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.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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!!!!
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.
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.
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
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 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.
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!
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 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.
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*
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!!
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
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.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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'd love to see a MH story told about a new rising kingdom, bent on might and progress. They eradicate monsters much more thoroughly in the name of making their lands safe, being industrialist and expansionists. The guild can't do much about it and other nations aren't too concerned since they are doing it to make the lives of their citizens safe and productive. Nature fights back more and more fiercely and well... we get an example of why we find the ruins of once great civilizations Also Guild Knights. There has to be a plotline which leads to human bounty hunting. A hunter vs hunter fight would be amazing to see. Now is it our cast hunting someone? Them being hunted? What did the person do to be wanted? Idk it's just a cool thing that can be incorporated to a story
I absolutely could imagine a story with an industrializing civilization and exploring how it affects the world. No doubt MH creatures would be a lot better at fighting back than irl animals, but it still wouldn’t be an easy fight
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
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.
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.
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.
The other problem with realism is addressing the concept of biology. Things can't swim through sand or control lightning the way the monsters do. And don't even get me started on the caloric requirements of creatures that big that also actively hunt. Animation adds an intrinsic suspension of disbelief. Edit: the only characters I'd tweak are B and D. As for D, I'd say have her be a bookworm. A researcher who has only ever had to hear about these fantastic hunts and, with eyes shining from possibilities, joins the hunts. She would act as a second audience insert. Specifically the fans of the game who probably wouldn't be able to actually hold our own going toe to toe with these monsters. Her experiences would slowly shave away her naiveté while her expertise would assist the team in staying alive in the face of potentially new monsters. For B, instead of their primary concern being their age lets make it that she hasn't known any other life. The fame, the action, there just isn't anything else she is good at, and age is not enough reason to her to just retire. She understands the danger and accepts the inevitable but through this team can gain an appreciation for mentoring the younger hunters. Third I'd like to recommend a spare team or side team because at the end of the day some people won't come home from these hunts. Maybe it could be our main 4 that loses a member or just the side team but someone is going to have to fall unfortunately.
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
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
A personal favorite would be the idea that D is actually just really bad because she doesn't "vibe" with her weapon. In keeping with the overall theme of finding yourself that the team has, hers would be that, sure to either pride or a need to impress, she clings to a weapon that her style just doesn't work with. She's constantly trying to jump in the front lines, too eager for her own good. We set up that her major arc is accepting that she's not gonna excel at everything, and to try new things instead of just digging her heels even deeper. Also, I'm a Dual Blades main, so that's my headcanon for her. As a nice show of consequence, I think B should stick until the end of the first season, at which point, while they do defeat the Elder, they only manage to do so narrowly, and get last act as a hunter is to protect one of her comrades, sustaining injuries that put a true end to her career. As a nice bonus, I envision D being the one that needed saving, and in horror and anger that her ineptitude caused this, she picks up the Greatsword and rushes the dragon, in a fit of rage that is surprisingly much more effective than her Bowgun days. It would be a nice cap to both their arcs, as D realizes that he desire to prove herself was hampering her progress in actually improving, while B is heralded as a hero for taking the blow for her younger companion (which, by this point, she barely knows), and find out there's more to life than the path she chose for herself back when. It also neatly showcases the danger of this lifestyle without needing to go the overly graphic route of someone actually dying. My ideal setup from this point is that, while B retires as a hunter, she continues being the mentor figure to the group, probably a blacksmith or something that would naturally have her meeting with the team frequently, and learning that even while retired she doesn't just need to rot away in her home, and she can find more passions outside of her original one. In the meanwhile, we introduce E, an actual ranged hunter (probably Bow, to not have another Bowgunner), who is far more effective as D changes gears and starts experimenting (we could have her wielding different weapons for a few episodes both as some nice fanservice and leading to her finding something that works). E, fittingly for his weapon, is very closed and reserved, being used to doing everything himself and thus needing to learn that you need to trust your companions. He's not necessarily abrasive, but he has a bad case of being too much in his own world to pay attention to anything else (it would also be a nice nod to the fact that some weapons can be an active detriment to your team if you don't coordinate properly. Anyway, just some of my thoughts, nothing particularly spectacular.
Personally I had a different idea for D. D - born in Moga Village - should be a former thief that is first shown in a Guild courtroom trial in Dundorma standing trail for some unknown crime. D gets released and pardoned on the condition that they become a hunter. I think D being some kind of former criminal (maybe even a poacher) would make them a foil to my version of Character A, who is a female rookie hunter born in Kokoto Village in the Schrade Region who is a gifted prodigy, whereas they are a shit Hunter who constantly messes up and nearly gets them killed on several occasions. D's story would be a redemption arc.
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.
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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.
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.
(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 !
I'm so glad I found this video! I decided to rewatch your Monster Hunter Movie review and, on a whim, went looking for this one. I really like your idea for a Monster Hunter adaptation! It seems pretty good, and is kinda close to the idea I had for a Monster Hunter adaptation. I've been slowly but surely writing a story of my own. I aimed to take a more realistic (though not fully realistic) lens to the games and explain some mechanics more fully. In pursuit of this, I set the story before any of the games. So, be forewarned, what follows is the footnotes for a crackpot fanfic prequel that I am putting FAR too much effort into. My character A is similar to your idea for a character A, a young man that's ready to be a Hunter, but doesn't really know the inns and outs. Crucially my character A DOES know their way around Monsters, just not how to properly fight them, because they started as a Rancher (as all Hunters in this retelling do). He is curious, and grows in confidence over time, but has a great fear of monsters due to an event from his past. My character B is also female, but very different from your idea. My character B is a young woman with herculean strength, wielding all the big weapons from the series. She's pretty meek around Hunters, but takes absolutely no nonsense from anyone else. Your idea for character B does look similar to a side character I thought up. My character C is another woman, a tall and powerful woman who wields all the strange and gimmicky weapons from the series. She takes a sort of mentor role after said role is dropped in the later parts of the series due to the mentor side characters losing the spotlight due to power creep (since character A's whole story is about rising through the ranks). My character D is a man, though not a manly man. D wields ranged weapons (5 different ones by virtue of me deciding to grab every single weapon from across the series and also add some of my own). He is, however, incredibly competent and confident to contrast with characters A and B, while also allowing him to join late by showing up and poking holes in the main team's gameplan. A similar idea to your Character B manifested in an old hero type side character, a grizzled veteran man who wields a giant weapon and strikes hope into the people of the land. Crucially here he is THE hero, the first of the Hunters (as I said, prequel). He saved character A from a Black Diablos attack during A's youth. I plan to use the weapons the characters wield as a signal of their state as a character. For example: Character A only picks up the Greatsword near the end of the series because they've fully developed their strengths and also given up on utility and defense (yes I know the Greatsword can block, just ignore that). Some whacky stuff from this story concept: Hunters are technically Elder Dragons. There's a monster who is technically dead that exists to seal another monster away from the world. Unknown from Frontier is a powerup for the main monster. The Magnet Spike, Tonfas, Accel Axe, and Medium Bowgun are all planned to appear with a shiny new coat of paint. In as sleepy a state as can be, I designed the Ultra Heavy Bowgun. Palicos don't exist yet (but Lynians do). I spent an entire paragraph explaining how shoes work in this story. If you ever want to make another video like this, I heavily encourage you to do so! This was a really good watch and sounds like a good foundation to build a story on.
Okay first off you are far too humble, because your layout and design for a MH adaptation sounds incredible! Even if the reality of how production would make it messy this still sounds like an amazing foundation. The characters you’ve crafted sound fantastic and can see them easily working well in MH. Especially in the episodic format you’ve designed here. Seriously we need an adaptation like this instead of a sequel to that crappy movie. Also I feel the adaptation could also develop a few more characters. Such as a quest girl assigned to this four hunter team that acts as a way to explore the lore and overall structure of the guild and how various types of quests are given and managed. And of course what kind of hunter team wouldn’t bring along a palico or two to act as comedic support and pull off some moments to aid the team. Not to mention character B could have besides the dilemma of being past her prime, living up to her image to her granddaughter or grandson who’s striving to be like the hero of her hometown and is one of the handful who see her just as famous as she was in her hay days. And acts as a factor that motivates B to move past the pains of her aging body inflicts upon her with to give the next generation someone to look up to. All while character D could to add some uniqueness to her character be a wyverian. As we have seen in world and Rise that they are a good number of them that act as hunters in the guild besides, those that are scholars and researchers. Thus you could add more intrigue to her character and her true origins, through her being a different race from the other cast. And for A could have him initially try to seek vengeance against the monster that attacked his family, BUT through working with the guild and understanding the ecology and the monsters, see’s that vengeance is pointless since the wyvern is simply doing the same as he was doing. Striving to live in this big world and survive for its kin(as the wyvern could be revealed to have a small brood, mate or something on those lines) Thus lets go of his anger and focuses on finding his missing family no matter what. Keep up the amazing work Oceaniz, and look forward to more of your fun ideas with MH.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 agree with what you're saying about human characters, but i like the idea of a main character being a palico that wants to be a hunter and his arc is trying to prove himself
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.
I'm a big fan of the characters, but character C reminded me if a Reddit post about how the Handler was originally gling to be a cute femboy, rather than a girl. One of the top comments was somethings along the lines of, "Well, tbf, in a world where even the women need to be tough to defend against powerful monsters, a femboy wouldn't last a day" Reddit is fuckin' wild, man...
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
You had me at bad ass great sword wielding grandma. Also one C should have a family member based off of Aleyia from Ragegaming with the rocker sword from world as ether the mother or siste
I don't think a live action MonHun movie is a doomed concept. It would have to dance around the idea of long term progression, yes, but there are ways of doing that in a satisfying way. If I were to make a movie, I would've focused in on the theoretical of a beginner hunter getting wrapped up in something bigger. Is it a little cliched? Sure, but it's somewhere to start. You can start in the shoes of a beginner, follow a harrowing first hunt against smallfry that goes wrong because of something else. Little baby hunter cutting their teeth on a Velocidrome, news comes in a bigger monster had been seen heading toward the location after the hunter leaves. Boom, old-style invasions are referenced. Veterans are called in to deal with the big threat while little hunter is completely unawares, ends up caught in the middle of it, doesn't have to particularly do anything majorly impressive except survive. Veterans acknowledge baby hunter's ability to not become paste on a rock, help train them while they're in the area following up with paperwork. Small action movie training montage showing *basic* progression. Turns out big monster had been in the area running from something bigger, scene talking about baby hunter not being ready, etc etc. Have primary mentor veteran die during a failed first encounter, newbie inherits their gear (not something that happens in game typically, but provides further advancement) bigger thing shows up, villagers assist hunters in defending their home (doesn't really happen in games, but fosters idea of community) Guild shows up with "G-rank" hunting team and maybe a siege weapon, blah blah bigger monster defeated, veterans officially take newbie in as a team member for their courage, whole team gets recognized by the guild, could even work in a loud roar or weird endemic activity as a sequel segue at the end. Done. It's not groundbreaking, but it's fun, it gets many basic points across, and opens the property up for further exploration be it a series, a sequel movie, etc.
If the producer would educate himself on who and what the Monster Hunter Guild is made of, the producer can narrow down at least 4 of those episodes. For the C character I would choose a random Guardian to be contracted for the final quest and for the D character I would choose a secret Hunter Guild Knight to come and aid into battle. If those things could be taken into consideration, a movie can be made in a 2 hour frame. Let's say character A and B are friends who learn how to battle monsters like Ash learned battling and catching Pokémon from Gary after being giving a Pokémon by Professor Oak. In that way I would let the Elder give character A and B a simple quest as killing a lost pack of Velociprey (without a Velocidrome in sight, btw, as if there was one the village would have to deal with that Velocidrome afterwards). Than the real preparation for the killing of the Elder Dragon or Large Monster treat can begin. If we take Rathalos as the big threat again, we can make the second half hour about a fight against a Tobi-Kadach in order to gain Thunder weapons and the third half hour can be about them defeating a monster like Tetsucabra to collect materials for a somewhat fire resistant gear. Than in the last half hour the Guardian can be contracted by the Elder and a Hunter Guild Knight that was already prospecting the Rathalos can jump in to replace the Elder, who chose to retire before the final fight. In this way a Monster Hunter movie can still be made and stay truthful to the source material, while also explaining a whole lot of both the Guild as elemental advantages in the game. With this as a plot we can also leave out any human deaths. Perhaps we can make Rathalos have a devastating turf war leaving the weaker monster dead as the only possible death in the plot. Anything is better than the animated pictures dead hunter by a sudden flame attack from Lunastra leaving nothing behind.
I wanted to make an OC for this. G (didn't thinked of a name yet) Gender: Same as A Origin: Maybe Astera or a heavy Hunter-focused Place Key visual traits: Young, just a little smaller than A in height Weapon: Lance, later changed for Gunlance Character traits: fearful, scared of monsters but very friendly around people, unexperienced, gifted. Overview: Born in a Heavy-Hunting centred place, G always was near Hunters and Monsters but always was scared of Hunting. Pushed by his family to become a hunter choosed a weapon that could keep him/her safe from Monsters in Hunts and was one of the first people A met after waking up and becoming friends fast despite being on different Hunting Squads, always wanted to gain confidence and trying to make his/her family proud. Role: overcoming the fears and the impostor syndrome. ended up liking being a Hunter
As you were describing the characters I was like, 'Yeah, ok, this sounds kinda familiar.' Then I realized I was picturing RWBY as the characters, or well RWNY. Ruby is main character. Blake is muscle mommy- I mean strong lady. Weiss is the character from a noble family trying no to feel inferior. Nora is there cause who doesn't love a goofy character with a deep dark depressing back story?
