Audience reviews
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TCaveiras
It's fanservice. It's fanservice with no substance made by an extremely weird author who is a sex maniac (proven by the garbage source material that is the manga).
The anime is not much better, considering we have to follow the POV of a degenerate 25-year-old protagonist, that stalks women, makes sexual remarks about them and is also into minors like Naoko (a high school girl).
And no, trying to justify this type of content by saying how it's an "older series, so it's fine" is not okay and is an invalid argument.
Comedy IS subjective, but criminal behavior isn't.
In the end, this series presents itself as this creepy author's fever dream and he did not try to hide it AT ALL how much he wanted to self-insert into this.
It's weird, way too weird for anyone with normal standards to someh…
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This anime had been on my list for a while because I've seen it recommended all over the place.
Sad to report, that the anime does not live up to the hype. This is one of those anime that has a cult following for being "bad" which to each their own, but I was expecting so much more.
Our main man, Kentaro has the personality and mental capacity of Patrick Star and we are led to believe he is a genius because he is always studying the world and different positions in the workforce.
Let me save you some time and say that pretty much every episode goes like this :
1 - Kentaro is working at a new place
2 - Kentaro does something stupid to mess everything up and cause the girl in that particular episode to hate him. (inset Kentaro hugging a toilet scene)
3 - Kentaro studies his notes and lear…
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Golden Boy is such a difficult anime for me to say anything about. In a way, I don't really feel comfortable in the fact that I've actually enjoyed it (quite a lot, to be honest, as it can be delightfully funny (https://youtu.be/bHmBSfci0yE)¹ and also very inspiring (https://youtu.be/a-SDwYnIDJ0)), since it can get pretty misogynistic in the way it portrays some women, and that the leitmotiv of the show is that the main character is always, somehow, better at their job than the women he confronts and flirts with despite not knowing anything about the subject in question at the beginning of the episode and that the women are actually skilful and pundits at their respective fields. This is incredibly patronizing, and it really disgusts me.
But.
And this is a big but(t).
It can be viewed from…
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So it is 2019 and this is a review for an anime that is now 24 yerars old....mmmm..... why bother?
Me being relatively new to the wonderful wacky world of anime and manga, I somehow found this one via someone's list, and being a bit of an ecchi fan I decided to give it a go.
Story: the premise of the story is ok, it's just that the mc's behaviour and the way he leaves the various jobs is just not reasonable in most cases. Also, his obsession with hugging toilets really let the main character down a lot. The one redeeming feature was how it all tied together in the end.
Art: The art isn't bad, I was actually expecting a lot worse. The few ecchi scenes were actually not bad at all, boobs bounced nicely where required to, etc.
Sound was ...meh..... and his wacky laugh irritated the hell ou…
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This is one of those anime that you have to watch when you are young or growing up with to like it. Sure I find dirty humor likable, but its just a classic that presets all the other kinds of anime that have the same sorts of story line points as golden boy. I did like the freeter(フリーター furītā) idea since it isnt presented as often as I would have liked in some harem and other kinds of animes.
The art is okay for its time. The sound didnt match the picture for the subbed and the dubbed version although i guess it depends on the website you watch it on.
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"Kintaro Ooe - age 25. He withdrew from Tokyo University law school, but only after he'd completed all the requirements for graduation. Ever since, he's traveled the highways and byways of Japan, trying out new jobs and positions and learning about life to the fullest. Striving ahead on his bicycle, the Mikazuki-5, he continues forward, seeking his destiny. And who knows? perhaps he's destined to save the Japanese animation industry, or even the world! Or maybe not."
Well, that was educational.
Kintaro Ooe- Goofy, clumsy, idiot, complete moron, incorrigible pervert, and endlessly entertaining protagonist. You know, Kintaro sounds a lot like きんたま, or kintama- which means BALLS! And boy, does the Golden Boy ever have a pair of big brass balls. (He also eats the booty like groceries) This…
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Golden Boy reminds me of the infamous shower scene of Hitchcock's Psycho; it has been often imitated but never duplicated. It's an anime that I believe set the standard long ago on how to put together an ecchi anime title capturing practically everything that goes on in the minds of horny men, and manages to be incredibly entertaining without being completely over the top offensive. Golden Boy follows the freeter Kintaro as he jumps from job to job; not at all because he's constantly fired, instead, he always feels it's time to move on and learn something new.
When looking back on this title; I didn't realize how bad this thing could have been placing a lecher as the focus. Every job Kintaro lands finds him next to extremely beautiful women with all the right assets most of the time. He…
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Golden Boy
Golden Boy is a great classic and i thought that i wouldn't like it for some reason, i didn't have high expectation for this to be a masterpiece but it isn't because is too short and at least should be like Kyo Kara Ore Wa with 10 eps. of 40 min. each, but because i really was hooked to this and never got bored i think it's a great anime overall.
Story
I think there's no story more than, Kintaro Oe left University before he graduated with all merits and being the best student, but he decided to study in the school of life, by working in different work places and be good at it, he will stumble with sexy women across this jobs and they will fall in love with him after they see how of a great guy he is in every aspect despite being a pervert and he doesn't stay to see if he was go…
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Golden Boy is one of those OVA series that, if you were watching anime in the 90s, you’d probably fondly remember. And for the most part, it holds up very well. This review will be talking about the English dub, so if you’re not a dub watcher, go check out another review. I should mention off the bat however that the English dub is actually really good. Doug Smith is hilarious as Kintaro in a way I can’t describe. I’d urge you to give the dub a go just to see if you’d like it, and if you don’t, go ahead and watch the original Japanese.
Golden Boy is an episodic show with only one constant and that is our main man Kintaro Oe. Apart from the last episode, you’ll never see any other character twice in the show. The show follows a simple formula. Kintaro finds a job at a new place. He tries h…
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Overview:
Do you enjoy really lowbrow comedy? Do you laugh from idiotic shows like Family Guy and find yourself embarassed that you actually laughed. I do! That is why I actually enjoyed Golden Boy, even if it kind of bruises my ego to admit it. Golden Boy came out in 1995 and never aired on TV here in the US, but the VHS hit US shelves and it was fairly well recieved by the few US anime critics at the time. Golden Boy is better known in Europe, where it was aired on MTV for some reason. This is a silly series, but it is fun, frequently hilarious, and even somewhat insightful on occation.
Story and characters: 5/10
The main character is named Kentaro Oe and he...is odd. He went to Japan's most elite university and met all the requirements to graduate with a Law Degree, but he dropped o…
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"My name is Kintaro Oe. I'm a freeter, a free spirit who specializes in temporary jobs. Right now I'm working as a ...."
Golden Boy is a comedy-ecchi anime about a 25 year old boy who is a university dropout. He completed all the courses to get a degree but dropped out just before graduation. He wanders off in his Crescent Moon cycle and gets temporary jobs, odd jobs. And most of the times he screws up in his jobs anyhow for which he makes up later.
Kintaro is also a pervert, not a typical one thou. He has a notebook and he write everything he sees. His common dialogue is "This is SO EDUCATIONAL."
He always bumps into a beautiful girl and falls for her. The girl normally hates him first [or not] but Kintaro does something incredible to make the girls love him. But when they fall in love…
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Golden Boy revolves around 25-year-old Kintaro Oe. Kintaro is a freeter. In case you're like me and have no idea what that means, he basically travels all over Japan on his trusty bike and takes various odd jobs to survive.
Kintaro is one of the smartest, most resourceful guys you'll ever meet, but you'd never realize it by looking at him. He has a dopey voice, an over-eager attitude, and a perverted streak a mile long. All that belies his true self, however. He dropped out of Tokyo University before obtaining his law degree, even though he had already passed all the necessary classes. His desire to learn more about the world around him prompts his current free-roaming lifestyle. He constantly writes what he learns in his notebook. This could be useful information for the episode's relevan…
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Golden Boy is personally one of the most interesting and enjoyable anime there is. The concept is so simple yet so attractive. It is quite a shame that only 6 episodes were ever produced because i doubt that this anime could ever get boring. However, the ride is fun while it lasts.
The story revolves around Kintaro, just your average ordinary guy. However, what attracts you the most is his utmost and utter dedication to his jobs and promises which are a part of every single episode in which he finds himself at a random job. Carrying around his little journal which he fills with what he learns. His energy and perverted nature as well as his occasional random boners towards his very sexy bosses will make you laugh. Other than his little fetish nature of hugging the toilet seats of his very…
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Golden Boy is such a classic Anime.
I was literally laughing my ass off every epsidode (except the one with the noodle shop)
I the women chasing him it just a awesome bonus
Episode 5 has the be the best with the motorcycle orgasm wow x3
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One of the funniest shows of all time, Granted I am judging this by Anime Comedy Standards and not As a work of art. If I was judging it among history it would be somewhere in the middle of the top 100 anime shows of all time. But in terms of any Anime Comedy I've seen this one is probably easily number one.
Story: It's very simple Boy travels on Bike trying to learn new things, boy meets sexy babe he wants to get jiggy with, Boy pisses off Girl, Girl realizes that Boy was an absolute genius and demands that he take her sexually, except then she realizes it's too late. For Six Episodes this formula is repeated, and to be honest there are some laugh out loud hilarious scenes: a scene involving Keitaro and a Toilet Water Shooter had me crying with laughter and the other scene that was reall…
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Story: Study, Study, Study!!! His name is Kintaro, and he likes to study. This OVA, like many others, is episodic, and at the end, it ties them all together in a very nice way. The consistent plot is about a man named Kintaro, who dropped out of Law School even after completing all of the necessary classes, has become a nomad and roams the world on his bicycle, in search of love and knowledge. And he finds it alright. Each episode starts good, and wraps itself up good, giving you a nice feeling. Although all the episodes follow fairly the same template, you won't find yourself getting bored. The story is original, and when you finish the series, (which you may do all in one sitting) you will have a nice feeling inside.
Art: For when it was made, this OVA has some very nice art. The backdr…
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Golden Boy is... interesting.
Its in essence, an ecchi. However, I feel that the underlaying background story and characters of the show were very well written, just the ecchi got in the way a little too much. If Golden Boy was just Kintarou going from place to place and helping people without his sex drive constantly getting in the way I feel it could have been a much better series.
Kintarou himself is a very interesting and great character. You expect most characters in ecchi anime like this one to fit in a specific role, dumb and honest, smart and sly, ect. At first Kintarou comes off as the dumb honest type, who wants to try and prove himself in various fields to impress woman, but constantly fails, which he does do. But Kintarou is a very intellegent person, who seems to have the sk…
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Golden Boy anime review by realanimefan.
First of all, you have to be a little open minded if you want to fully enjoy this story. Second be prepared for some perverted moments. Third, if you\'ve overcome the first two get ready to laugh your butt OFF!!!!
Guys might enjoy this series a lot more than women would, and i being a guy of course enjoyed, no loved this anime series. I found it hilarous and entertaining. The main character Kintaro Oe is one of my favorite anime guys of all time, he seems to be able to say or do the things that all guys think or do and like most guys that live, he\'s clueless, but some how everything works out for him in the end no matter what he does which is what all guys really would like to screw up fix it and make your self look good, while all the girls fal…
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Golden Boy is about a twenty five year old guy, named Kintaro, who had completed all credits for college but dropped out right before graduation. He has decided to study all he can learn about life. He now specializes himself in day-dreaming, temporary part time jobs dealing with different areas of interest, and lets not forget, beautiful girls. Kintaro travels on his trusty pink bicycle, keeping notes about what he learns about life in his notebook, and living his life in the happiest of ways. Kintaro is a very caring guy, always trying to help out and learn new things from different people. Even though people try underestimate him during the series, they can only to be proved how great and determined Kintaro can be, aside of his naughty little toilet fetish. Each episode he gets a new jo…
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Overall:
Honestly I really don't care about others opinions but this anime is the funniest of all from this millennium. It's only 6 short episodes and it still cracks anyone who sees it. My only wish is i'd hoped they would have made more episodes but nevertheless this still rates one of my favorite.
Animation:
what can i say? The animation is top notch and flawless. The characters look good, the art, presentation and everything else.
Sound:
the music is not his strong points but the approach along the anime is enough to like. i liked the characters voices because they sound hentai or perverted.
Story:
the story is the support of this greatness. A college-dropout who entitled his life to study rather the world around him and naturally women is basically his world. the plot is really…
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