About No Need for Bushido

No Need for Bushido is an action/comedy/drama comic that takes place in Feudal Japan. It follows the adventures off an odd-ball cast as they try to save the country... or at least avoid the oncoming rush of ninja, samurai, fighting monks, anachronisms and sound effects. With an eclectic mix of influences including anime, American comic books, action/adventure movies, cartoons, old kung fu movies, and way too many videogames, NNFB has a fast-paced, colorful, and cinematic presentation. NNFB updates every Monday.

FAQ

Who makes NNFB?

The comic is drawn by Alex Kolesar and written by Joseph Kovell.

Where's the comic?

You probably found this section on our main page. At the top of the page click on the button that says "newest page" and you'll be at the last page uploaded.

What's No Need for Bushido about?

NNFB is an action-comedy-drama that takes place in war-torn Feudal Japan. The story jumps between many different characters, but focuses on a small group of travelers who get caught up in the ensuing war. This group includes a runaway princess avoiding an arranged marriage, a foolish samurai, a blind taoist priest, and a hotheaded drunk with an excessively large sword.

Where should I start?

NNFB is a story-based comic. The newest page will make absolutely no sense without reading what comes before it. So, it's best to start at our humble beginnings on page 1 and read on from there. You can get a basic plot summary and character descriptions by reading our Wikipedia page, or you can check out the comic timeline. These aren't very good substitutes for the comic itself, though.

What happened to the art/writing?

It got better. NNFB was our first comic endevor, so we've been learning the basics since page 1.

Is this anime/manga?

NNFB shares a lot of similarities with both anime as well as American comic books - so it's a little of both. You don't need to read anime to "get" NNFB.

When are new pages added?

NNFB updates one page every Monday. We update additional content (art, news posts, etc.) throughout the week.

Is that it?

Nope. In addition to the comic itself, there are quite a few other features on the site. At times, we will take old pages and completely rewrite them into one-off strips. These "Remixes” usually parody the comic, so you probably will want to read the main archive first.

We also have a subcomics section that contains two mini flash movies, a blog hosted by one of the comic's characters, bonus pages, a sketchbook and various filler comics from years ago.

If you want to talk about No Need for Bushido or random goings-on, please join us in the forum or in the tagboard.

ENJOY!

About Alex

Alex graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a Major in Illustration. Alex cowrites, draws, inks and colors No Need for Bushido.

About Joseph

Joseph graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a Major in Industrial Design. Joe writes No Need for Bushido, manages the website, and produces various additional extra material - minicomics, animations, rewritten dialog, etc.

Key words: Anime, samurai, comics, books, TV, movies, video games, entertainment, Webcomic

News

You asked for it... and we ignored you... then we though about it.... and then after several years did it. We finally have a cast page! Look at all those characters! Good think I was able to save time and copy over most of the descriptions from Wikipedia (although I corrected some inaccuracies and a bit of wording here and there.) So there you have it.



We somehow ended up getting invited onto Comic Dish for a podcast interview plus a review of Zap! Good fun was had by all as we made stupid jokes and talked about Star Wars, Mortal Kombat, bananas, and Acid Reflux. I'd like to hear what you think in the forum, since Alex and I would be very interested in starting our own podcast if this is well received.



Gods, there’s probably a lot to talk about, but I waited too long to write a rant, and now I’m out of time. I’ll try to write a proper one tomorrow. And just to throw my crazy dumb movie critic opinion out there, I disliked Golden Compass. If you liked it, that’s great and all, but, like, how? T’was a lame movie.

Transcription

Ina: Well, fortunately, we have two helpful comrades who know just where my father was last seen so that we can go back and save him.

Fumio: Oh, great. Yeah, just head West about eight days. It's a big cave in the mountains, you can't miss it. We're gonna head out and-

-DOOM!!-

Fumio: Of course we could always lead you directly there...

Ina: Well we're not going to get anywhere if we have to drag him all the way.

Ina: Someone has to wake up Ken.
Fumio: You're sure you want him to come?? From the five seconds I've known him, he hasn't been the most agreeable person I've met.

-KAPUNCHED!!-

Ken: That's fer sayin' I wasn't agreeable!