Introduction
Something evil is stirring in the shadows of Tokyo...
During the spring of his senior year in high school, quiet Tatsuma Hiyuu transfers to Magami Academy in Shinjuku. The mysterious boy's "outsider" status and his profound skills in martial arts quickly earn him the friendship of class delinquent Kyouichi Houraiji. Through an uncanny connection and a happenstance challenge, he also meets Yuuya Daigo of the wrestling club, the captain of the girls' archery club, Komaki Sakurai, and Aoi Misato, the Student Council President.
During their encounter, there is a sudden, harsh disruption of the Ryumyaku (literally Dragon Pulse, otherwise known as Dragon Vein or Dragon Stream), the flow of arcane energy. The surge awakens within the five teenagers a latent power, giving them each a supernatural ability. Enlightened to their newly acquired gifts by Hisui, the young heir of the Kisaragi Clan who maintains his family's antiques shop - as well as their duty to protect Tokyo from Oni (demons) - the Magami students decide to use their power to protect the city from the onslaught of dark forces.
Battling the demons alongside Hisui Kisaragi, the five unlikely friends discover that they may have to face a greater threat to Tokyo other than destroying a few malevolent, random monsters. The Ryumyaku had been disrupted by force, from someone invoking the Dark Arts - and that person has a wicked desire to unleash a long-dead evil.
Can the teenagers overcome their own fears and flaws to fight against the Dark Arts? And soon they will also have to face their own destinies as they discover their Stars of Fate.
This anime is based on a manga, which was based on the Nintendo role-playing video game originally released in 1998.
Audience reviews
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Necrobiose
Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpūchō: Tō Dai Ni Maku (released in 2007) is an anime that knows how to grab your attention. The series boasts a very intriguing plot that's capable of hooking you in the first minute. While the story is, admittedly, rather cliché by modern standards, it felt like the norm for its time and offered a surprisingly unique spin on classic tropes.
One of the show's undisputed strengths lies in its execution of action. The fight scenes are impeccable, delivering the kind of dynamic and engaging choreography that you want in a supernatural battle anime. Beyond the combat, the friendship between Tatsuma and Houraiji is genuinely wholesome and easily the most positive, compelling dynamic in the entire show.
Unfortunately, every positive element is ultimately overshadowed by o…
Read at the sourceTheRedLine
Don't be fooled by the first episode where it looks like this a zombie anime because it isn't.
Story:
(No, there really isn't any romance at all in this)
Five Highschool students gain mysterious powers after a encountering a demon. Shortly there after the city they live in(Tokyo obviously) is having tons of crazy and gruesome murders, all caused by demons or other people with "The Power" they have but are insane. (The power really is never explained) These five students will to fight to protect their city. Or so they say anyways...
Art:
Compared to the god awful art of Bokurano(which came out the same year), Tokyo Majin gets an Emmy for best visuals. Jokes aside Tokyo Majin has what seems to be a timeless art style that's held up well over the years. Characters faces display great emotio…
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I'm going to make my review short and sweet.
Almost all the main female characters in this anime are highly annoying, they boo-hoo over anything and everything. It makes it almost painful to watch at times. But the male characters in this are the counter of that which made it bearable to watch this anime all the way through.
The story itself is wonderful, and if they used better female roles I think this anime could have gotten an easy 10/10 from me.
Story - 10/10
Art - 9/10
Sound - 10/10
Character - 6/10 Enjoyment - 8/10
Overall - 8/10
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this is an anime that is pretty confusing yet has enough action, shounen, etc that makes you want to keep watching. The first episode makes no sense, but if you watch the whole thing, you will love it, trust me. I mean, maybe not love, but enjoy for sure. The characters start off not really knowing eachother and then become fast friends as they protect tokyo from monsters using magic.It also has some deep tragedy in there, worth watching out for, and is more on the darker side in some scenes. The animation is decent but overall it is pretty good and worth watching.
Read at the sourceRoxasHiyuu
This was just a amazing anime, but wish it was longer.
The story was good, its about five students who ends up meeting each other. I'm not going to spoil it, so I'm skipping parts. So the high school students with powers have to stop all the demons who keeps causing commotion in Tokyo. Soon they realize their greatest threat, which involves more even powerful demons, is to come.
Everything was just awesome also, but I just dislike how it ends & you'll find out if you watch =]. (My first review so forgive me).
Read at the sourceKarikamiya
I first watch this anime as dubbed..dubbed in my language and I was really happy about the character's personality and the way they interact with each other. I love the story line but this anime will be only interesting to those with enough patience and what so ever.
I love everything in this anime , the sound effects are amazing and the opening it rocks my world.I love Tokyo Majin!! I have watched it three times now.
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This review is based completely on the English dub of the anime. I have not played the game or read the manga.
STORY: The name of the anime doesn't really fit it's story. The name means Tokyo Wizard Academy, but it doesn't really have anything to do with what most people describe as wizards. Instead, we've got demons and ogres. However, the main cast also has some supernatural powers - which could very well be why the series has the name that it does. Anyway, the story starts out with mysterious deaths involving the "Reborn Dead" (referred to as "Living Dead" in the dub) occurring in the nights of Tokyo - these usually involve people disappearing at night, reappearing during the day as a corpse; however, they're somehow able to escape from the morgue before being autopsied. This is where…
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i know this is just part 1 of the show, but im going to give a full review of the whole thing. saves time lol
i first heard about this on Funimation's channel on Youtube. When i looked at the description, i figured "o boy. another mediocre anime with an uber-recycled storyline and characters".....thank god i was wrong.
storyline: a quiet transfer student named tatsuma hiyuu comes to magami high and his looks and his tendency to sleep in class earns him the name sleeping beauty. he connects with residential delinquent kyouichi horaiji after a brief fight and they both end up getting powers from the mysterious dragon stream along with 3 other students. together they fight against the undead plaguing tokyo and struggle to find balance with their destinies.
from that point on, the show fall…
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I was skeptical about this anime. I bought the first 14 episodes on DVD for a cheap price and decided to give it a try.
I must say I was impressed! This is a good action-packed young teenager cast anime. You have 5 main high school students who gain mysterious powers and fight demons. The characters are built successfully. I love this style of animation, good english dub voice acting, and such a gloomy yet amazing world.
Overall good anime 8.5/10
Read at the sourceKuridoll
Ahh! I was on animefreak.tv looking for a new anime to watch, and I came across this anime! I finished the whole series (including season 2) within 2 days, because it was SO good!
Too bad its not that popular though, but if you haven't watched it GO WATCH IT! its not really scary at all, just a few freaky looking people haha, but I love Tatsuma! :D & his love for ichigo's haha.
*ahem* Its so good! and the Art is pretty nice for a non-popular anime :D
Go watchie! Theres a few cursing,blood, and etc but it has a nice story line!
Don't forget to watch the 2nd season on youtube! :D
Read at the sourceCodex
Watchable.
Overall, I found the series to be entertaining andthe backstory of certain characters mysterious enough to keep me going until the end. The lead characters were likeable (more specifically, I'm a sucker for series where the main character falls into the "nice guy" archetype), although somewhat stereotyped and coupled with cheesy and altogether clichéd dialogue. Much of the human drama was too forced, but the almost careless, apathetic way violence and cruelty were presented was very effective in setting the dark tone of the story.
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This is a pretty enjoyable action piece that has some unexpected depth. The fansub "liner notes" frequently link this to the Shin Megami gameline, in particular the Persona games and I have to agree that there are a large number of corollaries between the two - particularly in regards to the darkness of the world and the heavy apocalyptic symbolism. The series can be a little impenetrable at first at it starts "in media res" and the flashbacks and backstory are often intermingled with the main storyline without any of the common visual and auditory cues. While the first time this happens its a little jarring I found it to be engaging (as it demands audience attention) and interesting. Its nice to see narrative experimentation likes this and I felt it added quite nicely to the feel of the s…
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I am not a fan of horror. The horror anime that I've seen I can count on one hand. The reason for my reluctance is because I like to watch anime for things other than disturb-value, and since I like to complete a series within a couple of days, the grotesqueness of the genre can wear on me after a few hours. But I decided to try "Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: Tou" because I like good romance coupled with good action, and "Tokyo Majin" was said to have both; and I also needed a new anime to watch. So I tried it, and let me tell you, it doesn't disappoint.
It has the bizarre and fantastical villains of the horror genre, but what surprised me was the amount of emotional and…
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Sorry No STORY what so ever. i was ep 5 and all of a sudden it change to another time frame and a new chapter that doesnt even connect. wtf bu the animation is pretty good
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The one thing that made me watch this Anime was it's genre; I just needed to see for myself whether this was really such a badass action Anime.
It starts out weird, with monsters and them beating it up. The Animations seems to be ok. That was until I saw something that changed my whole perspective of this Anime. But more about that later, I'll discuss the story and characters first.
The story revolves about a group of youngsters. Each one of them having their respected influence, as they all have different strengths, weaknesses, powers and personalities.
It seems to be a pretty cool cast. You have the silent boy no one really knows about, the strong and fierce delinquent, the protective girl with healing powers, etc. They're fighting to kill weird monsters they call "oni". There is als…
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This anime has all the classic elements from shounen, action, anime and uses them to produce this eerie, confusing yet superb show. ^_^
The story follows five students: Tatsuma, Kyouichi, Aoi, Sakurai and Daigo who never really have talked to each other, in their fight to protect the city. The 1st episode was extremely intense and exciting to watch, on the other hand it will leave you completely bewildered and wondering what was going on. Yet for the first couple episodes of Tokyo Majin not much was explained about the current plot and it felt unnecessarily confusing. It's only until episode 7 "Multitude of Demonic Arts" that a lot of the main questions were answered, which gives chance for a less confusing show that can be fully appreciated.
The animation was superb which looked like a…
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hm.. alright so.. i'm not exactly sure why this anime hasn't scored a higher average.. it's one of the most fantastic things i've seen in awhile.. i was even tempted to rate it a 10 just because i enjoyed it so much..
the story might sound a little familiar.. dragon veins, daoist monks, martial arts, spiritually-endowed high school students faced with an apocalyptic event.. but so what if the elements aren't anything new.. it works, plain and simple.. and compared with other end-of-the-world anime, this one wins hand-down as far as style goes.. the story is pretty easy to follow, though the spiritual stuff gets a bit confusing [kinda has to be].. i really had no serious complaints.
the art.. wow dude.. i loved it.. heh-i even watched the entire series streamed and the quality wasn't perf…
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