Audience reviews
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shonenkakumei
Was this anime good? Not really. It’s one of many sports anime out there and I frankly don’t think it’d have much appeal if you’re not already interested in quiz bowl. The plot is paper-thin and the characterization is minimal. But! If you played quiz bowl in high school like I did, you will recognize yourself in this show and its characters. Major recommendation for my fellow trivia nerds. Everyone else…I guess I’d you want to learn what quiz bowl is like, this’ll teach you!
This show really captures what it’s like to be a small group of nerds who are dedicated to quiz bowl. The weird pathways to answering a question right, Slumdog Millionaire style; the panic when you buzz in early and aren’t sure whether they want the title or author of a novel; the ad hoc replacements for buzzers at p…
Read at the sourceAlexPaulLEWZ
I'm going to ask you a question. French for "a flash of lightning," this chocolate-topped dessert that got its name because it is eaten quickly is called what? The answer would be "eclair." However, for characters of this anime, the moment the consonant cluster "fl" for "flash" is pronounced, they have already pressed the buzzer and gotten the correct answer. Okay, one more. The three great festivals of Kyoto are Gion Festival, Aoi Festival, and what? The correct answer would be "Jidai Festival," and you might have already guessed that once the "A" part of "Aoi" was spoken, the correct answer would already have been determined. Okay, last one. Jumping flea in Hawaiian is the name origin of what instrument? The correct answer would be "ukulele," and some of the best competitors would have a…
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A great show about a socially awkward bookworm discovering himself and the worth of his knowledge and passions through a new hobby, his first club activity: Quizzes.
First of all: No, you do not need to have a particular interest in quizzes in order to enjoy this show. Quizzing is the backdrop to this story of self-discovery and coming of age; An interesting and unique backdrop at that, but this is of course up to personal taste.
Now that this is out of the way, let's get into some details.
The animation itself is nothing out of the ordinary, but is more than enough to showcase each character's individuality both in design and in movement: It also goes a little extra in all these moments where characters buzz in to answer. I wouldn't point it out as remarkable either way. Voice acting is…
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Competitive quizzing in a high school environment! That's basically what this anime is about.
This anime was an enjoyable watch from start to finish and it simply does its job. I liked the main character and his friends, his rival and that were pretty cool too. The main character has a strength in certain areas but definitely has room for improvement which I always find is a good way to have character development.
I'm not too sure on what else to say, so... if you like quiz shows or quizzing in any form, and you like to see it done in a competitive environment with a fairly decent cast of characters, give it a watch. It isn't amazing, but it's enjoyable.
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There are plenty of anime under the sun. That would mean some of them would be overlooked and that is just the cold, hard truth. However, as time rolls by, the overlooked shall become the cult. For instance, Nana Maru San Batsu.
The overall premise is (even I have to admit) the nerdiest to be seen yet (even nerdier than Real Girl so heads up, everyone). Here we have our typical high-school bookworm, Koshiyama Shiki, who one day discovered the joy of... wait for it... quiz! Splash it with Anime 101 art and Beyblade-ish animation, I personally wouldn't blame anyone to not even consider touching the first episode. However, anime such as this is what truly inspired me to be an anime critic in first place: to shed light for the overlooked, to inspire people to re-consider.
The most impressive…
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I agree with the rest of the reviewers of this show that the show can be a bit lackluster in some episodes when compared to highly-rated sports anime. However, this show still has the potential to set itself apart from the rest, due to the underlying concept of the show: how do you deal with information? The world is full of information and as humans there is a limit to what we can take in and what we leave out. I like how this show tantalizingly explores how an individual's interests can influence how he or she treats the information. If the show had more episodes, I bet the story would be more engaging to audiences who aren't interested in quiz bowls. Specifically I would like to see more quiet moments of the characters when they are by themselves and what do they feel when they aren't a…
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I was not expecting Nana Maru San Batsu to be good. Going into it, I though I was probably going to end up dropping it and giving it a 5 or possibly a 6. Though as I watched each episode, I just kept wanting to watch more until I'd finished all 12 episodes and thoroughly enjoyed it.
You might notice a marked difference in reviews on this site between those who watched 4 episodes and declared it to be cliched, and those who actually bothered to watch the whole show before giving it a full review. Not just in term of score, which we'd expect to be lower on average among people who dropped it, but even among the comments left by people who gave it low scores, but bothered to actually finish it vs people who didn't.
The story is very good. In contrast to what some people on this site seem to…
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THE UNDERRATED ANIME OF SUMMER 2017 SEASON. The score must be higher seriously. The anime starts boring but on the halfway of first episode I got hooked. I finished it with one sitting and it was awesome. The battle for the Quiz King is awesome like Shokugeki but not so much for the enjoyment. The characters are well developed. The rivalry is also quite good to see who will be better in the future. The setting is quite good. The quiz competition is intense and enjoyable to watch. The execution could be better though. Hope who ever reading this must give this anime a chance. Hope there's a second season in the future. Overall: 8/10 for me. Haters gonna hate.
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Hi, in this review i will give you readers my honest opinion about Nana Maru San Batsu (7O3X as I will mention from now on) and why you should or shouldn't watch this anime.
703X features a unique story theme, which is about competitive quizz bowl. If you think that this is similar to the Buzz games or that sort of games (like I did) you're wrong, this is a really fast competitive quizz game.
Still it is a fairly paced story but since this is only 12 episodes long, some matches and development of the characters look a little bit rushed. Yet it is a simplistic story so you are most likely to watch it without forcing yourself to much.
The art for 703X fits perfectly, simple and clean is the words that come to my mind. The characters are well designed, every character is different in some…
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*Review may contain minor spoilers*
Quizzing.
Story 7/10
This anime follows more the sport genre story line, some 'loser' with no friends or real talent, joins the quiz team to fall in love with it and give it its all. However I love sport anime so I do like this kind of story telling.
art 7/10
The art isn't anything special, just your normal art style anime, stayed consistent throughout the whole anime, I liked the intro to, and the buzzer system/ how they sometimes draw what was going on. Sound 6/10
Opening song was good, voice acting was good except for the girl MC she has a unique voice some people like it some people dont, I am one of those people who did't like her voice at all and really disturbed me in this anime.
Character 7/10
Your typical sport anime characters, got a loser,…
Read at the sourceGoukenslay
This show follow in the same line as many sports type anime, where MC comes to fall in love with a sport/hobby just from experiencing it first hand.
Don't get me wrong, im not trying knock the show down a few pegs cause of this cliche.
Stories about being passionate about what you love is all great.
I think what this show suffer from in my opinion is this feeling of slowness even during the actual quizzing (show depicting real time instead of super slow or fast). Story in the anime doesn't go into a grande tournament only just few matches here and there and competition between school in a form of a "meet-up".
I only would recommend this anime to those who want to kill some time, interested in quiz bowl or game show style question in anime form.
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Fastest finger first is over.
Finally, it was pretty bad.
The concept at the beginning was cool.
I don't know much about quiz bowl or even heard of the subject of it.
Which is the premise of the show by the way.
And I was semi excited to learn more about it through this anime.
And from the anime's view on quiz bowl presented to me.
It wasn't very exiting.
It was about these trivia super geniuses that can answer a question without hearing the entire answer through various techniques.
And apparently that is realistic to the actual thing. I think that's what ruined it for me.
I couldn't project anyone onto any of the characters in the series.
Also, the characters are very stereotypical and bland.
Even the voice actors got bored or at least weren't casted well.
So Fastest Finger First, I give…
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I personally love the concept of discovering something you love and truly being passionate about it. This show is exactly that.
Story:
Good story, I love seeing characters strive to become better. The idea pf animating something like quiz bowl is definitely unique. There are certain stories are not concluded which I find annoying. 7/10
Character:
KOSHIYAMA: An intersting character, like i said I love seeing pasionate characters so I really liked him
FUKAMI: Honestly I didn't care much for her. She was really only there for the main female character appeal and her brother's backstory
SASAJIMA: Calm cool and collected, there could be more back story to him
MIKURIYA: His rivalry with Koshiyama was interesting but he's literally just another kid who likes quiz bowl,there could be some expans…
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Quiz Bowl for anime/manga/games aficionados out there...MONDAI?!
Which female seiyuu who played the most alien character?
Mondai?!
Name the seiyuus who recently passed away this year.
Mondai?! Name a movie that was based on an on-line game.
Ok so enough of the overrated Jeopardy game, so now that this is over I really have mixed feelings about this anime, and there were no simple ways for me to describe it, so:
Story, fair 6.
Ok so for a change studio TMS has decide to go with an anime that has some sort of quiz bee theme in it, ok it wasn't that bad, but it ain't that good either, since we all know in a Jeopardy kinda of game show it all about luck and the knowledge you have, and no matter how you do your best it all boils down to luck.
Art; Mediocre 5.
As usual, to them Japs ev…
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Quizzes and more quizzes. They could be fun if the watchers feel the same interest in both the questions and the participants. If you don't like quizzes shows, then you immediately will consider Nana Maru San Batsu (Fastest Finger First) as a total waste of time, and the only fastest finger that you will end seeing is yours when you "change" for other show.
I had been thinking how to rate this anime. Should I evaluate the questions, should I rate the quizzes modules, should I rate the characters? After a lot of thinking, I considered there is nothing to measure here.
The story is the typical "nerd" with his glasses and every detail (Koshiyama). The destiny gave him the possibility to talk with a group of persons and ended joining the quizzes club from the school because Mari Fukami asked…
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LA has a strong affinity when it comes to liking "weird tournament sports anime", from mahjong to jousting to flying tag to freakin' boob and butt wrestling.......time to add quiz bowl to the list.
Nana Maru San Batsu falls under the typical underdog character who goes into a field where he knows ALOT of and finds his interest in trying to be the best by learning the ropes...such is the case of Shiki Koshiyama in competitive quizzing.
Nana Maru San Batsu somehow made competitive quizzing to be addrenalined pumping, something as mudane as quizzing and to be honest in the early episodes of Nana Maru San Batsu, LA just saw Nana Maru San Batsu go through the ropes of telling us tips in competitive quizzing and general introduction to the world of quizzing. LA being a person who likes to fin…
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Quick review:
Do you guys like competitive "sports?" Do you get excited about seeing people compete with different ideologies and aspirations? Well look no further, you may or may not find that in Nana Maru San Batsu (which I will now call FFF)! It depends on what kind of taste you have. I personally would compare it to Chihayafuru because the concept of being the fastest in both respective sports is reflexes and finger speed. FFF surprised me with how well executed the journey is and how interesting a quiz bowl could be. I personally wouldn't do this at all, but I can see it being a really competitive thing and that's what matters.
What FFF does right is constantly developing the main character Koushiyama. Since he is the main character we are following, it is important that he doesn't…
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It's not often you'll see an anime based around a quiz game. This is what initially brought me to try Nana Maru San Batsu. To quickly summarize some of my thoughts on the anime, I though the art and animation were average at best, and apart from the amazing opening song, the same thing can be said about the soundtrack.A lot of the characters were either annoying or uninteresting. The way the story is presented, it feels more like a shounen rather than the seinen it actual is. The major positive I can say for the series is that when it got to doing the quiz scenes the anime became incredibly interesting to watch. Often it feels like I'm playing alongside the characters in the show, trying to guess the answer before they do. As a result of this, I got a lot of enjoyment from Nana Maru San Ba…
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