Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
ThatAnimeSnobRE
For some reason, reading the premise of this show I was reminded of the old Seven Samurai film. Trying to assemble a team of powerful warriors in order to protect a village from evil bandits… Only difference, the warriors in this version are all cute girls and the challenge is a harmless kendo competition. I am of course stretching it with this comparison but I couldn’t shake the feeling of how half a century ago Japan used to make these cool manly samurai stories and now is mostly throwing out moe shows left and right. And I don’t like that.
So anyways, Bamboo Blade is basically two things. One half is a motivational show, aimed to inspire people getting into kendo. The second half is slice of life comedy around the simple lives of its characters, most of which are silly girls. The probl…
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This has the worst structure of a show I've ever seen. Despite that baffling aspect, Bamboo Blade is a lighthearted irreverent comedy maybe worth your time.
Let's get the negatives out of the way.
First off, the show's premise is that a school's kendo sensei, Ishida, makes a bet with his friend that his team of girls can beat his friend's, with the reward being a year's worth of eating at a restaurant.
This weak hook to the show is resolved in a handful of episodes. Let me repeat: the reason for this show existing is resolved in a handful of episodes.
After some meandering, the show comes up with another premise: after a disastrous encounter with an influential figure, Ishida's job is at risk so he decides to win the national kendo tournament to make himself indispensable.
You'd thin…
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SPOILER-FREE!
There are two things that one can learn watching anime that take place in high school – there is no shortage of after school clubs to choose from, and you can bank on the fact that there will likely be a lot of girls in those clubs. It doesn’t matter if the club in question is one that has an activity associated with “traditional femininity” or not; as long as there is even the remotest chance of a club existing, not only will there be an anime about it, but that it will also likely have a large female cast.
"Bamboo Blade" was one such property that got this treatment, using kendo as the dramatic vehicle of choice. Released in 2007, the series came during that period of time when “moe” as a concept was undergoing a bit of a renaissance and restructuring. But aside from that…
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It's not a bad show by any means, but it's nothing great either. At least for me, it's a slice of life, comedy anime with a kendo setting. It can be funny at times as well. So, if you want a kendo anime with comedy and cute girls doing cute girl things, you'll like it.
I thought the writing was lazy sometimes, like the senior bully character. He was an interesting character, that could have been used better, but they showed him in start, forgot about him for 20 episodes then brought him back again randomly to create some tension, then he's gone again lol.
They introduced a stalker as well in the middle of the show and hyped her up like it's gonna have some big character arc, but then forgot about her and just showed her randomly in between when she stalks miya-miya. You can take her out o…
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This here is really a underrated, never-heard-of anime. Also one of my earlier animes that I've seen.
Okay so it's a slice and life, martial arts (kendo specifically) and comedy anime. It revolves around 5 girls who are more or less good at kendo or hitting things with a stick... Plus our male characters who help out on the side and set the story sailing.
So first up lets talk about the intro, like the first 2 mins into the anime you'll probably think, wtf did I just download a initial D anime by accident?!
So with that misunderstanding out of the way lets introduce our CHARACTERS!
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First up the star of the show, Kawazoe Tama! She is a tiny character who has a big heart! She is into anime in particular shounen, super hero on…
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Every once in awhile you come across an older title and you think this could be a fun watch during your spare time but it actually turns out to be better than you expected and this is one of them.
Story: The story is simple it focuses on the sport of Kendo, Its a traditional sword style sport that originated in japan and uses primarily wooden bamboo swords in a two person or team duel format. We follow a group of student and there instructor who all attend the same highschool and are members of the kendo team and who we get to know there day to day training and comedic adventures.
Characthers: The characters are probably the series best feature as each one have there own distinctive personality and you can relate on a more real world level, we have the instructor Toraji ishida the almost…
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For some reason, reading the premise of this show I was reminded of the old Seven Samurai film. Trying to assemble a team of powerful warriors in order to protect a village from evil bandits… Only difference, the warriors in this version are all cute girls and the challenge is a harmless kendo competition. I am of course stretching it with this comparison but I couldn’t shake the feeling of how half a century ago Japan used to make these cool manly samurai stories and now is mostly throwing out moe shows left and right. And I don’t like that.
So anyways, Bamboo Blade is basically two things. One half is a motivational show, aimed to inspire people getting into kendo. The second half is slice of life comedy around the simple lives of its characters, most of which are silly girls. The probl…
Read at the sourceTirta_Firdaus
As it is very obvious from the title, this anime tells a story about girls (and some boys) doing kendo. A sport anime, without a doubt, with a shounen feels embedded strongly in it. What does this anime tell us beyond “cute girls doing kendo”? The answer is....a journey.
Kendo is a journey to better our ownselves. Im not practicing kendo, but that sentece is just something that i re-wrote from what i saw in this anime. People may start kendo with small or even ridiculous reason, but after they get deep into kendo, they’ll be set off to an internal journey. Yes, a journey indeed, and journey means character development.
Character development is, in my opinion, the strongest point that this anime has. I am not telling that the other aspects of this anime are bad. Nope. But if we watch from…
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Let me start by saying that I was really looking forward to watching Bamboo Blade, having a passing interest in kendo(not exactly practicing it, but rather being curious about it), and I wish I could give Bamboo Blade a higher score than I have. Bamboo Blade has an amazing cast, great voice acting(seriously, the shouts are quite believable and they don't sound forced - and there's a lot of shouting in kendo) and engaging action sequences - with a memorably soundtrack to top it all off. However, it falls flat when it comes to character development and story. Half of the cast doesn't really change much in terms of personality - I'd go as far as to say that on occassion, some of the characters are completely ignored, appearing for a scene or two, which doesn't seem right if they are considere…
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I had completely ignored the sports genre because I watch live action sports and felt watching animated fiction was a waste of my time. Then I watched Crunchyroll’s anime academy of sports anime and was intrigued by the ideal of learning more about a given sport by watching an anime about it. Also, many years ago, I read a review of Bamboo Blade that made me want to watch it. So I finally did and wasn’t disappointed.
The first thing I want to point out is there’s no “supernatural” or fantastic fantasy elements to this series. They’re all normal people with normal human abilities. And no one is innately good at a sport they’ve never tried or applies skills and abilities from some other sport, game etc. to the sport of kendo.
The characters are diverse without being clichéd. They’re relatab…
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Hate to be that guy, but I think this show is absolutely overrated. Why is the score so high?
Is it funny? No, not in particular, I can't recall actually laughing once throughout the entire 26 episodes—maybe at best a smirk?
Are the characters really all the great? No, they aren't that in depth, and many of them are naively annoying!.
Is the action superb? Far from it. I doubt kendo in real life would even be very enjoyable to watch. This isn't a real sword fight... It is with sticks.
The one romance in the show, they blatantly make fun of because it is so absurd.
But what took the cake for me to rate this abysmal waste of time so poorly? Episode 23. That episode sums up the worthlessness of these characters.
This epsiode involves delinquents that never show up and end up potentia…
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Lovable and interesting characters, passionate martial art, great humor and cat cameos. Bamboo Blade has it all.
Kendo instructor at Muroe highschool, Ishida, has a hard time to pay his bills, when his old friend and coleague offers to pay for his sushi for one whole year. That is if his team wins at a friendly tournament. If only there were more than one loyal captain and the other that has not showed up in a while. To win, he would need a miracle. A big miracle. A miracle that, say, easily deflects dangerous stray tennis ball. And baseball... aaand a rugby ball. And principal falling from the third floor back up. With a broom.
Do you like kendo? Well this anime is for you! Do you at least know, what kendo is? You might enjoy this series. Have you got absolutely no idea what that thing…
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Have you ever had an empty feeling after watching a good anime? Well that's what happened after i watched Bamboo Blade.
In my country or at least in where i live, there's no clubs in high school, so i'm always exciting to watch series about everyday life in a school club and this show surely delivered it. A very well-executed anime from the start to the very end.
In 26 eps long, Bamboo Blade has got it all what you would ever see in an sport, slice of life gerne: the school life, the hardwork, a little drama, a little romance, the will to overcome hardness, the sportmanship... of everyone in the kendo club of Muroe High School. A inspirative story along with a colorful girls cast.
The artstyle of the show reminds me of the midway 2000s with some moe elements that makes the show very eas…
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If you want to watch an anime that would leave you feeling warm, happy and heartfelt, look no longer!
The story line isn't as exciting, but the character and the development of the character was lovely and charming. Full of light hearted and charming sense of humour, that would leave you smiling.
The art work is decent. The setting of the dojo brings a traditional theme into the modern school setting, which is nice to watch.
I strongly recommend this anime. It is one of those anime that would leave a smile when you finish it :)
Read at the sourceMothmonsterman
I don't always watch sports anime but when I do, usually the first few episodes are deciding factor on whether keep watching or not. Bamboo Blade is one of the anime's that has hooked me in and didn't and kept me going until the very end, but that was just my experience.
Story/Character:
The story about a high school kendo club that is mostly comprised of girls, I won't get to much into details but despite have a few male members in the club the story mostly centers around the girls but there really isn't a main character as the focus of the show tends to shift from one character to the other.
Now being a sports anime the plot isn't the most complicated thing in the world and is pretty straight forward and the characters are probably the main meat of the story aside from the kendo (sword…
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The show is enjoyable, but his overall takes its time [in other words, a little slow]. That's not meant as criticism as I often like slower paced shows, just be aware that, despite being about kendo, this isn't a driving action series. It's more about the 5 girls, their teacher, and the 2 guys that are part of the high school kendo club. I especially like the fact that the characters, particularly the boys, are NOT the usual Anime stereotypes, and obvious "potential romantic connections" don't occur, which is good. I think there could've been a lot more character development, but it's still a good series and has several very memorable characters; which is more than I can say about a lot of shows. The show also is appealing because it avoids silly panty shot [fan service] type scenes and ot…
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I'm writing this review right after finishing the last episode of the series, and, generally speaking, I act like this just when I really enjoyed a show.
So I'll state right from the beginning that I really loved Bamboo Blade, for more than one reason.
First of all, it's actually funny. The charatcers are nice shaped and mixed. You can find one for all flavours. Given the case that we are speaking of a group of friends, you have all the anime classical girls, from the shy kuudere Tama-chan, to the violent and loving yandere Miya-Miya. For most of the time I've been watching it, I had a smile on my face, and that's surely something important.
Second thing worth mentioning: this show has a nice pace. Apart from some brief slice of life episodes, the focus is pretty much always mantained. Y…
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I would like to preface this by saying that I've never even heard of Bamboo Blade, let alone watched it.
Bamboo Blade is a comedy that comes around only once every very often. Let's face it, you've seen all of this before: Broke teacher looking for a quick fix to his problem, lovable cast of female characters who just want to train in kendo and have a fun time, all wrapped up in a comedy school setting. By no means is it anything new in the anime world, but it is still a wholly charming and fun little show.
Story:
Honestly, the story isn't all that fantastic. It's very predictable and cliche, and while that isn't bad, it certainly won't win any awards. I think it's best to just accept that the story is just a setup for the truly great cast of characters to interact in, rather than a driv…
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Story 6/10
The story of Bamboo Blade is probably it's one major weakness. Entirely predictable and clichéd it's nothing you haven't seen before. This is ok though as the story is mostly there to put the characters in various (often hilarious) situations. The humour may not be for everyone, but I certainly enjoyed it rather a lot. Ultimately the story does it's job of getting you from point a to b, and even though you've seen it all before it's still a fun ride. On a side note as someone who has absolutely no interest in kendo the show did a good job of not emphasising or leaning to heavily on dreary technical aspects of the sport, instead focusing mostly on the great character interaction.
Art 7/10
Not much to say really it looks good for a comedy show. Nothing jaw dropping but nothing…
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Kendo: meaning “Way of The Sword”.
Definition #1: A Japanese form of fencing with two-handed bamboo swords, originally developed as a safe form of sword training for samurai.
Definition #2: Kendo is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional swordsmanship (kenjutsu) which originated with the samurai class of feudal Japan.
Defination #3: Kendo is a physically and mentally challenging activity that combines martial arts practices and values with sport-like strenuous physical activity.
With that being said, have you ever wondered what it was like to be in a Kendo club? Well, if you didn’t know what kendo was until now, the thought has probably never crossed your mind. But after watching Bamboo Blade you might be more interested in this old time tradition.
Bamboo…
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