Audience reviews
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JJMFREAP
Oh yeah, BIG MEN DOING MAN SHIT is back and better than ever. After 17 hears, the story continues, this time with decent animation and a better budget. It's more man than ever! If you don't watch this, you're missing out! So give it a watch so you can grow some hair on your chest and then some testicles from the hair and then more hair on the testicles.
You know, there's this awesome line I remember from the iconic 80's action movie Commando with Schwarzenegger that I believe perfectly describes Baki as a whole:
"I can't believe this macho bullshit!"
That sums it up best if you ask me. Speaking of 80's action films, Baki really reminds me of those in the best of ways. The story is simple and straightforward, nothing too overwhelming to tax your mind. The meat and even more meat is in th…
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This is the worst anime I've ever seen. It's about people fighting against each other except when their spine gets broken into pieces, they not only survive, but start walking the next day like nothing happened. Also, they all refuse to kill each other, which backfires every single time and it just pisses you off as a viewer. Overall, it's not entertaining at all...Let's be honest, It's trash. Just because I say that doesn't mean it isn't entertaining. It's trash but in a good way. If your looking for a action anime with good plot/story and animation, this is not it. Its worth watching because it funny and entertaining, not because it's good.
Baki is not good.
It starts out with five criminals escaping and coming after Baki, our main character. After most of a season, Baki hasn't fought…
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[The worst season in all of Baki]
⪻- Review | Comment and Reflection -⪼
This season starts off pretty good, and at first glance it's a crazy start. They introduce you to the 5 antagonists of the arc who are interested in Baki, and at the same time introduce you to the concept of defeat.
The start is crazy to be sure, but it's actually a cliffhanger trap. Let me explain myself, the concept of defeat is interesting and with a lot of potential, but when I thought about it, it didn't make any sense. If what the prisoners are looking for is defeat and not simply fight Baki "because he is the protagonist", then they would have fought Yujiro instead of Baki at first.
Then the other problem apart from the concept and the idea, are the fights. This strengthens what I said earlier that it is a "…
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Probably one of the worst fighting animes I've seen since darkstalkers.
The animation is great sure, and there is nothing wrong with the voice acting.. it is just so terrible at telling a story and keeping focus. The padding and long drawn side characters would easily give dragon ball Z a run for its money. It quickly built up this great premise of 5 villains vs 5 good guy fighters including the main character, and then does none of it. It likes to bring in new characters all the time, give them an episode or two, then drop them by the wayside.
Without spoiling I'm going to try and give you an example. One of the few fights the main character has. In the side plot during this fight 2 characters get together and go over in great detail the powers of the villain in the fight. 80% of this fi…
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Baki is, without question, one of my favourite anime of all time. It's a testosterone packed thrill ride of murder and muscles. The events my be unbelievable, even goofy, but the series takes itself seriously enough that they never feel out of the realm of possibility. If you just want a good old-fashioned story of buff guys beating the ever-loving shit out of each other, Baki is the perfect show.
This show deserves all the love in the world, and I absolutely cannot wait for Son of Ogre to come out next year, I'd mark that on my calendar if I actually had one to mark
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As a casual I'll do my best to analyze this objectively since this series does have several redeeming qualities that save it from being a six.
The art style is really striking, ad there's a lot of people who are fans of the thick line work which isn't really as common in lower budget productions. Some of the fight scenes have some pretty obvious CGI use but it conveys the sheer force behind the fight scenes. Lots of fantastical techniques and blood and gore if you're into that,
I'm probably dropping this series because of the lack of character exploration. There's a lot of generic muscleheads in this series and there's very little time spent looking into Baki's background. The romantic side plot is well written-- but also pretty awkward. It's probably the only realistic aspect of this c…
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Netflix Baki is the third season of the grappler Baki franchise that has been in the works for years. The plot continues directly after season 2 where we have Baki as the champion of the underground tournament, and Tokugawa informs him that five death row inmates from around the globe have escaped and are headed to Japan to taste defeat for the first time ever, they are hoping that our young grappler Baki can make them taste defeat once and for all. While the show has been in the works for years now the end result is dissapointing, the plot and narrative are nonexistent [as expected of Baki, but Season 2 and 1 are bangers tho] the fight scenes are mostly just CGI, they look very clunchy and cheesy, the fight scenes are great sure, but they lack that epicness that made the original fight sc…
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I really enjoyed the original Baki series that aired back in 2001 but nothing ever quite matched that level of quality.
This series is no exception unfortunately.
When I realized that Netflix was involved on this project I didn't think anything bad. Quite on the contrary, I was certain that they would invest good money on sound, animators, seyuus, story, ... the whole production. I couldn't be more wrong. I mean, the official english subtitles aren't always accurate and that's something I'd expect from a fansub group, not from a huge production like this one.
Art: character design is not consistent at all throughout the episodes. CGI gets in between scenes (and it looks outright awful), Baki's signature mole disappears randomly, just to name a few examples.
Sound: the soundtrack is a…
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I wasn't a huge fan of the art style for this anime. It over exaggerates some features of the characters, some in a good way and bad for others. The lips were huge and the eyes weren't intensely expressive unless the character should anger or some malicious behavior.
You don't see the main character in action too much up until the last few episodes which really annoyed me because he is an interesting MC. He's strong but shy. And his dad is awesome. I wish there was more action from him in the very beginning.
The fight scenes are epic! I enjoyed them. They do get disgustingly gruesome sometimes. All in all, if you like action and don't mind the blood then you will probably enjoy this anime.
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I came into this anime open minded having heard it was similar to Kengan Ashura, an anime I had recently watched and loved and highly recommend. I hadn't seen any of the prequel earlier Baki shows and was only looking for a show with good violence and intense fight scenes and was severely disappointed.
Story 2/10
This show promised so much from the first episode and kept me invested enough just from that to keep watching, but it was just so awful and boring. The story does not give what it promises. This whole show felt like a cluster fuck of mismanaged characters, obvious plot holes, and disappointing fights. Episodes 1-10 was just watching hoping that what they promised from the first few episodes would come soon. Episodes 10-15 was the slow realization that what I'm watching now is no…
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Are you into masculine but probably very gay men? Then this is for you.
I decided to make this review now because season 2 trailer came out and I want people to watch it before that arrives since it is a tournament arc. I believe Bakis production was not the greatest thing imaginable. Baki is CG a lot. First half they used in few scenes but in the second half it was everywhere. But Baki has some funny moments and epic fights here and there. I recommend the dub since it was funnier. They had a lot of freedom since it had references to many things and the voice cast was amazing. My personal favourite fight is Speck vs Hanayama. It was so epic. It had good animation, no cgi, and it got my testosterone pumping. It was just epic. Lots of blood was shed during that. It was very brutal.
Story:…
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For as many flaws as Baki has, it manages to be wonderfully entertaining and engaging and right up my alley. Granted, i have a thing for powerful battles and over the top abilities, seeing the absolute absurdity of these men's abilities and physical prowess is a joy to watch animated. Speaking of which, the artstyle perfectly captures the raw, powerful essence of the manga while still keeping a clean look using stills to their maximum and motion lines to it's advantage. The only gripe i have with the animation is the poor choice of using 3D models in some scenes where its doesn't fit at all and looks incredibly bad, junky, blurry and poorly made which is a shame comparing it to the rest of the character models.
In the story department it's simple and right to the point, 5 death-row inmates…
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SPOILERS ahead. You've been warned.
The story takes place in Japan around the late 90s or early 2000s, I'm actually confused about this part as we don't get much information about what year it is. Five completely unrelated death row inmates from various locations around the world manage to escape from prison, leaving the same message that says they are heading for Tokyo to "taste defeat".
Why Tokyo? - because according to the synopsis our boy Baki who "trains with an intense focus to become strong enough to surpass his father" (who is known to be "the world's strongest creature") lives there, so for some weird reason they go to challenge him instead of... his father... yea, this part doesn't make much sense.
Although if I have to be honest I would say that I liked the premise, it was t…
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Baki is a wonderful brainchild. I haven't seen a series in so fucking long that tries to break the mold. In short, this anime is refreshing.
I normally don't take the time to write reviews. In fact, this is my first on this site, but I find this anime in particular is not getting the love it deserves.
Others on this site write huge, massively informed reviews, but I'd just like to throw in my two cents rather than get too wordy:
I have a huge soft spot for uniqueness; having consumes entertainment for so many years, things become predictable and boring when you do them by the book. Sure, Baki is not super proficient in the typical rating criteria used, but I'll be damned if Baki is considered "mediocre" just because it's story is less compelling than others, or the animation is not as f…
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Gets a 3 from me.
I haven't seen any other season or read any baki. Going into this it looked really good, the animation looked sick, the idea and action scenes looked great.
*Spoilers*
5 Episodes in it was going alright, there are escaped criminals that are portrayed as beasts and very dangerous and it's set up baki and his friends will be fighting these guys on the streets no rules whenever they see each other to the death. Alright, I'm excited, this has my attention.
Then it all goes seriously downhill. The first of the criminals finally has his first real fight. The match is sort of back and forth but by the end it is clear baki's friend is very superior. This fight wasn't extremely bad and I thought this was the 1st criminal to go down, he is probably the weakest.
It just gets wor…
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You have to answer only one simple question in order to know whether or not you would enjoy Baki, since what the series offers is really simple. The question is: Do you enjoy violence and nonsense? It is genuinely the only thing that this series has to offer and the only thing that can keep you consistently entertained here. There is nothing else this series can offer you. If you want an engaging story about martial arts and how to develop as a person through martial arts or how to overcome the odds, not what you are going to get. If you want various character studies through confrontations to study the varied mentalities needed to overcome certain odds, that's not what you will get here. It's not because these things are not attempted, but because the elements of what I described will fal…
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[Minor Spoiler]
What triggered me the most, is that at the beginning, when they introduce the five criminals, it appears that they're as strong as Baki's father. And one of them fought Baki at the first few episodes, but Baki was nothing in comparison to him. However, after few episodes the five criminals started to look so weak (like very very weak), which didn't make any sense. Even two of them together couldn't defeat Baki.
Also, during some of the fights, the animation effects looks so weird and childish. It seems like if it's a video game or something, and it was too awkward to watch.
The protagonist character "Baki" becomes so weird in this season and just cares about having sex. After he had sex, he became so strong, which is ridiculous and doesn't make any sense. In the previou…
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If you want your testosterone levels to be over 9000, then stop whatever you're doing and watch this anime. I guarantee that you'll come out looking like the man, Baki himself by the time you're done watching it. Figuratively of course...
The story was told from the viewpoint of several different characters throughout the series. Each character had to face their own challenges against worthy opponents, and each battle introduces something new and exciting to help keep the viewer interested in the sequence. As far as I can remember, the episodes, even if they were told from different perspectives, were all ordered chronologically, with the occasional backstory flashback. This wasn't confusing in any way, so you shouldn't have to worry about keeping track of what's going on at the moment an…
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There are few words that describe Baki (2018), the only one that comes to mind is “violent” which is both an extremely accurate and flawed description of the show. One one hand, the show is extremely violent, people are getting completely OBLITERATED in like three punches but sometimes it feels like it’s really going easy on us.
TL;DR I’d give this show an 8 (rounding down the 8.2)
Let me preface this by saying I haven’t watched any of the previous Baki animes, so I’m not too caught up with the Baki lore or anything. That being said, the show feels really basic… there’s not much in terms of “story” from what I gathered. That being said, if you’re a fan of just fighting, nothing really tying the fights together beside a couple of words, this show is for you.
Story: 6 Story? What story?…
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Five men, all considered some of the most violent and dangerous criminals in the world await death row. Each one locked in high-security prisons across several continents unbeknownst to each other and, as if by sheer coincidence, break out from their penitentiaries and head for Tokyo Japan. Their goal: to challenge the fighting champion of the underground Baki Hanma in the hopes of finally tasting defeat.
Baki is somewhat of an anomaly when talking about the series in depth. On the surface Baki comes across as the stereotypical shounen following a teenage boy training to become the world’s strongest fighter, a label currently held by his father Yujiro Hanma. However, when delving deeper into the story, Baki manages to encapsulate the concept of fighting and the themes that tie with such.…
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