fighting Beauty Wulong | |
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格闘美神武龍 (Kakutō Bishin Ūron) |
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| Genre | Action, Comedy, Slice of life story |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yūgo Ishikawa |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Sunday |
| Original run | December 26, 2002 – 2007 |
| Volumes | 19 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshio Suzuki |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Original network | BS Japan, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Tokyo |
| Original run | November 1, 2005 – March 25, 2006 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Anime television series | |
| Fighting Beauty Wulong Rebirth | |
| Directed by | Yoshio Suzuki |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 1, 2006 – September 30, 2006 |
| Episodes | 25 |
Fighting Beauty Wulong (格闘美神武龍 Kakutō Bishin Ūron?) is a seinen manga series by Yūgo Ishikawa There are currently 19 volumes. The story has been adapted into an anime which spans two series. Both anime series covers volume 00-18. The first series is Fighting Beauty Wulong and the second is Fighting Beauty Wulong: Rebirth. Both series have approximately 25 episodes apiece.
The lead character, Mao Ran, a person of Chinese origin born and raised in Japan, has been trained in the secret martial art of her family by her drunken lecherous grandfather Master Mao Hung. Her grandfather has promised her that he'll tell her what happened to her parents to encourage her to train and fight. Without her knowledge, her grandfather signs her up to participate in a televised martial arts competition between female martial artists known as "Prime Mat". During the course of the manga and anime it is revealed that Ran's mother married Cao Da Hen and gave birth to Ran's step sister Rin Shen.
Mao Ran(毛蘭) (Mao Lan in Mandarin) (17 yrs old) Voiced by: Wakana Yamazaki. Is the main protagonist of the series. She tries to act as typical teenage girl with little results. She has been trained since she could walk in the Mao's family style called Mao Juhe Kenpo. The form takes characteristics from sword techniques and incorporates them into an empty handed fighting style. From the start of both the manga and anime Mao Ran demonstrates almost complete mastery of this form. Through flash backs it is shown that she develops skills and abilities that only a master should be capable of.
Mao Hung(毛混) (Mao Hun in Mandarin) (75 yrs old) Voiced by: Takeshi Aono. Grandfather to Mao Ran and grandmaster and creator of Mao Juhe Kenpo. After moving from China with his friend and rival Cao Fu Shen. He develops a style of Kenpo based on the fighting style of the samurai sword techniques. He teaches Mao Ran to fight using varies odd and sometimes dangerous tests like fighting a bear or fighting a gang of thugs.
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