Audience reviews
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mouthpiece
One should really be prepared for what this show is all about. Regardless of what the premise and the first episodes make you believe the show is about, is not going to be valid for long. So if you want to get into this series with the proper mindset as means to enjoy it, it is crucial to be spoiled about a few things. So allow me to spare you the trouble and spell it out for you. Samurai Flamenco is a parody reconstruction of a superhero deconstruction, set in a laid back slice of life world, where supernatural stuff exist only if God said so. Sounds confusing, doesn’t it? Well like it or not, that’s what it is.
Set in the Noitamina timeslot, you of course need to expect the characters to feel sort of feminine, since it is aiming at middle aged women who prefer things to be easy going, r…
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Some shows jump the shark, while others perform a Samurai Flamenco.
Deconstructions are some of the most demanding and intricate kinds of stories to pull off. It requires the creator to have proper knowledge of the formula they're trying to deviate from by understanding how the tropes and trappings of said formula should be incorporated, in order for it to feel natural. With the right pedigree of writing and proper usage of the commonalities associated with the given formula needed, the creator is expected to build the illusion to the viewer that they're simply following the setup they've already experienced countless of times before. And during this stint of limbo, where the viewer is caught up in the illusion, the creator then proceeds to dismantle and "deconstruct" the formula that the…
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I'm gonna go off of what the other people writing reviews have said, and agree that you have to watch the whole show to get the complete enjoyment. There are a lot of weird twists that don't make a whole lot of sense until the very end, but it really is worth it to get to the explanation. Even I had to force myself to watch some of the episodes because they made virtually no sense whatsoever, but I'm extremely glad I did.
Story: 8/10
It didn't take much to draw me into the story, but honestly, the pacing was terribly shaky in the beginning. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to me what was going on half the time, but it was still enjoyable. I actually really enjoyed learning about each character and seeing Mari, Moe, and Mizuki's relationships --as well as Goto and Masayoshi's -- progres…
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This anime is one big TROLL. In the best of ways. I sat through 10 episodes thinking I hated the anime until a healthy dose of THC alerted me to how hard I was being trolled.
Honestly, I don't think I would have even made it through the series if I hadn't come here half way through and gotten some encouragement. I needed a couple of spoilers to see the big picture.
Noitanima likes to produce anime that entertains people other than just the 18-35 male audience, and they've never done me wrong. There's something for everyone, whether you grew up watching power rangers or sailor moon. Just keep in mind that since they're reaching for a broader audience, there may be references you don't get because they came from anime outside of your childhood demographic. But all in all, this is a parod…
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WARNING: THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY LONG AND FULL OF SPOILERS THIS IS MORE OF AN INTERPRETATION OF THE ANIME THEN A REVIEW
I dont usually write serious stuff but i felt for this anime i should because there is something i find very interesting about it. Now this isn't a review for people that have not yet watched the anime because i am simply making an analyses of it and there will be spoilers but you're welcome for the ride.
First off going into this anime it seems like an anime where you have to turn your brain off and just sit back and enjoy the ride. What it is is a blend of tengen toppa gurren lagain, power rangers, and kick ass and when you here those three together how could you possibly have to use your brain when watching this anime. Well thats because just as a normal stupid giant…
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Samurai Flamenco follows the eponymous hero's growth from small time folk hero to world saving, costume clad icon. The show presents itself as part love letter, part parody, and part attempted deconstruction of the Saturday morning superhero cartoon and fumbles past the finish line, but finishes none the less.
The story's strength shines most brightly when it is paying tribute to shows like the Power Rangers and Kamen Rider with wacky monsters, team dynamics, and world shattering threats. However, this is where I found the story to drag because it was too much like the monster-of-the-week shows of my childhood, lacking any real substance and I have since outgrown their appeal.
The parody-ing of superheroes was mixed in with all elements of the story, though I thought it was most prominent…
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Firstly, it's important to note that Samurai Flamenco is not exactly your typical anime. There are a few genre shifts and plot twists that can seem to come out of nowhere, and for that reason a lot of people dropped this anime after the first shift or the second and gave it a low rating. Even I was apprehensive at first at the sudden genre shifts. However, I stuck the anime out until the end to give it a 'fair try' and I am very glad that I did. The final arc wrapped up the story very nicely and the last episode left me coming away from the whole thing feeling generally satisfied.
However, this review is also a review spurred about by my third watch of the show, so I've had more time to fully grasp the story and come to love it for what it is.
First of all, the most important thing and w…
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Hype can sure be a weird thing,especially in anime.
For many series it works completely to their advantage broadening their audience outside of Japan and overall (positive) universal acclaim :Cowboy Bebop,Death Note,Fullmetal Alchemist...
These are the series that are just objectively good ,no matter of your own taste or preferences you just cant deny them of their merits either by the ideas/twists/original story that they brought to the anime genre.
Secondly there are series that receive mixed reception either because they weren't all that groundbreaking or generally good and also because maybe they didn't air at the right time in order to receive the full attention and recognition they properly deserved.Many series fall into this category.
And lastly the series that for some reason or…
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I would not be too surprised if not a lot of viewers continued Samurai Flamenco, or even give it a chance. I really enjoyed the series, and gave me a bit of a laugh in the process.
Story: 8
Samurai Flamenco really took me by storm after the 1st arc ( 4 arcs= 1-6 7-14 15-18 20-22). The story does take place in 4 different times, but each arc fits right into the next. The story was not as unique, but it is like your typical sentai show. Even though I enjoyed the show overall, the 1st arc of the story could have been much shorter, but it does introduces some really big characters that will become important in the upcoming arcs. But for me the 2nd arc was possibly my favorite. The arc really gave Samurai Flamenco the sentai feel to it, eve though it was corny. If you look at the episodes in…
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I'm actually surprised Samurai Flamenco only received approx. rating of 7 here in MAL. But I guess that's it, one has to reach episode 7 to appreciate this anime to the most of what it has to offer.
Story = 8
A lot of great, superb, epic anime are boring from their starting eps: Gurren Lagann's start is boring; Kill la Kill's early episodes are boring; Shingeki no Kyojin at its beginning episodes are also boring; Psycho Pass, AnoHana,the list goes on. Samurai Flamenco is of no exception. It started with a slice-of-life-esque opening, focusing on the main lead Hasama Masayoshi, who is a model, and has aspirations to become a super sentai or heroes that goes "henshin!". His ideals go tested for the first six episodes before moving to the seventh, accompanied by Gotou Hidenori, a cop whom…
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The word ‘hero’ often tends to be stereotyped. When we see or hear the word ‘hero’, we tend to think of a guy in a flashy outfit, with extravagant poses, and dynamic entrance. To add on to this faction, they also make it a mission to protect the people and save the world. Why? Simply because it’s the right thing to do. Samurai Flamenco qualifies the title of being a sensation with this trend. What started out as a promising series later turned into a nightmare, one that I had hoped was just a dream. Unfortunately, it wasn’t and the horror plagued this series in ways that is unimaginably absurd.
Samurai Flamenco is an original series produced by Manglobe. The TV network Noitamina handles this anime that follows a trend of producing unique series as done in previous years. Samurai Flamenco…
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Samurai Flamenco had a nice flow.
For several episodes it kept me hooked to it's laid back style, interesting characters and enjoyable "semi slice of life" genre. This show was trying to take on a realistic view of "Superheroes". A lot like Batman, but it wasn't about stopping the world from getting destroyed or anything. It was just stopping everyday crimes such as littering or stealing purses.
SUDDENLY, something so fucked up happened. This was above M. Night Shyamalan level. It was so whack. It's like opening a Snickers bar and getting a retarded Mars bar instead.
I ask why, why do you do something like this? What went through this director's mind when he made episode 7? What the fuck happened in those last 5 minutes of that episode and why did it happen?
I have never seen an anime…
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Complete Review Mark II: The Revenge: Special Edition Part 2 Final Version
There's a certain subset of anime fans who savor bad experiences. Those who pick up what sensible watchers drop just to see how bad things can get. Those who seek out “classics” like Skelter Heaven and M.D. Geist to deepen their knowledge of bad shows. Those who came back to Galilei Donna week after week to see if it could sink any lower. For these people, Samurai Flamenco is a godsend. Samumenco isn't just bad, it's transcendentally bad. It's beyond mere words like “horrible” and “awful.” It's a special, painful kind of bad, like if someone kidnapped your family and sent you pictures of their torture every week.
Samumenco's badness comes as a result of intensive study into why shows fail. Thousands of man hours w…
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People say this show went downhill after a little "Gorilla" twist that happened in the series. But I say that this is a series that has a lot of unexpected twists that slowly grow on you.
I think after binge watching this Sentai....I mean Anime show, I can safely say that I thoroughly enjoyed the shit out of this show. I'll start by saying that the twists that this anime takes is a matter of taste. You can either hate it or really love it. For me I was on both ends of the argument but still loved the show.
This show has a way of continuously drawing the viewer in by throwing these twists after the end of each arc. After the initial 6 episodes of the series I felt like the twist was something that this series needed. The story is all over the place and has some of wackiest things that I'…
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I thought Id seen it all when it came to anime but boy oh boy was I completely wrong.
I started watching Samurai Flamenco because I thought that a cute vigilante hero story would be fun and entertaining. What I got was a whole lot of holy sh*t what the hell is happening?????
This anime is one wild ride, jumping from plot twist to plot twist at the speed of a Double Flamenco Kick. Its just one surprise after another, and frankly, it just gets more and more ridiculous as it goes on. More than once I found myself in absolute hysterics due to the sheer insanity that I was watching. There were a few parts I had to go back and watch over because I was laughing so hard I had missed what had happened.
Samurai Flamenco is seriously one of the best animes I've ever seen. its fun, its ridiculous,…
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Deconstruction is a word that has become as frequent as genre tags since Madoka finished airing. And with it has come miscommunication and ultimately disassociation. Deconstruction is to recreate cliches in meaningful and innovative ways, as opposed to be aware of one's own genre. The latter is usually what people mistake deconstruction for nowadays, and with Samurai Flamenco this couldn't be proven more rightly so.
Samurai Flamenco is a failure on all fronts. It is not a parody but is aware of it's own genre. With it comes this misunderstanding by it's audience. Simply because a work is self-aware does not mean it is a deconstruction. To be a deconstruction Samurai Flamenco would have had to do something new. Something that would innovate the many genres it was all too often burdened wi…
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Samurai Flamenco is a Frankenstein's monster of an anime. It can neatly be chopped into 4 arcs (1-7, 8-14, 15-18, 19-22) and these arcs all feel incredibly different in tone, message, point and quality.
Story:
The major problem with the story is that when watching the show I really hoped they would pull a: “IT WAS AN ILLUSION/DREAM/SHOW ALL ALONG” type of stupid twist, because if they didn’t the show would be utter nonsense. The show is a writing disaster, it feels like the writers threw a lot of ideas and hoped the audience would accept them or that some of the ideas would stick. In the end only what happens in the first and last arc matters to the plot. This leaves episodes 8-18 or half of the series as a pointless waste of time plot wise, I guess the cast develops somewhat, but compared…
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Well, I picked up this anime because I had to translate the subs to Persian, so it wasn't really a choice anyway. Still, I'm glad I got to do it.
It was mostly a mix, and I have to confess that it was unbearable starting episode 8 to episode 13, but past that point was less painful on the brain and the eyes. I'm giving it a 7 because in the last 5 episodes, they saved the show and somehow managed to wrap it up and excuse those infernal episodes.
I guess we agree that Samurai Flamenco must be divided in three stages: 1.Before Episode 8
2.The craphole from ep 8 to 14
3.The rest which was cool
The story was fine. They ideas of heroism were conveyed very well although they should have done something with that horrible shift at the end of episode 7. Would have been all easier if we just we…
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Samurai Flamenco is a strange animal. Despite its conventional appearance, it is full of twists and turns. Overall, Samumenco addresses its core themes very effectively, primarily the theme of heroism. It has likeable and developed characters with distinct personality traits. It also comments on general character/plot tropes, mainly involving heroes and villains, as well as the sentai/tokusatsu genres. (And doesn’t always take itself too seriously while doing so.)
It’s hard to find a show like this where you truly don’t know what to expect. It may be for this very reason that this show received such widespread negative reception: it's a bit quirky, but it isn't initially apparent whether or not it's trying to be. Many would say that Samumenco isn't quite sure what it wants to be. But now…
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Samurai flamenco is a very special show, it's got a low animation budget, and no sales, but it's one of the most entertaining shows I've ever seen. If you're a fan of Sentai shows, or just like great character interaction and twists, this show is for you. However, don't go into this show expecting something profound or deep, it simply isn't there. It's a parody series through and through, so just sit back and enjoy it.
The good:
The character interaction in this show is very solid, you'll get entire scenes of characters just talking and you won't feel bored, and the dialogue flows very well. Easily one of my favorite things about it.
When you do get action, there's usually great build up to it and I found myself excited quite often as I watched the main character grow.
The music feels v…
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