Audience reviews
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AvijitG13735281
What a show! This was probably the best show about 11 year olds playing football. Did I want more after a massive 39 episodes? Yes. Did I love all the episodes? Also yes. It starts a bit slow to establish its setting and characters it finds its pace and by episode 3 or 4 you will be hooked. The characters - I enjoyed majority of them. They all get proper development which makes you love them. Assassination Classroom did development of several characters and it did it spectacularly. Galaxy kickoff is 2nd in that. Our protagonist Sho, while initially too loud and sucking at the game, you will come to love him even more as episodes go on. Erika is a tomboy and perfectly suited for this show. But IMO the best characters are either Coach Hanashima or Furuya triplets. Their dynamic with the coac…
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Victory Kickoff is a relatively short watch that almost made me cry.
It has great story progression, and some impressive representation that is gracefully pulled off.
It offers time for all of it's characters to develop so no one's arc will be left unfinished, the music score is somewhat repetitive but it is catchy and meant to evoke the chants you'd hear in a soccer field so I grew to like it a lot.
If I wanted to go into spoilers the story can probably be told in 2 paragraphs, but the important part to know and the aspect I think might pull indecisive people in is that you're in for a story of human compassion through soccer. Characters grow and leave biases behind through playing soccer for the sake of fun, it is a very lighthearted story that still has some sadder beats and by the en…
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For this review, I´ll try to give the least amount of spoilers possible, even though it is a fairly old anime.
The plot of Ginga e Kickoff!! follows an elementary school student, Shou, who is trying to revive his football team after it disbanded due to problems related to the team´s former coach.
With the help of Erika, the Furuya triplets, Reika, and later Aoto and Tagi, Shou is able to create a new team with one goal in mind; being the greatest team in the galaxy.
I have to be honest and say that, even though I watched this without any expectation, I came to the conclusion that this anime is heavily underappreciated.
First, one of the points that I realized during the final episodes is that the main character always says -WE are going to be the best team- instead of the constant -I AM…
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Story: 8/10 The story seems very unique from other soccer/football anime. Usually, in a sports anime, it is about winning against other school teams in the regional, national etc. This anime aimed steps higher, and eventually had a match against pros. While this is a pro, I also believe this is a con. The characters are all elementary school, probably all around the age of 10. The story seems way too unrealistic, and that is where it lost 1 point. The other is how slow the start and how rushed the very end was. From the start, the OP focused on the 8 man team. However, for the first almost half, it was about the 11 team. In the very end, everything just seemed to go way too fast. Their finals was not exciting at all, and the whole Aoto's father just seems crammed in.
Art: 7/10 The art is…
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Ginga e Kickoff!! is highly underappreciated, a true hidden gem with fantastic character writing and a relatively down-to-earth story. Even if one isn't the biggest fan of sports anime (neither I nor my sister are, but we were swept up in this story and finished it very quickly!). It boasts no amazing, out of this world moves, the characters play pure soccer and it's a story grounded in reality with one or two amazing events that wouldn't be out of place in children's movie. After all, it IS aimed at children and it has a soothing atmosphere, a gentle score, and plenty of idealism.
But it's also excellent and truly enjoyable for an adult to watch too. Why? Because the character writing is fantastic. It is as much a show about being a child as it is aimed at children. The kids are in their…
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Ginga e Kickoff is a hidden gem of sports genre in anime.
It started with Shou, our main character, an elementary student soccer player meeting Erika, a transfer student whose ability in playing soccer succeeds Shou in many levels. From asking her to play with him and then miraculously meeting a female professional soccer player, Shou then strives on to bring back the Moroyama soccer team with its old and new members and a better coach that can accepts all of the players, both in personality and skills.
Story wise it is (9/10), the team does not just strives to win a competition, but to become the number one in the galaxy. Very exaggerated and impossible to achieve, but the team put fire and determination behind that dream that makes us cheer for them as they grow, skill wise and also in…
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Okay, so let's get this started, shall we? I haven't done too many reviews so spare with me here. A football anime that's unique from others would be a way to describe Ginga e Kickoff. It actually had the potential to be a 8 or even a 9 but why is it a 7? Well, read ahead. The story is indeed quite unique and the main character isn't overpowered like in other soccer animes but guess what? Other players are overpowered twice as much to make up for it. I wouldn't mind just strong kids but we have a kid here who can force other kids to make Own goals and a 9-10 year old with PERFECT accuracy near the goal post, in elementary school. The characters aren't exactly the most likable either. There is at least one mention of being the Best in the galaxy every episode and i thought of quitting it se…
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Esta review también está en español.
Football Chronicles, Chapter 3: Ginga e Kickoff!!
Note: some football animes will be named in this review for the sake of comparison. This is, mostly, to see how the game is faced in each series. Of course, no spoilers.
Also, football as the real, english one (aka soccer), not the American one.
Ginga e Kickoff!! (GeK!) is the latest football bet offered in 2012. Gek! was a really pleasant surprise, not only for the release itself, but because there was already another football anime airing at the time: Area no Kishi (technically three, with Inazuma Eleven Go 2... but IE is... special). Maybe the Japanese are starting to realize why people call it the "beautiful game"...
Now, let's see what this new product has to offer...
GeK! story focuses on Shou O…
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