Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Beatnik
This is literally the only anime I've watched in my life where:
a) people of colour outnumber white characters
b) a character has vitiligo
The show is already noteworthy for those reasons. It's simply refreshing to see something so different. One of the strengths of anime as a medium is its variety. There is an amazing variety of characters, premise, themes, you name it. Yet often, despite stories set in fantastical worlds where the creators have the freedom to make up any characters they want, they can still be lacking in diversity. Quite frankly it can be tiring when an entire cast of characters are the same race (white usually), or even the same body shape. So kudos to LeSean Thomas for putting out something different, and it never calls attention to itself either, its simply notewor…
Read at the sourceAvgasblomman
I can only recommend this under one circumstance: if you specifically want to see something mediocre on a lazy day when you feel a bit too tired to watch something good.
Do you know the feeling? That you have these actually good shows lined up, but you also have a headache, not enough sleep for a few nights and you feel that it would be a waste to see something good on a day when you're not really primed to enjoy it?
That was kinda how I felt today, and it lead me to sit through this entire show.
And I really didn't hate my time spent, it was dumb and fun (though not *that* fun).
The characters are rather one-note and predictable, though Philly was honestly more difficult to like than I expected. Sam was a big nothing most of the time, but had some decent comedic moments. Casey is pr…
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This show originally hooked me because of the dynamite into song, but man that is the only good thing about it
the show feels like a crappy nickelodeon cartoon that tried at some points to be edgy and dark but just misses the mark in every way
the characters are dull and annoying and seem extremely childish for the post apocalyptic world that they have been born into.
Everything in the show is extremely predictable! every plot twist character arc episode rescue all of it
I would avoid watching this anime at all costs because there are far better options out there
Read at the sourceHeymateur
For those who remember, in 1998, there was Trigun. In this animated series, we followed "Vash the stampede", a tall blond guy with full hair, over 100 years old according to rumors. During his adventures through a post apocalyptic world with western sauce, Vash will fight many battles because of the bounty that weighs on his head and his unfortunate tendency to meddle in everything. He will also meet Meryl and Milly, two young women a little naive but determined to follow our protagonist.
Anyway, if you haven’t seen Trigun yet, it may not be the best animated but it’s still very nice.
So let’s go back to Cannon Busters, 2004 and recently animated/updated. In this new anime, "Philly the kid" is our anti-hero and it’s up to him to make us discover a post apo universe with western sauce. It…
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--SPOILER FREE--
Walmart Cowboy Bebop? I think so!
Coming from Yasuke's creator LeSean Thomas. Cannon Busters was vastly better than his follow up Yasuke but still was a poor series overall. The premise is always there but the delivery has failed twice; As someone who likes the premise and ideas of Thomas's work I can only hope his next and third project is peak.
--STORY--
5/10
We follow Philly the Kid, a guy who is a mix of Spike and Vash with the supernatural power of infinite lives. He meets Casey and S.A.M. two robots who are running from pursuers but are honestly clueless about it in a sense. They run into Philly and it follows the format of Samurai Champloo of three people going on adventures episode to episode running into multiple issues along the way. While this is all underwa…
Read at the sourceWallflowerSerein
A mediocre gunslinger anime we've all seen before, except this MC is rather annoying and has no character development. Featuring mostly POC! It's really nice to see, would love to see more of this through all animes. Watched on netflix between different shows and was enjoyed. Rest of reviews are spot on, but I wanted to support black creators and it wasn't bad enough for me to drop. Sam is my favourite. Action and CGI mix is well done, and OP//ED are great. Sadly for having a cool bull mech transformer car it sure doesn't do much the whole length of the anime though :(
Read at the sourceYukovalis
The kindest word I can use to describe this series is..mediocre.
It was about the halfway point when I realized I was watching something that gave me no joy. I stopped for awhile after that and then came back to finish it just to say I had. None of the characters are interesting. The story is a mess leaving anything of purpose at the wayside.
There is no substance here. In fact I can't even think of more to say, but this review thing is forcing me to write more about an anime that has little to say about it.
Read at the sourceknd944
A time killer, to be honest.
This anime came out of the blue for me. I didn't know what it was about, didn't know about the story, art, character development, anything of the sort. And I kinda like it because of that. However, it has its meh moments, and its okay moments.
Throughout the series, it was strange and meh. It didn't get as good as other anime I've watched and its fight scenes needed a bit more work from what I can remember.
The art was okay. It is not the best though. It was meh, like the series. I didn't exactly like it. The character development, from what I can remember, was meh, it wasn't too bad. I didn't exactly like it.
What it needs is, in essence, another season. I'd watch it, and if I still don't like it, I won't bother with the seasons after that.
Overall,…
Read at the sourcePlaybahnosh
[TL;DR: Too many ideas stuffed into a lackluster story. Looks good, sounds good, the action is great, but falls short on characters, story and the execution. Short and interesting enough to binge, but nothing remarkable.]
I had high hopes for Cannon Busters, it looked good in the trailer, but it seems that was all there is to it. The main issue is, it wants to be too many things at once and falls apart on the execution. The art style and the animation is nice, the action is great, the world looks interesting and it all looks and sounds good, but it's all shine and no substance.
There are just way too many gimmicks stuffed into Cannon Busters: A coin-operated Chevy that can turn into a giant combat mech. A super-naive android girl that can turn into a shapeshifting death machine. The comi…
Read at the sourceAraanash
Cannon Busters is not your typical anime, it combines elements from Western films, the fantasy genre, and a mix of futuristic and dystopic sci-fi elements into one. It's messy but for a setting that's so much fun, there really isn't much to question as you go along for the ride that is this whole first season of the show.
To get the bad out of the way, the story is pretty simple and nothing to write home about, it's the side characters and stories along the way that really prop it up. To be frank, the main story is kinda meh in comparison, but it serves as the driving force for our characters to be together, almost like watching a crazy D&D campaign play out as an anime.
The art direction and characters are very fun, although you'd have to excuse the occasional inconsistencies, it made f…
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This show is about the flow, that spontaneous feel of things just being by their own.
Yeah, storylines mix jarringly crazy, some episodes have a serious lack of closure. It is true, but I think it's kind of an intentional tradeoff for the chapters having an ever engaging element of randomness.
There is some consistency tho. All main characters are pure fun thanks to their ways of interacting between them. Sound is well mixed and the soundtrack has a modern internet feel that mashes right with the reimagined anime 90s aesthetic.
If ya fancy a mecha western adventure this is a cannon blast. One can only hope there will be a 2nd season that delivers the plot now that the introduction is done.
Read at the sourceMarcyyoma
So I went into this with an open mind not knowing what to expect and I was pleasantly surprised. Sure Philly did remind me of Spike from Cowboy Bebop but he was still different and fun to watch. Sam was nice and I love her devotion to the prince, thought it was cute. And do not get me started on how much I loved Casey. She was just such a delight. This wild world with all the insanity and magic just made things so much more interesting. The opening song and art was very good and I will probably make it my ringtone. And my favorite piece of this show was all the diversity which we do not see enough of in anime. Overall a very good anime and I cant wait for season 2.
Read at the sourcekiiroichi
It was a pretty average story, but the character design is pretty neat, and there's a lot of representation of minorities (poc, strong women, amputees, vitiligo, etc), so it's refreshing to watch in that sense.
Some situations are genuinely funny and the action scenes aren't all that bad. There's some interesting character development and I like the way the main characters' personalities clash together. And it has a few mechas throwin in there in case that's your thing, including a cool mecha fight as the grand finale. However, the last 2 episodes are a bit anticlimactic, as they make little to no sense and have way too many plot twists. One doesn't even know what each character's objective is anymore.
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The main story's a 5 or 6 depending on who you ask. I would've rated it as so too but the side story's (the journey took along the way) deserve a 7 I'd even say they were better than the main story itself.
Art style is great but most anime's have great art style these days and with a Netflix budget you could draw in 4D and the producers wouldn't even bat an eye.
I'm completely biased on the soundtrack for Cannon Busters the opening song is a beautiful mix of Drums, Clapping, Trumpets, and Banjos. It reminds me of the church music my Grandmom would blast everyday in the mourning while making breakfast with a bit of rapping mixed in. The rnb ending is just as good with the sound of a softly tapping Xylophone.
The characters are more action reaction what do I mean by this? The characters a…
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*I popped Netflix on, saw the trailer for this and immediately knew that I wanted to give it a try. It looked like something Cowboy Bebop fans would enjoy. And enjoyed it, I did.
Number of Episodes: 12 (about 20 minutes an episode)
Plot: B- *An unlikely crew of travelers goes on wacky adventures together in the futuristic land of Gearbolt. We follow S.A.M. a friendship robot who is on a quest to find the lost heir to the kingdom. She is accompanied by Casey Turnbuckle, a repair robot, and a fugitive Philly the Kid who is immortal. Together they fight against all sorts of mechs, evil entities, and encounter all sorts of wacky individuals all the while Locke, the evil sorcerer who has the kingdom of Botica under his rule sends assassins after them. At the same time, the King Bolger sent hi…
Read at the sourceDrAkiMakura
I went into this show blindly, hoping to like it. This show should have been much better.
ART: 6.5/10
Pretty good at times, pretty standard at times. I like the designs of Sam and Casey the best. Backgrounds look good, and the animation is great at times. Awful design awards go to the main villain, floating claw lady, Russia white hair woman, and vitiligo girl.
SOUND 5/10
Something about cowboys + robots + anime just screams Nujabees or J-Dilla type music. Something with soul and rhythm. None of that was here. I know that's something up to personal preference, but even so, the soundtrack was very unmemorable and felt kinda quiet and lacking impact during intense scenes. Not horrible, not amazing— but I guess that’s kinda worse in a way.
WOLRD 3/10
One of the worst things in this s…
Read at the sourceMoomochi
Out of 100 Nobles watching…
65 were impressed.
15 coughed up blood at the sight of the terrible CG
15 got bored of the generic and slow plot
5 had trouble immersing themselves with these characters
Cannon Busters is an original Netflix animation adaptation of a graphic novel of the same name by the studio Satelight. An anime adaptation being made from an American graphic novel is already pretty notable, but when the author of that source material is LeSean Thomas who worked on projects I loved like The Boondocks, Black Dynamite, and The Legend of Korra (okay maybe love is strong for Korra) I had high hopes for this project.
Cannon Busters has some good bits, but I found the show rather overwhelmed in its own mediocrity. Character designs were very solid in most places and goofy as hell…
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There is a reason animes do not try to throw ALL the tropes into one show. It creates a giant mess. While there are some interesting character designs, what really counts, characters and story, are poorly done, ruining whatever this show had to offer.
To give you an idea of what I mean by all the tropes here's the synopsis: a couple of happy go lucky androids from a fantasy kingdom team up with an immortal outlaw who owns a giant Pink Cadillac that can transform into a giant Minotaur Robot. Their goal, to reach the prince that one of the androids was programmed to the best friend of. Oh, and said android is one of those chosen one stereotypes. Add in a crazy team of assassins chasing them, and even a drunken master, and you get the point. The writer simply wanted to put ALL the things he…
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Cannon Busters (2019)
A Netflix Original Animation
First off it is available in a fair few languages and subtitles thanks to Netflix.
Story
It is an empire falls, a prince goes missing and his personal robot goes in search for him as she has a soul and desires. She meets an outlaw and they have a patchy friendship in search of the prince going along various adventures. Oh and there is Casey who is a pretty great character too. Art
Art used is a nice style, to an extent it reminds me of the Borderlands game series. It is easy to watch and to be honest is a pretty fun style.
Sound
The OP is enjoyable and the ED is OK. The series has some cool sounds with Bessie and the lining up of gunshots etc is greatly cinematic.
Characters
They all develop nicely with our main three in the tr…
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Story - 1/10 - It moves characters from place to place, but it uses some plot development techniques that are so appalling/annoying that it becomes a huge detriment to the whole show
Characters - 6/10 - characters are a really mixed bag in this anime, we have Sam, Philly, Bessie and Casey who are fun to watch but then we're swapped to the prince/Odin/bad guy who are basically ruining whatever good will the rest of the protagonists have managed to create
Sound - 8/10 - I really like the opening theme, shoot me
Overall - somewhere between 5-6/10. While the dumb story and some of the plot devices definitely fail miserably I have watched the show because it ENTERTAINED me. Just give it a go and check whether you like it enough to sit in front of the screen or if it makes you uncomfortable
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