Audience reviews
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SgtSalamander
Bus Gamer is a pretty unremarkable anime, and while there's technically more good than strictly bad here, there's still not that much to say in the first place. Beginning with the story, it's your usual death game fare, which weirdly enough doesn't have anything to do with busses. I thought heard them say 'biz game', as in business game, so that's probably just a funny mistranslation that never got corrected. Moving on from that however, the story is largely simple, but intriguing. It has solid pacing, moving you from one action scene to another with relative ease, and I personally enjoy the setup and inherent possibilities for a kind of monster-of-the-week style show, where each game has a different gimmick. Though, from what I saw during the 3 episode run, they definitely play it safe un…
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Bus Gamer, another series created by Kazuya Minekura. She is most famously known for creating the ever popular Saiyuki series, which I love with all my heart. I have wanted to dabble in the series ever since I found out about it, but I only got to it today. If I make a lot of comparisons to Saiyuki, I apologize, but since it's by the same creator I can't help but to compare the two series.
Story: 8/10
Even though the series was only three episodes long you cannot deny the premise of it. It's interesting, mysterious and guaranteed to be action packed. No episode is wasted with fillers, they get straight to the point whether it's introducing a character, or if they're on a mission. It follows your standard shonen plot, the opponents steadily get stronger and the locations become more intere…
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I feel bad for this series just because it was cut so short! I mean it is not the best or worst of anything....though I do have to say everyone looks like dudes including the only female character. But I feel that if it got more then 3 episode that this anime would have been a really good one. Why? I can not see the ending. This can be a double edged sword though but first I'll explain what I mean by "I can't see the end."
Yes obviously at the end their all either going to have that 1 Billion yen or not, and since it's all about then it's probably a yes that they'll have it. but that's not really the ending. This Anime leaves me with a black as to where I can project it going. It was left while they were still establishing the plot! there are a lot of unanswered questions (obviously) and…
Read at the sourceJan_Loathlove
I'm gonna keep this short... as apposed to the other who saw this anime, I very much enjoyed it, despite the fact that it was canceled before it finished.
Good Watch... + It will only take an hour to watch them, so you don't have much to lose.
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The idea that business secrets will be trade through Battle was probably a great idea, and a nice plot point to revolve characters and a story.
But this series disappointed greatly. The characters for one were odd. And because it was only 3 episodes long you don't really get to know them. All we know is that they are all different individuals.
The action was poor. It ranged from the use of many different weapons. Baseball bats and pistols. But it was still just poor.
The Animation style wasn't great.
I mean I don't really have much to say about it. because of it being 3 episodes it jumps to quickly to plots that you have no idea what they are about.
Overall I watched it, but didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.
Read at the sourceJUMPSamurai
Bus Gamer is an excellent way to spend an hour and leaves you really wanting more. The manga and anime are both cut short or canceled or something but the story was never finished.
The premise is that rich business tycoons are bored so they each hire a team of three street thugs to represent them. Once a location is chosen, a battle ensues to capture the opposing team's disc, that contains secrets that could potentially ruin the company, before they can get yours, kind of like capture the flag. The teams progress in tournament style and each round they win they are given more and more money until the final round in which they are given 1 billion yen upon winning.
I've said too much already but I'll finish it up with this. The characters are what create the show. They all have their own u…
Read at the sourceVampyre
The story was very good, but its big let down is the fact that they've rushed it all into 3 episodes. The massive potential in being a big anime is let down by the fact that its rushed. You only get to see 3 of the games, when there was a potential for over 12. And the story could of been developed a whole lot more.
But what they had done was great, the characters were great and I did enjoy it greatly. But sadly i can only give Bus Gamer a 4/10 due to the lack of story. If it was extended i would of Gladly gave it much higher
Read at the sourceSageBug
In my opinion this was a ver good anime considering that it was only 3 episodes. The maker of the anime got a whole bunch in the story line for a 3 episode anime which sadly after Comic Rex, the magazine in which it was serialized in went under, no more episodes were ever released. Though there is a small glimmer of hope for Bus Gamer fans since Kazuya Minekura may pick up the anime though since the anime was made in 2008 it maybe at 2-3 years till there are more episodes.
Read at the sourcemel-hime
I decided to rate it as this...because if there would have been a little more episodes i'm certain it could have gotten not good...but better..much better..
Plot:..not something spectacular..but enough to attract your attention...IF it would have been better developed..3 episodes is just crap...it's like showing us the big candy and then..after they see us drool..they take it away...
Art: It was ok..it could have been better...
Character: Stereotypes ...but it was ok...IF..there would have been time for some development..but because of the lack of episodes...again..it sucked
Enjoyment:God..i could have enjoyed this 3 or 4 times more if there would have been at least 13 episodes...damn..*sigh
Overall:...AGAIN...a good potential....wasted..totally..disappointed
Read at the sourceIlyaoh
It's been done in 100+ american live-action movies, so why can't they do it right in an japanese anime?
I heard alot of good things about this anime, so I've decided to watch it. There are only three episodes, so it didn't take much of my time, but I wished I could turn back the hands of time, cause this anime wasted it.
It's a new anime, it started just 3 months ago, but yet, it feels so old. The animation really sucks, it's on the level where most anime's were a couple of years ago, the art itself is bad too. They're fa...ces are all messed up on one second and on the other second it looks kinda okay.
The story's good tho', this is a basic action/thriller hollywood story, about some game where two teams got to beat the crap out of each other for the enjoyment of the rich. Who hasn't…
Read at the sourceMikariStar
Bus Gamer was made by the same author of the well known Saiyuki series. Thus you can expect handsome men and fun battles, which the anime does provide.
Toki Mishiba, Nobuto Nakajyo and Kazuo Saitou, three strangers in need of a large sum of money, form a team in an underground corporate sponsored street fight. The goal is to steal a disk containing secret information from the opposing team, while protecting their own disk.
The team has its variety in fighting styles and motivation. Each character is shrouded in mystery and the short series slowly reveals hints of why this mismatched trio so desperately needs cash to the point of risking their lives in an illegal street fight.
To say anything about the characters would spoil the series, however, the series itself only scratches the surf…
Read at the sourceRanivus
Well its a good idea for an anime since i've seen it done in American movies like 20 times (Smokin Aces and any other B-movie involving a mysterious company to fund human death matches) Unfortunately this anime isn't a very good example.
The story, standing at a whopping 3 episodes it's surprising to see how much action the managed to fit in. The side story apart from all the action is very poor at best. I couldn't tell if it was emphasizing more on seriousness or comedy. Regardless, the idea of an unlikely team to survive human death matches didn't translate so well. (Mediocre)
The characters are pretty ridiculous in my opinion. It's almost comical when the viewer tries to tell them apart. "No-eyes, one-eye, and two-eyes" is probably the best way to tell them apart. And their personali…
Read at the sourceTsumayouji
I remember watching the first episode of this thinking: "There's no way they can end this in three episodes unless Godzilla abruptly and spontaneously appears on the horizon." I believe I was correct in this assumption. As has been stated in the other reviews for the show, three episodes were not enough to really develop this into anything other than a sort of character template. The series really seems to be more of a test teaser for a greater, extended series rather than a series in its own right. However, I did actually enjoy that which was presented and was most disappointed and distressed that those in charge of this production didn't decide to make this into a 26 episode series, which it easily could have been.
~Story~
The basic premise, while it is true it's not particularly uniqu…
Read at the sourceBendero
I just wanted to put this down. I think this anime brings something new to the table(from what I understand), wether it be good or bad. I like that it took me out of the typical anime feeling, I get when watching most animes. You really don't have to absorb that much information to get it. I like that it skips most of the bullshit that tends to get reptitive in animes. Also if you watch anime alot or know alot of stories, or imaginative, or w/e I believe this anime was made so you use your knowledge to fill in the blanks.
Story: I like the story. I would say the story is presented in a poem form as opposed to a novel, for the lack of episodes. Their is still a story to this anime. Six indivduals are put together inside an arena, and it is a three on three battle, and the winners get cash.…
Read at the sourceMonkey_D_Luffy
Story:
The story of Bus Gamer isn't a bad idea, but three episodes was definitely not a sufficient amount for the story to develop. As you can read from plot synopses, these three guys come together as a team to participate in a dangerous underground (not literally) game between companies to earn money, the ultimate prize being 1 billion dollars. They all are steadfast in their desire for the 1 billion, but...well, I don't want to spoil anything, so let's just say the ending leaves you totally hanging as to if they achieve that goal or not. This definitely should have been 13 episodes, not just 3. If they allotted more episodes, story would've gotten an 7, but since they didn't and decided to end it abruptly, it gets a 6.
Art:
Nothing special here. It's not terrible or anything, but I bel…
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