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ajw215799
So MAPPA did a soccer anime with some high profile actors. Sounds like a recipe for success right? Wrong. Well maybe it could be if they had better source material to work off of. This series can be extremely frustrating to watch at times. Firstly, even if you didn’t have a basic understanding of the rules of soccer, the referees in this series are obviously blind because obvious fouls take place right in front of them and players don’t even get carded on multiple occasions. Now there’s the issue of the main character; it would be one thing that he’s bad at soccer but he’s also blatantly pathetic, freaking out and breaking down at everything with little opportunity for personal growth. Days is a series with enormous potential but severely limited by what it does with its lead character.
Read at the sourceTsukaidiota
The best anime ever. You will never see something of this quality again. What do you want? Suspense? Sadness? Happiness? Romance? Passion? It has it all. It is a unique story.
This anime changed the life, not just mine, of Japanese football.
Perfectly developed characters, quality seiyus, 1st level animation.
And it is not cliché at all.
Tsukushi Tsukamoto is the best character of all. You love him from the first second of the first chapter.
I write this with tears of emotion falling from my eyes. They have to release the 2nd season RIGHT NOW.
Eternally grateful to the best anime ever.
Read at the sourcexIncrement
"All Out"'s little brother.
Our main character Tsukamoto meets Kazama; A soccer prodigy.
Inspired by his first casual soccer game with Kazama - Tsukamoto seeks out his schools soccer team, that turns out to be a huge powerhouse of soccer players.
As he's a total soccer novice, Tsukamoto has to work extra hard, to try and catch up to his teammates on Seikeki's soccer team.
Tsukamoto is well aware of this fact, and is seemingly working thrice as hard, as his teammates, so he can stay on the team and play soccer with Kazama.
--- The story is very standard as sport anime goes.
The characters are well-designed; each having a unique shape, hairstyle and vibe. 5-7 main/supporting characters have good character development.
Animation tends to shift to bearable 3D/CGI during complex animation…
Read at the sourceAlfieWhite642
Overall theirs nothing that particular stands out about this stands out other than the characters which were all fairly unique and interesting. This means that the series is nothing note worthy but it is good fun to watch and is easy just as easy to pick up as its to put it down.
The art and music is fairly mediocre and is nothing to right home about but is not bad by any means.
The story is fairly simplistic and very easy to follow although it is not all that easy to predict with a fair dew twists and turns.
Read at the sourcefelixlovesanime
For those of you who enjoy soccer but find Captain Tsubasa/Whistle!/Area no Kishi too... uhm, 'overwhelming', I suggest never give up. There is DAYS to fulfill your palate.
It is always empowering to see a novice make his or her way up to the top of the league and our hero, Tsukamoto Tsukushi, is doing just that. However, what makes him stand out from the crowd packed with inspirational heroes of the past is the motive that drives him. Tsukushi plays soccer because his first ever male friend once asked him to be a substitute player and as it turned out, he enjoyed it. No deep motivation and no pretentiousness, either. Growing up with way too much humility, Tsukushi has no ambitious bone inside him and finally, he doesn't care whether he can be the top scorer or not-- he literally just enj…
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I think there's a lot of merit to judging an anime not on what it tells you, but what it shows you. Days, an anime about football, or American Soccer as it's called in the rust belt, wants to tell me that football is an exciting daring sport where any boy, beefy or lanky, can play his heart out. However, the message it shows is that football is a boring sport only Europeans could love. What's far, far more important is boys' love.
Look, there's only two reasons why anyone watches sports anime: to watch hot muscle boys fight each other, and to watch hot boys almost kiss each other. This anime flat out fails at the first and somewhat performs on the second. If there's a second season, we need more boys falling awkwardly on top of each other and looking into each others eyes. It's a footbal…
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So...sports anime...what is the essence of sports anime? People working together to achieve a sporting goal. Yeah that's part of it. Getting stronger better faster higher etc. Oh yeah that's in there. Explaining the rules of a sport to the audience. Nope, not at all important, that part is usually boring. What is the most important thing in a sporting anime is...Ganbare!!! Pretty much that. Have that word spoken at least every 5 minutes and you have yourselves a sports anime. Apart from that vital trait, for me personally, the most important part of a sports anime is the feel good aspect. When I watch a sports anime I want to feel good. And boy does Days do that.
There is really no negative aspect in Days, it is all about trying hard, playing hard and working together as a team. There is…
Read at the sourceabyss_zoro
Great anime... I'm not a fan of sports anime except hajime no ippo and haikyuu but this one is crazy in storytelling and character development. Really liked and waiting for next episodes to come out.
The character really gives an awww and ewww feel. It really shows that every human has up and downs in their life.
At some place, the story seems cliche, but still has his own essence of presentation.
I'm just curious to see how the character will develop from a newbie to pro. And how he is going to become someone like mizuki. It's a great anime to watch and i would recommend to give it a try
Read at the sourcexckit
Keep in mind that this is my personal opinion, and you will not know if you will like the anime or not until you have watched it.
The bad stuff:
The show was a bit repetitive. It was quite subtle, but if you watch for it, many of the episodes share similar story lines, with very little happening in each. That being said, this season has 24 episodes and somehow manages a decent plot. Character development was minimal in the second half of the season, due to the vast amount of gameplay that occurred; it was inevitable that the attention would be draw away from character development and towards the opposing teams. The animation was a bit lacking while they played soccer and the moves themselves were practically described instead of being shown.
The good stuff:
Honestly, from a reviewer’s po…
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SPOILER FREE! (sorry, my English sucks)
DAYS is the series where you can learn and feels how to be a champion from scratch. This series shows you the real life of being the beginner for a soccer player (don't highly expect like MC was a typical anime superhero- well, he's not). You can feel the pain of being lost and the joyful of the victory. You get nothing easily. Hardship, crying, tired, be a loser will drag down people, but Tsukamoto shows you everything he got. The friendship between them is really awesome. Who says the fantastic football club hates the loser? If you falls down, you'll fall together. if you climb, drag the weakest up together.
I heard many spoilers about this anime being so lame about the characters. But, I just give it a try without any expectation and yeah it some…
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This show is so cringe-worthy. I feel I should spoil it to save people the trouble from watching it.
Jaded soccer "genius" spots a momma's boy and apparently decides to pass the time by introducing him to soccer, cause apparently there's merit in bringing a "good guy" into soccer/football (genius is a closet momma's boy). Nevermind the fact physical sports are where alpha personalities and big egos clash to enforce superior social standing above others through displays of athleticism...
So basically this sheltered momma's boy is not only a complete beginner, but also is a complete idiot. His stupidity doesn't tell him that he has no business being in the sport; the opposite happens, he determines it to be his calling. He does show that he has tenacity, probably the only redeeming trait t…
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If you are reading this, First don't judge the anime because he is always running and weak, but that is only at first he is weak at first and i give it a chance and still watch it until the end he became skilled because of his own effort, I almost drop this anime because i hate it that he was so weak and coudn't do anything but to run, but then i realize that i can somehow relate this in reality.. many people gave up to their dream and this anime made me realize that everyone can become stronger, I almost drop it at first because his always running and running but then i think that everyone came from a beginner until they got better! This anime has a lesson, not to give up i really hope that the second season of this anime would much be greater!
Read at the sourceKINJANO
This is the best football anime I've ever seen. Unlike the other captain's with their magic shots and legendary status which makes wonder how are they not the best in the world, Days is actually about football, tactics are emphasized during games by very good use of far cam, moves of the players are very good, and the super duper stuff players do is actually doable and a joy to watch imaging scoring a goal as such.
the characters psychology, their drivers and their attitudes are very well structured taking into consideration their positions which gets young footballers to reflect on their own weaknesses or game in general. I'd definitely show this to young footballers as it would make it easier to get to them, tone their game and make them start think about their game from a young age.
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Out of all the sports anime I have watched, I think this is one of the best that I enjoyed. The main character wasn't annoying like the others. He may have a lot of weakness but that doesn't make him a bad character or something. The other characters also did their best. Some of them may have irritated me but that was part of the storyline but not how they were created. I hope you get the point.
I have watched a lot of sports anime and I actually have standards for it. Some sports anime - well, okay - most them are out of the world or too great for their character. For example, a beginner suddenly good at it which is actually confusing. But in this anime, they showed the result of the hard work that the MC did. That's what I am looking for. There's actually anime that is just suddenly go…
Read at the sourceMrBouBou
"I want to put my life on the line to live."
- Tsukushi Tsukamoto
This anime teaches us that no matter what don't give up...you can't give up... don't blame yourself just because it didn't work for you...you can't call yourself a loser when you have the ability to change it if you put your hardest on the line. That what it's meant to live.
This story is about a boy named Tsukamoto who is physically weak yet mentally strong.On the first day of school, he gets invited by his classmate Kazama to a soccer match at night.While playing the game Kazama finds a hidden potential within Tsukamoto.Watch him as he unravels his abilities to become a cheer-leading runner ('outstanding').
It's different from all the others.
I like how they made the Tsukamoto a complete newbie at soccer. and the best…
Read at the sourcevivi-kun
Starting off, I really hope people wouldn't pass on this anime just because of a few negative reviews. Please take note that most of the negative reviews are based off of very little episodes watched.
To be completely honest, the first 6-7 eps of DAYS had me wondering why I was still watching it. Unlike other popular anime in the sports genre, such as Haikyuu, Kuroko no Basket, Prince of Tennis etc, the main character of DAYS starts off as a total newbie at the sport. If you dislike slow development and prefer a prodigy MC right off the bat, you might want to pass on this. However, if you don't mind the character development and seeing the MC grow to become even bigger and better, I almost guarantee you will enjoy DAYS.
I'm going to make my review short and sweet, and tell you what I f…
Read at the sourceDonQuigeek
DAYS have their up and downs. The show turns a few stereotypes into likeable characters and focuses on even fewer to keep it simple but honest. Like its art and animation: decent, enough for the job. However, the story takes an interesting start which keeps on going quite pleasantly until the end, even if there are some weaker episodes. It makes up for most of the flaws you may notice and brings something fresh to soccer anime since Ginga e kickoff!! (2012).
But it's not a revelation either: even entertaining, the story still plays with the same old ingredients; the way it's done makes the difference, most of the time at least. The show is pulled by a potentially annoying main character, wearing a bit much of an Ikari Shinji on him at times (I exaggerate a little), but, luckily, his growt…
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I love the sports genre and played soccer for many years, so I started watching this anime as a hopeful viewer. My rating started high and kept declining as the season went on because the show lacked a few essential things:
While the show had a lot of promise, the character development was lacking. Tsukushi emulates the familiar sports trope “not very talented, but dedicated to practice every waking moment.” This was fine for me (but if you dislike that trope, run for the hills). I was interested to see how this show would set Tsukushi apart from other characters within that trope. Not only did the writers fail to distinguish him as a unique character, they failed to write the trope very well at all. Instead of fleshing out a diverse cast, the show kept revealing new backstories for incom…
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Days is a unpretentious sports anime who doesn't focus only in the game it self, but on the characters around the series, we are introduce to theirs fears and joy, Days i think is on the best character developed in sports anime then i could ever see. The art of Days is very nice, but is not the point on sports anime then i focus my avaliation, but i feel very pleasant watching the series art. The music is good, is most cliche anime ost on mix the great moments with splendorous song or their sad moments with a song that broke ours hearts. In the and i think Days is a great show and worth to watch if you like sports anime or not.
Read at the sourceSimplicity1511
I became a fangirl after episode one. Some things about reviews to keep in mind is that they tend to be as much as people try not to, full of biases. I find that the overall score of a series doesn’t determine whether it’s good or bad. You will notice with DAYS, you either get people who are in love with it like me or people who hated it and then the sprinkle of the neutral here and there.
I’m going to warn you this is a bias review. I did start it off with an “I became a fangirl after episode one” bit after all.
I’m the type of anime watcher where you have to hit me in the feels in order for me to like it and if you don’t hit me hard, no great animation or interesting plot is going to make me love the series. However, the instant I watched episode one of DAYS, I binged watched the res…
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