Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Lac-Noir (Werewolf Transformation)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here are 17 new items for you. They cover Halloween and the month of October, so naturally this update has lots of werewolves in it.

And here's something to be thankful for: a good live-action werewolf transformation accomplished with practical effects!

Lac-Noir is a French-language horror series from Quebec that deals with a community of werewolves. In episode six of the second season a transformation occurs. 

The set-up: Jade has accidentally infected her boyfriend Dave with lycanthropy. She is able to repress her wolf side with medication but this isn't an option for Dave, so she comforts him as the full moon rises. Dave's mother waits anxiously outside as the transformation begins:

Many thanks to Noodles on our Discord Server for locating video sources.

Capwolf and the Howling Commandos (Werewolf Transformations)

When Captain America first transformed into a werewolf during the '90s it was considered an embarrassment, but the idea never went away. And now Capwolf and the Howling Commandos has fully embraced it. The comic is set in World War II and shows Captain America fighting Nazi werewolves.

In the first issue he gets ambushed by them:


And he gets scratched by one:



In the next issue we see the Nazis creating more werewolves:


 

The same werewolf reverts at sunrise:

 


The Nazis create more werewolves to combat Capwolf:


There's Something About Movies (Werewolf Transformations)

Our thanks to "Fatwerewolf" for suggesting this video on our Discord server. There's Something About Movies is a British comedy panel show. In the first episode of season four, two panelists recreate the famous transformation scene from An American Werewolf in London. They do a decent job, which raises a question...

If it's possible to achieve such effects on a British panel show, why do so many higher-budget American programs fail at werewolf transformations? Perhaps in the UK practical effects are cheaper than CGI.


Incredible Hulk 5-6 (Hulk Transformations & Muscle Growth)

Some new material from the two most recent issues of the ongoing Marvel comic.

A reversion from issue 5:



 

A gory transformation from the next issue (which came out this week):



Requiem for the Living (Werewolf Transformation)

Our thanks to Noodles for posting this video on our Discord server. It's described as "A Marauders Animation," so I assume it deals with Harry Potter characters I know next to nothing about:

Ragna Crimson (Dragon Transformation)

In the first episode of this anime, the hero Ragna is bestowed power from his future self when he confronts the villainous Grymwelte, who retaliates by transforming into a dragon:

The Ancient Magus' Bride (Wolf Transformation)

In episode 14, Izak helps the witch Marielle find an magical artifact by scent by shapeshifting into a wolf:

Adventure Time (Monster Transformation)

The Adventure Time short "Frog Season: Summer" shows a frog growing monstrous after it's forced to wear a crown:

Mytico & Enola (Werewolf Transformations)

A double feature...

Issue 20 of the Italian comic Mytico retells the myth of Lycaon, who tried to kill Zeus and was punished. He gave his name to lycanthropy:



Volume five of the French comic Enola & Les Animaux Extraordinarires guest-stars a teenage werewolf:



Victor and Valentino (Dragon Transformation)

In the series finale Sal remembers who he is, the Aztec god, Quetzalcoatl, and transforms into his draconic form to fight his brother:

Vampirella: Dead Flowers (Werewolf Transformations)

Issue one features a werewolf named Randall:





 

He reverts in the next issue:



There's also a flashback to how Randall became a werewolf:



JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Wolf Transformation)

Our thanks to "Dove" for recommending two scenes from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean. In episode 25 (episode 177 of the entire series) an old man turns into a wolf, and in the next episode Anasui develops some canine traits during a partial transformation. 




Monsters and men & bonus (Werewolf transformation and Muscle Growth)

Here is part one of an animation by Husskoni--future parts are in the pipeline. The transformation in this video is primarily muscle and hair growth but the next installement promises lycanthropy.


And here is an unusual bonus, another YouTube animation, suggested by an anonymous commenter: "Markiplier turns into a Glamrock Animatronic":

GARO (Monster Transformations & Muscle Growth)

Our thanks to Ian Ricky for providing these clips from Japanese TV. 

From episode 9 of GARO: Gold Storm Sho, here is a monster possession scene:


And an insectoid-monster possession from episode 9 of GARO: Makai no Hana:

Fright Krewe (Werewolf Reversion and Transformation)

In the second episode, Lou reveals he is a Rougarou (derived from "Loup Garou," French for werewolf) when he saves Missy's life. In the next episode she recovers but develops an unfortunate craving, and Lou is there to help her:

Tales of The Titans (Whale & Werewolf Transformations)

Issue 4 starts with Beast Boy reverting from whale to human form:


He surfaces and encounters an unusual wolf:



The wolfman turns out to be Anthony Lupus, the DC comics werewolf who first appeared in 1974. You can see his earlier transformations here and also here.

Lupus captures Beast Boy and uses him to try and create a cure for lycanthropy. It doesn't go well:


"After Dark", "Time and Time Again", "The Hammer", and "The Werewolf Prince" (Werewolf Transformations)

Some werewolf transformations from four webtoons:

In After Dark episode nine, Drew wakes up from a nightmare and enters a real one (the transformation concludes in episode 12).

Further lycanthropy can be found in episode 37 of Time and Time Again.

Episode three of The Hammer delivers another werewolf.

Last but not least, The Werewolf Prince has a transformation that starts on page 45

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In other blog news, the video links for Brady's Beasts and "Clarence" and "Catscratch" have been repaired. This blog has been around for more than a decade, so many links in the older posts require repair. We are slowly getting around to this, but if there are particular posts you'd like us to fix, drop us a line.


Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Transylvania Rising (Werewolf Transformation)

Welcome to our fall update! 15 new posts await you. The majority are by Kumaguma, so please thank him for keeping this blog alive. Thanks as always to everyone for their suggestions, and apologies if we haven't gotten around to any of yours yet. We're hoping that Halloween will bring more material, so fingers crossed for a November update. In the meantime, enjoy this one!

Thanks to Meaninglez for discovering this video and recommending it on our Discord channel.

Transylvania Rising is an unaired pilot from 2016. Set in 1880, it's about "a young woman in search of her missing father travels to Transylvania, where she teams up with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard Detective and together they witness the births of the most famous monsters and villains in history."

The wolfman is of course involved, and he transforms at a masked ball:


There's a reversion scene at 38:35:

Dampyr (Werewolf Transformation)

Issue 161 of this Italian comic features a good werewolf transformation:







Alas, wolfy comes to a violent end:




Bonus: here's a similar reversion scene, from Dampyr #68:



Bear Man UE preview (Bear Transformation)

Our thanks to Noodles from our Discord server for recommending this preview from Unreal Engine, a computer graphics game engine company:

Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War (Wolf Transformation)

In episode 17 Komamura—an anthormorphic wolf in human guise—loses his "humanization technique" after realizing he has embarked on a mission of vengeance. He finds out that selling his soul means losing his humanity:

Aware Wolf - Mobile Phones (Werewolf Transformation)

Thanks to Reebee on our Discord server for recommending this public service announcement from Australia. No matter where you are, be an Aware Wolf!


Dave the Diver (Age Regression)

Thanks to Mr.TF from Discord for recommending this video game scene. A character named Otto is taken back to childhood by a dish he remembered from his early years:

Undead Murder Farce (Werewolf Transformations)

 In the 9th episode of this anime, Aya informs Tsugaru what a werewolf is in detail:


In the 11th episode, Shizuku tries to escape from the werewolf village as her pursuers transform:

Office Depot (Age Progression)

Our thanks to the anonymous commenter who recommended this Mexican commercial. Can our readers south of the border tell us if this actually happens whenever kids visit Home Depot?

Fright Night (Wolf Reversion & Bat Transformations)

Everyone is familiar with Evil Ed's excellent wolf reversion scene from Fright Night, but you might not know that the film was adapted into a comic series in 1988. From issue 2:






As usual in comics, Evil Ed was somehow brought back to life, and he's seen reverting from bat form in issue 8:




He turns into the green bat again in issue 17:


There's also a basketball player who turns into a vampire: