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AleksandroS2004
Cheer Boys!!: A Pleasant and Safe Sports Comedy
Cheer Boys!! (or Anímense Danshi!!) is a work that takes the sports genre and gives it an unusual twist by focusing on a male cheerleading team. The story follows Haruki Bandou, a former judo athlete who quits his sport and, along with his friend Kazuma, decides to form a team at his university. Together, they recruit a group of misfits to face doubts and ridicule, seeking a place to belong and a new passion.
The series' greatest achievement is its emotion of camaraderie. The show has an immense heart and shines brightest in its simplest moments. Watching this group of outcasts build a friendship, overcome their insecurities, and support each other is genuinely moving. Every victory, no matter how small, feels like a personal triumph for the…
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People tend to say that Cheer Danshi!! is a unique sports anime, and I'd kind of argue that that's because it doesn't carry itself like a sports anime at all. Yes, that means that the motivation for these characters to cheer is different than your standard sports anime, which is always to be the best team in the nation. But it's also the way this anime tells its story that makes it so different. I don't really know how I feel about this anime after watching it, but I think the conclusion I came to is this: it does well to make you fond of the characters but isn't that great at telling a story.
Before getting into all of that, I'm gonna talk about the animation for a second because it was very obvious where the effort was placed for this anime. The only dance-ish anime I've seen besides th…
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The story line was extremely well done, it really helps break down toxic masculinity and shows that boys can do something that is more "feminine" presenting. If any guys have doubts about doing cheer or any other more feminine sport this could really boost their confidence in it. It flowed very well and it showed the struggles that people have to face when doing something that's "not meant" for their gender. I gave the story line a 9 and not a 10 because I do feel like it's missing a few things, for example they should have shown more of the actual events that they had went to. I don't have to many critiques regarding it though.
I don't have much to say about the art style, it's good, but it's not my personal preference. Nothing wrong with it, it's well drawn and looks good, I'd just pre…
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Short version (no spoilers) :
Overall, an ok but cute anime; you will no problem watching this in a day but had major jumpcuts and lack story development. It would have been best as a 24 episode or two-season anime.
Long version (may contain spoilers) :
It was a cute anime and something you could enjoy if you're looking for a feel-good anime. However, since it was only 12 episodes, it was poorly done. The themes felt rushed and provided no background info, and the character developed was at best ok; in the beginning, the MC was still doing judo. Then the next episode, we just skipped to cheerleading, and it's never explained what happened to his shoulder. It's obvious that it was caused by judo, but some background of it would have been helpful.
The jump cuts that's one thing that real…
Read at the sourceAngelo_McGee
An anime that at the beginning suggests that the end will have an incredible performance with the protagonist flying into the air, full of acrobatics and adrenaline. Buuuuut, it doesn't. Although the anime's proposal was cheerleaders, the focus is different. But calm down, I also have positive reviews.
I believe that the strength point of this anime was the development of the characters. Seriously, each of the 16 members has a well-built personality! Not to mention that everyone has a very diverse appearance (a chinese, a chubby, delinquent, effeminate, with afro hair... anyway). And in those 12 episodes alone, they were better developed than many famous animes. This made me very happy. Are some a little generic? Yes. But not all. I confess that I felt a little angry at Haru, excessive sh…
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I honestly thought when I first heard about this that it would be some sports anime to drag in the fujioshi/fundanshi community, but I was completely mistaken.
This show had meaningful relationships and teamwork without it being a "anything is possible with friendship" stereotype. I also loved how they didn't discriminate with the cheer leading club and didn't make all the men tall and muscular. All the characters had their own details and backstories so no one was just some filler background character.
The main reason this show dragged me into watching it was when I saw clips of the intro, I've never seen dancing or performances in anime that weren't 3d, since it's always easier to animate those scenes. But all the performances were frame by frame, which somehow made it much more appeal…
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I haven't enjoyed an anime this much recently, and I didn't expect myself to have taken a liking for this one in particular.
There is just something about sports animes or just any anime with a plot revolving around the characters building their team and improving their skills that gets me so motivated to learn something new myself, and with that in mind, I decided to give this one a go despite the plain concept--no isekai, no special powers, and no cute girls on the poster (lol).
Huge props to the animators for doing the character's forms, which you will be able to see from the opening in the very beginning (You will grow to appreciate the opening more as you get deeper into the anime.) But since it's a sports anime after all, at times there is a fair bit of drama that sometimes might…
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This anime has a lot of potential, having a unique story of all men cheer dance. I have high expectations because I enjoy the first two episode of this anime. However, I found myself cringe at almost scene and just skip it. Aside from the first two episode, I enjoy the last two episode of the anime. The story was fast-paced and they skip a lot of details.
The characters were interesting enough but the story didn't give us deeper individuality of the members but instead it only focuses 3-4 characters.
It was painfully obvious that they don't have enough budget in making this anime. It was to rigid and had no scene where they should show their cheer dance routine but overlay it with dialogue.
Read at the sourceVane-senpai
(Sorry my poor english, I'm brazilian) This anime is wonderful. Despite the low grade for me he is very good, the characters are charismatic and the part where Haru and Kazu talk in front of the hospital thrilled me, is beautiful the way Haru sees Kazu, it seems like there's something else there , and Haru ends up crying next to Kazu, because it's like he takes Kazu's pain for himself. At the beginning of the anime it was Haru who needed the confidence and courage to go on, but in the end Haru overcomes it all and then he has to give courage so that Kazu could go on and not give up on everything. Despite not having a very complex storyline I like the anime proposal and how they make something simple be fun. The soundtrack may not be much, but I like how lively the ending is, showing the mo…
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If what you are looking for is an anime with an interesting cast and you don't mind a somewhat predictable development for its genre, this is for you.
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1. Originality: 8
Personally, I consider that any sports anime that moves away from the overexploited baseball, basketball and soccer already acquires a higher level of originality.
However, the idea that the show tries to capture (to recognize cheerleading as a current sport) is something that I consider quite new. That, and the fact that cheerleading is not really a sport for men normally.
That's why, although the story is inspired by a team of cheerleaders of real life, I can't help feeling that Cheer Danshi!! is a sports anime with one of the most original plots that I have seen in this genre in a while. However, of course some thing…
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You know what I love about sports anime? The way they make you want to get up dedicate your life to something as you're watching them (at least the really good ones do). "Cheer Danshi!!" does that. As I was watching it, I really found myself wanting to do EVERYTHING they were doing. I thought, "man, I want to learn how to do a handstand! I want to cartwheel!" I even felt like wanting to do planks!--which they do in order to gain that core strength they need for tumbling around everywhere and holding people up. Speaking of tumbling, that's probably the only thing I did NOT want to do because I knew I could never. Lol.
Aside from making me want to do stuff, this show is h-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s. Like, laugh out loud hilarious. But wait. I have a confession.
I watched it English dubbed. (Gasp!)
S…
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Hello guys . This is my first time Writing a review about an anime so please read it till the end and bare with me.
This anime i did see its name when it aired in july 2016 but for some reasons like for first thing the name of the anime i find it a little weird when i checked the synopsis it was even weird from normal sports genre anime there are many popular titles but nothing with cheer-leading and that too it revolves around a male cheer-leading club it is kind of weird right??
I think that too but that’s where i was this anime is really good and has some best way to encourage you to exercise.
This anime really is one of kind because there are not many anime with cheer-leading Noo!!! actually there none at all . The character development goes slow and sturdy which build up a good rel…
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So I just finished Cheer Danshi!! and I enjoyed alot, although I might be viewing it too optimistically haha. It seems to view itself as a sports anime, but I find it more comparable to a performance/idol anime, such as LoveLive, because most of it seems to revolve around training and bonding instead of competition. So Cheer Danshi!! lacks the intensity of a sports anime, and instead focuses on the buildup before a final performance seen in many group idol anime.
The story starts out pretty original and ends pretty well. The story premise is original and quickly grabs the attention of the viewer, however, the main problem is that the middle episodes are lackluster, as it feels that many opportunities to have something interesting happen are missed. The buildup is generic, and has been se…
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I'm really disappointed because, based on the first episode, I really wanted this show to be good. It seemed like it was going to be pretty funny and actually take its character motivations seriously, but the show took a harsh drop after the first few episodes and quickly filled itself with too many characters to care about and watched its promising aspects fade into the background. The production value suffers A LOT as well. It also had the misfortune of coming out in the same year as Yuri on Ice, which does the whole "men do a traditionally feminine sport in a non-high school setting" idea about as perfectly as one possibly could.
Overall, Cheer Boys had some promise, but just gets boring and jumbled as it goes along. Go watch Yuri on Ice instead.
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As I sit here sipping peppermint tea, the cold bitter breath of winter clawing at my window like grey wolf shrouded in steam, I find myself satisfied with finishing an anime that simply does not stand up to my high standards of what a 'good' anime should be.
Cheer Danshii is a pleasant anime that borders on the ever increasing combination of Slice of Life and Sports. The basic premise of the story is that a group of high school students form the first ever men's cheer leading squad for their school. The story itself is not that awe inspiring, and indeed the story telling has a number of troupes and cliche attempts at character development. But the beauty of this anime is not that its phenomenally written, well drawn, or compassionately animated. It is instead enjoyable because it is base…
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GO FIGHT WIN!!!!!!!!! LET'S GOO BREAKERS!!!!!
I'm going to remember this quote forever.
Cheer danshi is clearly the most underrated anime of the summer 2016 season or possibly the entire year which I don't get it.
KEY: Break being what the characters need to accept about themselves or overcome any difficulty
Story: The story of the show.... Well there isn't any... The true story of the show is within the characters. The characters backstory is the true story of the show where we just want to get up and cheer for those boys that they need to break whatever they need to break in this cheer club.
Characters: When you look at the opening of the song. I bet you one question... How is the series gonna fit all 16 characters into the series. Well to sum up your answer They were introduce ind…
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As someone heavily into the cheer world (cheered for 6 years myself, two sisters that cheered in college and coach now, mom that coached), I was super excited about this anime. From a technical aspect, the cheers and routines and realities of the cheerleading were completely spot on.
For the most part, I loved the characters, but really felt that they could have dug deeper into the characterization. At least Kazu, Haru, and Shou got some deeper storylines.
What really killed the potential for me was the MASSIVE drop in animation/art quality after only a few episodes. It was so utterly sad. I was hoping that at least the last episode would be better, but was disappointed to see that it was not. Any scene that showed more than a half-view of the characters was so poorly drawn. My friends w…
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Cheer Danshi!! was definitely NOT one of my favourite sports animes. This series had a lot of potential featuring an all-male cheerleading team, however, it failed to deliver the character development, animation, or plot other sports animes had successfully done.
Unlike most other sport animes, they didn't have any memorable characters, everyone is acting in a melodramatic way, the animation was below average... which is a big red flag for sport anime which depend a lot of action. Most importantly: there was no tension or competition...
Forgettable Character
The characters were unmemorable and cardboard. I can't remember any of them other than Haru, Kazu, and Sho, who have a bit of back story going on. Most characters are defined with one characteristic, that is displayed over the top…
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Unlike its predecessors, Cheer Danshi has nothing that makes any sports anime enjoyable. There’s no emphasis on competition, the characters lack any serious emotional bonds with one another, and any development made is crudely washed over with trivial filler.
While the series looks promising at the beginning, it loses it’s way once millions of other characters are introduced. May as well sever any connections you had with the supporting characters at the beginning, as they are seemingly forgotten about the higher the episode numbers climb. What’s more, due to the lack of competition, you never see the characters struggle and grow through defeat and failure – a successful, heartbreaking motif used in other sports anime. This makes the characters goal of winning nationals seem really point…
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Before I begin this review, props to Waseda University Shockers for giving us this anime!
Watch the link to get an idea for the anime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE7QecvR3fQ
Men doing something like cheerleading? Not unheard of but this show is the definition of male empowerment! I believe no activity should be restricted to a certain gender with this show being the beginning of countless opportunities. This a series that has the sport cheerleading under the spotlight as we follow the lives of two former judo participants who embark in this new challenge.
The main character for this show is undoubtedly Bandou Haruki, who is a college student that has the background of being from a prestigious judo family. This is evident in the fact that his father runs a dojo/gym in their name and…
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