Audience reviews
14 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
MadmoodMelon
I swear my brain fried itself halfway into this anime.
On one hand it kinda have experimental feels to it. Like someone who were really into several cool stuffs on Japanese TV or cinema tried to pack all of those stuffs into one OVA. So you have superpower martial arts, demons, dark fantasy, sci-fi, dimension traveling beings, Tiger Mask, even SPACE SHERIFF FOR CRYING OUT LOUD going crazy and doing their stuffs in one hour movie like some kind of 80's Japanese Avengers.
It's as chaotic as it sounds. Plot was as light as balloon that you don't know if things you see in the movie make sense or not. You might not like it if you want anime with strong story to follow. I certainly not a big fan of it. I also can't deny that the chaotic mess that it is has some charm to it like some B action m…
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Approx 1 minute 55 seconds into the movie, the karate dude who got beat up didn't have his shadows animated for a couple frames, and when he walks off screen he disappears before he reaches the edge of the frame 😭. However, I will give credit where it's due; the animation style is actually quite interesting, I haven't seen anything quite like it. It's also one of the first old OVAs that animates blinking, but it's not consistent.
In terms of adult content, I'm glad it's not overly sexual, just violence and action.
Confusing as the story may be, it sure is a fun watch. I also noticed the blue haired lady looked a lot like angel cop lol. As with all anime of the era, you gotta have some key elements: tentacle demons, some beautiful man with long hair, cheesy soundtrack, and a healthy am…
Read at the sourcePiraHxCx
Before Saint Seiya, Dragon Ball Z, and Pokemon, leading the anime fever among kids in the West, it was actually Akira that opened the doors and made people see that the cartoons coming from Japan were not what we were used to see. A flood of weird VHS tapes with crazy plots and full of blood and nudity came, and boy, you couldn’t expect less from them.
Battle Royal High School is a product of those glorious times and has everything you should expect. Of course the plot is a chaotic hot mess; karate, demons and a metal hero space time continuum police officer. Of course the fights are super violent and monsters transformations go full body horror, The Thing-style. And of course there are going to be naked girls!
For a long time I dismissed it, thinking it was going to be just another high…
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Battle Royal High School what a fucking trip this hour-long anime is. If you like very mindless, over-the-top, and violent anime, this should be on your list. This is what happens if you mix in everything and the kitchen sink to shock and confuse the viewer. There are hints of Fist of The North Star and horror movies like The Thing, hell even The Toxic Avenger. What gives this anime only an 8 is that it's way too short and the endings very abrupt, if 20 or 30 more minutes was added in it would be a 9.5 or a 10. If you're a fan of over-the-top OVA cheesiness with gore, then this is the anime for you my friend.
Read at the sourceNeonxgenesis2
This is WAY underrated and I'm quite shocked of the current low rate.
If you love 80's anime and Z rated movies , this is like a concentrated juice of everything. It never disappoint. You got demons, fights, violence, tentacles, college romance, spaceship, 3meters teddy bear fighting, metal armor tokusatsu and so on. It never stops. And animation production is excellent. Really talented animators worked hard on this i can't believe it is 1987 ova.
Do not expect any deepness to it this is pure raw anime enjoyment.
I enoyed a huge lot discovering it. You must be born before 1990 to truly enjoy it still.
Read at the sourceNeonGod7
Another Wacky Violence OVA from 80s!! Goofy Story, Adequate Violence, no sex (sorry), and Endless Metamorphosis!
This OVA stands out for its easy going not-so-serious narrative coupled with Mediocre-Violence Gore and some mild nudity in the form of a couple of bare female nipples (meh!, right?).
If the subtitles I watched this with are not wacked as much as this anime, at one point the main protagonist makes a reference to the actual narrator of the anime, who is supposed to narrate the story only to the viewer. This detail alone indicates the goofiness of the story. But again who watches 80s/90s OVAs for their story, right?
The action is spectacular though. The final fight scene in the school really delivers. It is exaggerated as fuck. Everything the heroes touch explodes, including s…
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I fully think this OVA is criminally underrated and wouldn't bother writing a review otherwise. This feels like it's made for a very specific audience, probably the same people that can enjoy "bad" movies and especially horror comedies like The Toxic Avenger. If you can enjoy the absolutely insane nonsensical plot for the absurdity of it you might love it like I did. The animation was all actually super solid and there's tons of gore just thrown in here for the hell of it (you already know who you are if that's your thing). The audio quality is understandably old but that might have some charm to it. Overall judging from the rating I'd guess you have to be the kind of person to "get it" for it to be worth your time, but if you're one of those people it's a totally solid experience and I lo…
Read at the sourceTypicalChad
Read some bad reviews on this, but honestly this is one of my all-time favorites. Not having a huge selection in the 90s at the rental store, as a young adult I didn't have much to compare this to.
It's extremely bizarre, and action-packed from start to finish. Definitely reminds me of Bio Hunter and other oddities that came out around the same time
I really do like the art considering the time it came out. It must have been a lot of work drawing so many frames of blood and guts flying everywhere.
I rewatched this a few days ago, excited to have a breath of fresh air after watching so many popular cookie cutter shows out right now.
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Does it have a ridiculous story? Why, sure does! Don't spend too much of your brain juice trying to logically following along with the plot. Because you'll only get frustrated.
Instead, just check your brain at the door and drink in all the action. Because there's plenty of it crammed into this short movie. And it wouldn't be an eighties OVA if they didn't throw in some ridiculously gory carnage to go along with it.
And unlike many of its contemporary counterparts, the quality of the artwork is actually pretty good, and the animation is decent, too. What I like the most, however, are the character designs by the inestimable Nobuteru Yuki. (And also interesting to see Hideaki Anno playing third-fiddle in the rear end of the production credits. I guess the anime greats had to get their s…
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Story 1/10
*facepalms* I don't get it....
Art 7/10
It's your average animation from the 80s
Sound 7/10
For an anime that is so bad, I'm surprised they had a good soundtrack.
Character 2/10 You have a wimpy protagonist who wears a tiger mask kicking ass that is just plain ridiculous. That is literally the only possible good character you get. E-Everything is just so awful.
Enjoyment 2/10
I absolutely hated watching this. To me, this is one of the worst animes I've ever seen (Superkids is still the #1 worst anime I have ever seen!)
Overall 3/10
Don't waste your time with this. Just...don't....
Thanks for reading. Let me know your thoughts on this review and any feedback you may have for me. Until next time!
Read at the sourceSidewinder51
Rate of 6 (fair)
seen via english dubbed
genre:action(1),comedy(2), horror(3)
Note: i am trying out a new feature with numbers on anime with multiple genres. For i am sure there are others like me that want to watch shows because they are in certain moods therefore genre is important. In terms of my numbers the lower the number the more of an impact there was. For example if there was hentai (which there really isn't i might give it a 4 or higher depending if i want to list other genres. On to the actual review.
Ego, we all have one. Some hide it better than others. While others make it known. One of the two is the main character. Sadly, want he ends up wanting is a play off the old saying 'be careful what you wish for'. As time goes by some not a lot plot elements become confusing this…
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To put it as succinctly as possible; This OVA is f**king insane. The plot is unintelligible, the dialogue is out of wack, the characters are barely likeable, and the pacing is enough to out stutter a heart arrhythmia. There's no clue in the 50-ish minute run time, but no clue is needed. This is chaotic, outrageous, anarchic 80s fun that clearly throws caution, logic, and copious gibs to the wind. If you hate fun and love taking yourself too seriously, steer clear, but if you don't mind hitting the off switch on your brain and diving into discord, do not avoid!!!
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This is not to be confused with the manga series "Battle Royale". Battle Royal High School is a short OVA with a plot that's not very well paced, but offers insane action & well drawn animation. It's not one of those series where you can expect life philosophies such as "Fullmetal Alchemist"; it instead offers action for the sake of action. If you're looking for some violent fights then keep reading, if not then steer clear from this title.
I'm certain most people who seen this obscure OVA would wonder why I would give this a 6 or others possibly thought of this feature as a piece of crap. Much of the highlight is due to the rule of cool & certain homages found throughout it, but before I get into that here's a better explanation of the plot.
As it turns out this OVA is a heavily condens…
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Pain has been given a name; and it’s Battle Royal High School. Granted I wasn’t going into my experience of this anime with high expectations of quality, but for God's sake is it too much to ask for a story that makes even the most teensy-weensy bit of sense?
I usually begin my reviews with an analysis of the story. Unfortunately after watching it I just don’t get it. Now perhaps if I did something crazy like subject myself to a second viewing I might find an unexpected bonus of plot, sort of like the toy surprise at the bottom of a box of cereal, but who am I kidding? I love myself far too much to do that.
However what I did manage to piece together is that Hyoudo is in high school and he’s really good at karate. I will let it pass that despite being in high school he looks like he’s i…
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