The "Historical" Setting of Soul Calibur

An attempt at explaining how the reality of the 1590's led to the fantasy of Soul Calibur. 1592 in general, and early Japanese martial arts: 01:41 Japanese characters: 8:10 Sophitia: 13:19 Voldo: 16:19 Siegfried/Nightmare: 16:19 Cervantes: 21:33 For further reading & watching, I recommend: Soul Calibur 6: Did TALIM Exist in Philliphines History? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijNnSj8bWxY Virtual Colonialism: Japan's "Others" in Soul Calibur www.academia.edu/31355327/Virtual_Colonialism_-_Japans_Others_in_SoulCalibur.pdf History of Okinawan Karate: https://web.archive.org/web/20090302085743/http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/001/001/index.html The Bubishi: https://archive.org/details/pdfy-ABzkEeVdSnKJn970 Okinawan Karate master kata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2cLXDNXY70 The Greeks Who Pray to Zeus: VICE INTL (Greece) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBpNu4_TP9w Soul Calibur Legends footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtbJs1ncNHA Soul Blade footage from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ017AWlywY Capoeira tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7cNpz72uAI Capoeira street performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx-yJnJmnmo "A man's life of 50 years under the sky is nothing compared to the age of this world. Life is but a fleeting dream, an illusion -- Is there anything that lasts forever?" Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superbunnyhop Me and my wacky friends do a podcast every Friday: https://soundcloud.com/user-872413404