But Palicos weren't fighting alongside us in all games. Who says we need them in the fight and how can we use them realistically in a movie fight without having at least 1 out of 4 facing an almost certain death. I think for "movie's" sake we should stick to the first 2 generation multi hunter fights. If however you meant Prowler, I'm all ears and 100% biting.
Your video kinda reminds me of my ideas. 1: A ”walking with the dinosaurs” style film, narrated by a few famous NPCs in a documentary style... It could show a few monsters, in their natural habitats... Then introduce hunters and explain the Why And how behind them. For example: the series mascot, Rathalos, in its nest, hunting Prey, raising its young... Then explain why Hunters are needed and how they might fight against the Rathalos... Then show the fight, featuring the same group of hunters in every hunt... That could work as a film, or a longer series, using advanced CGI, or Anime Style animation. 2: a direct story, following one young hunter on his road to becoming a High rank hunter... In classic fantasy style. He gathers allies, joins a hunting Company/guild, gets a mentor... Becomes a hero of sorts... Stretch it into a trilogy, like star wars, or make it a series... Ideally using the CG from the recent games.
I think an easy way to work around this is to have every Character have a Palico companion that helps them out before they all come together. Perhaps not every Hunter isn't available to hunt certain monsters all the time so a Palico takes their place. It even opens up the possibility of a Filler episode where all the palicos come together and hunt a monster themselves. I think that'd be neat
This video is a year old but here's my pitch for the plot with the building blocks you set up. A's story is golden just have their family be captured by some spider type creatures but seeing the huge lightning wyvern cause them to faint. Their first major hunt will be lead by B to rescue the family. B's story of fading glory and being asked to join out of prestige is great but have it be as C's debut hunting party (C, C's older injured brother, B, the Guild Rep, D as a squire to the Rep). She'll become mentor to A, C, and D as a band of misfit hunters. As the series progresses and her pupils become more sufficient as a group she can leave the hunting party but still stick around. C's hunting party failure in letting the lightning wyvern escape caused the spider creatures to find and attack A's family. B's mentorship gives him confidence in his compatibility with the insect glaive. D is always the fifth person tagging along (I've heard something about this being major bad luck in world and the reason most parties are no more than four) Their story is very basic finally be part of a party and not tagging along. 1/4 story is about A & B 2/4 story is about C joining A&B 3/4 story is about D joining the party and informing them about how they're being blacklisted by the guild because the lightning wyvern that escaped is stirring up trouble. 4/4 story is about the party going on a unsanctioned hunt to deal with the wyvern.
You forgot about the Monster Hunter classic: “we’ve been blaming the wrong monster”™️. Season 1’s gotta end with them realizing the monster they thought was responsible for their troubles isn’t, and something much bigger is going on.
"We beat the Ivory Lagiacruz! Wait, it's Ceadeus?!" "We beat Nergigante! Wait, it's Xeno Ji'iva?!" "We beat Velkhana! Wait, it's Shara Isvalda?!" (in the same game!) "We beat Magnamalo! Wait, it's Narwa AND Ibushi?!" "We beat Malzeno! Wait, it's Giasmagorm?!" (again, same game!) And then it's not that, the plot is "The legendary dragon that everyone believes is just a fairy tale is real!" Usually Fatalis, but if not there's also Yama Tsukami, Gogmazios, Ahtal-Ka, Makili Pietru, or Oltura.
"I'm just a guy" Yes you are just a guy Just a guy that makes amazing stories documentaries that help people see things that they have known for years in a new fresh perspective. You're the guy that makes gutwrenching, terrifying, horrific movie worthy re telling of the "haha bonk dragon" game. You're not a guy. You're THE guy.
I hate you for showing me these ideas, because no way we are ever getting anything close to this. Everything sounds fire (maybe only because the reality of production has not dragged things down yet). This adaptation needs be made right this second and my disappointment upon the next MH adaptation being a flop will be immeasurable. Thanks for raising my expectations to unreachable heights. Disillusioned/10
I totally agree with you 100%. Personally I would LOVE to see this as an anime, maybe by the people who made kill la kill or MHA. The fight scenes could be . . . unimaginable. Instead of 16, 1hr episodes, they could do 32, about 30 minute episodes just so it doesn't drag along or anything. Granted that would be kinda weird seeing each character have 2 episodes to establish them but I'm just chucking stuff out there.
Something that might be interesting would be B accepting that she can no longer go toe-to-toe against a massive monster while wielding a giant slab of steel, but she still wants to fight. Thus, she decides to take more of a commanding position in the hunt and, after seeing D in the hunt, decides to become a gunner. You could even say that B has switched weapons in the past, so the only thing stopping her from swapping is her own pride. At the same time, D, who is still trying to accept that messing up repeatedly isn’t the end of the world, decides that perhaps she simply can’t aim, dodge, and manage ammunition all during the stress of the hunt. So, at roughly the same time as B’s swap, she picks up the hunting horn. I was also thinking that B, being the experienced huntress that she is, talks to D about the struggles that she has observed D experiencing, and brings those issues to light, convincing D to switch to one of the other weapons. This would leave the group with two hunters that haven’t changed their weapon, and two that, having accepted their own limitations, have changed their roles in the fight. TL; DR: B and D should talk about their issues to each other and swap to HBG and HH, respectively.
@@ordinarydork2515 Possibly, but D uses LBG, not HBG, and B isn’t really up for dashing around fast. D is also not very suitable for GS, because she is both small and lacks the experience necessary to use GS well. Switching to HH would also be a more interesting plot point than “they swapped weapons.”
I love all those characters. Also to try and add something, Hunters should be masters of more than 1 weapon to be ready for all scenarios. I was thinking giving them a secondary weapon, it could be taken and learned as power ups for example. -A Sword and Shield(maybe the weapon from one of their family who didnt make it to the frontier, and learns this as a form of homage) -B Hunting Horn( this as a method to help, maybe B does like music and she can support the group with buffs besides her experience + She can still bash some heads with it) -C Dual blades( i see C as a very agile person and maybe Dual blades could be good for them) -D Charge blade ( It would be very inspiring watching the most unexperienced one master the most complicated weapon) Great video as always!
I like the concept of changing weapons a lot as a guy who plays 7 weapons but admittedly mastered none, especially since you'd wanna show all the cool weapons the game has to offer as a form of advertisement. But having everyone change weapons at least once might be hard narratively to cram in the reason and training they'd have to achieve without a time skip. My idea is to have one (probably B due to her knowledge of matchup and experience) be a master of arms, adapting what she'd use based on what they're gonna be hunting. If we want to keep her issue about not having enough strength, we can just limit her to a set of heavy-ish weapons she's used all her life because she never trained with light weapons. For example, Great sword for slow/predictable monsters (Gun)Lance against rathalos or something that likes to shoot things or fire beams at you Charge Blade against huge armored targets like Gravios/Basarios, because SAED explosions destroys them despite most weapons bouncing Switch axe as an elemental weapon in case the monster is incredibly weak to one, but might be a too hard to hit with SAED and the combo potential is too cool to not show This also highlights the sheer variety of monsters that exists in the world, along with the ingenuity of developing a strategy to fighting each specific one and not always "hit its head until it's dead" mentality (Introducing a barroth would be a nice shock to A once he realize he bounces off its head. I've been there.) Just imagine an ep that starts with someone with a Khezu hood obscuring their face finishing off Khezu with a fire CB SAED by countering its projectile with guard point, only to reveal she's a grandma complaining five seconds after because she bent her back a bit too much during SAED and not the creepy threatening monster she just defeated. The next time we saw her fight, she predicts a rathian landing after it backflipped twice from its blind spot out of sheer experience that it doesn't like to fly for too long. Hits the tail but failed to cut it off, even though she knew it would've been cut clean off if she was in her prime. Would be a nice way to show her skills, experience, and her age dulling her body.
I would say C will be Main: Greatsword Second: Insect-glaive Then a character arc happens and after that it would be Main: Insect glaive Second: dual blades
As for me, I got an idea for B: Main: hammer, as it's universally impactful to gave the monsters internal damage Secondary: dual blades/insect glaive for a fast paced, lighter weapon And here's the cool part imo, s/he's introduced as mainly wielding the 2nd weapon, and when things get really serious, s/he took the hammer and the others will be like "you gonna use that?" Then s/he replied "yeah" as she's showing her true mastery with the hammer Well, that's the main idea, the main weapon could be the vital uncommon role like tanking, support, or just dealing damage in general Since s/he is the veteran hunter, it's natural that they would learn to wield multiple weapon as some hunt will ask for specific weapon to make the hunt easier, and gradually, s/he found a weapon that works well with the most hunt s/he experienced, and depend on his/er nature it could be either for protection, crowd control, or just slaying, although this scenario always leads to B's sacrifice for development imo -w-')
I'd say Swagaxe, rather than CB for D. CB is too close to SnS visually, for people who don't really know either to know what to expect. Imo at least. Plus, CB is only really mechanically complicated ingame because of the combos and guard points. From a mechanical standpoint, Swagaxe is definitely the more "wtf is this" type of weapon.
Was thinking the same, a "single" movie can't show everything, only a part, from the world, weapons and Monsters. Though... Legend of the Guild showed more monsters and weapons in 58mins, than the Live Action movie in 1,5 hours haha. Even if the game's stories would be set in a Series, that would be interesting too, Starting with MH1's story and then moving on, with multiple seasons.
Same! With how Monster Hunter is, you really CAN'T put an entire story into a single movie. A series, on the other hand, gives you a bigger window to truly have the characters and plot come into their own. Plus, it would add to the dread of a potential big baddie at the end of the series, like some sort of Elder Dragon or such.
I concur. Indeed, Oceaniz's "Forbidden Episodes" show exactly how a series could work. There IS a Monster Hunter Stories anime, and a couple of mangas too. Maybe they could adapt those into anime.
I feel like D should be a wyverian, because they have such a long lifespan, so them still being a bad hunter despite having decades or even centuries to practice would be more interesting. Also it would make for an interesting dynamic with B
HR 1 sword and shield user who just picked up the game and a HR999 old wyverian lady weilding a chargeblade sounds like how my friend (5+ years of MH experience) got me into the series lol
I feel you might have forgotten about palicoes when talking about characters, heck even palamutes. Palicoes have human level sentience so i feel they have a right to be characters instead of just pets or comic relief.
I personally don't think a Felyne man cast member should have voiced English dialogue and just do their cat noises (alongside expressive body language and facial expressions) which the human characters will just instinctively understand Otherwise I feel that they will just be made into a comic relief character, which is a trope I despise, or become extremely obnoxious
Honestly, this isnt simply a "How to make MonHun Movie" but can be used generally as a "How to create a good, interactive story" Definitely gonna try the pyramid for my next novel 😂 maybe even a monhun fanfic or smth
This TV show idea gives me a lot of ATLA vibes. A semi-episodic format where the characters can sometimes work as a group, sometimes alone. Some episodes can be completely separate from the overall story, while others can serve as crucial plot points.
Something to note on death is that we hear of people dying in Monster Hunter. Even in the Legend of the Guild movie, two of the hunters die by the hands of Lunastra. Not gory or hyper focused on, but when the fight ends, they're graves are eventually revealed to us.
I got an idea for character D. She is a runaway from the most powerful family in Verudo, the city where A's family is too poor to live. In fact, her family are the real estate tycoons bulldozing his home. While running away from her sheltered and empty life in the palaces of the elite, she was kidnapped by pirates and sold into the arena where your story finds her. Lacking the skill to fight yet driven by perfectionist anxieties, D owes the Guild hunter her life but dare not disclose her true identity. As soon as she's found out, she knows she will be returned home.
With the cast I'd have a different approach on the four main characters, with each one highlighting a different aspect of the "joy" people draw from the games. Character A - would be the joy of the hunt, someone who hunts, purely for the joy of besting beasts - Great Sword. Character B - would be the joy of the world building, they have a pure passion for nature and all its facets, and hunts as an excuse to explore the lands, (and make some money on the side.) - Dual Blades with Sleep. Character C - would be the joy of the build/optimisation, a blacksmith so impatient to see results that they pick up hunting to test and gather material for themselves - Any/All weapons, probably switches around alot and uses alot of technical weapons. Character D - would be joy of the community, a hunter who loves the guild, the people in it and the culture around it - Hunting Horn. I feel like with these four characters they could have some really engaging dialogues, where they could all contribute meaningfully to whatever gets thrown their way. Like Character A and B, could have a fight over the ethics of hunting, with Chatacter D pointing out that hunting is more then just an activity but a culture for them, and maybe Character C pointing out that how hunting can be good for a species, (like how irl buying crocodile products can actually be better for the crocodile species, thanks to regulations). The resolution to this I'll leave out for the sake of brevity. Also Oceaniz I think you're really cool, and I recently got into MH thanks to you.
Hey this is great! I love each hunter embodying a "joy" and especially Character C. There are so many weapons to show off. And the MH world is so huge these characters would be wonderful tour guides. Man, I like Oceaniz's idea but then I want yours too. Can we have multiple MH series? Or better, each season we follow a different set of four hunters. I want season three to be... All Purrowlers!!!!
Well, it's just ideas atm, the execution could be anywhere in quality. From worse than the movie to far, far better. But it does seem like a good base overall.
You can do so much more with a good base than a poor one. The MH movie started with a poor one that needed a miracle to work. Such a miracle is impossible in these times for everyone who was working on it, sadly. This is a much better outline to work off of!
I like the goofy idea such as like heavy scare factor then a gypceros and its like lol a ckicken then a flashbang then its gone then woosh its tail stretches out to hit the hunter.aswell as each series could be like a rise then a sunbreak expansion like a series 2 thing
So regarding your characters and plot, here are my fancast for your OCs: A (Hammer): Bryce Papenbrook (male) or Suzie Yeung (female) B (Greatsword): Cindy Robinson C (Insect Glaive): Casey Mongillo D (Light Bowgun): Griffin Puatu (male) or Risa Mei (female) As for monsters, I think going by episode by episode can work: (Introductory Arc) 1) Rathalos (the monster that separated A's family) and Velocidrome (A's first hunt) 2) Rajang, Diablos, Lagiacrus, and Glavenus (B's "glory days"-montage, with the last one showing her blade locking against its sword tail with her own Greatsword), Zinogre (B's hunt that results in the fresher and nimbler faces dying and only B's survival after an extremely-close call and near-fatal heart attack from the excess voltage) 3) Mizutsune (C's hunt where he switches from Greatsword to Insect Glaive when the Bubbleblight becomes too much of a problem for slower hunters, resulting in the need of speed) 4) Tigrex (D's rigged fight was implied to a one-sided slaughter show before it was raided by Guild Knights) 5) Barroth (A's real hunt where he finally "gets" on what it means to be a hunter) 6) Goss Harag (B's half-recovery hunt, half-humbling moment and gradual acceptance of her limits) 7) Nargacuga (C's solo hunt post-exile from his family and start learning on how to be independent with his own unique skills) 8) Yian Kut-Ku (D's real test to see if she has what it takes) (The Star-Chaser/Elder Dragon Hunt Arc) 9) Qurupeco (later calls and gets eaten alive by a Deviljo) (A and D's warmup quest gone horribly wrong and survive by the skin of their teeth) 10) Anjanath (B and C's collaboration where B recovers her fading resolve and C coming onto his own and learning from B's wisdom) 11) Gravios (C and D's wake-up call boss, and C's humbling moment and D's ultimate badass moment where she hits the target with her AP rounds) 12) Rathian (and Episode 1's Rathalos making a return) (A and B's big moment, with both of them now cementing themselves as true Monster Hunters) 13) Kirin (first A, B, C, and D collab-hunt, first real failure given that they're not used to working together all at once and Kirin being too fast and furious) 14) Jhen Moren (technically breather episode, given that it's treated more like a "fishing trip"/reconciliation moment) 15) Valstrax (A, B, C, and D all come together in this epic two-part finale...) 16) Crimson Glow Valstrax (kill-steals the regular Valstrax while it was passing by and now the real final battle begins, with plenty of particle effects like with its Dragon Energy Beam and the "sakuga moment" with its "Around the World" attack) (A, B, C, and D give it their all, ends with their hard earned victory, with A now becoming a full-time Monster Hunter, B retiring and training the next generation of hunters, C making a name for himself and opening a school for aspiring Insect Glaive users, and D goes off on a journey to find her past) Post Credits Ending Scene: four new hunters (Sword and Shield, Longsword, Gunlance, and Bow users) come across a poster with a bounty for a Maganamalo at the Guild Board. Sequel Hook confirmed. What do you think? Anything I could add or any different monsters?
Idk if it's bc I started with Rise, but i feel like if there could be a way to include both the newer hunters and the first group, then a Rampage may be possible considering it's one where it's said how multiple townspeople assist during the event.
I'm going to chime in while only being 4 minutes into the video: The sense of progression you describe would REALLY lend itself to a series imo. You could even have a "monster of the week" (and extend that week to two or three episodes) type of formula like ATLA where the end of the season is a climactic finale of what has happened up until then. Which would be very fitting for how the games work, now that I think about it. Edit: Yep, same line of thought picked up at 6.30ish, lul
On top of that it could also be made into a movie trilogy where the characters and the world have a proper amount of time to develop and get fully fleshed out while the stakes get higher. Seeing humans struggle to fight a Rajang in the big screen with the visuals and production value of King Kong (2005) will be downright heart pumping.
Oc idea: a rider, whose monstie was killed by a Vaal Hazak. The bond between a rider and her monster meant that when her Nargacuga died, she went off the deep end. She became a hunter for the sole purpose of finding the Vaal Hazak that killed her monstie and killing it for revenge.
I think the Dorohedoro anime adaptations art and animation style would work well for monster hunter, while by no means inexpensive it would be vastly less costly then something like Into the Spider Verse or Arcane. It is mostly 3d animated, it is also extremely good sadly for it being a 3d anime and being on Netflix resulted in very few people watching it, the manga is also complete which is great.
I imagined C as a bowgunner, and figured D would be the team tank with Lance or gunlance. Maybe timid and uses Lance, but overcomes anxiety and upgrades to the boomstick gunlance
I feel like B's proper character arc would be to transition from a heavy physically demanding weapon like the greatsword to the light bowgun. Maybe someoen even older than her says that her days at the frontline are over. But you are far to valueable as a hunter to hang up the mantle yet. And to maybe try a less physically demanding weapon. This may clash with D. But B reminded me of Ayame from Rise. A hunter that was hurt badly on a hunt and had to switch to the light bowgun if she wanted to keep hunting.
Something that I think would fit D is ,that D uses a weapon she cannot handle good, and later on will try out other weapons.This could represent that in the Game you usually dont stick with only one weapon.
I also feels like their needs to be some sort of montage of the main character trying all the weapons trying to find their main weapon because we all had to do it.
Another thing would be that i imagine the old lady mentor character to become some sort of parental figure to the main character. As she ages and as the story goes on she atunes a liking towards the main character, teaching them her skills, bonding with them and even viewing them as one of her own. Then for the big finale I imagine that she is the character that has to die, through a major sacrifice where she uses all she has left to protect the group and most importantly, the main character.
I don’t think anyone could have possibly ripped the ideas from my own brain so accurately. Hammer, GS, IG, and HBG have always been my idea for a hunting party. The weapons, I feel, meld the best, each with their own hunting goals. I also love the idea of D, but I feel that instead of being quiet, she could be really energetic and optimistic. Yeah, she may screw up a lot, but she’s always looking at the bright side of things. I’d also really like to see Frontier at least mentioned, maybe they come across a duo of hunters, wielding Tonfas and a Magnet Spike. Something to show off the two widely ignored weapons. Further, I like to think that maybe D is from Moga or someplace similar, and while she’s really bad at normal combat, she excels underwater. I’ve got a ton more ideas, but this really captures the essence of what I want, and all the rest of my stuff comes in the Plot.
@@TornaitSuperBird Oooh, good point. A lance wielder, maybe as a freelancer? Or a Kamura Gunlance user who just blast dashes everywhere? It’d be fun to see.
Putting these ideas out there for other creative types of the right caliber to take and expand upon, is the right idea. Hopefully reaching out to you for ideas or even potentially using your content as a baseline! Who knows? Anything could happen!!
Character B and C are my favourites. Character B because strong woman and also she wields, the best weapon, the great sword. And Character C because *femboy*
I know I'm like, 8 months late, but honestly hearing you list the 4 protag templates you came up with made me start thinking about like an entire supporting cast. My favorite idea I came up with is a mute (Maybe androgenous) Hunting Horn user who is bubbly and very emotive and expressive, but as mentioned is mute and thus never speaks. They communicate a ton with body language and their hunting horn exclusively.
The manga "Monster Hunter: Flash Hunter" is a REALLY good lore/story adaptation of monster hunter. I wanna see that as an animated series. The art is exceptional too.
Great video! An idea i've had for an animated series of mh was that each biome would have it's own animation style and elder dragons would also have unique animtion to show that they break the natural order.
I feel like all of the other weapons should be represented with recurring characters. Of course, they can take a backseat to the main characters, but I'd like for every weapon to get a little representation every two or three episodes. For example, D could be shown doing a quest with her brother, a stoic yet gentle Lancer who has a deep respect for nature, and even deeper patience for his sister's mistakes. Or there could be the lone wolf Long Sword user (an idea lifted straight out of the Monster Hunter Flash Hunter manga), who doesn't like working with others and teaches the main characters about the downfalls of trying to do everything alone. Or even a survivalist-styled SnS user who helps to teach the main characters about crafting and using the enviroment to their advantage. Representation of every weapon class can be extremely important.
1) Pacific Rim was a better Monster Hunter movie than the Monster Hunter movie 2) We should bring Tony back as a regular hunter is a live-action version is made 3)Babushcat is a requirement and I will hear no objections
For a monster hunter adaptation I've always wanted there to be a chaotic heavy bowgun user(in my head a late 20's early 30's woman) with completely unhinged strategies who's really only in it for the thrills and her unholy love for crazy explosions. She's not a particularly great hunter, you could even say she's at times a danger to her own squad, but she doesn't really care because to her its simply just a load of fucking fun seeing shit blow up and monsters toppling over at the sheer raw awesomeness of her self proclaimed genius.
God this makes me both super excited, but at the same time equally as sad because theres little to no chance of this happening😢. Anyways, great video keep up the good work
Hey! Im in the intro section! Funny notice aside, you made another fantastic video, and did a great job a possible adaptation scenario that I would legit pay money to see. Keep up the work, and hopefully some of the community could band together to make an animation of this idea.
I would argue that a monster of the week format could be fun. With researchers finding traces of a monster being invasive. With the guild coming to a decision to post the quest. Then a cast of four hunters who can rotate out based on weapons and armor to deal with the monster. Then there could be lulls in the plot where we briefly go over the intake of materials and equipment. C is a vibe
Love your ideas here. Great work. I’m actually shocked at how similar our approach to this kind of story is. Especially concerning the core themes and ideas.
This needs to be made. After seeing some of the documentaries I know how much time and effort someone like you is willing to put into this kind of thing. These are great ideas that I personally think would work. If this got made into an actual series, myself along with many other people would watch and love it. Monster Hunter will always something to offer whether it is good or bad, game or movie, series, or even books. Once again, these are great ideas that I, among many others, would love to see become a reality. Keep up the good work.
I honestly would love to see a nature documentary series in the monster hunter universe. A David Attenborough type series, focusing more on the ecology of the monsters and world. It probably wouldn’t work as a *movie*, but a series similar to what you’re already doing with monster hunter ecology would be incredible, imo
Before this I would have preferred having A use a sword and shield or the longsword due to them being the "beginner weapons" but honestly, having them use the hammer simply due to being a blacksmith and so bonking comes naturally is really good
I have an idea for a MH character I would like to share. A prodigy of one of the 14 weapons but refuses to use it as they are burdened by the guilt of their past mistake for being too over confident in their ability wield said weapon, that it costed a life of a party member that they were previously a part of. This however has motivated them to learn new things such as to use different weapons and adapt to different situations accordingly. The inspiration behind this character is from players, including myself, who solely stick to their main weapon and refuses to learn a new one until later on and actually finding themselves loving other weapons too. Love watching your videos man, they've been a great fuel for my imagination. Keep it up!
I actually tried to write a Monster Hunter Film script a couple of years ago, since I was studying creative writing in university I came up with a protagonist who was a young woman who is a rookie hunter born and raised in Kokoto Village and is a Sword & Shield prodigy. Her parents were both killed by a Yain Garuga when she was a child so has a particular fear and hatred of the Yain Garuga, as well as PTSD flashbacks of the bird wyvern, which would be a key plot point in her narrative. The narrative would be about her overcoming her fear and hatred and slay the Yain Garuga that killed her parents during the climax of the plot. This might be controversial to say, but I want to add some LGBTQ representation in the script, by making my main protagonist bisexual
I feel like this could mesh well with D She loses her first hunt with the bowgun and starts blaming the weapon for her mistake Every episode she tries a new weapon (Which would be fun to watch!) until the very end when she gains confidence and learns how to fight properly And in the last fight against the elder dragon she show up wielding a heavy bowgun
I can really imagine this as a Monster Hunter manga series...it would look so amazing! As a MH newb, I am pretty much the embodiment of character D, but with a heavy bowgun. I started as a newb, and two hundred hours in, it's obvious everyone around me has added at least a couple more hundred hours of experience, but one thing I learned is that even having the best weapons and experienced fighters can't always win matches. I might not be doing the most dps, but I'm making sure the ones that can are at peak performance. Utilizing surrounding nature, traps, and supporting teammates when they are in need are essential. I can see this character growing the most mentally, but not physically...i mean, unless character D decides to toss the light bowgun for a bigger boom boom stick.
(sorry if my English is wrong, I'm a Taiwanese so I'm not good at it) I always has plan to do a monster hunter based manga series and this video is really really helps!(and other videos you made of course) And this really want me share a way about character introducing in a mh adoption. In my plan now, whether than introduce four mc in a season, i choose a more extreme way, it's more like jojo series, a volume is focused on a mc's growth and journey, and make connections to newer or older mc in stories. And after all four characters got their volume done, a final volume which gather all four mc together to face against a ultimate threat to end the series is my approach to my stories now. I know this is having higher risk when actually doing project but i think giving main characters full screen time is a better way to me since I'm not sure can i handle four mc at once lol, but still just sharing my thoughts. This video is really good at analysing what make a adaption good, also give my project a direct (although i only did a small prequel now) thanks for the amazing content as always !
16:34 Believe or it, I never felt any attachment to the Hunter themself. I felt more connected to the other characters we interact with such a Utsushi, Fiorayne, and the Seeker. It’s different from avatar characters in Fire Emblem such as Corrin, Byleth, and Shez, who actually feel like their own characters. I only ever saw the Hunter as if that was me inserted into the story, like an avatar is supposed to do.
I feel like with everything being said, isn't the baccano/DRRR style of show perfect for this? You could start the show off with the "main" cast, but with each episode focusing on a different character from either the main cast or a different type of hunter, this could really easily explore various aspects of the world, plus the theme of diversity as well as bonds with nature will be really clearly put on display here, not to mention it lets us see/explore a large variety of monsters, maybe you have a high-ranked hunter who specializes in hunting leviathans, or you have a master-rank hunter who prefers to fight elders, or maybe a hunter who is trained to fight fanged wyverns, etc. meanwhile as our main cast progresses they slowly meet more and more of these different characters as the main cast polishes up their skills, and the finale will culminate in a elder dragon/black dragon hunt where every single character is brought into the fold in one way or another.
I would try to connect the characters at least a bit. Like B could be the one that the storyteller in A's story talks about. I also think that 1 episode (assuming we stay with the 1 hour frame). Then 8 episodes for teambuilding and interactions and the last 4 to concentrate on the endgame. Also, open a damn kickstarter so we can fund this series.
Something I could see happening is that the main cast would probably meet in either Kamura village or if this would be paired with the release of a new monster hunter hame it could be in the main town of that game, since, as you said, we shouldn't make a new setting for the show but at the same time chances are marketing the games and as such a show would probably market the newest release of a mainline game and probably share a setting.
wow and just like that, we have a seed for a potential true moster hunter film adaptation, now we need detail, dialog, art direction, story board and voice acting and we have a solid product
Y'know I had a thought. You probably thought of it this way, but make it so the episodic character introductions aren't like character A gets episode 1 & 2 and character B gets episode 3 & 4 etc. But instead like maybe character B is part of the hunting party that saved character A and then have them naturally explain themselves to each other to hammer home the master and student dynamic. I always enjoy seeing these kinds of vids from creators and it was a treat to watch. Keep up the great work Oceaniz.
I think for D should be a criminal, or someone who is truly on the deep end, say an ex-poacher in parol being heavily monitored by B, and through the story they start to see nature not as profit but as a system of life and shows the beauty of it. It also could tie with the guild and show the audience while hunting is a prolific and good looking job there are limits to what you can hunt
Hunter deployed to village. Go fight random low star monster so we know you're good. Small fry monster defeated, main monster crashes the party. Second hunter shows up, guild double booked mission. They have a friendly rivalry as they escape and go on a second hunt for a rathian or something. Bond, bond, bond, main monster time. They overcome their differences and defeat the thing. Celebrations all around until it's revealed a bigger threat exists either there or wherever they're headed next. Third hunter shows up on second movie.
It's only a concept, but it's still wildly more appealing to me than anything surronding the actual movie we got. I wouldn't mind seeing follow-ups on the ideas you presented if they were developed any further
25 episodes for a plot structure like this would work beautifully, granting more time for inbetween points for lore, hunts, etc without it scaling too quickly to an elder dragon.
Quick addition to a possible connection between A and B. The story teller could themselves be a retired hunter or quest handler, telling the stories of they lived or heard themselves from the time they worked with the hunter's guild. In this case, they could be the connection between A (as a current colleague/employee) and B (an old friend/colleague, maybe even student that surpassed their master with time, depending on hold old the story teller would be here in relation to B).
I do feel like we could have like a group of four, with 3 hunters and one prowler. With a supporting cast that changes based on their location between guild hubs
Aghid, a Celtics inspired woman who has mastered SnS, Hammer and GS. She hails from the Moga Isle. After losing her last remaining family to Ceadeus' tremors, she sets off to Tanzia to become a Hunter. Registration was difficult at first, but she eventually claimed her way up the ladder until eventually facing off against a Rathian, who gives her a run for her money. Determined to not lose, she tried using a different weapon to the SnS; the hammer. She figured that if a monster were to be disoriented, it'd be safer and easier to hunt. Then sure enough, another obstacle came across her path, one less tangible but more of an eventuality: sometimes a greater weapon is needed to fell a greater foe; Thus she came to train with the GS. SnS for faster targets, Hammer for slower and more predictable prey, and GS for more formidable opponents.
i would make the 4th bowgunner person not just bad at hunting per say, but has greater knowledge of mechanical sides of things? she understands more complex combinations, different ammos, how the charge blade/gunlance/switch axe works on a intimate and broken down level. maybe she isnt the smartest nerdiest stereotype but she has this practical knowledge down. possibly she has spent so much time on the technical side thanks to her anxiousness regarding her lack of talent, that she even actively kind of mitigated that very issue from being solved. spending so much time on that has led her to not work on her own strength/dexterity and muscle memory etc
as far as I am concerned, the nature documentary style videos you make are how I would prefer Monster Hunter film ideas. If there has to be any kind of following of human characters it would be following a party of Hunters, their companions, and either one of those being a palico recording the whole thing with an experimental one man recording camera, or the whole thing is recorded by an entire team of Felynes with camera equipment similar to something like one of those survivalist reality shows from back in the day.
Really great video, I feel like me and you were thinking on the same level most of the video and I love the idea of putting it into a show. If somehow you are able to make this happen I would love it no matter how it goes. The way you explained everything was so good and I agreed with all of it.
For a plot, I would love the idea of a typical monster that is so individually strong, weird or intelligent that it rival the elder dragons themselves despite being not one. For Example a Rathian that saw his partner killed and its eggs destroyed by a group of bad hunters. Because of that it start to develop a visible hate for humanity like fatalis and begins to specifically target human settlements. You might even add the concept of a "mad dragoon" holding hostage the family of A because it saw them as its offspring.
D could be A's sister, too young to remember his face. And I have a name for each 4 A would be Elijah B would be Hildegard C would be Gunther D would be Anna
I always felt like for a season 1 finale setpiece, a Jhen or Dhaten repel would be perfect. Especially with how it's depicted in 4's tutorial with multiple sandships coming in to help gives the option to bring back many side-character hunters the core team may meet throughout the run of the season.
I think a story that could work for monster hunter would be a story about the 5 man expedition and have the devs be heavily involved to ensure a well written story
24:48 A few possible dialogues I thought of when I think of this character... "YOU DIDN'T BRING POTIONS!?" "Uh, is the gun supposed to be pointed that way?" "WHY DID YOU FIRE THE DISTRESS FLARE AT THE MONSTER!?" "You uh... you do remember that Rathalos can fly, right?" "MY KINSECT IS NOT AMMO!" "WHY WOULD YOU USE A SHOCK TRAP!? IT'S A ZINOGRE!!!!" "NONONO WAIT THAT'S A CONGALAL-! .... oof, yeah you can take the shower first tonight."
some monster hunter fans: YoU ShOuLdN'T HaVe GoOd StOrY Or cHaRaCtErIsAtIoN iT TaKeS AwAy FrOm ThE mOnStErS! monster hunter stories: am i a joke to you?
I have an idea for a movie. Treasure planet, but with monster hunter. Instead of a orb as a map, it's a monster egg that glows in a certain direction when held in the hand of someone who can psychically connect with it (because they are wyvarian?) and silver teaches hawkins how to hunt monsters over the course of the movie, and instead of pirates they are smugglers, and finally the end with silver and hawkins defeating a large monster. Just as the village police show up, hawkins lets silver go. haha I just really like the Treasure Planet movie.
While it is not a movie, there are some manga about Monster Hunter, which I enjoyed a lot and really flesh out the world. Especially "Monster Hunter: Flash Hunter", which had fantastic art for monsters and armors and an overall engaging story and good character dynamics. I would absolutely LOVE an anime adaptation or maybe a TV Series adaptation of it, using the manga as a template. Although your ideas sound amazing as well. In summary: We need more MonHun media!
The allegations are true; I straight up forgot Palicos exist.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:02 - Core Appeal
05:50 - Format
12:18 - Themes
15:03 - Cast
25:11 - Plot
35:25 - Details
36:36 - Outro
But Palicos weren't fighting alongside us in all games. Who says we need them in the fight and how can we use them realistically in a movie fight without having at least 1 out of 4 facing an almost certain death.
I think for "movie's" sake we should stick to the first 2 generation multi hunter fights.
If however you meant Prowler, I'm all ears and 100% biting.
Your video kinda reminds me of my ideas.
1:
A ”walking with the dinosaurs” style film, narrated by a few famous NPCs in a documentary style...
It could show a few monsters, in their natural habitats... Then introduce hunters and explain the Why And how behind them.
For example: the series mascot, Rathalos, in its nest, hunting Prey, raising its young... Then explain why Hunters are needed and how they might fight against the Rathalos... Then show the fight, featuring the same group of hunters in every hunt...
That could work as a film, or a longer series, using advanced CGI, or Anime Style animation.
2: a direct story, following one young hunter on his road to becoming a High rank hunter... In classic fantasy style. He gathers allies, joins a hunting Company/guild, gets a mentor... Becomes a hero of sorts... Stretch it into a trilogy, like star wars, or make it a series... Ideally using the CG from the recent games.
I do need palicos in the film and lots of felyne helpers in every place you look.
I think an easy way to work around this is to have every Character have a Palico companion that helps them out before they all come together. Perhaps not every Hunter isn't available to hunt certain monsters all the time so a Palico takes their place.
It even opens up the possibility of a Filler episode where all the palicos come together and hunt a monster themselves.
I think that'd be neat
This video is a year old but here's my pitch for the plot with the building blocks you set up.
A's story is golden just have their family be captured by some spider type creatures but seeing the huge lightning wyvern cause them to faint. Their first major hunt will be lead by B to rescue the family.
B's story of fading glory and being asked to join out of prestige is great but have it be as C's debut hunting party (C, C's older injured brother, B, the Guild Rep, D as a squire to the Rep). She'll become mentor to A, C, and D as a band of misfit hunters. As the series progresses and her pupils become more sufficient as a group she can leave the hunting party but still stick around.
C's hunting party failure in letting the lightning wyvern escape caused the spider creatures to find and attack A's family. B's mentorship gives him confidence in his compatibility with the insect glaive.
D is always the fifth person tagging along (I've heard something about this being major bad luck in world and the reason most parties are no more than four) Their story is very basic finally be part of a party and not tagging along.
1/4 story is about A & B
2/4 story is about C joining A&B
3/4 story is about D joining the party and informing them about how they're being blacklisted by the guild because the lightning wyvern that escaped is stirring up trouble.
4/4 story is about the party going on a unsanctioned hunt to deal with the wyvern.
You forgot about the Monster Hunter classic: “we’ve been blaming the wrong monster”™️. Season 1’s gotta end with them realizing the monster they thought was responsible for their troubles isn’t, and something much bigger is going on.
The plot is "ha ha we killed the monster we did it!
Oh shit is that satan?
Hey hunter guy go kill satan!"
And it works every time
"We beat the Ivory Lagiacruz! Wait, it's Ceadeus?!"
"We beat Nergigante! Wait, it's Xeno Ji'iva?!"
"We beat Velkhana! Wait, it's Shara Isvalda?!" (in the same game!)
"We beat Magnamalo! Wait, it's Narwa AND Ibushi?!"
"We beat Malzeno! Wait, it's Giasmagorm?!" (again, same game!)
And then it's not that, the plot is "The legendary dragon that everyone believes is just a fairy tale is real!" Usually Fatalis, but if not there's also Yama Tsukami, Gogmazios, Ahtal-Ka, Makili Pietru, or Oltura.
@@OtakuUnitedStudioHow could you forget Dalamadur 😔
@OtakuUnitedStudio If done well, Ahtal Ka in a series like the video is describing would be amazing
perfect cliff hanger for season 2 which then never gets made xD
Step one : no Paul W. Anderson
FACTS!!! and *NO* Milla Jovovich.
Step two: PROFIT
Agreed.
Step 3 : still kill the handler tho everyone loved that
@@m1sty033 yes, except when they pulled maybe like alexandra daddario for the handler, then no
>Hearing about the first main character: yeah, alright, sounds about right. Acceptable.
>Second main character is a buff elder lady: HOLY SHIT
Dommy mommy huntress 🤤
Fan service
Oceaniz knows how to get an audience that’s for sure
"I'm just a guy"
Yes you are just a guy
Just a guy that makes amazing stories documentaries that help people see things that they have known for years in a new fresh perspective.
You're the guy that makes gutwrenching, terrifying, horrific movie worthy re telling of the "haha bonk dragon" game.
You're not a guy.
You're THE guy.
Oceaniz is just that guy, he is him
Oceaniz is THE guy without question. He’s given a fresh new look to the world of monster hunter and makes me look forward to learning more about it.
Tecnically speaking the founder of the worlds largest movie marketing empire is also "just a guy"
He's THE guy.
(gets zapped)
@@MidnightDrake “Cake.”-The Guy
I hate you for showing me these ideas, because no way we are ever getting anything close to this. Everything sounds fire (maybe only because the reality of production has not dragged things down yet).
This adaptation needs be made right this second and my disappointment upon the next MH adaptation being a flop will be immeasurable.
Thanks for raising my expectations to unreachable heights.
Disillusioned/10
2 days ago??
@@hassanshaikh3451 patreon gets early
I totally agree with you 100%. Personally I would LOVE to see this as an anime, maybe by the people who made kill la kill or MHA. The fight scenes could be . . . unimaginable. Instead of 16, 1hr episodes, they could do 32, about 30 minute episodes just so it doesn't drag along or anything. Granted that would be kinda weird seeing each character have 2 episodes to establish them but I'm just chucking stuff out there.
Believe it or not but im actually in the works of making a anime similar to this
Lol, the D character. We all have that party member who builds around Fortify.
Something that might be interesting would be B accepting that she can no longer go toe-to-toe against a massive monster while wielding a giant slab of steel, but she still wants to fight. Thus, she decides to take more of a commanding position in the hunt and, after seeing D in the hunt, decides to become a gunner. You could even say that B has switched weapons in the past, so the only thing stopping her from swapping is her own pride. At the same time, D, who is still trying to accept that messing up repeatedly isn’t the end of the world, decides that perhaps she simply can’t aim, dodge, and manage ammunition all during the stress of the hunt. So, at roughly the same time as B’s swap, she picks up the hunting horn. I was also thinking that B, being the experienced huntress that she is, talks to D about the struggles that she has observed D experiencing, and brings those issues to light, convincing D to switch to one of the other weapons. This would leave the group with two hunters that haven’t changed their weapon, and two that, having accepted their own limitations, have changed their roles in the fight.
TL; DR: B and D should talk about their issues to each other and swap to HBG and HH, respectively.
B-B-But GreatSword... 😢
B and D could just swap weapons
@@ordinarydork2515 Possibly, but D uses LBG, not HBG, and B isn’t really up for dashing around fast. D is also not very suitable for GS, because she is both small and lacks the experience necessary to use GS well. Switching to HH would also be a more interesting plot point than “they swapped weapons.”
@@bluemew6457 Also Hunting Horns are still massive so this wouldn't undermine D's strength, in fact it would probably make them seem stronger
I love all those characters.
Also to try and add something, Hunters should be masters of more than 1 weapon to be ready for all scenarios.
I was thinking giving them a secondary weapon, it could be taken and learned as power ups for example.
-A Sword and Shield(maybe the weapon from one of their family who didnt make it to the frontier, and learns this as a form of homage)
-B Hunting Horn( this as a method to help, maybe B does like music and she can support the group with buffs besides her experience + She can still bash some heads with it)
-C Dual blades( i see C as a very agile person and maybe Dual blades could be good for them)
-D Charge blade ( It would be very inspiring watching the most unexperienced one master the most complicated weapon)
Great video as always!
I had a similar idea. I LOVE the idea of new weapons being used as power ups like power rangers or something
I like the concept of changing weapons a lot as a guy who plays 7 weapons but admittedly mastered none, especially since you'd wanna show all the cool weapons the game has to offer as a form of advertisement.
But having everyone change weapons at least once might be hard narratively to cram in the reason and training they'd have to achieve without a time skip.
My idea is to have one (probably B due to her knowledge of matchup and experience) be a master of arms, adapting what she'd use based on what they're gonna be hunting.
If we want to keep her issue about not having enough strength, we can just limit her to a set of heavy-ish weapons she's used all her life because she never trained with light weapons.
For example,
Great sword for slow/predictable monsters
(Gun)Lance against rathalos or something that likes to shoot things or fire beams at you
Charge Blade against huge armored targets like Gravios/Basarios, because SAED explosions destroys them despite most weapons bouncing
Switch axe as an elemental weapon in case the monster is incredibly weak to one, but might be a too hard to hit with SAED and the combo potential is too cool to not show
This also highlights the sheer variety of monsters that exists in the world, along with the ingenuity of developing a strategy to fighting each specific one and not always "hit its head until it's dead" mentality (Introducing a barroth would be a nice shock to A once he realize he bounces off its head. I've been there.)
Just imagine an ep that starts with someone with a Khezu hood obscuring their face finishing off Khezu with a fire CB SAED by countering its projectile with guard point, only to reveal she's a grandma complaining five seconds after because she bent her back a bit too much during SAED and not the creepy threatening monster she just defeated. The next time we saw her fight, she predicts a rathian landing after it backflipped twice from its blind spot out of sheer experience that it doesn't like to fly for too long. Hits the tail but failed to cut it off, even though she knew it would've been cut clean off if she was in her prime. Would be a nice way to show her skills, experience, and her age dulling her body.
I would say C will be
Main: Greatsword
Second: Insect-glaive
Then a character arc happens and after that it would be
Main: Insect glaive
Second: dual blades
As for me, I got an idea for B:
Main: hammer, as it's universally impactful to gave the monsters internal damage
Secondary: dual blades/insect glaive for a fast paced, lighter weapon
And here's the cool part imo, s/he's introduced as mainly wielding the 2nd weapon, and when things get really serious, s/he took the hammer and the others will be like "you gonna use that?" Then s/he replied "yeah" as she's showing her true mastery with the hammer
Well, that's the main idea, the main weapon could be the vital uncommon role like tanking, support, or just dealing damage in general
Since s/he is the veteran hunter, it's natural that they would learn to wield multiple weapon as some hunt will ask for specific weapon to make the hunt easier, and gradually, s/he found a weapon that works well with the most hunt s/he experienced, and depend on his/er nature it could be either for protection, crowd control, or just slaying, although this scenario always leads to B's sacrifice for development imo -w-')
I'd say Swagaxe, rather than CB for D. CB is too close to SnS visually, for people who don't really know either to know what to expect. Imo at least.
Plus, CB is only really mechanically complicated ingame because of the combos and guard points. From a mechanical standpoint, Swagaxe is definitely the more "wtf is this" type of weapon.
I've been saying monster hunter should be an episodic TV show for years and I'm really happy you think so aswell.
Was thinking the same, a "single" movie can't show everything, only a part, from the world, weapons and Monsters. Though... Legend of the Guild showed more monsters and weapons in 58mins, than the Live Action movie in 1,5 hours haha.
Even if the game's stories would be set in a Series, that would be interesting too, Starting with MH1's story and then moving on, with multiple seasons.
Same! With how Monster Hunter is, you really CAN'T put an entire story into a single movie. A series, on the other hand, gives you a bigger window to truly have the characters and plot come into their own. Plus, it would add to the dread of a potential big baddie at the end of the series, like some sort of Elder Dragon or such.
I concur. Indeed, Oceaniz's "Forbidden Episodes" show exactly how a series could work.
There IS a Monster Hunter Stories anime, and a couple of mangas too. Maybe they could adapt those into anime.
I feel like D should be a wyverian, because they have such a long lifespan, so them still being a bad hunter despite having decades or even centuries to practice would be more interesting. Also it would make for an interesting dynamic with B
HR 1 sword and shield user who just picked up the game and a HR999 old wyverian lady weilding a chargeblade sounds like how my friend (5+ years of MH experience) got me into the series lol
I feel you might have forgotten about palicoes when talking about characters, heck even palamutes.
Palicoes have human level sentience so i feel they have a right to be characters instead of just pets or comic relief.
I personally don't think a Felyne man cast member should have voiced English dialogue and just do their cat noises (alongside expressive body language and facial expressions) which the human characters will just instinctively understand
Otherwise I feel that they will just be made into a comic relief character, which is a trope I despise, or become extremely obnoxious
Honestly, this isnt simply a "How to make MonHun Movie" but can be used generally as a "How to create a good, interactive story"
Definitely gonna try the pyramid for my next novel 😂 maybe even a monhun fanfic or smth
Keep us know I would love to see it
Don’t forget that C has another distinctive character trait: a heavy French accent.
This TV show idea gives me a lot of ATLA vibes. A semi-episodic format where the characters can sometimes work as a group, sometimes alone. Some episodes can be completely separate from the overall story, while others can serve as crucial plot points.
Something to note on death is that we hear of people dying in Monster Hunter. Even in the Legend of the Guild movie, two of the hunters die by the hands of Lunastra. Not gory or hyper focused on, but when the fight ends, they're graves are eventually revealed to us.
I got an idea for character D.
She is a runaway from the most powerful family in Verudo, the city where A's family is too poor to live. In fact, her family are the real estate tycoons bulldozing his home. While running away from her sheltered and empty life in the palaces of the elite, she was kidnapped by pirates and sold into the arena where your story finds her. Lacking the skill to fight yet driven by perfectionist anxieties, D owes the Guild hunter her life but dare not disclose her true identity. As soon as she's found out, she knows she will be returned home.
With the cast I'd have a different approach on the four main characters, with each one highlighting a different aspect of the "joy" people draw from the games.
Character A - would be the joy of the hunt, someone who hunts, purely for the joy of besting beasts - Great Sword.
Character B - would be the joy of the world building, they have a pure passion for nature and all its facets, and hunts as an excuse to explore the lands, (and make some money on the side.) - Dual Blades with Sleep.
Character C - would be the joy of the build/optimisation, a blacksmith so impatient to see results that they pick up hunting to test and gather material for themselves - Any/All weapons, probably switches around alot and uses alot of technical weapons.
Character D - would be joy of the community, a hunter who loves the guild, the people in it and the culture around it - Hunting Horn.
I feel like with these four characters they could have some really engaging dialogues, where they could all contribute meaningfully to whatever gets thrown their way.
Like Character A and B, could have a fight over the ethics of hunting, with Chatacter D pointing out that hunting is more then just an activity but a culture for them, and maybe Character C pointing out that how hunting can be good for a species, (like how irl buying crocodile products can actually be better for the crocodile species, thanks to regulations). The resolution to this I'll leave out for the sake of brevity.
Also Oceaniz I think you're really cool, and I recently got into MH thanks to you.
Hey this is great! I love each hunter embodying a "joy" and especially Character C. There are so many weapons to show off. And the MH world is so huge these characters would be wonderful tour guides. Man, I like Oceaniz's idea but then I want yours too. Can we have multiple MH series? Or better, each season we follow a different set of four hunters.
I want season three to be...
All Purrowlers!!!!
Despite your lack of experience why is this better then the actual movie. It’s more well thought out anyway
Well, it's just ideas atm, the execution could be anywhere in quality. From worse than the movie to far, far better. But it does seem like a good base overall.
@@TheSuperGamer991 very true it the concept in my opinion is better but execution is key
You can do so much more with a good base than a poor one. The MH movie started with a poor one that needed a miracle to work. Such a miracle is impossible in these times for everyone who was working on it, sadly.
This is a much better outline to work off of!
I like the goofy idea such as like heavy scare factor then a gypceros and its like lol a ckicken then a flashbang then its gone then woosh its tail stretches out to hit the hunter.aswell as each series could be like a rise then a sunbreak expansion like a series 2 thing
A MonHun documentary featuring David Attenborough would be an amazing concept.
So regarding your characters and plot, here are my fancast for your OCs:
A (Hammer): Bryce Papenbrook (male) or Suzie Yeung (female)
B (Greatsword): Cindy Robinson
C (Insect Glaive): Casey Mongillo
D (Light Bowgun): Griffin Puatu (male) or Risa Mei (female)
As for monsters, I think going by episode by episode can work:
(Introductory Arc)
1) Rathalos (the monster that separated A's family) and Velocidrome (A's first hunt)
2) Rajang, Diablos, Lagiacrus, and Glavenus (B's "glory days"-montage, with the last one showing her blade locking against its sword tail with her own Greatsword), Zinogre (B's hunt that results in the fresher and nimbler faces dying and only B's survival after an extremely-close call and near-fatal heart attack from the excess voltage)
3) Mizutsune (C's hunt where he switches from Greatsword to Insect Glaive when the Bubbleblight becomes too much of a problem for slower hunters, resulting in the need of speed)
4) Tigrex (D's rigged fight was implied to a one-sided slaughter show before it was raided by Guild Knights)
5) Barroth (A's real hunt where he finally "gets" on what it means to be a hunter)
6) Goss Harag (B's half-recovery hunt, half-humbling moment and gradual acceptance of her limits)
7) Nargacuga (C's solo hunt post-exile from his family and start learning on how to be independent with his own unique skills)
8) Yian Kut-Ku (D's real test to see if she has what it takes)
(The Star-Chaser/Elder Dragon Hunt Arc)
9) Qurupeco (later calls and gets eaten alive by a Deviljo) (A and D's warmup quest gone horribly wrong and survive by the skin of their teeth)
10) Anjanath (B and C's collaboration where B recovers her fading resolve and C coming onto his own and learning from B's wisdom)
11) Gravios (C and D's wake-up call boss, and C's humbling moment and D's ultimate badass moment where she hits the target with her AP rounds)
12) Rathian (and Episode 1's Rathalos making a return) (A and B's big moment, with both of them now cementing themselves as true Monster Hunters)
13) Kirin (first A, B, C, and D collab-hunt, first real failure given that they're not used to working together all at once and Kirin being too fast and furious)
14) Jhen Moren (technically breather episode, given that it's treated more like a "fishing trip"/reconciliation moment)
15) Valstrax (A, B, C, and D all come together in this epic two-part finale...)
16) Crimson Glow Valstrax (kill-steals the regular Valstrax while it was passing by and now the real final battle begins, with plenty of particle effects like with its Dragon Energy Beam and the "sakuga moment" with its "Around the World" attack) (A, B, C, and D give it their all, ends with their hard earned victory, with A now becoming a full-time Monster Hunter, B retiring and training the next generation of hunters, C making a name for himself and opening a school for aspiring Insect Glaive users, and D goes off on a journey to find her past)
Post Credits Ending Scene: four new hunters (Sword and Shield, Longsword, Gunlance, and Bow users) come across a poster with a bounty for a Maganamalo at the Guild Board. Sequel Hook confirmed.
What do you think? Anything I could add or any different monsters?
It would be cool if the sequel hook was the new hunters in a guild ship following a Nergigante heading to New World.
Idk if it's bc I started with Rise, but i feel like if there could be a way to include both the newer hunters and the first group, then a Rampage may be possible considering it's one where it's said how multiple townspeople assist during the event.
“Greatsword wielding elderly lady” yes. Absolutely. We need more badass old women in media
I'm going to chime in while only being 4 minutes into the video: The sense of progression you describe would REALLY lend itself to a series imo. You could even have a "monster of the week" (and extend that week to two or three episodes) type of formula like ATLA where the end of the season is a climactic finale of what has happened up until then. Which would be very fitting for how the games work, now that I think about it.
Edit: Yep, same line of thought picked up at 6.30ish, lul
Should be made into something like the 2005 king Kong
Would help the world and animals feel real
On top of that it could also be made into a movie trilogy where the characters and the world have a proper amount of time to develop and get fully fleshed out while the stakes get higher. Seeing humans struggle to fight a Rajang in the big screen with the visuals and production value of King Kong (2005) will be downright heart pumping.
Oc idea: a rider, whose monstie was killed by a Vaal Hazak. The bond between a rider and her monster meant that when her Nargacuga died, she went off the deep end. She became a hunter for the sole purpose of finding the Vaal Hazak that killed her monstie and killing it for revenge.
I think you've just created a second flash hunter, a good thing ofc. The manga adaptations are, by far the best adaptations of the franchise to date.
Do you know where to read them?
I think the Dorohedoro anime adaptations art and animation style would work well for monster hunter, while by no means inexpensive it would be vastly less costly then something like Into the Spider Verse or Arcane. It is mostly 3d animated, it is also extremely good sadly for it being a 3d anime and being on Netflix resulted in very few people watching it, the manga is also complete which is great.
Monster of the week is literally PERFECT for Monster hunter
I imagined C as a bowgunner, and figured D would be the team tank with Lance or gunlance. Maybe timid and uses Lance, but overcomes anxiety and upgrades to the boomstick gunlance
finally, gunlance getting acknowledged lmao
With it being episodic, it would be neat to see them be longer episodes.... say, 50 minutes? ;)
He suggested 1 hour episodes
It would be fun if C geeks out about wire bugs since it gives "insect glaive"-like qualities to almost all weapons.
I feel like B's proper character arc would be to transition from a heavy physically demanding weapon like the greatsword to the light bowgun. Maybe someoen even older than her says that her days at the frontline are over. But you are far to valueable as a hunter to hang up the mantle yet. And to maybe try a less physically demanding weapon. This may clash with D. But B reminded me of Ayame from Rise. A hunter that was hurt badly on a hunt and had to switch to the light bowgun if she wanted to keep hunting.
Godzilla mentioned, neurons activated
blacked out for the rest of the video
Something that I think would fit D is ,that D uses a weapon she cannot handle good, and later on will try out other weapons.This could represent that in the Game you usually dont stick with only one weapon.
I also feels like their needs to be some sort of montage of the main character trying all the weapons trying to find their main weapon because we all had to do it.
Another thing would be that i imagine the old lady mentor character to become some sort of parental figure to the main character. As she ages and as the story goes on she atunes a liking towards the main character, teaching them her skills, bonding with them and even viewing them as one of her own. Then for the big finale I imagine that she is the character that has to die, through a major sacrifice where she uses all she has left to protect the group and most importantly, the main character.
I don’t think anyone could have possibly ripped the ideas from my own brain so accurately. Hammer, GS, IG, and HBG have always been my idea for a hunting party. The weapons, I feel, meld the best, each with their own hunting goals.
I also love the idea of D, but I feel that instead of being quiet, she could be really energetic and optimistic. Yeah, she may screw up a lot, but she’s always looking at the bright side of things.
I’d also really like to see Frontier at least mentioned, maybe they come across a duo of hunters, wielding Tonfas and a Magnet Spike. Something to show off the two widely ignored weapons.
Further, I like to think that maybe D is from Moga or someplace similar, and while she’s really bad at normal combat, she excels underwater.
I’ve got a ton more ideas, but this really captures the essence of what I want, and all the rest of my stuff comes in the Plot.
There is a severe lack of Lance in there.
Feel like there should at least be one defensive weapon to round out that party.
@@TornaitSuperBird Oooh, good point. A lance wielder, maybe as a freelancer? Or a Kamura Gunlance user who just blast dashes everywhere? It’d be fun to see.
he has a muscle mommy as his second character idea, this is already the best idea for any series ever.
Putting these ideas out there for other creative types of the right caliber to take and expand upon, is the right idea. Hopefully reaching out to you for ideas or even potentially using your content as a baseline! Who knows? Anything could happen!!
It should be an anime. It would fit perfectly. Imagine that..would be awesome. All five generations put into 5 seasons until the 6th generation.
So, when does this amazing story release?
Wait, what do you mean "never"?
B is already my favorite waifu
and something inside my just snapped…
Character B and C are my favourites.
Character B because strong woman and also she wields, the best weapon, the great sword.
And Character C because *femboy*
@@reallycantthinkofausername487 Respect and agreed 💪🏽
@@reallycantthinkofausername487 amen
I know I'm like, 8 months late, but honestly hearing you list the 4 protag templates you came up with made me start thinking about like an entire supporting cast.
My favorite idea I came up with is a mute (Maybe androgenous) Hunting Horn user who is bubbly and very emotive and expressive, but as mentioned is mute and thus never speaks. They communicate a ton with body language and their hunting horn exclusively.
The manga "Monster Hunter: Flash Hunter" is a REALLY good lore/story adaptation of monster hunter. I wanna see that as an animated series. The art is exceptional too.
Where can I buy it? For research purposes
Wow, when you said your ideas were tantalizing, you weren't kidding.
Just make a nature documentary about monsters and everyone would love it
I know who should be the staring cast
1st Tom Holland
2nd Tom Holland
3rd Tom holland
4th Tom Holland
Tom Holland
Buff Tom Holland with a scar
Tiny Tom Holand
Reverse Tom Holland
Anjinath: Danny devito
I feel like B Hunter would definitely get a lot of simps.
Great video! An idea i've had for an animated series of mh was that each biome would have it's own animation style and elder dragons would also have unique animtion to show that they break the natural order.
I feel like all of the other weapons should be represented with recurring characters. Of course, they can take a backseat to the main characters, but I'd like for every weapon to get a little representation every two or three episodes.
For example, D could be shown doing a quest with her brother, a stoic yet gentle Lancer who has a deep respect for nature, and even deeper patience for his sister's mistakes.
Or there could be the lone wolf Long Sword user (an idea lifted straight out of the Monster Hunter Flash Hunter manga), who doesn't like working with others and teaches the main characters about the downfalls of trying to do everything alone.
Or even a survivalist-styled SnS user who helps to teach the main characters about crafting and using the enviroment to their advantage.
Representation of every weapon class can be extremely important.
Surely Capcom has considered funding a monster hunter anime by now, I hope one is in the works
They made an anime based on the first stories game.
Monster Hunter Stories Ride On already exists
Monster Hunter Stories Ride On already exists
1) Pacific Rim was a better Monster Hunter movie than the Monster Hunter movie
2) We should bring Tony back as a regular hunter is a live-action version is made
3)Babushcat is a requirement and I will hear no objections
For a monster hunter adaptation I've always wanted there to be a chaotic heavy bowgun user(in my head a late 20's early 30's woman) with completely unhinged strategies who's really only in it for the thrills and her unholy love for crazy explosions. She's not a particularly great hunter, you could even say she's at times a danger to her own squad, but she doesn't really care because to her its simply just a load of fucking fun seeing shit blow up and monsters toppling over at the sheer raw awesomeness of her self proclaimed genius.
I think it would be goofy if the final monster was just a chameleos.
Literally my exact thought.
The powerful Elder causing the damage was just a fucking Chameleos
Mate, this is AMAZING, I love the stories you tell, and even just these small plot summaries are getting me hyped up
God this makes me both super excited, but at the same time equally as sad because theres little to no chance of this happening😢. Anyways, great video keep up the good work
Hey! Im in the intro section!
Funny notice aside, you made another fantastic video, and did a great job a possible adaptation scenario that I would legit pay money to see. Keep up the work, and hopefully some of the community could band together to make an animation of this idea.
Badass Granma is always a win. My favorite character in WorldBorne is the Tracker Granma
I would argue that a monster of the week format could be fun. With researchers finding traces of a monster being invasive. With the guild coming to a decision to post the quest. Then a cast of four hunters who can rotate out based on weapons and armor to deal with the monster. Then there could be lulls in the plot where we briefly go over the intake of materials and equipment.
C is a vibe
Love your ideas here. Great work.
I’m actually shocked at how similar our approach to this kind of story is. Especially concerning the core themes and ideas.
This needs to be made. After seeing some of the documentaries I know how much time and effort someone like you is willing to put into this kind of thing. These are great ideas that I personally think would work. If this got made into an actual series, myself along with many other people would watch and love it. Monster Hunter will always something to offer whether it is good or bad, game or movie, series, or even books. Once again, these are great ideas that I, among many others, would love to see become a reality. Keep up the good work.
I honestly would love to see a nature documentary series in the monster hunter universe. A David Attenborough type series, focusing more on the ecology of the monsters and world. It probably wouldn’t work as a *movie*, but a series similar to what you’re already doing with monster hunter ecology would be incredible, imo
This would be a series I wouldn't pirate to watch
Before this I would have preferred having A use a sword and shield or the longsword due to them being the "beginner weapons" but honestly, having them use the hammer simply due to being a blacksmith and so bonking comes naturally is really good
I have an idea for a MH character I would like to share.
A prodigy of one of the 14 weapons but refuses to use it as they are burdened by the guilt of their past mistake for being too over confident in their ability wield said weapon, that it costed a life of a party member that they were previously a part of. This however has motivated them to learn new things such as to use different weapons and adapt to different situations accordingly.
The inspiration behind this character is from players, including myself, who solely stick to their main weapon and refuses to learn a new one until later on and actually finding themselves loving other weapons too.
Love watching your videos man, they've been a great fuel for my imagination. Keep it up!
I actually tried to write a Monster Hunter Film script a couple of years ago, since I was studying creative writing in university
I came up with a protagonist who was a young woman who is a rookie hunter born and raised in Kokoto Village and is a Sword & Shield prodigy. Her parents were both killed by a Yain Garuga when she was a child so has a particular fear and hatred of the Yain Garuga, as well as PTSD flashbacks of the bird wyvern, which would be a key plot point in her narrative. The narrative would be about her overcoming her fear and hatred and slay the Yain Garuga that killed her parents during the climax of the plot.
This might be controversial to say, but I want to add some LGBTQ representation in the script, by making my main protagonist bisexual
I feel like this could mesh well with D
She loses her first hunt with the bowgun and starts blaming the weapon for her mistake
Every episode she tries a new weapon (Which would be fun to watch!) until the very end when she gains confidence and learns how to fight properly
And in the last fight against the elder dragon she show up wielding a heavy bowgun
I can really imagine this as a Monster Hunter manga series...it would look so amazing!
As a MH newb, I am pretty much the embodiment of character D, but with a heavy bowgun.
I started as a newb, and two hundred hours in, it's obvious everyone around me has added at least a couple more hundred hours of experience, but one thing I learned is that even having the best weapons and experienced fighters can't always win matches. I might not be doing the most dps, but I'm making sure the ones that can are at peak performance. Utilizing surrounding nature, traps, and supporting teammates when they are in need are essential. I can see this character growing the most mentally, but not physically...i mean, unless character D decides to toss the light bowgun for a bigger boom boom stick.
(sorry if my English is wrong, I'm a Taiwanese so I'm not good at it)
I always has plan to do a monster hunter based manga series and this video is really really helps!(and other videos you made of course)
And this really want me share a way about character introducing in a mh adoption.
In my plan now, whether than introduce four mc in a season, i choose a more extreme way, it's more like jojo series, a volume is focused on a mc's growth and journey, and make connections to newer or older mc in stories. And after all four characters got their volume done, a final volume which gather all four mc together to face against a ultimate threat to end the series is my approach to my stories now.
I know this is having higher risk when actually doing project but i think giving main characters full screen time is a better way to me since I'm not sure can i handle four mc at once lol, but still just sharing my thoughts.
This video is really good at analysing what make a adaption good, also give my project a direct (although i only did a small prequel now) thanks for the amazing content as always !
Sounds like a show I'd pay to watch
16:34 Believe or it, I never felt any attachment to the Hunter themself. I felt more connected to the other characters we interact with such a Utsushi, Fiorayne, and the Seeker. It’s different from avatar characters in Fire Emblem such as Corrin, Byleth, and Shez, who actually feel like their own characters. I only ever saw the Hunter as if that was me inserted into the story, like an avatar is supposed to do.
At least with Rise they're starting to speak
@@bobisuncanny2760and it's always obnoxious and I turn it off
@reallycantthinkofausername487 Definitely 😂 Hope they keep it but make it more serious and feel right.
I feel like with everything being said, isn't the baccano/DRRR style of show perfect for this? You could start the show off with the "main" cast, but with each episode focusing on a different character from either the main cast or a different type of hunter, this could really easily explore various aspects of the world, plus the theme of diversity as well as bonds with nature will be really clearly put on display here, not to mention it lets us see/explore a large variety of monsters, maybe you have a high-ranked hunter who specializes in hunting leviathans, or you have a master-rank hunter who prefers to fight elders, or maybe a hunter who is trained to fight fanged wyverns, etc. meanwhile as our main cast progresses they slowly meet more and more of these different characters as the main cast polishes up their skills, and the finale will culminate in a elder dragon/black dragon hunt where every single character is brought into the fold in one way or another.
I would try to connect the characters at least a bit. Like B could be the one that the storyteller in A's story talks about. I also think that 1 episode (assuming we stay with the 1 hour frame). Then 8 episodes for teambuilding and interactions and the last 4 to concentrate on the endgame.
Also, open a damn kickstarter so we can fund this series.
Now I'm just invested and wanting more from A, B, C, and D
Something I could see happening is that the main cast would probably meet in either Kamura village or if this would be paired with the release of a new monster hunter hame it could be in the main town of that game, since, as you said, we shouldn't make a new setting for the show but at the same time chances are marketing the games and as such a show would probably market the newest release of a mainline game and probably share a setting.
wow and just like that, we have a seed for a potential true moster hunter film adaptation, now we need detail, dialog, art direction, story board and voice acting and we have a solid product
Rewatching this again and man you were really on top of the girlfailure main character thing with D
My only complaint is I wish one of the characters was a charge blade user simple cause its my main lol
Y'know I had a thought. You probably thought of it this way, but make it so the episodic character introductions aren't like character A gets episode 1 & 2 and character B gets episode 3 & 4 etc. But instead like maybe character B is part of the hunting party that saved character A and then have them naturally explain themselves to each other to hammer home the master and student dynamic. I always enjoy seeing these kinds of vids from creators and it was a treat to watch. Keep up the great work Oceaniz.
I think for D should be a criminal, or someone who is truly on the deep end, say an ex-poacher in parol being heavily monitored by B, and through the story they start to see nature not as profit but as a system of life and shows the beauty of it. It also could tie with the guild and show the audience while hunting is a prolific and good looking job there are limits to what you can hunt
Hunter deployed to village. Go fight random low star monster so we know you're good. Small fry monster defeated, main monster crashes the party. Second hunter shows up, guild double booked mission. They have a friendly rivalry as they escape and go on a second hunt for a rathian or something. Bond, bond, bond, main monster time. They overcome their differences and defeat the thing. Celebrations all around until it's revealed a bigger threat exists either there or wherever they're headed next. Third hunter shows up on second movie.
It's only a concept, but it's still wildly more appealing to me than anything surronding the actual movie we got. I wouldn't mind seeing follow-ups on the ideas you presented if they were developed any further
25 episodes for a plot structure like this would work beautifully, granting more time for inbetween points for lore, hunts, etc without it scaling too quickly to an elder dragon.
Quick addition to a possible connection between A and B. The story teller could themselves be a retired hunter or quest handler, telling the stories of they lived or heard themselves from the time they worked with the hunter's guild. In this case, they could be the connection between A (as a current colleague/employee) and B (an old friend/colleague, maybe even student that surpassed their master with time, depending on hold old the story teller would be here in relation to B).
If you could give this thing to Studio Orange and give them five years to cook it, it could be **chef's kiss.**
I do feel like we could have like a group of four, with 3 hunters and one prowler. With a supporting cast that changes based on their location between guild hubs
Aghid, a Celtics inspired woman who has mastered SnS, Hammer and GS.
She hails from the Moga Isle. After losing her last remaining family to Ceadeus' tremors, she sets off to Tanzia to become a Hunter. Registration was difficult at first, but she eventually claimed her way up the ladder until eventually facing off against a Rathian, who gives her a run for her money. Determined to not lose, she tried using a different weapon to the SnS; the hammer. She figured that if a monster were to be disoriented, it'd be safer and easier to hunt. Then sure enough, another obstacle came across her path, one less tangible but more of an eventuality: sometimes a greater weapon is needed to fell a greater foe; Thus she came to train with the GS.
SnS for faster targets, Hammer for slower and more predictable prey, and GS for more formidable opponents.
i would make the 4th bowgunner person not just bad at hunting per say, but has greater knowledge of mechanical sides of things? she understands more complex combinations, different ammos, how the charge blade/gunlance/switch axe works on a intimate and broken down level. maybe she isnt the smartest nerdiest stereotype but she has this practical knowledge down. possibly she has spent so much time on the technical side thanks to her anxiousness regarding her lack of talent, that she even actively kind of mitigated that very issue from being solved. spending so much time on that has led her to not work on her own strength/dexterity and muscle memory etc
as far as I am concerned, the nature documentary style videos you make are how I would prefer Monster Hunter film ideas. If there has to be any kind of following of human characters it would be following a party of Hunters, their companions, and either one of those being a palico recording the whole thing with an experimental one man recording camera, or the whole thing is recorded by an entire team of Felynes with camera equipment similar to something like one of those survivalist reality shows from back in the day.
Really great video, I feel like me and you were thinking on the same level most of the video and I love the idea of putting it into a show. If somehow you are able to make this happen I would love it no matter how it goes. The way you explained everything was so good and I agreed with all of it.
I think A should be exposed to one of the easiest/noob weapons to learn: Charge Blade
For a plot, I would love the idea of a typical monster that is so individually strong, weird or intelligent that it rival the elder dragons themselves despite being not one. For Example a Rathian that saw his partner killed and its eggs destroyed by a group of bad hunters. Because of that it start to develop a visible hate for humanity like fatalis and begins to specifically target human settlements. You might even add the concept of a "mad dragoon" holding hostage the family of A because it saw them as its offspring.
D could be A's sister, too young to remember his face. And I have a name for each 4
A would be Elijah
B would be Hildegard
C would be Gunther
D would be Anna
I always felt like for a season 1 finale setpiece, a Jhen or Dhaten repel would be perfect. Especially with how it's depicted in 4's tutorial with multiple sandships coming in to help gives the option to bring back many side-character hunters the core team may meet throughout the run of the season.
I think a story that could work for monster hunter would be a story about the 5 man expedition and have the devs be heavily involved to ensure a well written story
24:48 A few possible dialogues I thought of when I think of this character...
"YOU DIDN'T BRING POTIONS!?"
"Uh, is the gun supposed to be pointed that way?"
"WHY DID YOU FIRE THE DISTRESS FLARE AT THE MONSTER!?"
"You uh... you do remember that Rathalos can fly, right?"
"MY KINSECT IS NOT AMMO!"
"WHY WOULD YOU USE A SHOCK TRAP!? IT'S A ZINOGRE!!!!"
"NONONO WAIT THAT'S A CONGALAL-! .... oof, yeah you can take the shower first tonight."
"like" earned at old woman character pitch. Yes please i'd love some milf/gilf huntress!!!
some monster hunter fans: YoU ShOuLdN'T HaVe GoOd StOrY Or cHaRaCtErIsAtIoN iT TaKeS AwAy FrOm ThE mOnStErS!
monster hunter stories: am i a joke to you?
I have an idea for a movie. Treasure planet, but with monster hunter. Instead of a orb as a map, it's a monster egg that glows in a certain direction when held in the hand of someone who can psychically connect with it (because they are wyvarian?) and silver teaches hawkins how to hunt monsters over the course of the movie, and instead of pirates they are smugglers, and finally the end with silver and hawkins defeating a large monster. Just as the village police show up, hawkins lets silver go. haha I just really like the Treasure Planet movie.
While it is not a movie, there are some manga about Monster Hunter, which I enjoyed a lot and really flesh out the world. Especially "Monster Hunter: Flash Hunter", which had fantastic art for monsters and armors and an overall engaging story and good character dynamics.
I would absolutely LOVE an anime adaptation or maybe a TV Series adaptation of it, using the manga as a template. Although your ideas sound amazing as well.
In summary: We need more MonHun media!
I would absolutely watched this if it was actually made, sounds amazing