History Anime / GingaDensetsuWeed

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Meru" becomes "Mel".

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Mel's full name is Mercedes. Since in katakana it would be spelled Merusedesu, its shortened form is actually meant to be "Meru", but because in Japanese "r" and "l" overlap, the translators spell it Mel instead.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Oh god, where do I start?

* Xenofiction

** Weed looks identical to his dad at that age. Pretty amazing considering [[LegoGenetics his mother has white fur]]. The same goes for Weed's oldest son Sirius, who also looks exactly like his father despite his mother being white. Not to mention Gin, Weed, and Sirius all have the same type of personality.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Jerome mercilessly killing [[spoiler:Thunder]] and [[spoiler:Lector]] was low, but given that both dogs tried to kill Weed twice (and even planned on attempting to kill him ''again''), you can't blame Jerome for what he did. [[WhatTheHellHero Unless]] [[BlackAndWhiteMorality you're Weed]], [[StupidGood of course]].

* OffModel: The ''Weed'' adaptation is ''really'', '''''really''''' bad with this, to the point of [[{{Narm}} unintentional hilarity]]. One wonders if the animators were too used to drawing humans.
** [[http://www.gingasite.net/ginga_board/index.php?showtopic=27 See for yourself]]. Especially [[http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/1858/gingadensetsuweedeps2un.jpg these]] [[http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1858/gingadensetsuweedeps2un.jpg three]] [[http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1858/gingadensetsuweedeps2un.jpg pics]].

%% BrotherChuck: Hook.

* ShownTheirWork: Most of the dogs' character designs are based on real dog breeds. Yes, even Genba and Hougen - they're [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dogge_Odin.jpg Harlequin Great Danes]]. (However, some of them [[DanBrowned don't look like the breeds they're supposed to be]]. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_saluki.jpg Cross is a saluki?]])

%% TheChick: Reika, so very much.

* TheChick: Reika, Koyuki, and Chako.

* AnAxeToGrind: Shougun carries an axe around which makes it unusual by the fact that he is a baboon.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas No, Weed isn't]] [[TheStoner what he's smoking.]] Also not to be confused for Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes AKA ''Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu''.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Even though the anime cuts down on stuff, there's still a lot to keep track of.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: This happens a lot in both 'Ginga Nagareboshi Gin' and ''Weed.' In ''Weed.'' there are only two female dogs in a cast of LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. Only one has any combat ability, whereas all the males are badasses. One is DamselInDistress and the other is there to be a mother of a male character's pups.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: You thought the anime was bad...

** Large dog breeds like Akita Inu (Gin), Tosa Inu (Musashi) and Great Danes (Ben) have an average lifespan of maximum 10-12 years (6 to 8 years in Ben's case). In the manga, the TimeSkip since ''Nagareboshi Gin'' is 10 years, making it plausible for them all to still be alive (save Ben). The anime however, changes the time skip to 14 years instead, certainly pushing the boundaries, specially when wild dogs in general have a shorter lifespan than owned dogs do.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Happens to many female dogs in both the manga and anime. Especially for Sakura, Lenny, Minnie and [[spoiler:Joe's mate Hitomi]]. Even Lydia and Cross became victims of this trope, but at least they got better.

''Ginga Densetsu Weed'' (''Silver Fang Legend: Weed'') is a sequel series to ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin''. Taking place 10 years after the events of ''Nagareboshi Gin'' (some translations give it as fourteen years, but if you use dog years, then everyone's happy), Weed, the son of Gin, must fight to save the father he's never met from Hougen, a Great Dane that threatens his father's paradise. This series was adapted into an anime in the early 00s, starting to air on Animax in 2004. The manga ended at the total of 60 volumes in 2009.

* FiveManBand: Hougen and his platoon leaders
** BigBad: Hougen
** TheDragon: Kamakiri
** TheEvilGenius: Murder S (he is the most cunning out of the evil dogs) and Bat (even more so in the anime version)
** TheBrute: Genba (he is said to be stronger than Hougen but lacks intelligence due to his temper) and Toube (pre-HeelFaceTurn)
** TheDarkChick: Buruge and Kite

** Another example is [[spoiler:Nero's death. In the manga, he tells Hougen that he fled from the Ohu army because they threatened to tear his paws off and urinate on his head. What does Hougen do? [[EstablishingCharacterMoment He orders his followers to tear his paws off and then urinates on his head]]. In the anime, he slits Nero's neck off-screen.]]

* AdaptationDistillation: And ''how''. The anime removed so many characters and plot points of the manga's Kaibutsu and Hougen arc that it's almost only ''half'' of its length. See AdaptedOut above for just how many characters was removed, each with their own detailed character and arc. Notable examples include:

** You know in the anime when Hougen and his troops are dragging a wounded Gin to Gajou? In the manga, Gin had already escaped at this point; the body they're dragging is a different dog Murder S killed to trick Hougen, not wanting to admit to him that the real Gin had escaped.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In the manga, [[spoiler:the dying GB asks for Weed to hug him. Needless to say, his wish is fulfilled, and GB dies as Weed is still embracing him in what is a massive TearJerker]].

* AlasPoorVillain: Kaibutsu, who was revealed to look and behave like he did because [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he was tortured for 5 years by humans using him for scientific experiments.]]

* AdaptationDistillation: The anime makes no mention of Shouji Sudou, the retired policeman whose brother and friends Hougen and Genba had brutally murdered before becoming wild dogs, which is a rather big part of the manga, [[spoiler:and it's Shouji who originally kills Hougen at the end as well.]]
** Not to mention an adult [[spoiler:Daisuke and aged Hidetoshi is present throughout the entire Kaibutsu arc, where Daisuke helps taking care of Weed after he's been shot, and both of them witness the dogs' fight against Kaibutsu. In the anime, all of their appearances are replaced by random humans, and Weed is never shot. Daisuke keeps having recurring appearances throughout the Hougen arc as well.]]
** There's also a touching subplot for Sasuke where he finds and reunites with his owners after two years apart.

* CatapultNightmare: The injured captive Gin wakes up from a nightmare where his son was ambushed and brutally killed by Hougen before Weed could rescue him.

* AdaptedOut: This happened to the poor fairly important manga characters from Kaibutsu arc and Hougen arc such as Lenny, Daisuke, Hidetoshi, George, Murder S, Kisaragi, Mole, Ron, Jaguar and Shouji Sudou.

* [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife Amazing Technicolor Dogs]]: Subverted as most dogs are in normal colours but however Weed, Gin and Tokimune are coloured blue despite labelling them as silver-grey.

%% AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Killer mutant dog (Kaibutsu)