Audience reviews
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Fox_in_soxx
It is an absolute DISGRACE to have this anime even near any mention of Ashita no Joe, which it claims to be a spiritual successor of. It didn't learn anything from the original show and besides all the "easter eggs" it has absolutely no personality on it's own. It is predictable and mediocre, which are two things Ashita no Joe was definitelly not.
The anime doesn't surprise in any way, it feels like a cheap cashgrab. The underdog does some underdog stuff and climbs to the top with sheer determination alone. I would not be able to tell you one memorable scene from the show, infact I am already forgetting it even exists.
A big reason in the failure of the show definitelly falls on the concept of megaloboxing alone as the use of some mechanical arms undermines the whole core idea of fightin…
Read at the sourceRickyGgG
Megalo Box is an interesting thriller that needs more recognition. While I do find Hajime No Ippo as my favorite boxing anime, this one may just take the cake depending on how good Season 2 is. It follows the same path but teaches you different things. Both portray underdog behemoths but one is wanting opportunity while one is finding purpose. One had significantly more difficult path though.
Megalo Box pretty much shows how much determination and fearlessness can propel a man to his dream. The dream of having opportunity in the largest stage. Despite having the odds stacked, Joe defied it all but still sacrificed so much. He is also one of a kind, making him the Gearless Joe after all. This anime is very creative in crafting a rollercoaster ride that isn't cliche at all. In fact it's sur…
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Your classic underdog, wrong side of the tracks boxer aiming to become champion. Don’t let the SciFi aesthetic or addition of robot arms fool you, Megalobox never tries to be anything more, it doesn’t subvert the genre or try to become overly philosophical. This is its strength. It knows that you know the story before it happens, but is a fun ride with enjoyable characters and a fair amount twists and turns to make it interesting without ever getting frustrating or drawn out.
Great show for those that love the genre. A more adult and abbreviated Hajime no Ippo or an anime Creed/Rocky tale.
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More or less the anime starts with Joe driving his bike, interlaced with credits and a few "teaser" shots as well as a bit of monologuing from Joe. That scene ends with him driving off a cliff, his Gear and bike broken.
I find it a rather fitting tribute to the trajectory of this show because, for the first 6 or so episodes, I find it to be an enjoyable sports show. The next few episodes aren't as great but it's really the last couple that really sour the experience for me.
This is a modern reinterpretation of Ashita no Joe from what I can tell but I haven't seen that show so how well it translates the show, I can't tell, but what I can say is it doesn't feel outdated at all for being a 50th anniversary gift to the manga.
One of my biggest problems is a lot of the opponent boxers don't…
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They say first impressions is important. For an anime that would usually count for the visuals since thats the first thing youll notice when you start an anime. And for me this is where Megalonia starts its success. Immediately i found myself attached to this show by looks alone and just felt i was gonna like it. Dont know how to describe it but it kinda had that early 2000 feel to its animation but with a more modern standard. Cant remember any show from around 2020 that managed to do this as good as Megalonia Box.
Ofcourse with only that you wont get very far. Luckily thats only the beginning of it as the inside was as tasty as the outside looked. Really enjoyed all the characters. Writing and characters felt more mature than your usual anime with screaming and quirky teenage character…
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From its subtle metaphors and punky soundtrack to its wonderful cast of deeply imperfect qualities, Megalobox proved to me that Sports anime can be something amazing. Using the sport as a medium purely for the purpose of telling your story about proving yourself, identity, family, obedience, the indominable human spirit, and so much more in a very organic and interesting way. Megalobox is jam packed with unexpected bumps in the road with a narrative that has an easy enough goal in mind but twists and turns so many times throughout each episode that it keeps you on your toes, not knowing really what comes next. The boxing matches themselves being the most adrenaline pumping parts of the series, but far from some of the best moments this series has to offer. It's character interactions and p…
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Good characteristic and motivation for every character. Cliché but good plot. Good symbology and creative extension for original box. Like a sci-fi extension but actually a well-written present. This is megalobox. I watched series like "Baki" and "Kengan Ashura" but this is the best serie i ever watched in sports genre. If a story is well-writen clichés just make that story better, same circumstances for Megalobox. Yes, it's kind of some cliché plot but sometimes you can't predict the plot-twist, so plot-twist hits even harder. I just screamed for some scenes cause of the extinction. I felt what Joe felt all through the anime you can forge a bond for any character. Every character has different characteristics just like you and me, you can find yourself in any character because of that. In…
Read at the sourceLemonadeSamurai
MegaloBox is a thing of beauty. I went into this completely unaware that it's a modern re-telling of Ashita No Joe
The show is set in a futuristic almost post apocalyptic Japan where combatants box using cybernetic limbs and our MC is a boxer named Joe who has thrown every fight he's been in trying to survive in the underground fighting circuit.
However a man comes along who changes that and brings Joe to the big leagues where everything is different.
What makes Megalobox so great? It's the sheer beauty of it. The animation is incredibly fluid and gorgeous. Breathtaking at times. The fight scenes are energetic and tense. You can't look away from just how eye watering and visceral the animation is.
Joe as a character is really interesting, he starts off as a violent bum but ends up…
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This anime really hits home for me. It's an emotional rollercoaster that takes you on a journey through the highs and lows of the human experience. At its core, it's a story about the human spirit, about never giving up, and about fighting for what you believe in, no matter the odds. The characters are so well-written and relatable that you can't help but get invested in their struggles and root for their success. The themes of identity, ambition, and self-discovery are explored in such a poignant way, that you can't help but reflect on your own life and experiences. Watching MC go through his journey is nothing short of inspiring. His determination, grit, and resilience through the toughest of times, makes you feel like you can conquer anything. What a hidden gem.
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Despite all the hype that Megalo Box created from its first few episodes, it became one of the biggest disappoints of the season. At first, it presents a familiar inspirational sports story with a vague setting to get you interested in the well-directed boxing matches. But by the end, the writing is still incredibly shallow. Megalo Box is just a carbon copy of the generic underdog boxing story but slightly worse than the classics it desperately tries to imitate.
Aside from the addition of Gear (exoskeletons to enhance the boxers fighting), Megalo Box tells the familiar tale of a misfortunate boxer, Junk Dog. He had long since given up his dream to become the champion of the boxing world Megalonia because he lacked the documentation to enter the tournament. This theme accurately reflects i…
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When I watched this I hadn't seen the original Ashita no Joe yet, and didn't even know this anime was supposed to be paying homage to anything. It's obvious that it was nostalgia bait for something, but I assumed it was just trying to capitalize on a 90's anime aesthetic. It's no secret that boomer anime fans in the west love that era because it's when the medium was first really introduced to us and started becoming more available, but I guess it holds true in Japan as well that otaku man-children in their 30's want to watch something that reminds them of their actual childhood.
Alright that sounded a little mean. It's actually done really well, and it really looks like a love letter to that time period. Strange considering it's actually a show from the 60's they're supposed to be paying…
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(TLDR Review below, as usual, thanks for reading in advance)
***Implicit spoilers ahead***
Megalo Box is kinda meta.
To understand why let's go over this point:
You'd think that a world in which an anime is set in, would follow the logic of itself for it to be believable and the like. It doesn't have to coordinate with reality, hell, even school anime don't have to, but so long as it makes sense in its own world, it becomes a very believable story, something to take seriously.
Now, Megalo Box seems to not understand that and does. I will explain why. Megalo Box is a series that takes boxing to the next level, in a time of which boxing has evolved to gear boxing, which is basically just Real Steel but humans and robots do a fusion dance before fighting. It is also a story that follows t…
Read at the sourceLilithAbundantia
*Spoilers, bewarb*
Brief synopsis: Megalo box seems to be set in some future desert-scape where a major source of escape lies within the world of boxing which is different from how we know it today. Every fighter uses something called “gear” which is a robotic attachment/cover for their arms that increases speed, defense, strength (and I think in some cases stamina) overall adding a sci-fi twist to what might almost be a normal sports anime. The protagonist is “Gearless Joe” a fighter who chooses to wear very little gear making his way to the top on skills alone.
Watch this show if you like sports or 90’s grunge style shows. You will love it!
I really liked the idea of gear, it actually reminds me of another show (that I can’t remember the name of) where people built robots to fight…
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In fiction, every decision is deliberate. Or in other words, nothing in a work of fiction is left to chance. This is not to say that the author meticulously meditates on all the elements of a story. But their decisions always follow a specific and well-defined line of thought.
From putting a lamp at the back of the stage trying to evoke a critical view of the viewer towards a particular post-modernist ideology; to simply put it on because I found it pretty. Things may be done quickly, but never without thinking about it first and this is part of human nature and like any element of human nature it is impossible to ignore and we are slaves of it.
Megalo Box is an aesthetically beautiful series, with a simple story. But in my opinion it is not a series that is characterized by paying close…
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I actually don't think that the first season of Megalobox is all that good. I think they have a lot of things going for them conceptually. I love the setting of a dirty underground boxing competition. I think the architypes of characters were pretty entertaining, but they don't really grow much emotionally by the season finale. Motivation was pretty basic, and basic stories can be good! But there isn't much there to keep someone entertained who's looking for more critical substance past the surface of the show. Soundtrack wise, I found the show to be pretty cliche in spots, but surprisingly strong in others. A maddeningly inconsistent experience that results more in yawns than you'd want.
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Well the anime is fine but it is not a big deal, the animation is fine, the story falls apart as the chapters go by. Inside everything is entertaining but not recommended in my humble opinion. More or less to explain the basic things, now I am going to compare it to the best work I saw on the subject.
A very entertaining anime, but compared to Hajime no Ippo, it falls too short, comparing it sucks. If you saw ippo this anime is going to look like shit. What happens is that if you did not see ippo, you might like this. The problem I had is that I expect it to be like ippo and nothing to see this anime is more science fiction with boxing and I think that neither the characters are that good, nor the fights are as epic as in ippo. In other words, I could not recommend this because even if it…
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Megalobox...so, this anime is about an underdog called Joe (aka Junk Dog) who boxes in an illegal ring that people bet money and Joe always win, one day a big boxing tournament is announced, Joe doesn't seem to really care at first but then he finds a guy named Yuri who beats him in a fight and later he discovers that he is the champion of that big tournament, and the anime is basically a journey of Joe rising in his life to become a match for the tournament champion and fight him again.
Story 7/10
Ok let's talk first about the story, I find the story very interesting and I got in the edge of my sit to see what was going to happen next because I really wanted to see if Joe was going to succeed in his objective and I wanted to see how joe would do that, and the anime makes you want to see…
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If you're looking for a normal over the top super hype sports anime with the *WOAH* anime sounds effects and such this probably isn't what you're looking for.
Megalobox is your typical underdog becoming a champion story of someone who decided to try their best instead of doing the bare minimum.
The art of Megalo Box is very gritty but in a likable way, it reminds me of shows like Cowboy Beebop and tbh, I adore it.
The soundtrack of Megalo box is not only very hype but also hits all the emotional queues once they need to do.
The characters of the Megalo Box is the main selling point, and it really shows the extreme development between characters and the bonds they share.
It isn't your typical hype sports anime but it can hit those notes at times.
To sum it up Megalo Box is a great sho…
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[ENGLISH IS NOT MY NATIVE LANGUAGE, FORGIVE ME THE POSSIBLE ERRORS BELOW]
The anime is from 2018 but only now I had the opportunity to watch it. Well, as I'm a big fan of Hajime no Ippo I saw Megalobox that is based/inspired a lot on Ashita no Joe's story, this manga I read a few chapters... But well, talking about the anime itself the story is great for who likes a futuristic genre mixed with Boxing. At times I felt like I was watching Cowboy Bebop because it had a similar vibe. The animation is very simple, it can even look like the animation of an old anime for its features and its look, as for the animation of the fights I thought it was ok. I really enjoyed the soundtrack, this hip-hop fit perfectly with the anime in all aspects.
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Not your average Joe.
This was a pretty exciting and badass boxing anime. First of all, the animation was purposefully old-school and lower in quality. I liked this because it reflected the upcoming of Joe and his friends. The series did a good job showing the poor and ragged condition of the place where Joe came from to clearly showed him as an underdog. The music was also dope. There were cool beats and rapping.
As a sport drama, it’s inevitable that the underdog story would be predictable. There wasn’t much that caught me off guard. The characters themselves were also straightforward, even though they were done pretty well. However, the fights were still exciting to watch. The animation style fit the fight well with the blood and clear showing of the punches and body movements. The l…
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