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Gewürtztraminer
 Posts: 1028 Location: Texas - Its like whole other country. |
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These thirteen episodes were fun, as opposed to some of Funimations other recent releases (Strain, and Aquarion in the forefront).
I viewed via rental, the next 13 episodes in the queue when released, and barring a major letdown or failure to license the rest, will move to buy queue shortly there after. Like I said, I had fun watching this as opposed to discs 23 through 25 of Urusei Yatsura, brilliant, but there are stretches where it becomes a chore. |
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Tuor_of_Gondolin
 Posts: 3524 Location: Bellevue, WA |
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I really enjoyed the first quarter (which is all that is out in the US right now) of this series. As the reviewer said: it is a lot of fun.
Yes, Kenichi is something of a whiner at the start, but I think it accurately shows how our own self-perception has a big role in how we react to various situations. Even at the beginning, Kenichi is shown to be a nice guy, but one with virtually no self-confidence. Once you get beat up a few times, avoiding fights (or confontations in general) often becomes ingrained. So, Kenichi is the way he is at the beginning by design: he's supposed to be annoying and something of a coward. As with most anime, it's amazing what having someone who 1) seems to care about you, and 2) you *really* want to impress, can change even deep-seeded aspects of a guy's personality. I thought it was realistic, though, that it wasn't like flipping a switch with Kenichi, but is rather an on-going process, aided and abetted by his trainers. In closing, I think this is a fun, and very entertaining series. It also deals with some realistic parts of martial arts training, as also noted by the reviewer. In fact, I thought the review was very accurate. I am sure to get the next box set when it comes out this summer. |
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LeoKnight25
 Posts: 319 Location: Puyallup, WA |
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I had a blast watching this set. Almost as fun as watching Hajime no Ippou. And that's about the nearest comparison I can think of...that and Grappler Baki. Fairly realistic when focusing on Kenichi but, becoming pretty insane when focusing on the masters. They remind me a little bit of some of the Fist of the North Star characters. All in all though, a very fun series. I'll be picking up the next set once it gets released.
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Emerje
 Posts: 7415 Location: Maine |
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Nice to see a positive review after Bamboo tore it to shreds a few weeks back.
 I watched almost the entire series in one weekend when it was being fansubed (up to 47 where I caught up with the Japanese broadcast), it's a lot of fun and keeps a consistent quality throughout. My only complaint is that even after 50 episodes and spoiler[a satisfying ending] there's still room for more that will probably not be animated.
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Teriyaki Terrier
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If you ignore the fanservice and Kenichi whineness at the begining, you'll find this series to be enjoyable. Granted, this isn't the best of anime, but this series isn't horriable either.
I defineitly check this series out eventually. |
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Wrath_of_DoG
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Having only watched it with japanese fansub, I think that, for the production costs, the animation crew did an amazing job.
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